Last Thursday, the New York Giants made Syracuse offensive tackle Justin Pugh their first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. As a die-hard fan of both the Giants and Syracuse football, I was thrilled to be able to continue rooting for Pugh. However, my night was marred slightly by former Orange quarterback Ryan Nassib. Most experts believed that Nassib would go to the Buffalo Bills, coached by his college head co ...

It took three consecutive years of NFC supremacy in the Super Bowl, an MVP from Green Bay, and a season without Peyton Manning for it to happen, but in September 2012 football analysts across the country were ready to label the NFC as the dominant conference in the National Football League.  The pundits argued that the era of Brady vs. Manning had become the time of Rodgers vs. Manning; Eli Manning, not Pey ...

With football season two months away, its time to start looking at where players rank among their positions, and let the debates begin on who is better than who. Check to see where your favorite player ranks in the NFL (unless you’re a redskins fan, then you may want to avoid these lists). First up are the top 20 Quarterbacks in the NFL: 20. Josh Freeman: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Showed a lot of promise in 2010 ...

Offense Quarterback - Ben Roethlisberger: Out of all the people that liked what the Steelers did in the draft, no one liked it as much as Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers need Big Ben to stay healthy down the stretch this season or else they’ll likely face another early exit in the playoffs. Running Back - Isaac Redman: With Rashard Mendenhall likely out for at least the majority of the 2012 season, Isaac R ...

On November 9th, 2011 Joe Paterno was fired and at that time became one of the biggest villains in sports, rightfully so.  On January 22nd, 2012, he unfortunately passed away and all of a sudden became the most praised man in sports. Just like that, all was forgotten. It went from the public bashing this man for his pathetic response to the situation to the public crying and praising this man for how great ...

A new twist has just been added to the Mike Wallace situation. Ben Roethlisberger is doing his part    to keep his favorite receiver. Joining Lawrence Timmons, LaMarr Woodley, and Ike Taylor, Ben Roethlisberger has reconstructed his contract in an effort to help get the Steelers under the salary cap. Before restructuring Roethlisberger’s deal, the Steelers were an estimated $8 million over the salary cap fo ...

In case you’re involved in an NFL playoff bracket on Yahoo like I am, I figured I’d give my complete playoff predictions before the games begin. I’m sure I’ll get one or two games wrong, but have some faith in my picks. I have the Steelers making a run to Indianapolis to play in the first ever rematch Super Bowl. What a game this would be. A Steelers run would take a lot of heart from Ben Roethlisberger, bu ...