
On Tuesday former St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Chidi Ahanotu was ordered by Judge Elizabeth Rice to surrender his 2002 NFC championship game ring that he won as a member of the St. Louis Rams.
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On Tuesday former St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Chidi Ahanotu was ordered by Judge Elizabeth Rice to surrender his 2002 NFC championship game ring that he won as a member of the St. Louis Rams.

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. [...]

Last week during a post game press conference after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18 – 17 win over the St. Louis Rams. Second year head Coach Raheem Morris stated that the Buccaneers are the best team in the NFC.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Is it really necessary for me to do a NFL season preview on the NFC West? I mean really folks; this has to be the worst division in the NFL. I am going to need another cup of coffee to get through this one. NFC West (Note: If you click on the red colored team [...]

NFL fans around the country are awaiting the decision of Brian Westbrook as to where he will be playing next season. Reports came out last week that he is expected to make a decision this week, and many of you here in Denver hope he chooses the orange and blue. Brian has visited with the [...]
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NFL Week 3: Time to Panic?
Both the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys have started 0-2 to the surprise of many. While the Bears, Texans, Packers, and Saints have all started 2 – 0. Although the Cowboys and Vikings started the season below expectations, should they be in panic mode? Lions vs. Vikings The Vikings host the Lions Sunday and need [...]