Is It Time To Give Troy Smith and Colt McCoy A Chance To Start

OK here is the situation, your team is 0 – 5. You were predicted to win the NFC West. You still legitimately have a chance since your division is all over the place without a clear cut leader. You only trail the rest of the division by 3 games. Your owner even goes out of his way on Monday to text Adam Schefter with a message saying “We will win the division.” He is trying to provide a spark. Your team needs a spark. Newsflash: “DAVID CARR IS NOT A SPARK”!

Yeah I know that Mike Singletary has already gone on record saying that he is standing in support of Alex Smith, but maybe now is the time for the 49ers to give Troy Smith his chance at leading the team. One thing about Troy Smith is he’s a winner. He won in high school, he won in college and when given a chance in the preseason he won games then as well. He was a victim of his own success as he got tonsillitis right before the home opener in Baltimore and he never got a chance to lead the team he was so destined to lead.

Well I am a firm believer in being in the right place at the right time and I think this might just be Troy Smith’s destiny. I think the football Gods are yelling at Mike Singletary and telling him “You idiot, I sent you the savior and you still insist on trying to do it your way.” Really, what do they have to lose? The division is lousy so any change will be welcomed and any spark can lead your team to a better record. What’s not to like about Mr. Troy Smith?

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NFL Week 5: They Are What We Thought They Were

The beauty of the NFL is that there is so much parity that on any given Sunday, anyone can be beat. During my time doing internships while coaching every NFL coach to a man basically said “The difference between winning and losing in this league is all in execution. It may sound cliché but the team who makes the most plays and the fewest mistakes will win the most ball games.”

The first four weeks of the NFL season had us believing some teams were something that they weren’t. Some teams were selling us something that we hadn’t seen and a lot of folks including televisions brightest analysts were buying what they had to sell. In order to keep from being jaded this week I decided to cut my twitter time down and my time watching what the “experts” had to say up. That is a reach for me but I probably only spent about 5 hours on twitter the entire week. I wanted to hear what the people who get paid the big bucks had to say about teams and let me tell you first and foremost, the experts don’t know $h!t.

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Julius Peppers Is Coming Home: The Panthers Should Be Afraid

Lost in all the injury news, the trading of Randy Moss and Brett Favre taking pictures of himself and sending them to other women, is the fact that Julius Peppers is returning to where it all began. The Bears who posses one of the best records in the NFL are coming to Charlotte, North Carolina to play the Panthers. The Bears have been winning but they are coming off a molly whopping that the one win New York Giants put on them. The Panthers are winless but have shown signs of improvement in every game thus far this season.

Peppers is an elite defensive player and he is getting paid like one. The Bears have invested quite a bit of money in a defense that has all but carried the team thus far in the season. Make no bones about it Peppers has contributed to the Bears defensive success.

His numbers may not show it but he is pressuring the quarterback quite a bit. Teams are rolling their quarterbacks away from the dominating defensive end to give the quarterback more time. By rolling the quarterback they field then shrinks and it makes it easier to play defense in a league that has a lot of parity.

Don't be confused by his average sack total (two in four games). He's been incredible for them and a different player than in his Carolina days. In the past, Peppers dominated during parts of games. Now, he's dominating entire games, proving to a new team how special he is. If Peppers keeps this up, I see him winning Defensive Player of the Year, hands down. Too bad he can't pad those sack stats against the Bears' offensive line like everyone else in the league.

Does The Vikings Addition of Randy Moss Mean A Super Bowl

Wednesday morning, a deal was finalized, as the New England Patriots agreed to send Randall Gene Moss—a future Hall of Famer and former Viking great—and a 2012 seventh-round draft pick to Minnesota in return for a third-round draft pick in 2011 draft. I think it was obvious that the Patriots had already told the man he wasn’t getting an extension and it was obvious that Moss wasn’t in their plans as they were trying to get younger and further under the cap.

Moss spent his first seven seasons in Minnesota, and is the second on the franchises list in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns behind Cris Carter.  Now, he returns six years later, with a smile on his face and his eyes on a championship.

For as happy as the Vikings should be (as Randy Moss fills a much needed hole) the rest of the league should be equally as worried.

Randy Moss is an elite talent and he is exactly what the Vikings needed to turn their season around.  Brett Lorenzo Favre didn't have a talented big target to throw to when things went awry, and now with Moss, this offense looks as dangerous as any team in the league. If you don't believe me, take a look at what his peers had to say. 

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No Doubt About It: Terrell Owens Is A Hall of Famer

Entering his 15th season, Terrell Owens has arguably been the NFL's most productive receiver over the course of his career and is likely to conclude it as a Hall of Famer. Ultimately Owens is going to be a test of voting that no other player has ever really had to endure. Owens is not a media darling and even though his numbers will justify being a first ballot Hall of Famer, the fact that he is not adored by many of the football writers who will be voting will probably cause a delay in his admission to the Hall.

But whether or not he finishes in Canton, Owens remains grateful for beginning his professional journey alongside Jerry Rice, who received his golden jacket at the beginning of the season.

Owens honed his craft while apprenticing under Rice with the San Francisco 49ers from 1996-2000. As of October 3, 2010 Owens ranks second to Rice in career receiving yards (Owens is currently second all-time with 15,325) and touchdowns (third, 145) by season's end, though New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss (14,604/151) has been jockeying with T.O. on the all-time charts for years.

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