When the first running back comes off the board on April 22, the name called will be Clemson senior CJ Spiller.
Spiller, who will turn 23 in August, is a 5-11, 195-pound highlight reel of a running back.
The consensus of draft experts have him going to the Seahawks with the 14th overall pick. That’s high for [...]
Think sliced bread, indoor plumbing and Chia Pets are special?
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
We’re on the verge of experiencing something truly amazing in 2010 and beyond. There’s a new stable of able running backs in the NFL, and you can thank an opportunistic bunch of rookie 2009 backs for giving us what will be quite a good show [...]
If you have one day to devote to the NFL Scouting Combine, then Sunday is it. I’m not urging you intently watch all of the drills and repetitive analysis, but at least pay some attention to what comes about.
It might help some of your on-the-fence assessment of these potential draft picks.
Sunday is the big [...]
I found it in a pile of receipts and paid bills that was leaning ever so slightly against my computer tower in our home office.
It was a coupon for toilet paper. A whole dollar off a pack of Scott bathroom tissue.
I was instantly elated. We didn’t need toilet paper, but I had found a bargain. [...]
Everything I ever need to know I learned in high school biology class.
I’m not talking about the details of photosynthesis or how the mighty mitochondria functions in a cell. Not anything about the symbiosis between living organisms or how deer ticks successfully transmit Lyme Disease.
No, the lesson I found most valuable from the days of [...]
As we all know, rookies surprised and disappointed to great effect last year. Darren McFadden and Rashard Mendenhall didn’t live up to the hype. Chris Johnson and Steve Slaton were absolutely Ninja.
What I’m saying is, that my guess is as good as anybody’s at this point, especially with zero hours of training camp logged.
But that’s [...]
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