Week 3 Fantasy Rankings: Tight ends The tight end scenario in New England – Tight End Central in the NFL – got a bit hazy with the injury to Aaron Hernandez that will knock him out for about six weeks. The Patriots still boast arguably the elite tight end in the game in Rob Gronkowski, but will the absence of… Read more »

2012 Pre-Season Rankings: #1 – New England Patriots Yeah, like New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady needed more weapons. The Patriots signed wide receiver Brandon Lloyd in the offseason, which was akin to Bill Gates adding a couple billion bucks to his bank account. The rich got richer. Brady already boasted one of the premier pure pass-catchers in the NFL… 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 »

We in America tend to think the rest of the world will embrace what we love if we just give them a chance. One argument against that rather egocentric outlook was NFL Europe. The league tried to foist its brand of football on the folks on the other side of the Atlantic and it flopped. Attendance peaked in 1995 at… 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 »