Rowdy Roddy White won't 'sit around' in Atlanta, will drop expletives Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White sounded more like the late great Rowdy Roddy Piper when discussing his diminishing role in the team's offense with ESPN.com's Vaughn McClure on Tuesday. "For me, at the end of the day, I want to catch passes," White told ESPN.com. "I'm not out here just f---ing around just to sit … [Read more...]

The Worksheet: The Worksheet: Week 5 We’ve made it through the first month and what was a very low scoring, uneven Week 4.  As usual, take note of the bye weeks during this time of the year. Make sure you get all of the Vikings, Jets, Dolphins and Panthers players to the bench this week. As your token disclaimer and guide to this post, the intent isn’t a linear start/sit guide for rosters, but a … [Read more...]

Football Daily Dose: Dose: Dez Nearing Return? Reports were initially all over the place after Dez Bryant went down with a broken right foot in the season opener against the Giants. It was initially a 4-6 week injury before some were speculating Bryant could miss 10-12 weeks. Not much has been said since Week 2.But both owner/GM Jerry Jones and executive VP Stephen Jones have said over the past … [Read more...]

As it turns out, the NFL's arrest streak is alive and well at 80 months By some unforeseen miracle, the NFL just kept the most outrageous streak in American sports alive. And, no, we're not talking about the string of ludicrous officiating calls against the Detroit Lions. After former San Jose Mercury News reporter Mike Rosenberg professed on Twitter last week that September marked the first … [Read more...]

Greg Cosell's Week 4 review: Cowboys' mistakes cost them in OT loss The Dallas Cowboys needed to figure out ways to win without Tony Romo and Dez Bryant, but they're 0-2 since Romo got hurt. Against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night, some key mistakes cost them as they lost in overtime. Let's start on that last play. C.J. Spiller got free for an 80-yard touchdown at the beginning of … [Read more...]

Officials miss call on Calvin Johnson fumble that costs Lions a potential win Just a few feet from the exact spot as the Fail Mary gift the Seattle Seahawks got from the officials on "Monday Night Football" a few years ago, the officials seemingly blew another call on Monday night that helped give the Seahawks a win. Just before Calvin Johnson crossed the goal line, which would have given … [Read more...]

NFL Power Rankings: Which 4-0 team is most likely to miss the playoffs? Since 1990, NFL teams that start 4-0 make the playoffs 83 percent of the time. So the teams that have made it through the first quarter of the season without a loss are in great shape. It also means that one of every six 4-0 teams does not make the playoffs. There are six undefeated teams in the NFL right now (we'll use … [Read more...]

Kam Chancellor's huge play saves the struggling Seattle Seahawks Imagine if Kam Chancellor wasn't in just the right spot to make the biggest play of the Seattle Seahawks' season to date. Imagine if the great Calvin Johnson had secured the ball better, or been a few feet further along and crossed the plane of the goal line. Or imagine if the officals had called K.J. Wright for illegally … [Read more...]

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones downgrades Brandon Weeden to 'limited' It only took a fortnight for Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to downgrade Brandon Weeden from the most "gifted passer" in football history to merely a "limited" quarterback who isn't a difference-maker. Two days after Weeden completed all seven of his passes to finish off a 20-10 win over the NFC East rival Philadelphia … [Read more...]

Dolphins' 2015 season was ruined last December by owner Stephen Ross Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross seemed to be the only person who didn’t see the relationship with coach Joe Philbin ending poorly. Or maybe Ross had another agendas and didn’t want to see it coming. It was a surprise when Ross declared before last season even ended that Philbin would be back, much more of a surprise than … [Read more...]