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As of press time, the first full week of January isn’t even in the books -- yet the NFL already has its leading candidate for the “worst-spun news item of 2009” award. The Dallas Cowboys released Adam “Pacman” Jones. Well, that’s not so newsworthy in and of itself. ...

Take away Rob Ryan’s rough exterior and family legacy. What do you got? Honestly, sit back and think about this one. The answer: A sloppy-looking defensive coordinator whose five-year average ranking for his defenses is 22nd in the NFL. I’m not writing this out of bit ...

One of the best ambassadors ever for Buffalo was born in Los Angeles, but Jack Kemp has never pursued the usual course. An intellectual footballer who’s spent his time after sports as a prototypical financial conservative known for semi-occasionally rolling to his left ...

Anyone out there tired of the constant second-guessing of NFL coaches? Anyone tired of the constant call for change at the top in nearly every NFL city when things derail just a little bit? It's time to stop worrying about the coaches and start thinking about the play ...

The Indianapolis Colts’ playoff loss to the San Diego Chargers could be a win for the Buffalo Bills. Specifically, former all-universe wideout Marvin Harrison is now one week closer to possibly becoming an ex-Colt, which means he should be closer to becoming a future B ...

So long, Greg Knapp. We hardly knew you. No, literally. We hardly knew the guy and his grandiose plans for an Oakland Raiders West Coast offensive scheme (for all West Coast offensive schemes are grandiose), any potential for such washed away in 2007 by the continuous ...

OK, so the Oakland Raiders posted their best season since 2004 this past year. Sounds great. But when you’re consistently awful, being just bad sometimes makes you look good. If you made some sense of that last statement, the next one shouldn’t come as much of a surpri ...

Just three days removed from a season-ending debacle at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens, this writer thinks he’s figured out the No. 1 area of need for the Miami’s resurgent but far from elite defensive unit. Simply put, the Dolphins need a game-changing defensive ba ...

Quarterback Trent Edwards’ sore throwing shoulder is making the Buffalo Bills wince in agony. After the player complained about tenderness in the joint at his year-end physical, the team sent him for an MRI to check it out and will now send him to doctors to see if the ...

Now that the world knows what San Francisco 49ers fans knew right after the regular season ended – that offensive coordinator Mike Martz would be fired – what happens next? Where does head coach Mike Singletary look to find a capable man to lead the offense in 2009? Wh ...

While many a hometown fan enjoys the schadenfreude-heavy firing of an overwhelmed, incompetent and/or just plain wrong man for the head coaching job, a far greater highlight of the NFL offseason is the buildup to the hire. As with so many other processes in which this ...

The Miami Dolphins’ 2008 division title was as improbable as the Buffalo Bills’ miss was probable. Despite their subsequent first-round playoff trouncing at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens, the Dolphins still proved that there’s one consistent fact in the AFC East: I ...

Consider this: Through 276 quarters of regular-season football, the Miami Dolphins turned the ball over just 13 times. At the forefront of their stinginess was quarterback Chad Pennington, who tossed only seven interceptions. In Sunday's wild-card playoff round loss to ...

The funniest thing is if Buffalo Bills safety Ko Simpson really thinks he’s worth millions. Unless he’s more clever at bookkeeping than he is at football, he’s almost certainly a bit short of his stated net worth, although that’s the least of the scofflaw’s problems. ...

With the Oakland Raiders’ 2009 offseason officially underway, it’s about that time where all the rules get thrown to the side of the road and the real fun begins. Yes, folks, we can now begin speculating Al Davis’ perennial offseason moves. This offseason, Davis has 1 ...

Better you than me. It's a simple philosophy with its roots stemming in survival of the fittest. Black Monday and the ensuing days have come and gone in the NFL with over 10 percent of the league's coaches having already been shown the door; more are certain to follow ...

Nothing like a little retrospective to put things into perspective; taking stock of the past year is what Jan. 1 is all about, we suppose here at RealFootball365.com, and as playoff season looms, we’re just as drawn to looks back as anyone else in sportswriting land. T ...

On a day when Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson clawed his way for every yard available, his two most noticeable touches came on the punt he fielded in the end zone for a touchback and the third-quarter kickoff he returned for 10 yards. Namely, why did they exist ...

Based upon trends, we can assume that quarterback Chad Pennington's arm will fall off next season, then he will have it surgically reattached like the Six Million Dollar Man in 2010 and win the NFL's comeback player of the year honors for the third time. The Dolphins' P ...

OK, so this one may be a stretch. But if this was September, not January, it’d be much more than stretch. I’d be run out of town for saying this … The Oakland Raiders’ 2008 player of the year is Johnnie Lee Higgins. The once-fumble-happy, absent-minded 25-year-old wi ...