NFL Team News, Web Sites & Blogs

Posted by derickson on Sep 5th, 2007
2007
Sep 5

NFL Team News

Links to NFL Team news, fan sites, and blogs that I’ve complied. I will add links the the unlinked pages as I compile them. Please be patient.

National Football Conference

NFC East

NFC North

NFC South

NFC West

American Football Conference

AFC East

AFC North

AFC South

AFC West

     
  • Denver Broncos News

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  • Kansas City Chiefs News

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  • Oakland Raiders News

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  • San Diego Chargers News
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Atlanta Falcons News, Web Sites & Blogs

Posted by derickson on Sep 5th, 2007
2007
Sep 5

Here are some links for you to read up on this week’s opponent, the Atlanta Falcons (updated 9/4/07):

Atlanta Falcons News Sites

Atlanta Falcons Web Sites

Atlanta Falcons Blogs

Atlanta Falcons Photos

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Saturday Play Of The Day

Posted by derickson on Sep 5th, 2007
2007
Sep 5

This was the Play Of the Day (POD) for our Saturday on September 1, 2007:

Kellen gets the award for Saturday not so much for a single play as for his body of work. We’ll name him the Player Of the Day.

He had, like, 36 interceptions. Whenever the ball changed hands it was almost certainly Kellen’s hands who held the ball when the play was over.

He was en fuego!

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Thursday Play Of The Day

Posted by derickson on Sep 5th, 2007
2007
Sep 5

This was the Play Of the Day (POD) for our Thursday on August 30, 2007:

Johnny was ab-so-LUTE-ly EVERYwhere last Thursday. He blocked passes. He ran ball carriers down from behind. He sacked quarterbacks. He caught long bomb touchdown passes. And he intercepted passes, at least one of which he returned for a touchdown.

Johnny was playing cornerback and defending the left flat as Ned ran a drag route in front of him. The quarterback led Ned way too far but at least it was out of the reach of any defenders.

Or was it?

Of course it wasn’t. Not with Johnny on the field. He quickly covered an insane amount of ground to catch up to the ball, just nab it with his left hand, pull it in, and run in for the score.

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2007 Minnesota Vikings Season Preview

Posted by derickson on Sep 5th, 2007
2007
Sep 5

The thing about this season is that the just have to get a little better than last year to win a lot more games. Consider the games the Vikings lost last year:

  • In September, the Vikings lost to the Bears, 16-19
  • In October, the Vikings lost to the Bills, 17-12
  • and to the Patriots, 7-31
  • In November, the Vikings lost to the 49ers, 9-3
  • to the Packers, 17-23
  • and to the Dolphins, 24-20
  • In December, the Vikings lost to the Bears again, 23-13
  • to the Jets, 13-26
  • again to the Packers, 9-7
  • and to the Rams, 21-41

The two games against the Packers and Bears each were winnable. The margins of victory for each of those four games were 3 points, 6 points, 10 points, and 2 points. The Vikings lost to the Bills by 5 points; to the 49ers by 6 points; and to the Dolphins by four point.

Instead of 6 and 10, they could have easily been 10 and 6 and division winners.

With the addition of , , and , I think the defense has gotten much stronger and much harder to pass against than last season.

But the defense, of course, wasn’t the problem last year. The offense was.

We improved on offense significantly with the addition of . I am officially a converted fan of , who has proven very adept at making yards after the catch. is a great addition if he can stay healthy. is a nice big target who has shown he’s got good hands, is not afraid to catch the ball in a crowd, is very athletic and has excellent body control. And if we can get to catch a few long bombs, we’ll at least have the semblance of a deep threat.

The offensive line returns with one year together playing the zone blocking scheme, so they’ve got to improve simply because they are more familiar with one another and with zone blocking.

The big question is . He looks very poised and by all accounts is a smart kid, a quick study, and a quick decision maker. The main thing for Jackson is to avoid mistakes, which is to say turnovers, while he learns the ropes.

The most glaring weakness of this team is the coverage units, which are absolutely horrible. I’m not too confident that they’ll improve that much.

Looking at the schedule, I think it’s reasonable to think that the Vikings could go 9-7 or even 10-6 this year. I’m giving the Vikings both games against the , even with . That team has to prove to me they can win, cause they’ve never done it before. I’d split the series as I would the series, though I think the Vikings could sweep them as well.

We should beat the Vickless to open the season. We play the , the , and the , all of which should be wins.

So that’s eight wins.

The are beatable with at QB. The are beatable. They’ve got a rookie coach and we don’t yet know whether is the real thing. The and the look as if they will be good, but they’re sorta at that stage where it’s too early to tell. Even the could be beatable because you never know if will be healthy.

Thee only guaranteed loss is to the .

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links for 2007-09-05

Posted by derickson on Sep 5th, 2007
2007
Sep 5

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