Published on: 20th June, 2010
In 2008, his first season as general manager of the Falcons, Thomas Dimitroff was voted the Sporting News' NFL Executive of the Year by his peers in the league. Last year, the Falcons finished with back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history. The Falcons look like a ...Published on: 20th June, 2010
Kevin Kolb will try to step into Donovan McNabb's shoes. It may not hold the magnitude of Babe Dahlgren taking over for Lou Gehrig after the Iron Horse's consecutive games streak ended at 2,130, but it's a pretty big deal in Philadelphia, bub. Kevin Kolb is in, and Donovan McNabb is out ...Published on: 31st May, 2010
ST. LOUIS — That Rams defensive end Chris Long owns a pair of six-month-old English bulldogs — Rambo and Chubbs, who can't last five minutes without getting some attention — seems about right. Chris Long has more sacks than any of the seven defensive ends drafted in the first two rounds ...Published on: 25th May, 2010
Four second-year players — Colts running back Donald Brown, Lions safety Louis Delmas, Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno and 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree — talk with Sporting News' Dennis Dillon about their initial impressions of the NFL in a roundtable discussion. Michael Crabtree caught 48 passes for 625 yards and ...Published on: 25th May, 2010
A taste of success in his rookie season doesn't mean a player has it all figured out. These five high-profile NFL sophomores know what they need to do to be better in 2010. Colts RB Donald Brown What he did: Rushed 78 times for 281 yards and three touchdowns playing behind starter ...Published on: 24th May, 2010
KANSAS CITY—If the Chiefs are going to be significantly better in 2010—and a team coming off a 4-12 record has much room for improvement—their young players on defense must make big-time contributions. The Chiefs have invested a lot on defense in recent years. They have selected a defensive player with their ...Published on: 16th May, 2010
When the Steelers resume offseason practices Tuesday, the focus will be on the quarterback position. With Ben Roethlisberger suspended for the first six games of the season (it could be reduced to four games by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell), Byron Leftwich, Charlie Batch and Dennis Dixon are battling it out ...Published on: 11th May, 2010
It's not easy for a rookie to turn heads at his first minicamp. Contact isn't allowed, and there are only so many things he can do in a T-shirt and shorts. Nonetheless, these 11 draft picks were among the rookies who made good first impressions during their NFL indoctrinations. Despite all of ...Published on: 24th April, 2010
Four rounds and 157 picks remain in this three-day extravaganza known as the 2010 NFL draft, but we're not going to let that stop us from declaring some early winners and losers. So let's go to the scoreboard: Ndamukong Suh should be key piece to Lions' rebuild. Winners 1. The Lions. They picked ...Published on: 21st April, 2010
The verdict is in. NFL commissioner Rodger Goodell has suspended Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for the first six games of the 2010 season and ordered him to undergo a comprehensive behavioral evaluation. This development will have wide-ranging consequences, even if Goodell decides to reduce the suspension to four games after taking ...