The Oakland Raiders are rebuilding, ridding their roster of overpaid players and adding cheap but quality free agents. One of them was Josh Cribbs, a former return man and wide receiver of the Cleveland Browns. Cribbs signed a one-year deal ... (Continue reading)
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is coming off one of the most impressive seasons by a first-year starter in recent time. He helped lead the 49ers to the Super Bowl, where he unfortunately came up short, and made plenty ... (Continue reading)
The Ravens offense wasn't always respectable.Beyond the jokes about quarterback Trent Dilfer, the play-callers over the years were jokes themselves. A recent one is Cam Cameron, who had one of the most vanilla offenses that I've seen. He didn't use ... (Continue reading)
Ryan Pickett was disgusted. Tramon Williams was dejected.The veterans walked to the sideline after yet another big run by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick—this time a 56-yard touchdown. It was the theme of the night, as the young signal-caller ... (Continue reading)
One of the greatest advantages that the San Francisco 49ers defense has over many NFL teams is that it can apply pressure with a simple four-man rush. By rushing with four, it provides flexibility to become more aggressive and complex ... (Continue reading)
It was only two years ago when I debated with a friend who the best deep-ball passer in the NFL was. He voted Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, which was valid and one that I was hard-pressed to argue, but my ... (Continue reading)
An overabundance of running backs won't stop former record breaking Oregon running back LaMichael James from making headlines out of San Francisco's backfield.The second round selection is more likely to make a greater impact than first round wide receiver A.J. ... (Continue reading)
If you can't beat them, have 'em join you.That's what 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh said when he selected Oregon running back LaMichael James in the second round. James gave Harbaugh and his Stanford program a plethora of fits because ... (Continue reading)
It's Day 1 of the 2012 NFL draft and hours have passed leading up to the 49ers first-round pick, 30th overall. 49ers fans and draft pundits are expecting the franchise to select a wide receiver in the first round, a ... (Continue reading)
It was the spread offense before the spread offense, it had the ultimate move tight end before the move tight end, it was the West Coast Offense on steroids. It was known as the "Air Coryell," a high-flying, breathtaking offense ... (Continue reading)