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Dolphins acquire Wallace from Steelers

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

 

Mike Wallace (Jeffrey Beall, Wikimedia Commons)

The Miami Dolphins have made a major splash with the free agent season in the National Football League now underway.

On Tuesday, the Dolphins signed wide receiver Mike Wallace to a five year deal worth $60 million. The signing of Wallace is the third time this week that a significant NFL receiver is changing teams. Percy Harvin went from Minnesota to Seattle and Anquan Boldin went from Baltimore to San Francisco.

Wallace led the Steelers with 836 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in 2012. He will be complementing Brian Hartline in Miami, who had a breakout season in 2012 with 1083 receiving yards.

In other NFL news, the Buffalo Bills will be in search of another quarterback after they announced the release of Ryan Fitzpatrick. It seems they will pursue a quarterback via the draft rather than free agency. Right now former Minnesota Viking and Seattle Seahawk Tavaris Jackson is slated to be the starter.

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Moreno and Cassel are out for the season

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Knowshon Moreno (Jeffrey Beall, Wikimedia Commons)

The AFC West just got significantly more interesting on Monday when it was announced that two key players within the division will miss the rest of the season due to injuries.

The Denver Broncos have announced that running back Knowshon Moreno is out for the year with a torn ACL and that Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Matt Cassel is out for the year with a hand injury. Both injuries occurred in Denver’s 17-10 win over Kansas City on Sunday.

The upset of the week came in Philadelphia, as it appears the Eagles’ season is finally over at 3-6. On Sunday, Cardinals’ quarterback Jon Skelton threw three outstanding touchdown passes–two to Larry Fitzgerald and one to Early Doucet in the 21-17 victory.

There were also five very interesting games yesterday.

The New Orleans Saints defeated the Atlanta Falcons 26-23 in overtime. Falcons’ head coach Mike Smith is getting criticized for gambling on fourth and one and the Falcons having the ball on their own 29 yard line. I suggest the criticism is utter nonsense. Michael Turner is one of the best running backs in the game today and was just stopped by the Saints’ defense. New Orleans was probably going to score anyways because of the ridiculous NFL overtime rules! With the win, New Orleans takes a stranglehold in the NFC South at 7-3, while Atlanta falls to 5-4.

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Super Bowl Weekend Sports Preview–February 5-6

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Super Bowl XLV takes place Sunday. So, there’s no better time than to do a breakdown of the NFC Champion Green Bay Packers and the AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

Both the Steelers and Packers have rich histories in the NFL. Green Bay won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968, and then with Brett Favre leading the way, Green Bay knocked off New England in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997.

The Steelers have won six times. Led by Terry Bradshaw, they won four times in six years from 1975-1980. Then over the last decade, Pittsburgh defeated Seattle 21-10 in 2006 and Arizona 27-23 in 2009.

Super Bowl XLV should be the highest attended game in Super Bowl history. A total of 103,985 fans watched the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 in 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Dallas’s Cowboys Stadium has a capacity of 111,000, and even if the weather continues to be poor in Texas, expect a sell out.

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