Week 3 Preview: Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens: Defensive BreakdownJuly 31, 2010 - By Jeff Chase
DEFENSIVE LINE The most interesting battle of the day maybe Baltimore's defensive line against the Browns offensive line. In 2006, many believed the Browns pulled the old bait on switch on Baltimore when it appeared Haloti Ngata was top on their list, causing Baltimore to flip flop picks, allowing the Browns to draft Kameron Wimbley out of Florida State. Now its 2010, Wimbley has been sent packing and Ngata remains a force on the Ravens defensive front. Ngata had a down year last year but also missed two games. His production numbers are nothing that jump out at you but his presence on the line is sure to be felt by the opposition week in and week out. Trevor Pryce has seen his number decrease since he came over from the Denver Broncos and had a breakout year in 2006. And with 14 years of service, no one should expect anything to change. Baltimore also boosts 11-year veteran Kelly Gregg at defensive tackle but he too is getting long in the tooth. However, the Ravens hope that Terrance Cody, the Alabama product, can be the future at the position. Edge: Baltimore LINEBACKERS Much like the Steelers, the Ravens pride themselves on the versatility of their linebackers. This corps features two of the best at their position in Ray Read More |
Indians Open Toronto Series with Rough LossJuly 31, 2010 - By Kevin Mulhall
What started out as a fantastic pitching duel between Justin Masterson of the Tribe and Shaun Marcum of the Toronto Bluejays turned ugly in the bottom of the fourth when our Neighbors from the North exploded for six runs, thanks largely in part to a laser beam grand slam off the bat of Jose Bautista, and never looked back. The Indians followed up their horrible series against the New York Yankees by demonstrating the same youthful lack of hitting discipline that held them to a total of ten runs during their series with the Bronx Bombers. Without trying to minimize the stellar outing of Toronto starter Marcum, who went seven strong innings allowing only one run on three hits, fanning a season-high ten Indians and improving to 10-4 on the season, I for the record find it completely disheartening that the Tribe had the floor mopped with them against a guy who in his last three outings with them was 0-3 with a 5.45 ERA. If there was anything that could be said to have been worse than the effort put forth by Tribe hitters during the evening it would be Indians pitching coach Tim Belcher completely ignoring the warning signs leading up to the blast by Bautista in the fourth. Before the major league home run leader's blast, Masterson showed some obvious signs of control issues, consistently missing his mark on the outside corner and getting behind in pitch counts. Rather than stepping out and calming his Read More |
T.O. To The Bengals Will Create Drama In AFC NorthJuly 31, 2010 - By Ryan Johnston
One of the NFL's most entertaining characters and great talents joins the AFC North, Terrell Owens has signed a 1-year $2Million dollar contract with another $2 Million in Incentives. Which includes $333K each for passing the following milestones; 60 catches, 100 catches, 900 receiving yards, 1,300 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns and 14 touchdowns. T.O and his new team mate, have teamed up on VH1 with their own reality shows, and now will team up on the Cincinnati Bengals. The additions of Owens and Antonio Bryant adds some much needed talent to the wide receiving corps of the Bengals, something of which they have been missing since T.J Houshmandzadeh departed for the Seahawks. Carson Palmer is now the happiest man in Cincinnati, with his shiny new offensive weapons; the Bengals aim to copy the production of the 06' and 07' seasons when Carson Palmer threw for over 4,000 yards and 25 touchdowns in each season. Palmers 08 campaign was shortened by a lingering elbow injury, and in 09 he bounced back to a degree throwing for 3,094 yards with 21 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, resulting in a quarterback rating of 83.6. Terrell Owens definitely has the speed and size to contribute, but it was his off field antics which made it tough for him to find work this off-season. Known for his show-boating, some of his most notable ones, posing on the Dal Read More |
The Pulse Of The City: NBA Losing InterestJuly 31, 2010 - By Nick Broulis
It's Saturday so you know that means it's for another edition of "The Pulse Of The City" and this week I talk about how via word of mouth I'm hearing more and more people that either won't watch the NBA anymore or won't watch much of the regular season due to this new movement in free agency. Let's be perfectly honest, as of right now there is a small and select group of NBA teams that are actually legit title contenders and from the East this includes obviously Miami, possible Chicago, Boston and Orlando and might I add if Chris Paul could somehow make his way to the Magic I would favor them to come out of the East. Then in the West you have the world champs the Lakers, Dallas and maybe Denver. So what this means is that every team that I did not mention in the above, which is pretty much 75%-80% of the league, are all what I call schedule fillers meaning they will not be a serious contender and just play to give the other teams an opponent. This highly frustrates me because I love the game of basketball so much and really look forward every year to a new season and I'm always anxious to see how each team will do when playing one another with all the different styles of play. Sadly enough I do view baseball the same way but only up until the playoffs because then any teams that get into the playoffs have a good chance of advancing. Now with these teams that are a Read More |
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