So as I’m watching the Sunday night game, I’m thinking Seattle gave up a first round pick and a pretty solid starting center to acquire Jimmy Graham during the offseason – and Jimmy Graham is really nowhere to be found in Seattle’s offense.
Graham did catch a TD in week one, but in the small portion of the game I saw, was on the field certainly no more than Luke Willson and seemingly less. The same seems to be holding true tonight against the Packers. If you’re going to give up that much to acquire a guy, you might be well served to have a plan on how to use him.
Lots of interesting tidbits today. We’ll start in Dallas, where the entire fantasy football roster there took a hit when Tony Romo broke his collarbone this afternoon. The running game already was a committee and, with Romo hurt, Brandon Weeden is going to be called on to more than likely just manage games. I’m not feeling too good about Terrance Williams or Cole Beasley, though Weeden did throw one nice slant to Williams that ended up a TD. I guess Jason Witten has looked good and probably remains a safe target. (more…)
Brett Favre and Alan Faneca headline the first-year eligible players nominated for enshrinement in the Pro Football
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Hall of Fame’s 2016 class.
Favre, who spent most of his career in Green Bay (after spending his rookie year on the bench in Atlanta) before finishing up with the New York Jets and Minnesota, restored glory to the Packers’ organization, winning a Super Bowl and producing 11 Pro Bowls and three Associated Press All Pro first team awards.
Faneca split his career between Pittsburgh and the Jets, going to the Pro Bowl nine times and winning AP First Team honors six times.
Terrell Owens (6/5), who spent eight years in San Francisco before joining four other teams, and Lawyer Milloy (4/1), who played with New England, Buffalo, Atlanta and Seattle, also are well-known first-year nominees, as is Redskins and Broncos RB Clinton Portis (2/0).
Eleven first-year nominees are joined by 97 others, including 10 finalists from 2014 who ultimately did not get enshrined. They include: (more…)
It was a weird day in fantasy football, as Andrew Luck was stymied and Peyton Manning continued to look like he may be on his last legs. Meanwhile, the Titans looked unbeatable. It’s just one week, though, and here are some observations. (more…)
Eddie DeBartolo Jr. ran into some controversy off the field, but his career as an NFL owner is rivaled by few.
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DeBartolo took over ownership of a foundering San Francisco 49ers team in 1977, brought Bill Walsh on board as head coach and together they built the team of the 1980s and 90s.
DeBartolo was selected Tuesday as the “contributor” candidate for the Hall of Fame’s 2016 class. He joins senior candidates Ken Stabler and Dick Stanfel as finalists who will be voted on by the full voting committee the week of the Super Bowl.
DeBartolo gave up control of the 49ers in 2000 after getting caught up in the corruption case of then-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards. But during his tenure, the 49ers posted double-digit wins in 17 of 18 seasons from 1981 through 2000, appeared in 10 NFC Championship games and won five Super Bowls.
“I’m truly humbled. My football life is going through my mind right now,” DeBartolo, Jr. says in a statement posted at the Hall of Fame website.
He, along with others selected for the final vote, need a thumbs up from 80 percent of the voters to earn enshrinement. We’ve done less discussion on contributors than seniors here on the site, but I’d be hard pressed to find an owner who had more success than DeBartolo during his reign. Solid candidate? Who else should be considered?
The 2016 class will be enshrined August 4-7, 2016.
Eddie DeBartolo is the "contributor" candidate for 2016 Hall of Fame enshrinement. That's ...
Disappointing. What did he have to do with building that 49ers dynasty? (44%, 4 Votes)
Great - his work in the NFL warrants a bronze bust in Canton. (33%, 3 Votes)
Okay pick, but other candidates would have been better (tell us who). (22%, 2 Votes)
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