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Sports Central August 23, 2005 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's 20 Greatest Records NFL records are dropping like flies, even those people thought might never be broken. So which records have staying power, and what are the most impressive individual marks in league history? |
Sports Central February 9, 2005 Eric Williams |
The Latest, But Not the Greatest Emmitt Smith has a long list of statistics to back up the claim made by many that he was the best running back ever. He retires as the leading career rusher in NFL history, with an astounding 18,355 yards. |
Sports Central August 17, 2010 Brad Oremland |
The 32 Greatest NFL Running Backs I'll present my own choices for the 32 greatest running backs in the history of professional football, plus a few names it was hard to leave off and comments on the players. |
Sports Central February 1, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Herschel Walker, Hall of Famer Considering the enormity of Herschel Walker's receiving and returning contributions, he's a very strong Hall of Fame candidate. |
Sports Central March 16, 2006 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Triplets An assemblage of the NFL's 20 best trios ever -- quarterback, running back, wide receiver. |
Sports Central July 31, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Pro Football Hall of Fame Biggest Snubs This is an updated version of a piece I wrote in 2007. Many of the players I wrote about then have been elected to Canton, some new players have become eligible, and some things I've changed my mind about. |
Sports Central July 10, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Dynasties and Hall of Famers Take a look at Hall of Famers and potential snubs for some of the most successful teams in history - including those which obviously aren't true dynasties because they won few or no titles. |
Sports Central December 16, 2007 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Offense Ever With apologies to the 1941 Bears and the San Diego Chargers in general, here are the 10 best offenses in league history. |
Sports Central February 8, 2008 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Greatest Dynasties Here's a look at 15 NFL teams that can be considered a dynasty. |
Salon.com January 6, 2001 Jon Entine |
Young, gifted and under center The current bumper crop of black quarterbacks leading their teams to the playoffs doesn't mean racism is dead in the NFL... |
Sports Central March 12, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Zeno's Running Backs Today's players are bigger, stronger, and faster. They begin playing seriously while they're still young. They train full-time and study game film. But even without the context of era, has any NFL running back surpassed Jim Brown? |
Sports Central July 24, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Five Hall of Fame Candidates There are a lot of great players missing from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Some of them will be inducted in the next few years, a few will have longer waits, and many will never be enshrined. |
Sports Central March 20, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1950s For this project, we'll examine in depth 25 eligible wide receivers with strong backing for the Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central March 18, 2014 Brad Oremland |
The Greatest NFL Triplets Ever Seven years ago, I wrote about the NFL's best "Triplets" -- quarterback, running back, and receiver on the same team. This time I look at the best triplets ever in a single season. |
Sports Central May 15, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Running Back Seasons By Age Running backs have the shortest careers of any position in the NFL. A great quarterback can play into his 40s. Most RBs, even the best of them, are washed up by the time they turn 30. |
Salon.com September 21, 2002 Allen Barra |
The first pro football player Before Johnny Unitas, college stars were the only famous football players. The great No. 19 changed that forever -- and took the NFL to the top. |
Sports Central August 8, 2007 Brad Oremland |
The Pro Football Hall of Fame's Biggest Snubs The Pro Football Hall of Fame is closer to giving defensive backs the credit they deserve. But there are still gaping holes in the Hall's membership. |
Sports Central February 14, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1990s When football fans cry "snub," there's a good chance they're talking about a wide receiver. For years, it was Lynn Swann or Art Monk. Now, it's guys like Cris Carter and Tim Brown. |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10: NFL Colleges Colleges producing NFL players. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Are You Ready for Some More Football? The country isn't ready for another football league. If there's a way to out-NFL the NFL at its own game, don't you think someone would have come up with the better mousetrap by now? |
Sports Central June 23, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 11-20 This week, I'm profiling the players who rank 11-20 on my list, counting down toward number one. Please note: at this point, we're talking about the best of the best QBs. |
Sports Central May 19, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: Pre-Modern Era Something I've never done is to publish my list of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Sparked by a project at Football Perspective, I'm finally stepping into the ring. |
Salon.com November 15, 2000 Allen Barra |
The invisible superstar Tim Brown's career is a long tale of personal dominance in the service of bad teams. But this year he may finally get some glory... |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10: Outrageous Hall Of Fame Exclusions The following is a list of 10 athletes who were outrageously exluded from their respective sports hall of fames. |
Sports Central February 28, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1970s Who is the best wide receiver eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but not yet enshrined? When football fans cry "snub," there's a good chance they're talking about a wide receiver. |
Sports Central April 1, 2010 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Defenses Ever To narrow my search for the finest defenses in pro football history, I researched almost 100 great single-season defenses, then devised a formula to help me sort out the best of the bunch. |
Sports Central August 3, 2011 Corrie Trouw |
Selling Canton Every year since 1967 (and the four years before 1966), the NFL season kicked off in Canton, Ohio, at least in spirit, if not chronologically. |
AskMen.com February 22, 2015 Christopher Hunt |
NFL Combine Training Is the combine a useful evaluation of talent? |
Sports Central September 2, 2005 Kevin Ferra |
It's Just American Football, or is it? The NFL is the top American sports leagues and is looking to expand into many international markets, including Europe, Canada, China and Mexico. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2012 |
CCIM Connections After his long and successful NFL career, Emmitt Smith set his sights on real estate and embarked on the path to the pin. |
Sports Central July 7, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 1-5 This week, we conclude with the top five, the best quarterbacks of all time. |
AskMen.com February 5, 2003 Mark Simmons |
Why The NFL Is So Fantastic As the NFL powers into the 21st century, it is head and shoulders above all other professional sports circuits. It is firing on all cylinders; both in terms of financial metrics and public relations goodwill. |
Sports Central June 3, 2014 Brad Oremland |
Say No to the NFL's 18-Game Schedule National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell recently reiterated his intention to institute an 18-game regular season. It's a bad idea. |
Sports Central June 29, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
NFL Recruiting North of the Border Recently, the NFL has turned to another source when it comes to recruiting players: the Canadian Football League. |
Sports Illustrated February 8, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Curtain falls on Ravens defense Baltimore's 'D' was great, but the '70s Steelers are still tops... |
Sports Central April 24, 2012 Brad Oremland |
The Best Coaches In NFL History With the 2012 NFL Draft less than a week away, many fans and analysts are trying to predict the future. Let's save the forecasts for after players get matched up with teams, and instead take a spin into the past, ranking the greatest head coaches in NFL history. |
Sports Central August 2, 2005 Jeff Moore |
Membership Has its Privileges There are a a number of factors that show the NFL is a club that "likes its own" and resists outsiders -- from colleges, to coaches to commentators. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
How Athletes Are Cultivated How do aspiring sports stars hone their talents so they're ready for the big time and the dollars that are up for grabs? How much money is involved in cultivating talent? |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
Top 10: NFL Quarterback Seasons In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its statistical technology to rank the greatest seasons ever by NFL Quarterbacks. |
Sports Central August 3, 2010 Brad Oremland |
SC's Interview With Tony Gonzalez With NFL training camps getting under way, Tony took time to answer a few questions about the past and the present. |
Sports Central February 14, 2006 Brad Oremland |
Pro Football Hall of Fame 2006 Thoughts The same question asked every year: were all the inductees deserving? |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 |
The Average NFL Player Don't let Brett Favre fool you. Most NFL careers are much shorter and a lot less sweet. |
Sports Central October 25, 2010 Joshua Duffy |
Baseball No Longer Rules October After more than century of dominance in the american sporting marketplace, baseball is no longer king. |
Sports Illustrated July 31, 2002 Paul Zimmerman |
Forsaking Hall others An inside look at who's in, who's up, who's out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- and why |
Sports Illustrated October 8, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Not so fast Baseball overlooks one thing when saluting past stars: the pre-1947 exclusion of black players from the major leagues... |
Sports Central February 11, 2008 Adam Russell |
The Patriots and a Lesson in NFL History Even if the Pats had beaten the Giants, would we all be convinced they were better than Miami or Cleveland? |
Sports Central January 21, 2005 Eric Poole |
Kids in the Hall (of Fame) Grimm was among the 15 candidates listed as finalists for enshrinement into the Hall next summer. The inductees will be named the day before Super Bowl XXXIX. |
Sports Central November 27, 2003 Eric Poole |
McNair: Carrying the Standard McNair, who almost won the Heisman Trophy while playing for Division I-AA Alcorn State, is puncturing the myth that big colleges have a monopoly on big-time pro football prospects. |
Sports Central August 20, 2008 Corrie Trouw |
Preseason Football: Time to Get Used to It In its annual test of just how blindly NFL fans worship their favorite uniform, the league's 32 teams are in the middle of the charade of fake football in half-full stadiums at full price. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2010 Wade Roush |
Quick Hit Cracks Into EA's NFL Market In the run-up to next week's giant E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Quick Hit is announcing today that it has struck a multi-year deal with the NFL. |