Sports columnist Woody Paige responds to your questions in Woody’s Mailbag. In this installment, Woody takes sixn Q’s, including one asking him about an 18-game NFL season.
See original here:
Woody’s Mailbag: 18-game NFL season is doable with certain changes
Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels held his final press conference before the team traveled to Minnesota, discussing such topics as Tim Tebow, Brady Quinn and the status of running back Knowshon Moreno. Check out the full transcripts…
Read more:
Coach’s Corner – Josh McDaniels 8/31/10
Undrafted free agent rookies continue to keep marching into New Orleans. But over the last couple years, the flow of free agents has gone from the Wabash River in Indiana to the mouth of the mighty Mississippi.
View original post here:
Around The League 9/1/10
Back in March, the New York Giants signed former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jim Sorgi to be the primary backup to starter Eli Manning. That plan was thrown off Tuesday, however, when Sorgi went on injured reserve with a bad shoulder.That leaves unproven second-year man Rhett Bomar as Manning’s No. 2. Back in Indianapolis, without Sorgi, Eli’s older Peyton is now backed up by Curtis Painter, who like Bomar, was a 2009 late-round pick. Neither Bomar nor Painter has inspired confidence with their preseason performances, but fans of both the Giants…
Continue reading here:
Backup plans: Men behind Mannings raise concerns (SportingNews.com)
Kyle Orton all but announced recently what already was widely assumed: Denver will spread it out among the wide receivers in the post-Brandon Marshall era. In fact, the Broncos truly could have a different No. 1 target each week.
The rest is here:
Can They Replace Marshall?
It has taken some time for running back Knowshon Moreno to heal enough to return to the practice field, yet the Broncos need him to have a quick start when the regular season begins Sept. 12.
Broncos QB Brady Quinn entered training camp solidly in the No. 2 spot, worked as the No. 2 in practices and was treated like the No. 2 player at the position.
Read more from the original source:
Q&A: Brady Quinn doesn’t have firm grip on Broncos’ No. 2 QB job
John Elway pulled an Elway on the Elway hole. “Seven on 7,” the Hall of Famer said sadly after carding an even-par 72 Wednesday in his first senior golf tournament since turning 50 in June.
Read this article:
Elway, at 50, takes an unlucky 7
The Pittsburgh Steelers will get one last glimpse of Ben Roethlisberger playing quarterback before he begins his NFL-mandated suspension. They can only wonder what kind of shape they’ll be in when Roethlisberger returns to the field in October. While the starters usually play only a couple of series in the final exhibition game, Roethlisberger is lobbying to take snaps in the no-huddle offense…
Read the original:
Roethlisberger plays last game before suspension (AP)
Maurice Clarett, a third-round draft choice of the Denver Broncos in 2005 and former star running back at Ohio…
See the rest here:
Clarett returns to football in UFL (ProFootballWeekly.com)