Redskins’ team owner Dan Snyder has made some very questionable moves during his thirteen year tenure as team owner and he has finally admitted to his many mistakes.
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 [...]
Donovan McNabb ‘Disrespected’ By Benching (Audio Included)
December 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
Donovan McNabb says that he felt “disrespected” by the way he was benched by Redskins coach Mike Shanahan.
Ranking The Fake Nike NFL Uniforms
November 20, 2010 By 24 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. [...]
Michael Vick’s MVP Season In Football and In Life Continues
November 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
On the day that Vick’s former teammate Donovan McNabb signed a 5 year/$78 million dollar contract extension with the Redskins. Vick put on a show that was what every football fan had envisioned Vick doing in the NFL going back to his last year at Virginia Tech.
What’s Really Going on In Washington (Redskins)
November 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
Mike Shanahan and the Redskins coaching staff haven’t been too enamored with McNabb. The honeymoon ended during the summer and ever since then the Redskins have been regretting the trade for McNabb.
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 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 [...]
2011 NFL Season Preview Part 2 of 9, The NFC East: This year's Super Bowl may be a home game for one team
June 25, 2010 By 3 Comments
I had planned on having this blog entry of my 9 part NFL blog series posted yesterday, but the job that pays the bills (oil & gas industry) has been killing me lately. Usually the day job doesn’t affect my blogging since I write my blogs in my head and then type them late at [...]
Brian Westbrook…….Where will this former Eagle land?
May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
One year wonder Darrelle Revis isnt happy with Jets $120 mil offer
This Darrelle Revis holdout situation has been getting tons and tons of press all summer long, and I have avoided this subject since the very beginning. With all of the new allegations and comments made by both Woody Johnson and the Revis camp, I have to put in my two cents concerning this New York, [...]