According to ESPN NFL Insider Chris Mortenson, Dolphins team owner Steve Ross has gotten on a plane heading west to make an urgent pitch to Jim Harbaugh to become the next head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
Brandon Marshall Throws Chad Henne under the Bus
January 5, 2011 By 9 Comments
On a Miami radio show on Tuesday Brandon Marshall and Brian Hartline broke down why the Dolphins offense was so bad this year at times and mediocre at other times.
The Release of Kevin Curtis by the Dolphins Can Help Raise Awareness
December 29, 2010 By 7 Comments
Late Tuesday evening, December 28, 2010, the Miami Dolphins announced that wide receiver Kevin Curtis has been released after signing with the Dolphins on December 13.
Don’t Worry Carolina Panthers, You Are Not Alone
December 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
Last night’s match-up against the Pittsburgh Steelers pushed the Carolina Panthers one game closer to receiving the not so coveted first overall pick of the 2011 draft. The Panthers have struggled mightily this season at quarterback, trying Matt Moore and rookie Jimmy Clausen who have both been unable to secure the starting job. Although the [...]
Ranking The Fake Nike NFL Uniforms
November 20, 2010 By 23 Comments
Many of you who have subscribed to helmetandpadsrequired.com or are avid readers of Yardbarker.com most likely came across my article yesterday that broke the news that the pictures of the Nike NFL uniform sketches were fakes. Per Gregg Rosenthal of Pro Football Talk, Darren Rovell of CNBC, the NFL and Nike, the pictures are fakes. [...]
Monday Night Football Preview: Patriots vs Dolphins
October 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Tonight the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins will conclude in what was the NFL’s first installment of rivalry weekend. Like most of the games that were played this weekend, tonight’s game should be close and very entertaining. With both teams offenses playing well coming into this game while their defenses are having issues [...]
NFL Picks: Week #2.
September 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
I figured with me debuting my very own sports/blogging website this weekend I would start posting my weekly NFL picks. Last week I had written down all of my football picks but never got around to posting them. I don’t know why I didn’t; I think writing 5 blogs in two and a half days [...]
2011 NFL Season Preview. Part 9 of 9: NFL Power Rankings & Super Bowl Prediction
September 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
Welcome to my new blog site www.helmetandpadsrequired.com. After months of using the generic version of WordPress to do my blogging, I decided to go out and get my own domain name and web hosting site. It’s still under construction and I wasn’t going to debut it until October 1st once the iPhone app version of [...]
The Top 10 Most Compelling Things To Watch In The 2010-2011 NFL Season
September 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
Throughout the coarse of an NFL season you will have your major stories that everyone knows about and pays attention to. However, there are many subplots and/or situations that are typically ten time more compelling than the major storylines that the media hype up every week. These subplots and/or situations are things that affect the [...]
The Ultimate 2011 NFL fantasy football blog part 3: Defense
August 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
Here is what some of you guys have been waiting for, the next installment of my 2011 NFL fantasy football blog series. Today I am ranking all 32 defenses in order of how I would draft come fantasy football draft time. I will admit that I may post another version of this blog in a [...]
Why is Reputation so Important?
Sometimes a reputation can mean everything in life. It can determine how much you like a person before you meet them. It can be the difference in getting a job between you and that other guy. Oh yeah, reputation can also be the deciding factor in receiving an award. Not to take anything away from [...]