Football Fan Spot

  Debate the Chargers’ offseason needs in the The Football Fan Forum 2010 Preview: The Chargers have a cakewalk of a schedule this year. The Chargers play a total of 4 playoff teams from last year, one of whom, Arizona, lost their quarterback in the off season. The Chargers always start…

  Offensive Tackle Notre Dame 6-8 305 40 time: 5.19 Draft board overall prospect rank: #129 Draft board offensive tackle rank: #13 Overall rating: 64* 1/27/10: After measuring in at 305 pounds, 25 less than he was listed, and a very low number for someone trying to make a name for…

  The Colts are getting an average center (18th on ProFootballFocus) for a reasonable rate (3 years 10.8 million), but when you compare what Satele got to what Matt Birk (9th) got (3 years, 8.3 million) and to what Nick Hardwick (12th) got (3 years 13.5 million), the Colts overpaid…

By Vince Vitale  Saturday the St. Louis Rams named Sam Bradford their starting quarterback for the 2010 NFL season that will kick off next Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. With great power comes great responsibility, and that responsibility was earned and has been given to Sam Bradford. Bradford finished the preseason…

By Vince Vitale The St. Louis Rams have signed quarterback Sam Bradford to a 6-year $78 million contract, with $50 million in guaranteed money. Sam Bradford is the first NFL player to ever get $50+ million in guaranteed money. The Rams deal with Sam Bradford could actually max out at $86 million dollars if Sam meets all incentives. Sam Bradford was able…

By Vince Vitale  John Clayton of ESPN.com wrote an interesting piece ranking NFL quarterbacks. John tells us who he believes are the elite quarterbacks in the NFL and who he believes has a chance to become an elite quarterback. John’s definition of an elite quarterback is; “An elite quarterback is one who can complete better than 60 percent of…

  Quarterback  Oklahoma 6-4 236 40 time (projected): 4.75 Draft board overall prospect rank: #6 Draft board quarterback rank: #2 Overall rating: 92*  3/29/10: Bradford looked great in his Pro Day, showing the stronger arm that it was predicted he would have when he showed up 15-20 pounds heavier to The…

By Eric Karkovack Growing up as (most likely) the only Saints fan in my Pennsylvania hometown, I quickly realized that my favorite team had virtually no national profile.  They weren’t the team regularly featured on SportsCenter.  I was lucky to get a box score of the previous week’s game in our…

By Eric Karkovack  One of the more interesting aspects of the 2010 regular season will be seeing just how the Saints’ opponents will attempt to slow down the defending Super Bowl champs.  Predictably, teams tend to focus a little more when facing a defending champion.  They’ll look to see what exactly…

By Vince Vitale The St. Louis Rams will take on the New Orleans Saints today with an opportunity to make a big statement. The Rams are one of the biggest surprises this year at 6-6 and in first place in the NFC West. The Rams have played very consistent football but they are still being…