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By Anthony Brown Dear Santa, I have been a good fan and an ok blogger all year long. Please may I have a win on Sunday?  And please, please Santa, give me two more years of LB London Fletcher playing at a high level. The Washington Redskins stagger through the remainder…

Debate the Jacksonville Jaguars offseason needs in The Football Fan Forum  2010 Preview: I don’t know how a team makes themselves worse in the draft, but, at least in the short term, they did. Tyson Alualu could be a solid starting caliber player in the future, but for now, he’s a…

  Jabari Greer has been a pretty middle of the run cornerback over the past 2 seasons, but he was actually one of the best cornerbacks in the league in 2009, the last time the Saints had a respectable pass rush in front of him. In 2009, he ranked 9th…

Spotlight #1: Iowa State OT Kelechi Osemele Spotlight #2: Texas A&M RB Cyrus Gray  1st quarter 9:20: Osemele technically gives up a sack, but it wasn’t his fault. The quarterback fell. Osemele’s man happened to be the first guy to touch him after he fell. 8:41: Gray forward for 4…

Spotlight #1: Iowa OT Riley Reiff Spotlight #2: Iowa DT Mike Daniels  1st quarter 14:34: Reiff misses a cut block. 13:44: Reiff bulldozes a guy in the open field on a 2nd level block. 12:56: Marvin McNutt has a tough low catch go off his hands, would have been a…

Spotlight #1: Iowa WR Marvin McNutt Spotlight #2: Iowa CB Shaun Prater  1st quarter 11:41: McNutt with a catch over the middle in stride. 20 yards. Smooth. Nice hands. 9:39: Prater has a dump off go to his side of the field. Good closing speed and instincts, though it was…

  Debate the Indianapolis Colts’ offseason needs in The Football Fan Forum 2010 Preview: The Colts have become synonymous with consistency in the NFL. They did exactly what they needed to do this offseason, resign their free agents, most notably Gary Brackett, and draft well. Some of their mid round draft…

  Spotlight #1: Wisconsin G Kevin Zeitler Spotlight #2: Illinois RB Jason Ford  1st quarter 6:13: Ford bounces to the outside for 6 yards. 5:02: Ford with a 5 yard run. 2:10: Ford takes a handoff on a draw, converts 3rd and 3. 1:37: Ford with a lot of room…

Spotlight #1: Illinois DE Whitney Mercilus Spotlight #2: Illinois WR AJ Jenkins  1st quarter 13:45: Mercilus gets good pressure, disengages and makes a tackle for a short gain on a screen up the middle. 12:26: Jenkins lines up in the backfield, catches a pass out of the backfield. Not going…

Spotlight #1: Michigan DT Mike Martin Spotlight #2: Illinois CB Tavon Wilson  1st quarter 14:17: Wilson can’t disengage from a block fast enough to make a tough tackle on the running back in space, chases back from behind, able to bring him down after he’s slowed up by another man,…