Although they had a good NFL season and were so close to get to the Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles still think they could do better and reach that goal. The Eagles quarterback, Donovan McNabb, and other members of the team had a meeting in which they discussed about contract extension.
The quarterback gathered with the Eagles coachAndy Reid, and Eagles presidentJoe Banner, at the Eagles complex in Philadelphia, where they not only talked about prolonging the contract, but also increasing the roster with solid players, specifically on the offensive side.
The possibility of McNabb staying with the team is in a critical state. According to McNabb, this upgrade to the team can improve their chances to reach championship gold. But, if there is no improvement whatsoever, he might consider not renewing his contract, which ends in two years, or even ask the Eagles to trade him.
The option of free agents is not that great, specifically because there aren’t many players out there. Veterans such asJon Runyan and Tra Thomas are becoming free agents this coming Friday. Others such as T.J. Houshmandzadeh would likely be traded if they have a guarantee that McNabb is still going to be with Eagles.
Last season, McNabb passed for 3,916 yards with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. This was the fifth time he lead the Eagles to the conference title game. Later on in the season, he was benched against the Baltimore Ravens.Their final game was against the Arizona Cardinals, where they lost the NFC Championship game.
After several NFL offseason episodes every year, Brett Favre announces his retirement from Pro Football. But this time he swears it’s true. Seriously. No, really!
With 18 NFL Seasons played and 39 years old, Favre says the retirement is for good and there will be no more “surprise” comebacks. He stated that his time to leave has come, and he wants to put an end to his very successful NFL career. He just played one season with the New York Jets, and although he’s thankful for that opportunity, he said “I wish I could’ve played better down the stretch”. Brett Favre is starting to learn his limitations and, wisely, retires while he’s still in the spotlight as one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history.
Even though most of the football betting fans won’t believe this unless the 2009 NFL Season actually begins without him, everything points towards this as a true fact: His retirement paperwork has finally been filed in the NFL. This time we didn’t have all those tears and loud goodbyes (probably because Favre knows he’d look like a complete fool if he goes through all that drama for the second time to take it back a few weeks later). Just the certainty from the Jets QB about the definitive retirement.
So this means the Jets are probably losing their star after one season showing off the skills of Brett Favre. It’s likely that many football fans decide not to bet on the ‘Favre-less’ NY Jets. Do you think this will affect the team’s chances of getting to the next Super Bowl? Only time will tell… if the word ‘retirement’ does mean quitting Football this time for Favre.
When this time of the year comes, there are so much sports handicapping advice that in the end you don’t even know what to listen, and what to choose. People start looking at the March Madness Brackets and trying to figure out what the best option is, following the media and sports experts. But how do you really choose your favorite for March Madness betting?
There will be a lot of sources to get good picks, but taking only the really valuable information and complementing it with your own judgment.
The AP Poll usually works as a guide for most people to find the best College Basketball teams and place their NCAA bets.The problem is, just exactly because everybody is doing the same thing, the values will go down. Betting on the usual favorites (such as UCLA) won’t give you so much profit in case they win the championship.
If you want to have a good betting pick, you will have to be patient and not just rush into betting on the most popular team. Take a good look at the March Madness underdogs, since some of them could actually have potential to win and give you good profit. Try to follow the teams’ journey through the season, see which of those have a chance of defeating the “big ones” and try to think as an oddsmaker – which will be the most profitable money lines? Maybe that will be the best way to go.
You still have at least a week to make your mind and pick the best March Madness betting teams. Do it wisely so you can actually be part of the madness, not a victim of it.
The Atlanta Falcons’quarterback, Michael Vick, might not be able to play this year’s NFL season, until he faces the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Despite the fact that he will be released this July after completing a 23 month sentence, chances are that he still won’t play on the field after lying to Goodell two years ago about the dog fighting incident.
Many people think that Goodell is still going to keep him suspended mainly because Vick, basically, mocked him and took it as a joke when he was asked about his actions. Some people think the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) is not doing its job and handed full responsibility towards the commissioner just to avoid a problem, demonstrating not much care for the interest of players.
Another issue is that the Falcons’ don’t want Vick anymore and the possibility of trading him to another team is most likely to happen. Many teams in the league are not interested in his services, but teams like the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings havetheir eye on Vick, but still are not sure what they will do. 49ers coach Mike Singletary said that Vick deserves another chance and that he will have a successful return.
The future of Vick is still uncertain. Whether he might play this season or not, if the Falcons are going to still keep him or eliminate his contract, the possibility of going to the CFL or if another team is going to sign him to their roster. The chances are very low. But whatever option comes up in the next few months, this could Vicks’ recovery and we might see a different and better Michael Vick the next time he touches the field.
If you’re a rabid sports betting fan following the NBA Season from the very beginning, you probably considered placing a Future bet. These are particularly risky, but they also have their rush of adrenaline when the time comes closer to find out if you did the betting picks right.
Most bettors went for the big favorites of these times: LA Lakers, San Antonio Spurs and of course the Defending Champions Boston Celtics. Others had their hopes on the Pistons or the Mavs. But some other teams surprised everyone by standing among the top teams of their Conference. This is the case of the Denver Nuggets, which have been usually good, but right now they’re just one step behind the Lakers. Even though the Nuggets didn’t seem like a very safe wager to make when betting futures, all the NBA fans that saw their potential are close to a possible celebration.
If you’re making NBA future bets and don’t feel like risking too much, maybe going for the players could be a better option. We all know who the biggest NBA stars are: the Lakers always controversial Kobe Bryant and the Cavaliers’ King, LeBron James. So unless a new, unexpected superstar appears out of any other team, your options are pretty much narrowed down to those 2.It doesn’t mean those are the only good players in the NBA, but they’re definitely the strongest candidates to take the MVP Award home. And that’s something you could’ve seen coming since the beginning of the 2008-2009 NBA Season.
So which team will be the golden pick for NBA futures? Is it possible that the Celtics get those honors for 2 years in a row? Will the Lakers take the title they let go this time? Or is it going to be a different team that breaks down all those expectations? You’d better check your NBA future bets, maybe it’s time to deeply analyze your possibilities to win.
There is always another reason why people watch the superbowl: the excitement, the teams, the fun of having friends and family over to watch the football game and of courses the commercials.
This year’s super bowl commercials were sold for over $3 million a spot and of course they are magnificent examples of product advertisement every year, 2009 was no exception. From the fun and cute careerbuilders.com punched koala to pop culture icon from SNLMacGruber being endorsed by Pepsi, 2009 super bowl ads were very well finished and detailed works of art.
The imaginative Doritos commercial was definitely one of my favorites but the Bud Light commercial where people drink beer on meetings was terrible in my opinion and definitely not Super Bowl commercial material at all unlike Pedigree’s adoption campaign ad that proved to be well thought out and clever.
There were some super bowl commercials that showed that companies cut out expenses in making the ad probably to be able to pay for the spot, yet we still had some interesting pieces to enjoy after all, the Frosted Flakes ad not only had a lovely message also added a bit of humanity to the entire event, my wife loved it.
Probably the financial crisis is to be blamed for not allowing companies to spend more in advertisement quality, hopefully next year we can enjoy cleverer and sophisticated pieces of advertisement during the super bowl, who know, maybe a minimalist way of marketing can deliver more interesting commercials during the next super bowl.
Last year, the Lakers had to deal with the fact of not having Andrew Bynum available due to injuries, and so the Celtics certainly had it easier at the NBA finals, but Doc Rivers, Boston’s coach knows that Los Angeles is a very different team now that Bynum is healthy and ready to play. And so he knows he’s the man that can change everything in comparison with the Lakers from last NBA season.
Bynum is a young player who is the perfect replacement for Shaq due to his physical condition, and critics are also saying that he will be the next Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles when Bryant is ready to leave the team. Andrew Bynum is basically the perfect combination for a basketball player: one that can defend and score at the same time.
The NBA finals from last year wouldn’t have been the same if Bynum would have played. The Lakers from last season looked more like an offensive team than one that is balanced in offense and defense, this year, they are such team, and if both Lakers and Celtics are faced each other at the NBA finals again, then I think the story can be very different.
Of course, we all know that the Lakers are a pain in the head even without Andrew Bynum, but with a healthy Bynum on the team, they know that they are said to be the most dominant team in the league, so such dominance can be also said to be dependant on the good health of the 21 year-old player.
With some games between the two franchises at the regular season, we’ll be able to see what is the current condition of the rivalry, and we’ll also see if the Celtics still have an edge (in what dominance concerns) over the Lakers now that Bynum is part of the team.
The Patriots are without a question, a team that deserves all the possible honors a team can obtain – ok, ok, that is if we put the Bill Beli-cheat deal out of the table – and let me tell you, I just don’t believe they are only good, they are very lucky too.
Why? Well, the reason has a name, and that is Matt Cassel, what an amazing quarterback the rookie is! And to think that nobody believed in him when the NFL season started, I guess that is just the way things are in American football and sports in general, a player must prove himself in front of a big crowd in despite of obtaining an starting position. And believe me; I am sure Patriots fans are happy with Cassel’s performance on the football field.
Tom Brady is a man that deserves a spot in the hall of fame and we all know that, but before he got injured, Matt Cassel was just a shadow behind him, and I’m sure New England Patriots fans were expecting Brady to be injury-proof all of his career so they didn’t had to see what a rookie like Cassel could do or not.
Why the fear about Matt Cassel? Well, because he never was a steady starting quarterback before and his experience in regular NFL season games was quite poor.
But wait! Something great happen – at least for Cassel – Tom Brady got injured in the first game of the regular season! And here comes the chance for the rookie to show people what he’s made of.
Of course we all know what happened afterwards, Matt Cassel does an outstanding job, leading to the Patriots to an excellent regular season record during his first year as the official starting quarterback for the team. Sure, he didn’t lead the Pats to the Super Bowl, but who knows, maybe next year…
This 2008-2009 NFL Football Season was full of action and full of surprises. The final event had to go according to the intensity of the season, of course. The NFL Season ended with Super Bowl XLIII as one of the most exciting games ever played and the most watched ever.
With a breath-taking match, the Pittsburgh Steelers became the NFL Champions after defeating (by little) an impressive Arizona Cardinals team. The game had it all to make history and make every NFL betting fan flip out no matter which their favorite NFL team was.
Even though the biggest favorites of the day were the Steelers, Arizonashowed to the world what the team was made of and why they deserved to be there. The Cardinals entered the finals unexpectedly, and that caused many people not trusting them to have a good performance. Ready to prove them all wrong, the Arizona Cardinals became one of the best Super Bowl rivals of all times. Minutes before the end of the 4th quarter, the Cardinals were up on the NFL Score. By that time, everybody really thought the Arizona Cardinals would be Super Bowl Champions for the first time. However, one last touchdown by MVP Santonio Holmes gave the Steelers the chance to place themselves as the top NFL team, with a record of Super Bowl victories.
Super Bowl XLIII will also be remembered for a new record set by Steelers James Harrison, with an interception return of the whole 100 yards to a touchdown. The 100-yard interception return set a new record as the longest play in NFL history.
Even those who weren’t fans of any of these 2 teams enjoyed this Super Bowl. Few times in life you have the chance to see a real face-to-face between 2 good teams and get really surprised by them.
