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San Diego Chargers to experience talent drain?

March 16, 2010

The first major move of the 2010 offseason was for the San Diego Chargers to part ways with perennial Pro Bowl running back LaDainian Tomlinson. The Chargers now find themselves dangerously thin at running back after letting Michael Turner depart in free agency in 2008 without compensation and 2009 franchise player Darren Sproles yet to [...]

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Denver Broncos to progress under McDaniels?

March 15, 2010

The first year of rookie head coach Josh McDaniels started out well, but finished poorly. After trading Jay Cutler to the Bears and dealing with internal strife with WR Brandon Marshall and TE Tony Scheffler, the Denver Broncos sprung out of the gates to a 6-0 start before finishing the season at 8-8 yet again. [...]

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2010 Draft Order Complete

March 14, 2010

Image via Wikipedia In the midst of preparing our Around the Draft series we neglected to post the final draft order for the upcoming April draft. The previous order we had posted was still subject to the outcome of the Super Bowl and a number of coin flips for tie breaking purposes. Team (2009 Record) [...]

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Tennessee Titans to win with Young?

March 11, 2010

Despite closing out their 13-3 2008 season with a divisional round loss to the Ravens, the Tennessee Titans seemed to be poised to return to the post season behind the arm of Kerry Collins and the legs of Chris Johnson. However, after an 0-6 start capped by an embarassing 59-0 loss to the Patriots, the [...]

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Houston Texans preparing to make their ascent?

March 10, 2010

Image by The Brit_2 via Flickr In 2009 the Houston Texans posted the first winning season in the team’s eight year history on the arm of quarterback Matt Schaub and a young defense that is beginning to come into their own. The team enters the offseason in need of help at running back in draft [...]

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Jacksonville to rise from mediocrity?

March 9, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife The Jacksonville Jaguars are an unremarkable 57-55 under head coach Jack Del Rio who will be heading into his eighth season in 2010. Despite having one of the game’s best young talents at running back in Maurice Jones-Drew the team has not had consistent play from either the quarterback [...]

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Indianapolis to remain perennial contender?

March 8, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Coming off the loss to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV the Indianapolis Colts have their work cut out for them entering the offseason. Quarterback Peyton Manning will be entering the final year of his contract with the team in 2010, as the final two years have [...]

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Can Pittsburgh right the ship?

March 4, 2010

Image by chicagobasketball via Flickr Entering the season as reigning Super Bowl champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers got off to a fast start before a midseason fade. Their normally stout defense became uncharacteristically porous. While Pittsburgh rallied late in the season and nearly made it in the playoffs, they will need to address several areas, most [...]

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Will Baltimore focus on the passing game?

March 3, 2010

After blowing the Patriots out of the playoffs in the Wild Card round, the Ravens came up lame against the Colts. With the emergence of Ray Rice at running back, Baltimore enters the 2010 draft with a need to address deficiencies at wide receiver despite the free agent signing of Dante Stallworth. They will also [...]

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Mike Holmgren to the Browns rescue?

March 2, 2010

Despite the regime change from Romeo Crennel to Eric Mangini, the Browns got off to a dismal start to the season. The revamped front office traded away TE Kellen Winslow to the Buccaneers and WR Braylon Edwards to the Jets, as well as traded down with the Jets in the first round of the 2009 [...]