April 15, 2015 Posted in  AH81, NFL News

Now that former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no shot at parole, I’m going to give you my thoughts on the case. They are:

1. Why did the defense only call three witnesses? Why didn’t they put forth a better effort? Right now no one knows, but the prosecution, even with circumstantial evidence, still managed to get a jury of twelve to convict Mr. Hernandez of first-degree homicide.

2. Did the jury know about the other case, the double-homicide in 2012? If so, they might have been biased, therefore depriving Mr. Hernandez of a fair trial.

I expect at some point in the future that there will be a retrial or even a overturning of the verdict because of these facts.

July 17, 2014 Posted in  NFL News

Top Ten predictions for the 2014 season:

10. Look for the Oakland Raiders to make a serious run at the postseason this year. They’ve bought in an influx of talent via free agency, notably Lamarr Woodley, and the draft, notably (Silver and (Khalil)) Mack.

9. The Chargers won’t reach the playoffs this year. Phillip Rivers and Antonio Gates are getting older and, outside of Eric Weddle, they are mediocre at best and a two-win team at worst.

8. Look for Rex Ryan to lead the Jets to the second round of the playoffs and win Coach of the Year by shocking the world and upsetting the Patriots for the AFC East title. Hey, Tom Brady; be blessed you have a good wife to go home to each night.

7. Panthers will be lucky to win more than four games...

March 25, 2014 Posted in  NFL News

On March 12 of every calendar year in the NFL, teams go out and pursue players that, effective the end of the previous season, now are no longer under contract with the team they last played for. Some teams, like the Oakland Raiders in this year’s case, have a ton of salary cap space whereas a number of teams have little to no cap room due to myriad reasons. Some of which include a team cutting a player with guaranteed money left on his contract; the term “dead money” has become prevalent in analyzing money paid out to released players...