NFL - NEWS & NOTES

winning a title solves all problems. Romo isn't winning a ring in the booth, so this is only chance to do so if the Eagles called. Hell yeah do you take the call if your Tony.

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/saints-sea...rts&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

saints fan sues team and wants season tix money back due to protests. a whopping $8000 ! wow. good luck with that lawsuit pal.

 

Patriots sign Kenny Britt to a 2 year deal
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...triots-signing-wr-kenny-britt-to-twoyear-deal

Not sure where he fits in, especially when Edelman comes back next season. After 13 weeks in Cleveland, he signs with a playoff team for the remainder of the season...

 

Probably nothing guaranteed. Essentially a 1-yr deal with the Pats holding him hostage for a 2nd.

 

Rodgers is playing.

 

Tommy Nobis, an all-time great linebacker who was the first draft pick in the history of the Atlanta Falcons franchise, has died at the age of 74.

Nobis, who was chosen with the first overall pick in the 1966 NFL draft, given to the Falcons as an expansion team, earned the nickname “Mr. Falcon” for being the team’s first player and, for many years, its best player.

A two-way star who played both guard on offense and linebacker on defense during his college career at Texas, Nobis appeared on a Sports Illustrated cover in 1965 and was described by writer Dan Jenkins as having “a bulging physique that gives him the appearance of a man who has swallowed a dozen bowling balls.”

Nobis made one of the most famous tackles in college football history in the 1965 Orange Bowl, when he nailed Alabama quarterback Joe Namath at the goal line on a fourth down rush late in the fourth quarter, with Texas leading Alabama 21-17. Namath and his Alabama teammates insisted that he got the ball across the goal line, but the officials ruled that Nobis had made the game-saving tackle. Nobis won the Maxwell Award as college football’s best player, a rare case of a non-quarterback, non-running back to win that award.

 

Adam Schefter‏
Saints’ RB Alvin Kamara, who left Thursday night’s game vs Atlanta with a concussion, told reporters today: “Im good to go. I’m gonna play.”

 

yeah thanks. his departure cost me the quarterfinals ! haha

 

Played the quarterfinal round without my 1st (David Johnson), 2nd (Zeke Elliott), 3rd (Rob Gronkowski), and 7th (Pierre Garcon) round picks. Got smoked.

 

Great player. Should be more of a discussion for him to make the Hall (although there are a number of LBs who "should" be in that discussion).

 

Yeah, seems like after the top big name guys, the LB position gets overlooked quite a bit...it took forever for guys like Dave Wilcox and Chris Hanburger to get in...shoot, how many times has Randy Gradishar been a finalist? Nobis could get there eventually.

 

Gradishar, Andy Russell, Chuck Howley, Karl Mecklenberg, Tommy Nobis...

 

Are Kevin Greene and Wilbur Marshall in yet? I remember the Vikings battling them as a kid... they were very good.

 

Come to think of it... I wasn't too young or much of a kid. Hell, I'm getting old.

 

Kevin Greene went into the HoF as a Steeler even though only played there for 3 of his 15 seasons.

 

Wilber Marshall, unfortunately, has not been on the HoF ballot. He is currently suffering from ill health related to his playing days and has filed bankruptcy, as well as battling the NFL and NFLPA for 100% benefits.

 

Jerry Jones talks about details of Roger Goodell's new NFL contract and Roger's overall performance affecting the deal.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/m/4393...656f5fe8a7/ss_jerry-jones-satisfied-with.html

 

Steadman Bailey (gunshot wound to the head) is eyeing a return to the NFL after doctors have cleared him.

 

Apparently, the most damage done to Bailey was the skull structure. Luckily, his brain tissue was relatively unscathed. If Bailey does come back, does he wear the Bebe Helmet?

 

That's Steve Tasker, not Don "White Lightning" Beebe.