All good things must come to an end. [caption id="attachment_12916" align="alignright" width="341"] Wes Welker's introductory press conference in Denver. (AP PhoteAndrieski)[/caption] So, when Patriots fans woke up Wednesday morning, after hours of wringing their hands at the start of the NFL’s annual feeding frenzy (also known as free agency), they had one thing on their mind: Wes Welker.  For if their liv ...

The NFL deals with a hard cap, which means that teams have to stay under the designated dollar number, or else ‘pay the price’ with fines and/or loss of draft picks. One aspect of the NFL salary debacle that is different than all of the other American sport’s caps is the Franchise Tag. The Franchise Tag is defined as a designation that teams may apply to one player on their roster who would have otherwise b ...

Now that the combine festivities have come to an end and free agency is on the verge of starting, there will be a cluster of Pro Days mixed in to huge contract splashes on the first two days of free agency, beginning March 12th. A couple of guys currently not under a contract like Mike Wallace, Steven Jackson and Dashon Goldson will make an immediate splash wherever they land, assuming they are not re-signe ...

[caption id="attachment_12352" align="aligncenter" width="610"] via nytimes.com[/caption] Ike Hilliard was a NFL wide receiver from 1997 to 2008, playing for the New York Giants and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Hilliard played college football for three years at the University of Florida (1994-1996). In those three years, his Gators won three SEC Championships, and after losing bowl games in his first two seas ...

As one of the highest-profile players to come out of the XFL (Vince McMahon’s gloriously ridiculous experiment of a sports league) Rod Smart lives on in the memories of many football fans. After playing for Jack Harbaugh at Western Kentucky and failing to gain a foothold with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent, Smart was picked up by the Las Vegas Outlaws with the 357th draft pick in the XFL’ ...

An NFL quarterback from 1989 to 1999, Steve Walsh played for the Cowboys, Saints, Bears, Rams, Buccaneers, and Colts. Most of his glory, however, came in his college years with the Miami Hurricanes. [caption id="attachment_12171" align="alignright" width="250"] (John Biever )[/caption] He was redshirted in his first year with Miami, and was stuck in the back-up role behind Vinny Testaverde in his second. Af ...

David Tyree played wide receiver primarily for the New York Giants from 2003 to 2009. Before Tyree made the NFL, he was a standout receiver and special teams player for my beloved Syracuse Orange, racking up 1,214 receiving yards and six blocked punts in his collegiate career. He was then drafted by the New York Giants in the sixth round (pick #211) of the 2003 NFL Draft. He was a backup throughout his care ...