We love a practical joke as much as anyone, and have to admit that there's nothing like seeing one pulled off to perfection. Hilliard Davidson High School (Ohio) officials ... Read More

We're wrapping up our tour through the NFC South with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who struggled to a 4-12 record behind an anemic offense in 2006. Head coach Jon ... Read More

The New Orleans Saints were a really nice story last season, returning home a symbol of the rebuilding in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. And they road a ... Read More

With the NFL preseason kicking off this weekend, some of you beginners might be wishing you had a better understanding of how this seemingly confusing game works. To a ... Read More

Remember how fashionable it was at this time last year to pick the Carolina Panthers to win the Super Bowl? That worked out well, huh? Well this is largely the ... Read More

Having finished off the AFC South, we hop on over to the NFC South where we kick things off with the Atlanta Falcons. And heaven knows we just haven't ... Read More

Give Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs a little credit. Not much, mind you. But maybe he does deserve a little tiny miniscule sliver of credit. After wrecking his $350,000 ... Read More

Cheat sheets are a staple for every fantasy football enthusiast. Without them, many of us would be lost on draft day. But they are not the only way ... Read More

We round out our trip through the AFC South with a report on the Tennessee Titans, whose miraculous turnaround over the second half of the 2006 season has expectations high ... Read More

So much of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ success in 2007 will be dependent on the performance of Byron Leftwich, David Garrard, or whoever proves to be the eventual starter at quarterback. ... Read More

Repairing Michael Vick's image is nearly an impossibility at this point, but there is a step that both he and the Atlanta Falcons could take that would show that both ... Read More

As expected, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty to federal charges related to dogfighting Monday, and now faces from one to five years in prison. He also stood ... Read More

With no noteworthy veteran acquisitions and numerous free-agent defections of their own, the Indianapolis Colts face an uphill battle in defending their NFL championship. With the game's best quarterback in Peyton ... Read More

I know, I know... as we changed from the AFC North to the AFC South, we skipped the Pittsburgh Steelers. But fret not Steelers fans. We'll catch ... Read More

It didn't take long for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to drop the hammer on Michael Vick Friday. Shortly after the embattled quarterback filed papers in federal court admitting his ... Read More

On Friday, as reported by numerous sources, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick filed his plea agreement in federal court, which included an admission of guilt to conspiring to operate an ... Read More

The Cleveland Browns showed some surprising progress during head coach Romeo Crennel’s rookie season in ‘05, advancing from four wins the previous season to six. But since that time the ... Read More

The Baltimore Ravens were among the elite teams in the NFL in 2006, posting a 13-3 record before losing to the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts in the playoffs. ... Read More

Now, we generally don't consider ourselves to be math geniuses around here, but we do realize that with just over two weeks to go and more than half the league ... Read More

Fantasy footballers can relax now. At least in the sense that Larry Johnson will be in the Kansas City Chiefs' lineup this season. After finally agreeing to terms ... Read More

With the threat of further, more serious charges hanging over his head, and co-defendants turning on him left and right, the proverbial other shoe finally dropped on Michael Vick on ... Read More

With a salary-cap surplus and plenty of holes to fill, it seems the Minnesota Vikings should have been big player's in this year's free-agent market. But instead, the team ... Read More

Despite a strong finish in 2006 that brought the Green Bay Packers back to an even 8-8 record, General Manager Ted Thompson did little to improve this team from the ... Read More

As the salary cap has grown over the years, a problem has grown along with it. The amount of guaranteed money being handed out to top draft picks has ... Read More

Ever the league laughingstock it seems, the Detroit Lions hope to give their fans some modicum of relative success in 2007, which, based on recent history, would entail simply escaping ... Read More

According to ESPN reports, attorneys for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick are advising him to accept a plea deal in connection with the dogfighting operation that allegedly ran on his ... Read More

Moving along from the AFC East to the NFC North, we pick up our 2007 team previews with the reigning NFC champion Chicago Bears. An obvious division favorite, the Bears will ... Read More

According to a Monday report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the two remaining co-defendants in Michael Vick's federal dogfighting case are expected to plead guilty this week as part of a ... Read More

Head Coach Eric Mangini did a great job in his rookie season, taking a New York Jets team that few expected to compete to a 10-6 record and a playoff ... Read More

For those of you still preparing for the fantasy football season -- which is pretty much most of us -- About Football's collection of cheat sheets have been updated: Top ... Read More

How can you not like what the New England Patriots did during the offseason? They had perhaps the best additions on both offense and defense in wide receiver Randy ... Read More

Adam "Pacman" Jones is back in the news again, and it seems this time, surprisingly, no strippers or guns were involved. Apparently, according to ESPN, the suspended Tennessee Titans ... Read More

There's a new veteran quarterback in town again this year, along with an offensive-minded head coach who has seen a lot of success as an offensive coordinator. Seeing as ... Read More

Generally speaking, I'm not real big on awards ceremonies, because they usually include long, boring speeches that put me to sleep. And I wasn't real enthused with the prospects ... Read More

Wednesday we wrapped up our preview of the teams in the NFC East. And as we continue on over the next few days with these team reports, we'll be ... Read More

We're wrapping up our preview of the NFC East with an overview of the Washington Redskins, who suffered through a very disappointing 2006 season. Key to this season's success ... Read More