So long professor. It is truly a sad in the NFL Insider world. By John Sarianides 1.I believe Tom Brady is the 21st most popular athlete in the world. Most of the world despises him. It really is not a surprise. People hate winners. 2.ESPN firing John Clayton is further proof that sports talk nowadays is more about obnoxious, dumb takes now than it is about content. 3. The 49ers…
By John Sarianides Ten thoughts from the world of football. 1. I hope Arthur Blank does the right thing and signs Michael Vick to a one day contract so that he can retire as a Falcon. 2. I don’t care what Josh Norman thinks of Odell Beckham Jr. and Dez Bryant! Why is it even a story? Norman babbling about them is nothing more than a publicity stunt on his…
By John Sarianides ESPN announced on Friday that former Oregon, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers head coach Chip Kelly would be joining the network as an NFL and college football analyst. At first, I was a little skeptical when I heard the news but the more I have thought about it the last couple of days (yes, I have thought about it) I think Kelly could actually end up…
By John Sarianides The Patriots signed veteran receiver Andrew Hawkins on Wednesday to a one year deal. The first question that popped in my head was. Where is he going to fit in? The speedy Hawkins gives the Patriots another slot receiver that can take the top off of a coverage but how is he going to make a roster that already includes Julien Edelman, Chris Hogan, Brandin Cooks, Danny…
Featured image courtesy of si.com By John Sarianides I am not a fan of the new overtime and celebration rule changes that are being implemented by the NFL. Yeah, I know I probably sound like a curmudgeon but the fact of the matter, none of the changes make any sense to me. Let’s start with the change to overtime. Why reduce the overtime period from 15 minutes to 10 minutes?…
By John Sarianides The New England Patriots have restructured tight end Rob Gronkowski‘s contract. Gronkowski was scheduled to earn $5.25 million in 2017 but thanks to a restructuring of his current contract, Gronkowski could potentially earn $10.75 million which would make him the highest paid tight end in the NFL. Gronkowski has been grossly underpaid throughout his career considering his production so he deserves the pay increase. In order for…
Featured image courtesy of Chiefs.com By John Sarianides The weather is getting warmer and the football is starting to fly around again as teams begin voluntary OTA’s this week. Teams actually began OTA’s last week but most of those practices were sparsely attended by veterans. Veterans typically attend the third week of OTA’s. We have gotten a good look at many of the rookies working out with their new teams…
By John Sarianides When Steve Addazio took the Boston College job in 2013, he said he wanted to build a fence around Massachusetts and keep all of the talent in the state at home. While Addazio and his staff has missed out on some local talent, last week was proof that they have indeed put up a fence and Massachusetts talent is choosing stay home and play at the Heights. …
By John Sarianides May and June are notoriously slow football months unless you want to talk about OTA’s, mini camps and spring recruiting in college football. As a result, you have to resort to writing hypothetical pieces like this. I believe that if the Patriots win the Super Bowl next season, Tom Brady will retire. I used to think he will play three more seasons but given his wife’s recent…
By John Sarianides The Philadelphia Eagles announced this morning that they have signed free agent running back LeGarrette Blount to a one year, $2.8 million dollar contract. Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman was able to step around the May 9th tender placed on Blount by the Patriots by offering him more money than the max of $2.1 million he would have earned from them had he signed after July 22nd….