The Washington Redskins’ Offseason: No.4 in The ‘Infamous Five’

Published on: 23rd August, 2010

Infamous Five, No. 4 – Washington Redskins 2009 record: 4-12 Another day, another ill-advised Albert Haynesworth comment. So has gone much of the offseason of the Washington Redskins. But, for perhaps the first time in our ongoing 'Infamous Five' series, there are a lot of positives for this NFL franchise, Haynesworth notwithstanding. Some lucky people saw ...

The ‘What You Should Do But Won’t’ Mock Draft: Picks 11-20

Published on: 6th April, 2010

As I'm sure literally tens of you remember, we at PaP began our 'What You Should Do But Won't' mock draft  over the weekend, unveiling our choices for the top 10 selections in the 2010 NFL draft, caveating those choices with what we think the teams will actually do. Today, we ...

Intuition Or Idiocy? Predictions For Week One

Published on: 12th September, 2009

So the NFL season has officially begun, with your author's beloved Titans falling in OT to the reigning champ Steelers 13-10. Obviously, each NFL season has its quirks and surprises: last year the Dolphins and Falcons shocked everyone by rebounding from a sucky '07 to make the playoffs, for example. Thus, ...

Titan-ic Struggles: Seven Under-the-Radar Position Battles in Tennessee

Published on: 25th July, 2009

As training camp approaches, for all 32 NFL franchises, positional battles turn into huge storyline as QBs battle for the starting job and new coaches settle in to their jobs. Tennessee however, with its history of continuity on the field and in the coaching staff, has not usually been the ...

Procuring Posterity: Can the Steelers Repeat in 2009?

Published on: 21st July, 2009

Since writing this article about the Detroit Lions a while back, I have been wondering about the masses of yearly changes the NFL undergoes offseason upon offseason. By this point in the close season, most rosters (apart from whichever one Brett Favre is declaring interest in) are settled and draft ...

Unheralded but Undeterred: Five Rookies Who Could Surprise In ’09

Published on: 26th June, 2009

Tom Brady. Terrell Davis. Deacon Jones. Mel Blount. This short list of players may seem simply a random collection of past and present football greats, but in fact it's a small selection of late-round NFL picks who have carved out stellar pro careers. The NFL draft, no matter how much it ...