1st Round Traded Picks

• The Philadelphia Eagles receive the Carolina Panthers 2009 1st Round pick, 2008 2nd Round pick (#43 - traded away), and 2008 4th Round pick (#109 - Mike McGlynn) for their 2008 1st Round pick (#19 - Jeff Otah).

• The Detroit Lions receive the Dallas Cowboys 2009 1st Round, 3rd Round, and 6th Round picks for Roy Williams and a 2010 7th Round pick.

2nd Round Traded...

The NFL salary cap is calculated by the current CBA to be 59.5% of the total projected league revenue for the upcoming year. This number, divided by the number of teams, determines an individual team's maximum salary cap. For 2008, this was approximately $116 million per team. For 2009, a minimum 6% increase raised this number to at least $123 million. For all of you nerds out there, here is the actual mathematical calculation:

Projected revenue x CBA Percentage...

Ok its week 8 and we are at the bye week of our schedule. Were do we stand?

NFC Team Div W L

1. New York Giants NCE 6 1

2. Carolina Panthers NCS 6 2

3. Washington Redskins NCE 6 2

4. Dallas Cowboys NCE 5 3

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers NCS 5 3

6. Arizona Cardinals NCW 4 3

7. Chicago Bears NCN 4 3

8. Philadelphia Eagles...

Watching the Olympics

Today's coverage of the Olympics by the major sporting channels can leave you yearning for the old Wide World of Sports. Coverage is pretty lame to say the least. I understand the stress on American athletes but it leaves you wanting the old days when every country and every sport was covered fairly. Well thank God HD cable has more channels covering the Olympics so I can catch these lesser athletes in those lesser sports perform. Sorry compete.

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The Butchers’ Toll
Part 1

No one can tell me we played the same system as in 2006. By the end of 2006 the fans and the rest of the NFL knew how to kill the Saints’ defense. Attack it. So in 2007 the Saints went for a safer approach and decided it was safer to read and react to opposing offense and try to minimize the bleeding. Well that did not work. The Saints’ Defensive blood had to be cleaned for the field every Sunday. Napoleon would always ask for “What’s The Butchers’...