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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Peyton Manning has been to 10 Pro Bowls, including every one since 2002. He's been a first-team All-Pro quarterback five times, including each of the last two seasons. He's won three Associated Press Most Valuable Player awards and was honored another year as the Offensive Player of the Year. He's ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
A 14-2 regular season and a trip to the Super Bowl is usually a great season for any team in the NFL. However, I would be willing to bet that if there’s one team that is itching to get the 2010 season started more than any other, it’s the Indianapolis ...
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
As NFL players report to training camp to prepare for the battle that ensues on the field, there is another battle being plotted against them by the owners off the field. A lurking labor dispute between the NFL Players' Association and NFL owners over the collective bargaining agreement. The fight ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Dwight Freeney is not an intense hazer. He just expects you to do the same thing he did.
That seems to be the sentiment throughout the NFL after Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant refused to carry veteran receiver Roy Williams' shoulder pads after a Cowboys' practice.
Freeney learned long ago ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
At the beginning of last season, the Indianapolis Colts had some uncertainty within their organization. Peyton Manning had off-season knee surgery, Marvin Harrison was no longer with the team, Tony Dungy was no longer the Head Coach, and the team was beginning a new era under Jim Caldwell. However, despite ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Many of the NFL’s owners and executives are in Orlando this week for the Annual Meetings and among the big topics of discussion this year is the overtime rule in the NFL. I have never been a huge fan of College Football’s overtime rule because giving a team the ball ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
The Indianapolis Colts aren't usually one of the teams that spends freely during free agency. That's not the way they've operated under general manager Bill Polian. That said, when the Colts draft a player that has proven himself to be a big time part of the organization on and off ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
It's not too often that we'll hear from members of an officiating crew here on SRI. Particularly when the refs aren't in the news for something controversial. But let's take a listen to Rob Vernatchi, one of the officials who worked last Sunday's Super Bowl. Vernachi joined KHTK in Sacramento ...
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
In addition to all the hoopla surrounding the Super Bowl this past weekend, there was also a new crop of football players that were selected to be enshrined in Canton in the Pro Football Hall of Fame later this summer. One of those players was not Shannon Sharpe - the ...
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
So, despite putting together yet another masterful regular season, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning remains stuck with just one Super Bowl trophy to his name. That's the same number as his brother Eli Manning, one fewer than Ben Roethlisberger, two fewer than Tom Brady, and of course, now the same ...
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