2012 Pre-Season Rankings: #8 – New Orleans Saints Football predictions can be a crap shoot when focusing on stable teams. They are virtually impossible when the franchise in question is in disarray. Even the best football predictions can be somewhat chaotic. And the New Orleans Saints are in disarray. Head coach Sean Payton and linebacker Jonathan Vilma are lost for… Read more »

The National Football League Players Association has filed a lawsuit on behalf of three players suspended for alleged roles in the bounty scandal. Martin Gitlin spent 17 years as a newspaper sports writer covering the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns. During that time, he worked the MLB World Series and NFL playoffs. Since then he has become a fulltime freelance… Read more »

NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith has requested that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reopen the investigation into the alleged New Orleans Saints bounty program. Yeah, that will happen around the same time someone trampolines to the moon. Martin Gitlin spent 17 years as a newspaper sports writer covering the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns. During that time, he worked… 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 »

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 »

“Oh When the Saints … Go Marching in … the Wrong Direction…” The lyrics to the song have been altered this offseason in regard to the New Orleans Saints. They couldn’t leave bad enough alone as the target of the Bountygate investigation that destroyed the career of defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and landed both coach Sean Payton and linebacker Jonathan… Read more »