Watch children and learn. Tracy Porter intercepts Manning for what became the game winning Super Bowl XLIV score (although we were already up by 7 points before that time-just don't tell the Colts fans that.)

Literally means NOTHING.

Brian Bellichick had a similar impression of Mac Jones at private workout.

A month later, the Patriots selected him #1.

I was thinking about the reasons Dennis Allen isn't working out, and I think I've solved the puzzle. There is a formula for having a successful NFL (or even college) head coach.


If you are a defensive head coach, you need to have very special leadership abilities to earn your team's buy-in and keep it. If you are an offensive head coach that calls the plays or has a very strong influence on the offensive gameplan/playcalling, and you are adept at it, the bar seems to be lower....

I know way too much has probably been said about all this, but so much has changed to make even my initial skepticism (which was pretty intense) feel like a minor nuisance, I am compelled to vent once more. This time with a whole new perspective.

Of all the holes forming in Roger Goodell's "case", easily the most misunderstood, or downright ignored fact that has come out about all this, is the admissions by the Saints themselves. People saying "oh, but they admitted...

I'm usually a believer that change is good, and I'll consider trying anything once. I am not a staunch traditionalist, but in this case just a person who sees how good things are at the current moment.

It seems that college football playoffs will expand to 12 teams in a few years. And it's a large misstep. Mine may not be a popular opinion, but I believe the playoff format the college football game has right at this moment is actually a great one. It's the right one to move forward...