2012 Pre-Season Rankings: #2 – Green Bay Packers One would expect the Green Bay Packers to surrender some points behind oponents. With the most prolific and efficient passing attack in the NFL, they are bound to throw like crazy… and score a bit. But a deteriorating defense cost them a shot at the Super Bowl last year. They steamrolled through… Read more »

This is a continuing series of Conference Previews as the 2012 NFL Season is just one week away from the start of NFL Preseason 2012. As the season progresses, I will be updating these predictions- as upsets and “key” injuries can change the course of action in a nano-second. There have been some off-season trades and the chemistry and the… Read more »

Most tight ends are blocking specialists and occasional receivers. They give the quarterback an outlet on third-and-short or in goal-line situations because they don’t warrant much defensive attention. Their weaknesses as pass-catchers allow defenses to use their cornerbacks and safeties almost exclusively on wide receivers. Then there are the elite tight ends. Since the emergence of Kellen Winslow, Sr., and Ozzie… Read more »

The value of a dependable, productive wide receiver has grown in recent years as the passing game has taken over the NFL. The Giants and Patriots clashed for all the marbles last season despite mediocre-at-best running attacks. What they did have were two of the premier quarterbacks in the game and three of its best receivers. So even though training… Read more »

No American athletes are more scrutinized, criticized and immortalized than quarterbacks. So in the heat of the summer and chill of the offseason, let us further the discussion. Who are the four best? Who are the four top prospects? Who are the four biggest busts? Martin Gitlin spent 17 years as a newspaper sports writer covering the Cleveland Indians and… Read more »

  THE NFL FINAL FOUR by WAYNE ALLYN ROOT NEW YORK JETS vs PITTSBURGH STEELERS New York Jets (10-6) travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers (12-4). This game will feature big-time players such as Mark Sanchez, LaDianian Tomlinson and Darrelle Revis for the Jets, along with Ben Roethlisberger, James Harrison and Troy Polamalu for the Steelers. All that brash… Read more »