Henry allegedly fails drug test

by | Jul 11, 2008 | Fantasy Football, NFL Breaking News

Citing “the same highly-placed NFL source that broke news of failed drug tests by both Miami running back Ricky Williams and Henry to Fox31 in the past” MyFoxColorado.com is reporting that former Denver running back Travis Henry has failed another drug test.

The source told the network that Henry is facing a one-year suspension from the NFL – a punishment he narrowly avoided last season when he was facing the same penalty only to have it overturned upon appeal.

He served a four-game suspension in 2005 for another offense.

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Favre wants out

by | Jul 11, 2008 | NFL Rumors

Okay, I know. Zoneblitz posted yesterday that Packer QB Favre wanted to play for the Vikings based on a goofball in Mississippi calling KFAN-AM radio in Minneapolis. But this one’s coming from the Entertainment Sports Programming Network itself, as Chris Mortenson is now reporting that Number Four wants out of Green Bay and has asked for his release.

Zoneblitz has gone on record saying the Packers should welcome him back if they want to make a Super Bowl run. And Zoneblitz has also been on record during all of the March retirement hubbub saying he would lead the Packers to a victory over the Vikes at least once this season.

Well, we may have been partially wrong, but it looks as though the rumors of Favre’s desired return are true. And who knows, if he is able to pressure the team into giving him his release, maybe Favre will spend a year or two tormenting the Packers while wearing purple.

This could get ugly in Green Bay – Favre could be taking a huge risk here testing the goodwill he’s built up over the years. But hey, if the guy wants to play they’ve got no real choice but to let him play, whether that happens in Green Bay, Minnesota or somewhere else.

I have mixed feelings about whether or not I’d like to see him end up in Minnesota. But it’d be hard to argue against what Favre could do when coupled with a decent offensive line and a running game comprised of Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. I still think it’s more likely that he ends up with the Panthers, the Ravens or the Falcons. But of those four, the purple is arguably the closest to being able to make a run.

Crazy.

There’re no feelings in football

by | Jul 11, 2008 | NFL Random Thoughts

Well, the only reference to Brett Favre on the SunHerald.com Web site as of this morning is for a book about the signal caller selling through something called the South Mississippi Store, so perhaps the caller to KFAN-AM Thursday afternoon was a crackpot.

Or he does work in classifieds at the paper but he jumped the gun in calling a radio station in Minnesota to say Favre wants to play for the Vikings.

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Report: Favre wants to play for the Vikings

by | Jul 10, 2008 | NFL Rumors

Brett Favre is angry with the Green Bay Packers and wants to play for the Minnesota Vikings, according to an interview on KFAN-AM in Minneapolis.

A member of the classified advertising staff for the Biloxi Sun Herald in Mississippi, who apparently is related to a member of the KFAN staff and also has a relationship with the Favre family, told KFAN that Favre doesn’t think much of the Packers’ wide receiver corp and also feels as though the team hasn’t wanted him for at least a couple years.

We here at Zoneblitz are skeptical at this point of the accuracy of the interview. A quick scan of the Biloxi Sun Herald Web site does not show a classified advertising staffer by the name of the person who was interviewed. And at times it almost seemed like a radio bit – as a caller following the interview said. “You almost pulled it off,” the caller said. “He is probably one of the higher performing people in his trailer park.”

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Channing Crowder thinks he’s underpaid?

by | Jul 9, 2008 | NFL News

I about choked up the mini brownie bite I shouldn’t have been eating this morning when I came across a headline saying Channing Crowder and his advisers think he’s underpaid.

At a million bucks a year, Crowder is tied for being the fourth-highest paid linebacker on the Miami Dolphins roster, prompting his agent to ask the team for a new contract, according to the Miami Herald.

Okay, I grant you, these guys have a limited lifespan and have to maximize their earnings while they can. And it’s not like Crowder’s numbers are bad. He’s played 43 games, starting 37 since joining the team three seasons ago and he’s amassed 78, 103 and 84 tackles during that timespan, according to NFL.com.

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