Tim Tebow Named The Broncos Starting QB

Today’s been a good day; no wait, scratch that, it’s been a great day. Despite all of the negative efforts by the media to try and convince the world that this kid doesn’t have what it takes to make it in the NFL, none of it mattered. He didn’t budge, not one bit. Announced earlier this afternoon via ESPN, the Denver Broncos have decided to bench quarterback Kyle Orton after a 1-4 start and replace him with Tim Tebow. Just so you guys know that this isn’t a hoax, here is the exact quote from head coach John Fox about the QB situation in the Mile High.

“Well, I think 1-4 has a lot to do with it,” Fox said. “We haven’t gotten it done as a football team. It’s not one guy. It’s not all Kyle Orton’s fault. But we do have to make adjustments, we have to change and we have to do something to win football games.”

Lets throw all of that “he can’t pass or isn’t a starting in this league” talk out of the window and be real for a second; this kid is a winner. You can’t deny that. He’s easily one of the Top 10 greatest college players of all-time, undoubtedly the greatest player in Florida history and the first sophomore in FBS history to ever win the Heisman trophy. He broke Florida records and brought the Gators home two championships during his four-year college career.

Tebow nearly led the Broncos to a win this past Sunday after erasing a 16-point deficit against the Chargers by throwing for a touchdown and running in another. Yes, he was rusty — three fumbled snaps and six misfired passes — but he brought the team a much needed energy with his heart and nonstop motor. He might not look like the greatest quarterback right now but that’s because he hasn’t had a chance to get comfortable in starter time. As a rookie, he completed 50 percent of his throws and collected five touchdown passes and three interceptions. He also ran for six TDs and went 1-2.

Tebow’s time is now, and even if he doesn’t make it, at least he got a chance.

Dwayne Bowe: A Perfect Blend Of Balance & Concentration

Out of all the Andre Johnson’s and Larry Fitzgerald’s throughout the league, it’s Dwayne Bowe of the Kansas City Chiefs who is easily my favorite wide-out in the entire league. By far, actually. After coming out of LSU in 2007, Bowe was quickly labeled as a troublemaker and a lazy player. At first, yeah, but then the kid broke out for 1,022 yards and 7 touchdowns in his second season, and a career-high 1,162 and 15 touchdowns in 2010. It’s clear as day: D-Bowe is that dude.

Don’t believe me? Check out the clip above to see easily the best catch all season.

What’s Twitter Beef? Ask These Two Philadelphia Eagles Reporters

Everyone online has a Twitter beef now and then but most of the time it dies and fizzles out before anyone actually pops off in real life. But in the City of Brotherly Love, Twitter beef is handled in the streets locker room of the Philadelphia Eagles. Here’s the play by play, Philadelphia Inquirer writer Jeff McLane called Philadelphia Daily News writer Les Bowen ”an old hack” on Twitter, which prompted Bowen to reply in a tweet “I will handle my business in person, not thru yapping on Twitter. But thanks for your concern.” And that he did. You can see in the video above while everyone’s interviewing Michael Vick, Bowen starts calling for McLane’s head and then Howard Eskin of NBC 10 and WIP reports via Twitter that Bowen “connect[ed] 2 the head” of McLane, and that the two had to be separated. Gangsta! #TeamLes

Source – BSSPhilly

LaRon Landry Puts The Lick On Laurent Robinson

Loved him at LSU, and I love him even more in the NFL. Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry is an absolute animal. By far my favorite safety in the league. He was once apart of what many believed would be the best safety duo in the game today while he played along the late, but great, Sean Taylor. After Taylor passed, the ‘Skins put all the weight on LaRon and he struggled to handle it while trying to handle the loss of his mentor. They put him in the wrong scheme, he played out of place the last two years. He isn’t a cover safety like Taylor was, not an interception machine, he’s a big hitter. Period. He was injured most of the off-season with a nagging hamstring but LaRon made his debut this past Monday night against the Cowboys where he put one of those “I’m Back” hits on Dallas’ receiver Laurent Robinson.

Landry was quoted saying this before the game on Monday:

“Don’t calm me down. Let me go. Untame this beast, man. It’s been a while.”

Don’t worry, Iron Man, they didn’t put the chain on you. Oh, and one more thing; is it just me, or did he pack on at least 30 pounds of muscle since the previous year? Dude seriously looks like he’s made out of concrete.

Darren McFadden Is Ready To Be The NFL’s Best ‘Back

As a born Gator fan, I loathed Arkansas as a kid. I hate everything about them. I didn’t like their players, their uniforms, their stadium, the people, the atmosphere. It didn’t matter, except for maybe one thing; Darren McFadden. There was just something about this guy that had my attention, full focus. He was a game-breaker for the Razorbacks. He owns every school record for rushing, had a career ending 4,590 rushing yards (second all-time in SEC rushing yards) and 41 touchdowns, he won the Doak Walker Award as a sophomore (first ever) and went on to get drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the 4th overall pick back in 2008. Many labeled him as a Reggie Bush-type tailback, which was a complete falsehood. Bush was great, but D-Mac owned him.

He stands 6-foot-2 and runs a 4.3 forty-yard dash, but ask any player in the league, Darren’s bigger than that. He catches screen passes and out of the flat better than most would have guessed. His ability to make inside zone runs is pure entertainment. He’s the real deal and easily Oakland’s best athlete and player on the team. If the Raiders have any chance of making the playoffs, something they haven’t done since 2002, McFadden’s going to be the reason why. That’s what all great running backs do, they carry their team with their legs when there isn’t enough to get by. It was easy to write him off during his first two seasons in the league because he couldn’t shake the injury bug. Although he did play a total of 25 games during those two years, he wasn’t healthy, nowhere near it.

It all changed at the start of the 2010 season, this southern boy became the real deal.

He took the opportunity and ran with it for 1,157 yards at a stout 5.2 yards per carry. Not to mention he ran in seven touchdowns and caught 47 passes for 507 yards (10 yards a catch) and 3 touchdowns. That’s Pro Bowl money. Through the NFL’s first three games thus far, McFadden’s rushed 61 times for 393 yards and 3 touchdowns. In case you missed it, he torched the Jets defense for 171 yards and two scores. In a recent interview with Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports, Raider fullback Marcel Reece gave his two cents on what he thinks about the guy he paves the way for.

“Darren’s the best running back in the league,” Reece said. “I stand by him. I love him. Whatever this team needs him to do, he can do it, and he will do it. That’s why we’re becoming the offensive force that we are.”

The best running back in the league? I don’t think I could argue against that. I love him too much to bet against his abilities. I used to think Steven Jackson would be the best back in the league had the Rams had a real offensive line and he had the ability to stay healthy, but unfortunately his size doesn’t exactly allow that. According to most, Adrian Peterson still takes the cake as the No. 1 running back, but I think McFadden is a little better all-around, athletically and will more than likely last a little bit longer than AP when it’s all said and done. As for Chris Johnson? If it weren’t for his speed, would he be anything?

McFadden is fast – and I mean fast – but when he breaks lose into that secondary, who really wants to chase after that kid? Even if there are guys who are fast enough to catch him, they’re probably not strong enough to tackle him. He’s versatile and tough as a pallet of cinder block. He runs between the tackles, has above average hands and doesn’t plan on being just a flashy, fly-and-bye player like Johnson. He loves contact but won’t go out of his way to make sure he hits everyone like Peterson, he’ll just run your ass over and go score his touchdown. Ask Richard Seymour, I’m sure he’ll tell you that Darren’s a lot stronger inside than most guys with speed, but how do you prepare for a guy who can take it outside anytime he chooses?

Durability will be an issue as the season progresses but this kid is Bamm-Bamm, rough and tumble. A true power-back in the simplest form of words. A lot of running backs don’t bite back, but this one does. He’s a Razorback, my biggest enemy, yet I might be his biggest fan.

ESPN The Magazine Dubs Boston “America’s Most Dominant Sports City”

#FACTS!!!!! Boston aka America’s Most Dominant Sports City! Welcome To Boston, LOOZAH!

Darrelle Revis: ALWAYS ON (Presented by Nike Sportswear)

Nike Sportswear continues their Always On campaign with New York Jets All-Pro Cornerback Darrelle Revis and Jesse Boykins III’s song Island of Greatness.

In the pass-happy world of professional football, lockdown cornerbacks like Darrelle Revis are the most prized of commodities. Here, in the latest Nike Sportswear “ALWAYS ON” video, viewers get a glimpse of the dedication it takes to earn the nickname “Revis Island”— his personal term for smothering a receiver in one-on-one coverage. We see Darrelle doing intricate footwork drills, batting down countless passes, and jogging through the tree-lined streets of New Jersey. And after working out to near exhaustion, he unwinds by playing drums and hitting the streets of New York City’s Lower East Side.

Source: Chiefs Jamaal Charles Done For The Season (ACL)

If things couldn’t get any worse for the Kansas City Chiefs this season, well, they just did. Just one week after they lost their defensive star Eric Berry for the season to an ACL tear against Buffalo, according to sources close with ESPN, they will also be without their best offensive weapon in Jamaal Charles for the rest of the year as well.

Although Charles is set to have an MRI on Monday, the initial diagnosis was that he tore his ACL following an embarrassing 48-3 loss against Detroit after he was pushed out of bounds by Lions’ cornerback Chris Houston and immediately grabbed his left knee after landing at the feet of Detroit’s mascot. After watching the play, it was pretty clear that the injury was serious due to the fact that Charles couldn’t walk under his own power and needed to be carted off the field. Charles – who is easily a Top 3 running back in the league and earned his first trip to the Pro Bowl last season after rushing for a career-high 1,467 yards – is only 24 years old and has rushed for over 1,100 yards the last two seasons, but in all honesty, I don’t see the Chiefs winning a game this year without their most important player. Even with backups Thomas Jones and the versatile Dexter McCluster, the Chiefs couldn’t establish a ground game against a stout Lions’ front line.

Unless a miracle happens, I think it’s safe to say that the Chiefs season is pretty much over. Although it might seem like a bad thing since they had a real solid year in 2010, this might be a blessing in disguise if they’re able to land the No. 1 draft pick in Standford’ QB Andrew Luck in 2012. Matt Cassell is decent, but as of right now, Kansas City needs a little bit of luck.

Nike Football Is Going Pro On Sunday’s In 2012

Goodbye weak Reebok jerseys, hello Nike Pro Combat Football Uniforms for the NFL in 2012. Like they say in the video:

PRO FOOTBALL IS ABOUT TO HIT A WALL OF WICKED

Now if Nike can just steal that NBA deal from Adidas…

Tom Brady Sets New Monday Night Football Records

Don’t sleep on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots’ offense. They’re defense still may be shaky but they boys can still put up points in a hurry. With an arsenal of weapons, Brady threw for 517 yards, the fifth-most in a single game in NFL history, and set the Monday Night Football and Patriots franchise records for passing yards in a single game in the process. He also hit Wes Welker for a 99 yard pass (above) which made him the first quarterback in NFL history to complete a 99-yard pass and throw for over 400 yards.

And yes the rumors are true, Tom Brady wears and in endorsing Uggs…