BREAKING NEWS: Antonio Brown Says He’s Done Playing in the NFL

BREAKING NEWS: Antonio Brown Says He’s Done Playing in the NFL

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by | Sep 22, 2019 | Featured, NFL

Another day, another twist in the 2019 Antonio Brown NFL saga. He made the headlines once again when he was released by the New England Patriots on Friday afternoon.

It would stand to reason that if he wasn’t able to stick with the Patriots that none of the other 31 teams–especially the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders–would want to have him and the drama surrounding him off the field on their team going forward.

Today, Antonio Brown took the time to share his stance on his future in the NFL:

It’s been reported that New England was not planning on giving Brown his full $9 million signing bonus and on top of the $30 million of guaranteed money voided by the Raiders, that accounts for the $40 million that Brown refers to in his tweets.

The NFLPA will represent Brown as he attempts to recoup that money but he followed his unofficial retirement announcement with a prolonged Twitter rant. In the said rant, Brown took aim at the likes of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, NFL Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe, and former teammate Ben Roethlisberger for their past sexual indiscretions:

One can assume that Brown feels that him being shunned by the league in the face of the civil lawsuit he’s facing for an alleged sexual assault (along with a second accusor coming forward) his hypocritical compared to the treatment of other NFL players and owners who faced sexual assault charges in their past.

This latest news makes it clear that the Antonio Brown storyline is nowhere near complete even though he is no longer on a roster.

Sep 22, 2019 No Comments
BREAKING NEWS: New England Patriots Release Antonio Brown

BREAKING NEWS: New England Patriots Release Antonio Brown

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by | Sep 20, 2019 | Featured, NFL

The wild ride that is Antonio Brown’s 2019 NFL season took another turn today as it was announced that the New England Patriots would be cutting him.

The Patriots signed Brown as a free agent after he was let go by the Oakland Raiders—who had traded a third and fifth-round pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers for the All-Pro wide receiver.

He played in the Patriots Week 2, 43-0 blowout of the Miami Dolphins where he finished with  four catches, 56 yards and one touchdown.

Unlike his departure from the Bay Area, Brown’s release this time comes on the heels of more serious allegations of misconduct than helmet grievances, frozen feet, or confrontation with upper management. Since joining the Patriots, two women have accused Brown of sexual misconduct and lewd behavior.

For his part, Brown took the news in stride, and even broke it on his twitter account in a series of tweets:

After a one-game, 11-day stint with the defending Super Bowl champions Brown will become a free agent again. It remains to be seen if a third team will take a chance on him.

Sep 20, 2019 No Comments
SneakerReporter NFL Power Rankings: 9/19

SneakerReporter NFL Power Rankings: 9/19

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by | Sep 19, 2019 | Featured, NFL

Each week, SneakerReporter will put out their power rankings of all 32 NFL teams. 

With Week 3 kicking off tonight (Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Tennessee Titans, 8:20 PM EST on NFL Network) it’s time to unveil where each team sits.

The fun begins below and be sure to check back each Thursday to track how far up or down your favorite team moves from week-to-week. 

 

1. New England Patriots 2-0 (LW: 1)

What do you know, giving Tom Brady an All-Pro wideout makes New England even better. 

 

2. Kansas City Chiefs 2-0 (LW: 2) 

In two weeks there have been 46 occasions where an NFL team didn’t score 28 points or more in an entire game, the Chiefs scored that many in one-quarter last week—without Tyreek Hill. 

3. Los Angeles Rams 2-0 (LW: 5)

The team looked much more like last year’s version this previous Sunday than they did in Week 1. 

 

4. Baltimore Ravens 2-0 (LW: 4)

EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH BALTIMORE VS. KANSAS CITY THIS WEEKEND!

 

5. Dallas Cowboys 2-0 (LW: 6)

Two division games against the bottom of the NFC East and the Cowboys look like they’ll be a top team in the league once again. 

 

6. Green Bay Packers 2-0 (LW: 7)

The home opener was a thing of beauty for Aaron Rodgers and Matt LaFleur—except the whole yelling on the sideline moment. 

7. New Orleans Saints 1-1 (LW: 3)

Drew Brees being out is going to stink but watching Sean Payton go all-in on Taysom Hill will be worth the six-week absence. 

 

8. Houston Texans 1-1 (LW:10)

It wasn’t pretty—and the offensive line is still struggling to keep Deshaun Watson upright—but they pulled out a needed victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2. 

 

9. Philadelphia Eagles 1-1 (LW:9)

We got a classic Eagles vs Falcons game on Sunday Night Football, but this time Philadelphia wasn’t able to pull out the victory.

 

10. Minnesota Vikings 1-1(LW: 8)

The Vikings avoided embarrassment in Green Bay but Kirk Cousins is not living up to his massive free-agent contract from a couple of offseasons ago.

11. Chicago Bears 1-1 (LW:11)

Matt Nagy’s offense hasn’t been as prolific in his second season as it was when he took over a year ago, if that trend continues it’s going to be a long season, no matter how clutch their kicker appears to be. 

 

12. Cleveland Browns 1-1 (LW:12)

In beating a depleted New York Jets team on Monday, we saw that the Cleveland Browns still have things to do if they are going to meet the lofty preseason goals place upon them. 

 

13. Atlanta Falcons 1-1 (LW: 20)

What a difference one week can make, after finally getting over the hump in the battle of the birds, Atlanta is on track to turn things around rather quickly. 

 

14. San Francisco 49ers 2-0 (LW: 23)

14 MORE GAMES JIMMY GAROPPOLO, YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!

 

15. Buffalo Bills 2-0 (LW: 24)

The Fighting Josh Allen’s are kings of New York—and New Jersey—just two weeks into the season, Buffalo this might be the high point of your season.

 

16. Seattle Seahawks 2-0 (LW: 18)

It’s hard to find valid reasons to keep a 2-0 team outside the top half of the league and that’s what the Seattle Seahawks are. 

 

17. Indianapolis Colts 1-1 (LW:17)

Their win over the Tennessee Titans keeps hope alive that this team could still make noise in the Post Andrew Luck era. 

 

18. Tennessee Titans 1-1 (LW:14)

They followed up their Week 1 statement victory with a question mark-filled defeat in Week 2. 

 

19. Los Angeles Chargers 1-1 (LW: 13)

Austin Ekeler wasn’t the problem, Phillip Rivers just didn’t show up to play in Week 2. 

 

20. Oakland Raiders 1-1 (LW: 22)

For a moment it looked like we all had underestimated Jon Gruden and the scrappy Raiders, then the second quarter and Patrick Mahomes happened. 

 

21. Pittsburgh Steelers 0-2 (LW: 15)

0-2, no Ben Roethlisberger and James Connor nicked up if they don’t get an immediate return on investment from Minkah Fitzpatrick this season could easily go down the drain soon for the Steelers. 

 

22. Detroit Lions 1-0-1 (LW: t26)

Having Matthew Stafford is a nice fallback option but it seems like this team is molding into Matt Patricia’s ideal team each week: defense-first and run-heavy. 

 

23. Carolina Panthers 0-2 (LW: 16)

A hurt Cam Newton is no good for anyone so hopefully, the quarterback doesn’t miss too much game time after re-aggravating his preseason foot injury. 

 

24. Arizona Cardinals 0-1-1 (LW: t26)

Kyler Murray and Kliff Kingsbury looked like failures for three quarters but when the lights were the brightest they both found a rhythm to pull out a tie.

 

25. Jacksonville Jaguars 0-2 (LW: 21)

Losing Jalen Ramsey is NOT what this team needs in any shape or form. 

 

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1-1 (LW: 28)

Jameis Winston was surprisingly efficient and that led to the Buccaneers upset win over the Carolina Panthers last Thursday. 

 

27. Washington Redskins 0-2 (LW:29)

BUY ALL OF THE TERRY MCLAURIN STOCK THAT YOU CAN!!

 

28. Denver Broncos 0-2 (LW: 30)

The clock probably should’ve run out (giving Vic Fangio his first win) but compliments to the first-time head coach for going for the two-point conversion instead of the extra point with his team trailing by one late in the fourth quarter.

 

29. New York Jets 0-2 (LW: 17)

Oh, how the mighty (and the first and second-string quarterbacks) have fallen. 

 

30. Cincinnati Bengals 0-2 (LW: 27)

Justin Herbert is going to have a ready-made deep threat in John Ross III next year. 

31. New York Giants 0-2 (LW: 31)

*sung to the tune of PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME*
“DANIEL JONES STARTER TIME, DANIEL JONES STARTER TIME! DANIEL-JONES-STARTER, DANIEL-JONES-STARTER, DANIEL-JONES-STARTER-ELI-NEVER-COME-BACK”

 

32. Miami Dolphins 0-2 (LW: 32)

They’re still REALLY tanking.

Sep 19, 2019 No Comments
BREAKING NEWS: Miami Dolphins Name Josh Rosen Their Starter for Week 3

BREAKING NEWS: Miami Dolphins Name Josh Rosen Their Starter for Week 3

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by | Sep 19, 2019 | Featured, NFL

In what could become remembered as the “Year of the Quarterback Change”, the Miami Dolphins have just made a switch of their own at the game’s most important position.

This offseason, they let Ryan Tannehill go in a trade with the Tennessee Titans, and it left a gaping hole at quarterback. They signed veteran journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick and during the 2019 NFL Draft, they traded a second-round pick and fifth-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals for Josh Rosen who was the 10th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.

The Cardinals were willing to move on so quickly because they brought in a new coach and drafted Kyler Murray with the first overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. In his one season with Arizona, he didn’t look particularly great and some of the blame of that fell on the porous offensive line that the team had compiled to protect him.

With Miami, Rosen was offered a fresh start and all he had to do was beat out Fitzpatrick in training camp and he would be named the starter. That didn’t happen. Rosen saw the field in both of the first two games, due to the Dolphins losing both games by a combined 92 points.

Heading into a road meeting with another team unquestionably better than them in the Dallas Cowboys, the Dolphins announced that Rosen would be named the starter over Fitzpatrick.

The masses believe that part of the reason that Miami is playing so poorly is in an attempt to secure a future franchise quarterback in the draft. Rosen will get his chance now to prove to them that he can be that guy to build around.

Sep 19, 2019 No Comments
BREAKING NEWS: New York Giants Announce Daniel Jones Will Start in Week 3

BREAKING NEWS: New York Giants Announce Daniel Jones Will Start in Week 3

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by | Sep 17, 2019 | Featured, NFL

With the sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, everyone expected the New York Giants to take a quarterback. The surprise was which one they ended up taking.

They selected Daniel Jones out of Duke. Like former starter, and two-time Super Bowl MVP, he was coached by David Cutcliffe in college.

Many analysts did not consider him worthy of being the second quarterback off the board on draft night.

Then came preseason and Jones put up the most impressive numbers of any QB that took the field. Slowly the pressure on the Giants to get the rookie on the field grew.

Now, two weeks—and two losses—into the season the team is giving him his shot.

With Eli running the show the Giants amassed 550 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions on 89 pass attempts this year. Hardly winning numbers, especially in today’s pass-happy league.

Manning comes from a previous regime. General manager David Gettleman didn’t draft him and head coach Pat Shurmur is only in his second season with the team. They are heavily invested in Jones and are now handing the fate of this season to him.

Many have made the comparison that Jones is essentially a younger version of Eli and maybe that’s all this team needs to turn things around. Worst case, Jones gets his feet wet and comes back next year with more in-game experience.

Jones will make his first start Sunday on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Sep 17, 2019 No Comments