Wade Phillips Fired After 1-7 Start

On Monday, Wade Phillips was fired just one week after owner Jerry Jones said that he would be safe for the rest of the season. The offense, which has been imbalanced to say the least, has struggled all year. The defense has given up 24 points in 6 of their 8 games this season. Even worse, in two of their last three games, they have given up more than 40 points. With Phillips running the defense as well, there is little for him to hang his hat on. With a 34-22 record tho, in three and a half seasons as the Cowboys head coach, Phillips has the second highest winning percentage among the six head coaches hired by Jerry Jones, a winning percentage that is better than Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells.

With the firing of Phillips, Jason Garrett takes over the reins as interim head coach, at least for now. Garrett has been with the Cowboys since January 2007 as the offensive coordinator. Since then, he has had success, and even head coaching offers with Baltimore and Atlanta, two offers he turned down in order to stay with the Cowboys franchise.

I'm not sure yet that Garrett will make a good fit, although I do know the Cowboys need to balance out their offense. With more than double the amount of pass plays opposed to runs this past week in the loss against Green Bay, the Cowboys throw the ball more than any other team in the NFL. Also, the defense that was talked about earlier, is ranked 31st in the League. Changes, I believe were needed a while ago in the organization, but what is needed more than change now, is time and motivation. The Cowboys are still a good team, but they have underperformed this year. That simple fact alone, is good enough reason for any team to seek changes within itself.

Goodbye Minnesota, Hello Tennessee. Moss to Titans.



"Goodbye Minnisota, for the second time."



Vince, "Hey Chris, we got Randy....Pound it."







  


 

Randy Moss, a day after he was put on waivers, is now received as a Tennessee Titan. He was picked up, in order to fill in for injured, WR Kenny Britt. Britt, who was hurt just last week, has been becoming a break out star, but has been sidelined with a hamstring injury.

The Titans, who were no. 22 on the NFL waivers list, couldn't resist grabbing Randy Moss. To be honest, its hard to believe that Moss was passed on by 21 other teams.

He joins new team mates such as Vince Young and Chris Johnson. Young, now has a true No. 1 Wide Receiver threat. The Titans, if not considered a contender before the acquisition of Moss, definitely put there self in the conversation, now with Mr. 6'4 out wide.  



Moss and The Vikings second marriage. I hope they have a prenup.

There are credible sources stating that Randy Moss was released because of one and possibly multiple outbursts over post practice meals. Apparently these tirades became such a problem that coaches and some other players just assumed to not have him on the team anymore.
My feelings and thoughts on this subject are simple.Randy Moss is without doubt, one of the greatest wide receivers to ever grace any football field. Whether it be High School, College, or the NFL, he completely obliterates competition. Yes, i do understand that he has been through some bad publicity, but I know that no one can out jump him, with his 51' inch vertical leap. I could care less what he does off the field, all I care about is the pure greatness his shows us all, on the field.The fact that he was released because of a outburst over what kind of food was prepared is ridiculous. If the man doesn't like food, go get a intern to get him something to eat. Simple. I'll be the first to admit, that if the reports are true, then YES, he is an asshole. But this asshole can play the hell out of the game, us Americans, call football.

Here are some of his Stats/Records in the NFL:

Career NFL statistics as of 2010
Receptions	948
Receiving yards	14,778
Receiving touchdowns	153

• Most touchdown receptions in a season - 23 (2007)
• Most touchdown receptions by a rookie in a season - 17 (1998)
• Most seasons with 17 or more touchdown receptions - 3 (1998, 2003, 2007)
• Most seasons with 16 or more touchdown receptions - 3 (1998, 2003, 2007)
• Most seasons with 11 or more touchdown receptions - 8 - tied with Jerry Rice
• Most seasons with 10 or more touchdown receptions - 9 - tied with Jerry Rice
• Most games in a season with at least 2 touchdown receptions - 8 (2007)
• Only player to have 1,600 receiving yards and 16 receiving touchdowns in a season (2003)
• Most yards receiving in a Pro Bowl game - 212 (2000)
• Most touchdowns scored in first 10 games with a new team - 16 (2007)
• Most 1,200+ yard receiving seasons to start a career - 6 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• Moss has averaged at least one receiving touchdown per game played in four different seasons: 1998 (17 TDs in 16 games), 2003 (17 in 16), 2004 (13 in 13), and 2007 (23 in 16)^[73]
• At the end of the 2008 season, Moss averaged 12.3 receiving TDs per season
• Four 100+ yard games in his first four games with a new team in 2007
• Youngest player in NFL history to record his 100th receiving touchdown - (29 years and 235 days)
• Youngest player in NFL history to record his 120th receiving touchdown - (30 years, 313 days)
• Fastest player to reach 5,000 career receiving yards - 59 games (broke record of 61 games by Jerry Rice)
• Highest career yards per catch average for any player with 900+ receptions - 15.6 yards per reception
• Youngest player to have 3 touchdown receptions in a game (21 years, 286 days

For Reference---

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/11/03/caterer-says-randy-moss-lashed-out-bashed-post-practice-meal/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Moss

18 Game Season. What are you thinking NFL?

As we all know, The NFL player's season is 17 games long, of course with one bye week. A possible 3 game post season and if lucky enough, make it to the Super Bowl. That's a total of 20 games. Already, the average career of a player is right around three years. It seems like there are more and more injuries everyday I turn on ESPN but still the NFL is proposing to have a 18 game season. By taking two games off of the preseason, and simply adding them onto the end of the regular season, they will succeed in shortening players career's and make it harder for players to get evaluated in the beginning of the season.

By adding two games at the end of the season, for the average player, that is like an extra six games. Over time, these extra games will add up. Take a look at Brett Farve. He has been playing in the NFL for 19 years. That means that by now, if Farve played in 18 game seasons, he could have possibly played an each 38 games. That's right around 2.3 seasons, extra, tacked on to his career. Meaning, he probably would of retired two season's ago, and we, as the world, would not of seen Brett Farve in a Vikings jersey. Never would of seen Farve to Moss probably either.

Currently, players, more specifically undrafted or unsigned players, have a four game preseason to get evaluated by coaches and to see if they can make the team. By taking two games away, you force coaches to play there starters a half per game to get them into the swing of things. Now, the undrafted rookie, like Jeff Saturday was, has just one game total to prove that he is the 4-time pro bowl center that he currently is. This presents a huge problem because that may not be enough time to fully see the potential and talent of a player. What if in this one game, he happens to have a bad game, and now all of a sudden, he is off the team.  

I realize that if the 18-season does go into effect that the NFL players will absorb it because they will have no choice. They will get use to the fact of 18 games, but will the length of their career's be able to absorb the extra abuse, that the extra can deliver?

Harrison Fined. Right or Wrong?

In the latest news, the NFL is trying to keep the number of injuries at a minimum, especially head injuries, because as of late, they have been increasingly abundant. Just last weekend, James Harrison in the same quarter, not only delivered one devastating hit but two. One, that was against browns versatile athlete, Joshua Cribbs right around the nine minute and twenty two second mark and the other, against wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi with one minute and fifty five seconds left in the quarter.

Harrison was fined by the league on Tuesday, the 19th of October, to the tone of 75,000 dollars for the specific hit that he distributed to Mohamed Massaquoi.

Was the NFL right to fine him. In my opinion, Yes. The hit was head to head and could have been easily prevented if Harrison wanted to. Is pro football a violent sport? Yes. Will players get hurt? without a doubt, Yes. Injuries are apart of the game just as much as shoulder pads. I mean lets face it, if injuries were not regular, then why would players be forced, and in every case, willing, to wear all of the equipment that they do?

Brain Urlacher even proposed to the Chicago Tribune that, "Lets make it the NFFL-the National Flag Football League. Its unbelievable." As much as i would like to agree with Urlacher, I still realize that people come to stadiums to watch the players. It is a players League. You don't buy the colt jersey with the number 18 on it because you like the number, you buy it because of the name MANNING on the back of it. The fines are given out and rules are put in place to protect the players, the true money of the NFL. when you get down to it, the players are rich and the owners are wealthy. If the big time players are not able to do there job then sooner or later, the owners will not be able to do there occupation. The rules are there to protect investments that the owners have in the players.


In my opinion, in the future, the NFL should crack down on head to head collisions because they can be prevented. If a player is fined upwards of 100,000 dollars every time they deliver a helmet to helmet hit, I can guarantee that the head injuries, such as concussions, will drop dramatically.

Here is the link for the Video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLXJy3dap3o

  

Intro

First off, I would like to introduce myself, so that you will have a better understanding of where I'm coming from in future posts.

My name is Kyle Peacock and I am currently a senior at GCSU, and like most students, would like to go ahead and graduate. Never the less, I'm majoring in Business Management. Although the title of senior usually means that it is your last year, or for older folks, last years; I know that there will be at least one more year glued onto the end of my collegiate career.

I'm in to just about any sport/game there is. Basically if you can win, then I would like to personally beat you, of course with no abuse. Extremely competitive. Music would have to be Rap/Hip-Hop. I like clever music, music that makes you hit the rewind button in your head. Music that has meaning and substance. With that said, I just cant listen to the radio. ENTERTAINERS like soulja boi and wacka flocka flame, fill the radio stations, while lyricists like Outkast and Lupa fill my ears.

Lets see, I have a black belt in tangsudo, which means "the way of the open hand" aka weaponless combat. And trust me, when i say open hand, that doesn't mean I'm going to slap you, fyi. Played football  in high school, on the offensive line. Only weighed 170 pounds, so you can say football made me tough and probably molded many of my viewpoints on life that I still have today.

The title of the blog explains it all. News that involves the National Football League.

Legacy,

"Realize that your legacy is passion driven. When passion is aligned with vision, the venture becomes authentic. So regardless of the struggles involved, when the going gets tough, and it always does, passion can sustain the team."  Lt. Col. Eric L. Cathey