Though it may be in Sears' best interest to work on his issues without the city of Tampa breathing down his neck, his role as a public figure makes the private situation hard to ignore.
In light of the team's decline since the departure of Kelly, Smith and Thomas, my 50-year Buffalo Bills loyalty is just about spent. Buffalo has become almost irrelevant as an NFL member.
The Professional Bowlers Association doesn't test for drugs, but drinking and bowling is not allowed. If that applied to amateur bowling, bowling would have to close up shop.
The sports world socialism of NFL revenue sharing enables a team to put a bad product on the field and still show a decent bottom line.
The media needs to stop glamorizing the violent aspects of the NFL game. As this week's headlines on head trauma suggest, this is bigger than football.
The award however, for best performance of getting kicked off a sorry team has to go former Kansas Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, whose actions affected both the NFL and parts of the gay and lesbian community.
What's one of the biggest complaints about college football? It's the BCS ranking system that causes a "clusterfun" of controversy at the end of every season.
Sanchez is concentrating on football for now, but it will be interesting to see if his relationship with his new city's Mexican community grows along with his stature.
After his second game-ending concussion in three games, Brian Westbrook's career is at a crossroads. Even if he feels fine, the lasting effects of the concussions could haunt him for years.
After years of being the laughingstock of the NFL, the Cincinnati Bengals might finally be contenders. The Lions and Browns of the league might want to take note of how it was done.
After a near-loss at St. Louis this weekend, this much is clear: the Saints have a bulls-eye on their backs. Yet the Saints keep finding ways to beat their biggest opponent: themselves.
If the Patriots had converted on 4th down, they would have had roughly a 100% chance of winning the game. If they didn't, they probably had somewhere between a 15-50% chance of winning.
In football news, the struggling Cleveland Browns have decided to shake up their starting offense by replacing the inconsistent QB Derek Anderson with a heaping pile of sh*t.
if Fisher had gotten his way, Young would still be holding the clipboard on the sidelines, with Kerry Collins continuing to "lead" the Titans to an 0-9 record.
He's not exactly the storybook hero we were hoping for, but I think Cutler is doing a decent job as our quarterback. There's only so much you can ask one man to do for an offense.
In Brian Westbrook's first game back, his day was ended when he sustained another violent concussion. Now what does he do?
The announcers were unanimous in saying the Patriots were crazy to go for it on 4th down. I hate to say it, but I think Belichick's move might have made sense.
The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints are still unbeaten and both teams have perfectly executed their mission so far this season, as their pla...
There is an important result of an uncapped NFL that is not receiving enough attention: without a cap in the NFL, not only is there no ceiling on player spending, there is also no floor.
LeBron James says he is through talking about free agency until after the season. He says free agent talk is getting "old." Not to Knick fans who have nothing else to hang on to.
...sometimes you're the bug. Tough week for the Philadelphia Eagles, losing at home to the Dallas Cowboys.
