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  • Detroit Lions – Reggie Bush Too Much to Handle

    Detroit Lions – Reggie Bush Too Much to Handle

    There have always been doubts as to whether Reggie Bush is good enough to be a feature back on a good NFL teams, but he’s been erasing those so far in an impressive start for him and the Detroit Lions, making the Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson connection not look all that important.

  • The 100 Million Dollar Men of the NFL

    The 100 Million Dollar Men of the NFL

    By signing the most expensive contract (per season) in NFL history, Joe Flacco became the highest paid player in the league (obviously), but as history tells us, getting these $100 million deals doesn’t always mean that it’s an actual “lifetime” contract, as players like Michael Vick, Drew Bledsoe and Daunte Culpepper might choose to tell.

  • Detroit Lions – The Problem With 3 Contracts

    Out of a cap space of $120 million for the 2013 season, the Detroit Lions already have $50 million, 41.6% of what’s available, to three players: Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson and Ndamukong Suh, leaving a lot of questions of how to repair a roster that clearly needs a few additions.

  • The Madden Curse – True or False?

    Despite the infamous Madden curse, Calvin Johnson seems to be pleased about becoming the Madden NFL 13 cover athlete. Some get injured, but that’s American Football. Some see their career slowly declining, but many of the players had a few years of NFL mileage on their fragile bodies when they appeared.

  • 2012 NFL Free Agency – Bucs Make the Biggest Splash

    Peyton Manning keeps meeting with teams, and so is Mario Williams, but there’s no decision. Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue to be the biggest players in the 2012 NFL free agency period, signing Carl Nicks, making him the highest paid Guard in the league, and that’s not the end of it.