By John Sarianides The player protests in the NFL last weekend against President Trump have tarnished the game. While I am a firm believer that the players are well within their rights to do what they are doing, I also believe that their actions are hurting the league. I think we all universally agree that what President Trump said last week about the players was wrong. There are far more…
By John Sarianides For the first time in my adult life, I decided to not watch football on Sunday. It was one of the best decisions I have made in a long time. Instead of planting myself on the couch and watching the Patriots or the four o’clock game, I decided to go to the beach. It was a beautiful day and I refused to waste my time watching a…
By John Sarianides The Jets and Seahawks executed the perfect football trade yesterday. The Jets traded defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson and a 2018 seventh round pick to the Jets for wide receiver Jermaine Kearse and a second round pick in 2018. The deal helps both teams fill two areas of concern. The Jets needed a veteran receiver to add depth to their receiving corp and Kearse fills that need. The…
By John Sarianides After years of handing out ambiguous, random suspensions, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell finally got it right suspending by Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot for six games. The league couldn’t afford to butcher this situation the way they did the Ray Rice situation in 2014. It is obvious that Goodell learned from that case and he wasn’t going to make same mistake twice. Pictures emerged yesterday showing the…
By John Sarianides ESPN is once again stirring the pot when it comes to free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Reporter Diana Russini reported yesterday that Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti nixed signing Kaepernick. The report states that both general manager Ozzie Newsome and head coach John Harbaugh want to sign the veteran signal caller but Bisciotti is not on board with it. The Ravens have refuted the report in a statement…
By John Sarianides The sudden retirement of Baltimore Ravens center John Urschel should not be a surprise to anyone. In fact, get used to it. You will start to see more players retiring before or at the end of their first contract. The threat of CTE and the long term ramifications of the disease will force players to walk away from the game earlier. While some players will play longer…
By John Sarianides Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze resigned yesterday after it was discovered that he had called an escort service on a university issued phone. The phone call was discovered after phone records from January 2016 were turned over to the attorneys of former coach Houston Nutt. Nutt is suing the school claiming wrongful termination. Freeze stepping down is not a surprise. It has been in the works…
By John Sarianides Patriots coach Bill Belichick is in the news this week however it has nothing to do with the Patriots. With training camp still two weeks away, Belichick is catching heat for a T-Shirt he was wearing when he took a photo with a young girl last weekend in Nantucket. The T-Shirt depicts an American solidier chasing a terrorist with a gun and the caption Life is Good…
By John Sarianides Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins failed to come to terms on a new contract before Monday’s deadline for players on the franchise tag to sign new contracts. That means Cousins will play under the franchise tag this season and potentially hit the open market next spring. The only way he doesn’t hit the market next Spring is if the Redskins franchise him again or place the…
By John Sarianides Former Green Bay Packers great Brett Favre said in a radio interview on Thursday that he would like to return to the NFL someday as either a coach or in a front office capacity. Favre did not rule out a possible return to the Packers if the opportunity presented itself. If the Packers are smart, they will “pass” on a Favre reunion. I know that sounds cold…