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Peyton Manning underwent his third neck surgery this year, a single-level anterior fusion, the surgery was successful and went well, but the bad news is, experts say it takes at least 3 months to recover from surgery like this.

Dr. Neel Anand, director of Orthopedic Spine Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Spine Center in Los Angeles had this to day about those kinds of procedures.

“It takes time. It takes between three and six months,” Anand said. “You want this fusion to heal, which means strong bones and stabilize the spine. But I certainly don’t think it’s career-threatening. He absolutely can come back next season.

“If everything goes well, there’s no reason he could not come back playing football.”

Dr. Anders Cohen, chief of neurosurgery at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, concurred. He said this kind of procedure requires at least a three-month recovery period.

“Surgeons initially tried a less invasive approach, but the single-level anterior fusion he just underwent is a more definitive procedure that will correct the problem but requires a longer healing process,” Cohen said. “It’s highly unlikely that he will play this year.”

Here is the original article and it goes into more detail.

I think if this is the case, they won’t risk him coming back in the middle of the season if he is not fully healed, also if they are not playoff bound they won’t rush him back to the field, in either case, I think Indy could be in for a rough year without Peyton, even if he comes back mid season, he might be rusty and they will still struggle.

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It seems the already battered Giants D has taken another blow, starting middle linebacker Jonathan Goff is out for the season with a torn ACL, adding to the list of an already injury plagued defense, joining  DB Terrell Thomas, DB Brian Witherspoon, DB Bruce Johnson and DT Marvin Austin with season ending injuries.

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Peyton Manning has been ruled out of the Patriots first game at Houston, ending his 227 consecutive start streak, second only to Brett Favre among NFL quarterbacks.

On my 23, Manning underwent neck surgery, and it has taken longer then expected for him to fully recover, putting him on the physically unable to perform list for training camp and wasn’t activated until last Monday.

He partook in limited practice last week, which lead him to have pain in his back, and after a re-evaluation by team doctors, they told him to stop practicing to undergo more tests. Manning had this to say about the situation.

“To say I am disappointed in not being able to play is an understatement,” Manning said in a statement released by the team. “The best part about football is being out there on the field playing with my teammates. It will be tough not to be out there playing for the organization and our fans. I simply am not healthy enough to play, and I am doing everything I can to get my health back. The team will do fine without me, and I know for sure that I will miss them much more than they miss me.”

Veteran Kerry Collins will start in his place, which leads to some questions, can the Colts win without Manning? Is the Manning era over?

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Lance Brigg’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, formally asked the Bear’s front office for permission to seek a trade, because Lance Briggs wants a new contract and more money. So far the Bears have said nothing on the trade issue, and did not give him any more money.

Briggs had this to say to the Chicago Tribune, “The Bears made their decision, now I have to make mine,” Briggs said. “It’s just how the business works. It’s not going to take away from what I do on the field. I’m 100 percent a Bear, until I’m not a Bear anymore.”

Briggs has 3 more years on his contract with the Bears, and is set to make $3.9 million dollars this year, $4 million next year, and $6.5 million the year after that.

Briggs asked for a new contract after seeing younger linebackers were getting more money than him.

Coach Lovie Smith had this to say about the situation, “If a guy has something that he needs to do, then he can deal with it off the field,” Smith said. “As far as how I see him, I just see him coming to work every day, like he has done. Lance Briggs has to get ready for the football season, which he has done.

“Who doesn’t want a new contract? All of us would want a new contract. But still, you go to work every day and do your job, and that’s what he’s doing. I have no complaints about him.”

The last time Rosenhaus went to the the Bears looking for a trade,  tight end Greg Olsen ended up being sent to the Panthers for a third-round pick.

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LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and other LSU players were allegedly involved in a fight at a bar near campus where four people were sent to the hospital with “minor injuries”. One witness claims that Jordan Jefferson kicked a man in the head while he was on the ground, other players were implicated, but are not named at this time. Police are still investigating the incident and plan on fining all who were involved in the fight. Depending on the outcome, Jordan Jefferson may not start for the Oregon game pending the police investigation.

According to this article, witnesses claimed it began when a person in a vehicle honked their horn to get people to move out of the way, and they drug them out of the van and beat the crap out of them and when another man went to help they beat him too and Jordan Jefferson kicked him in the head while in the ground.

Yet another promising young athlete gets themselves in trouble doing stupid things, some things I am thinking is , for one, why were they at a bar in the first place? You are one of the top football players in the NCAA, you should think first before doing things like this, you are not above everybody else and can get into trouble!

You should be setting an example for the rest of your team, and not be doing stupid things like this, you were out past team curfew, you were acting like an idiot and should have left the area when trouble started if you were not involved in it, hell you shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

With all the nonsense going on in college football, these kids really need to think before they do something, because they are going to come under the spotlight now with everything else going on, and the NCAA is going to hand our harsher punishments.

Its just a shame that they end up doing stupid stuff like this, that can ruin their entire careers, they need to wise up and start acting better than this, and focus more on their studies and football rather acting like idiots and getting into trouble.

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It seems that the Chief’s number one draft pick, wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin, sustained a wrist injury during a fight with running back Thomas Jones in the locker room and is doubtful for the rest of the preseason.

Wow, this is a good way to start your NFL career, getting into fist fights with your fellow team mates, I’m sure that will get you a lot of respect in the locker room and add to the team’s chemistry. There is no word yet on why the fight took place and who started it yet.

My opinion is why? You are a professional now, leave that crap off the field and out of the locker room, there is no need for this at the NFL level, grow up, if you have a problem try to work it out instead of fighting with your team mates!

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Well, college football is right around the corner, and all I can say is, it can’t come soon enough! This year promises to be another exciting year, with Oklahoma topping the power rankings to start the season, with Alabama at #2 and LSU bringing up the #3 position, so get ready for the season to begin, with all the action packed, hard hitting, band playing, cheerleader screaming that is College Football!

Here is the ESPN power ranking going into week 1

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Well, you can add this scandal to the list of reasons why I hate Florida teams, football booster Nevin Shapiro has been giving players money, jewelery, and other things for for years, and that is only the tip of the iceburg, there was recruiting, prostitutes, rewards for big plays, bounties for injuring players from other teams and many other crazy incentives that broke countless NCAA football rules, all while running a multi-million dollar ponzi scheme to boot.

All I have to say is wow, this looks like it came out of a book! Gambling, stripclubs, cars, money, booze, prostitutes, wild yacht parties, wild house parties, and abortions!!??? This is terrible, and it has been going on for years, and from what Nevin Shapiro has said this scandal runs deep into the coaching staff for football and basketball as well as school officials.

The NCAA better drop the damned hammer on them, and drop it hard, this is a disgrace to the game, a huge black mark that action must be taken against, and get everybody that was involved in this.

We all know that giving the players things goes on everywhere behind the scenes, but this, this is rampant disregard for the rules and goes above and beyond, this is just absolutely classless, and I am interested in seeing what is going to happen with it.

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Apparently, Eli Manning thinks he is in the same class with quarterbacks such as Tom Brady, I am going to have to disagree, and say no he is not, he is by no means a terrible quarterback, but he is not the same caliber as Tom Brady, or his brother Peyton. He needs to tone down his ego a little bit there and not throw 25 interceptions before he can say that.

Can he be as good as them? Perhaps, but as of right now he is not and need to work more and talk less.

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Really? You didn’t have enough last time you tried this and did god awful? Please Daunte, just give it up, your time is over, don’t come back and make a fool out of yourself, the last season where you threw more touchdowns than interceptions were in 2004.

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Its here!! Football is right around the corner with the start of the preseason on Thursday at 7:30 EST, with Baltimore @ Philadelphia and Jacksonville at New England to kick off as the first games of the preseason, with 3 of the teams, New England, Baltimore and Philly being teams that can win the superbowl or at the very least make it deep into the playoffs, making for an exciting start to the preseason.

I am just happy that there is football this year, and need my fix soon! I know its only preseason, but I am excited and cannot wait for football, and preseason gives us a little taste on how the teams will play, and a chance to see how the rookies play, and position battles where players are competing for starting positions or just to be a part of the team.

After all this lockout shennanigans, it still should prove to be an exciting season, and it is just great that we have football back, as it is one of the only things worth watching on tv, in my opinion as we are swamped by garbage reality shows and other bad programming, so get ready, because in 3 days football is back!!!

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The Minnesota Vikings traded two sixth round draft picks to the Washington Redskins for 12 year veteran starter Donovan McNabb.

The Vikings also made it very clear that McNabb is the starter, barring some unforeseen circumstances, and not just a person brought in to mentor young quarterbacks.

This is the 3rd home for McNabb, after spending 11 years with the Eagles, leading them 1 one trip to the Superbowl, and five NFC championship games, McNabb then went to division rival Washington in 2010, which was a complete disaster, finishing the season with the worst stats of his career, with 15 interceptions, 14 touchdowns and a passer rating of 77.1.

McNabb had to restructure his contract before he was aloud to be traded and said “The main focus for me was get to a ballclub that has a chance at winning. It’s not about the money.”

McNabb is looking for a fresh start with the Vikings, with a lot of familiar faces on the coaching staff, and believes he can take them to the next level.

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One of the best wide receivers to play the game is retiring after 13 years.

Selected by the Vikings in the first round in 1998,  Moss wowed fans in his rookie year catching 69 passes for 1,313 yards and 17 touchdowns, becoming a 6 time pro-bowler, playing for the Vikings, Raiders, Patriots and Titans.

Though his last season was less than stellar, he is still fifth in receiving yards 14,858, eighth in receptions 954, and fifth in all-time touchdowns with 154, trailing Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson and Terrell Owens and he is tied with Hines Ward for eighth in receptions.

I believe he is definitely hall of fame bound, as he was one of the greatest wide receivers to play the game.

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Looks like the lockout is over, and there will be football this season!!! The owners and players agreed to terms and, now just waiting for the plaintiffs to sign as they agreed to.

Now that this is over and done with, we can get on to training camps and free agency and the fun of who is going where and team predictions and trash talking!

Full free agency begins on Friday at 6 pm EST.

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I can understand him being mad about being fined for his hits as that is just nonsense, but what he is doing now is just pure idiocy, there is no need to come out and say the things that he is saying right now, there is no need to bash your teammates, no need to bash other retired players and no need for the general asshattery.

What is it with players anymore? It’s not just him, do they think they can go and say whatever they want without repercussions? Sure there is freedom of speech, but people forget is that others have freedom of speech as well and are free to react to what they say.

I’m no Steelers fan, but I respect their team, and view them as one of the classier organizations in the league, I don’t see their upper management putting up with this nonsense for too long and I see some disciplinary action coming his way, if not him being kicked off the team when this lockout business is settled.

People need to learn when to be quiet, as though some of his points are valid, they are overshadowed by all of his negative comments, as I said earlier, you are free to speak your mind, but you must be willing to accept  the consequences in doing so, as the other person is equally entitled to speak his or her minds as well.

His comments can be found here

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Looks like the talks are making some progress! They set the date at July 21 to have the deal done. I for one am hoping they get this done, because I want my football!!!!

Details can be found at the NFL official site.

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Pacman Jones was arrested again, at a bar, for disorderly conduct and was also accused of resisting arrest and yelling obscenities at the police, which he denies, saying he wasn’t drinking, he did not yell anything and he just had his surgery so he could not resist arrest.

This is his second run in with police in Cincinnati police, it seems this guy can’t stay out of trouble, I think he should avoid bars and clubs as he only gets into trouble there, even if he doesn’t do anything, he still has that rap on him and trouble eventually will find him.

It’s sad really, as he has a lot of talent, if he’d only been able to stay out of trouble I think he would have been one of the elite cornerbacks in the NFL.

As I said, if I were him, as long as I wanted to stay in the NFL, I would avoid bars, nightclubs and strip joints at all costs, as it seems that trouble only follows him when he goes to those establishments and is it really worth it to throw away multi-million dollar contracts for one night on the town?

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As you seen the NFL came out with a top 100 list. As could be expected not everybody agrees with their rankings, including myself as I think some are up there for hype and popularity rather than skill.

Things I disagree with

1. Tom Brady being number one. While being an excellent quarterback I believe he shouldn’t be number one, I believe Payton Manning should be at the number one spot.

2. Devin Hester being as high up on the list as he is. He is a great return man, but a mediocre wide out, should not be ranked as high as he is.

3. Matt Ryan should be ranked a lot higher than he is.

4. Asante Samuel  and Trent Cole also should be ranked higher.

5. Suh, Ndamukong should be ranked much higher than he is.

6. DeMarcus Ware should be bumped down a few.

7. Greg Jennings deserves to be ranked much higher on the list.

I also believe more O linemen need to be on this list, as they never get any love, and without them it doesn’t matter who you have you are going to be terrible, bad O line = bad offense, they almost never get the respect they deserver.

The NFL’s top 100 list can be found here

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At one time T.O. was one of the most feared athletes in the NFL, he had size, he had speed, he had sure hands, he had power, and he had the know how to be great, it seemed he had it all.

Then his locker room antics, not being a team player and off field nonsense began to show, though some teams, put up with it for a while, because of how damn good he was, he could literally disrupt an entire defensive plan.

Eventually, his antics became too much and the teams he played for parted ways with him, where he would go to another team, behave for a year, then start the cycle all over again, being labeled a “diva’ and a problem player, gathering a media circus with him.

Now, his production on the field has had a sharp decline, he is getting injured, and he has that label on him.

He just recently underwent ACL surgery and wants to return to the NFL this yeah, but I don’t see this happening as no team is willing to pay big money for him, and if some team wants him, they are going to be offering him very little which I do not see him taking.

So I believe he should just retire instead of going through the ringer, and making his image worse, he was one of the best receivers in his prime, nobody can argue that, he was exciting to watch and if he didn’t have all of the off-field drama and the baggage I would have said he would be inducted very quickly into the hall of fame, I still believe he belongs there because of just how damn good the man was, but just think of the possibilities if he had just done things a little different, how much more respect he would have had, how many more people would like him, how much more he would have made and more teams would have been willing to take a risk with him in a situation like what is going on now.

Like I said, the man was good, a damn good player, but his time is over now and he should just bow out gracefully as one of the most talented wide receivers to ever play the game.

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On an article on the NFL site Pete Carroll was talking about the decision to strip USC of their title.

I think he knew what us up, and got the hell out of Dodge just in time before the NCAA dropped the hammer on USC.

He says people will know who won, I say they also will know that you were all shady and breaking the rules as well, and that is a huge black mark on the program and the school itself.

I hope giving Reggie Bush money was worth it all, and I think he should have to pay for it now, but he won’t, he gets away with being a crook and profits from it in the end.

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