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Baltimore Ravens – Another Ray Lewis Question Mark
With the stabbings in Atlanta, leaving two people dead, are no longer part of the Ray Lewis controversy, a new one, involving PEDs, a company called SWATS, Deer-antler spray and a substance called IGF-1, create a whole new one around the Baltimore Ravens linebacker.
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Super Bowl XLVII – Ravens Defense vs 49ers Offense
Running is the basis to the San Francisco 49ers success on offense, but it’s not the entire story. Colin Kaepernick has a great arm and a bunch of talented receivers to use when he wants to take the load of his own legs or Frank Gore. The Baltimore Ravens will struggle finding answers in order to contain them.
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Five Star Quarterbacks – Busts and Success
In the last decade, Rivals.com have rated 23 quarterbacks as five star prospects heading into College Football. Some of them, like Tim Tebow and Cam Newton, have been obvious success. Others, like Ryan Perrilloux and Garrett Gilbert remain memorable busts to this day.
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Best Out-of-State Recruiting Teams in College Football
The three most recruited states in College Football are Florida, California and Texas. No one recruits better beyond state lines than Bob Stoops and Oklahoma, with a strong foothold in Texas. Nick Saban and Alabama do great about everywhere while other schools like Clemson, Oregon and Ohio State do very well beyond borderlines as well.
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Super Bowl XLVII – 49ers Defense vs Ravens Offense
The Baltimore Ravens are going into the Super Bowl as the underdogs. In order to eliminate the advantages the San Francisco 49ers have over them, they’re going to have to get their offense going early, which means Joe Flacco making the most of short windows of opportunities and Ray Rice to be dominant in both on the ground and in the air.
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NFL Free Agency – Finding Protection for Jay Cutler
While some suggest that not keeping Jay Cutler is the right way to go for the Chicago Bears, there’s a very good chance they’ll keep the polarizing quarterback and do the logical thing: Improve his protection, by going after offensive linemen like Ryan Clady and Andre Smith in the upcoming free agency period.
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Tim Tebow, No Longer a Quarterback
After a disastrous season for Tim Tebow, his future in the NFL is questionable. Not if he has a place in it, but at what position. There’s a very good chance he won’t be with the New York Jets anymore, but even somewhere else, it’s hard seeing anyone giving him the chance to start at his preferred position.
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NFL Trades – Alex Smith Wants to be Released
It doesn’t take a genius to do the math and realize that the San Francisco 49ers are going to have a hard time keeping a quarterback due $8.5 million in 2013 on the bench. Alex Smith wants to play, and he wants to do it on his own terms, which means not getting traded by the 49ers; he wants to be released before free agency begins.
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San Francisco 49ers – Keys to Super Bowl Victory
On offense, everything revolves around Colin Kaepernick and his ability to use both his arms and his legs to cause a threat, and how that takes off the focus off Vernon Davis in the middle of the field and even the running backs, including Frank Gore, while Patrick Willis will need to bring his usual dominating self one last time this season.
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Baltimore Ravens – Keys to Super Bowl Victory
For the Baltimore Ravens, the underdogs going into Super Bowl 47, to successfully execute their winning game plan, two things need to happen: Joe Flacco continue to look like the best quarterback in the playoffs while the pass rush, led by Terrell Suggs, needs to start getting to the quarterback.