One of the lone bright spots for the 2011 Colts was the emergence of MLB Pat Angerer, who at one time was leading the NFL in tackles. The former 2nd round pick had been playing admirably on the outside, but he wasn't nearly as good as he was inside. Now

Peyton Hillis came out of nowhere in 2010 to put up massive numbers with the Cleveland Browns and land himself on the cover of the 2011 Madden game. He rushed for 1,177 yards and caught 61 passes for a further 477 yards. However, a combination of injurie

DISMISS: Seattle's uniforms won't have the flair and oddities of the Oregon Ducks. It is well established that the Seattle Seahawks will be getting new duds for this upcoming season, as will every NFL team with a transition to Nike. While most will not g

The 2012 draft season has officially begun and SB Nation's great draft site, Mocking The Draft, has launched some terrific coverage of every player and team that you need to know about for the upcoming 2012 NFL draft. To go along with these prospect rank

Every year it happens, some team(s) with a need at a specific position overspends on the best available player at that position. Often times, that player isn't worth the contract they receive, but they were in the right place at the right time, and they

When veteran linebacker Takeo Spikes left the 49ers last summer to sign a free-agent deal with the San Diego Chargers, there were worries the San Francisco defense would be left with a huge hole to fill. Spikes, a 13-year player who had served as a mento

We've now made it through the offensive units in our review heading towards free agency. We are doing individual player recaps from the season, but these "free agency review" posts give us a chance to consider them in the context of the entire unit. Thes

In the second installment of a three-part series, 49ers.com will review the highlights in addition to the memorable notes and quotes from the 2011 season for all three phases of the game. Next up is the defensive unit which left its mark on team and leag

Colleges are already fighting over these top 2013 recruits. Yes, Nick Saban's already offered almost all of them. Vist SB Nation's football recruiting hub for more. Feb 6, 2012 - Even though the ink is just drying on the class of 2012, college football r

If the Ravens make it to the Super Bowl in 2012, it will be because their defense carried the team. No matter the talent that this team has on the offensive side of the ball, they are always going to be defense orientated. Terrell Suggs is currently thei

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs, the most dynamic player on the Ravens' staunch defense, has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. On a team featuring longtime

AP The Associated Press announced Saturday evening that Terrell Suggs of the Ravens is its 2011 winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award. Suggs held off Vikings defensive end Jared Allen , receiving 21 votes compared to Allen’s 14. Also receiving

The NFL will not only be crowning its best team this weekend, but they will honor their best players on Saturday night in Indianapolis. One of those awards is the Defensive Player of the Year. In each of the last two years, the award was won by a defensi

The San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis will likely be up for the running for tomorrow's Defensive Player of the Year, which will be announced at the NFL Honor awards. There are a lot of excellent players in the running, but Willis has been a s

The National Football League will give out its post-season awards tomorrow night at the first ever "NFL Honors" show, which will be broadcast live from Indianapolis. While they'll be giving out awards like the Most Valuable Player (who cares) and Offensi

Fooch's Note: Thanks to tigerking for putting together a rundown of Cal prospects. We'll have plenty more coverage on many of these prospects, but I thought a sort of get to know you courtesy of a Cal fan would be a good start. This follows Odekerk's run

On the eve of the Super Bowl, the NFL will have the inaugural “NFL Honors” awards special handing out accolades to players for accomplishments this past season. The awards show will air 6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST on NBC however it will be tape-delayed by a few

The Super Bowl is this Sunday and for the first time in a long time I will not enjoy it. Since the conclusion of Championship Sunday, all the sports networks are hyping and previewing the Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and the New Yo

In my first "Teachable Moments" post, I used two examples in which players on basketball teams were the primary recipients of teachable moments. In this post, I'm going to use two examples from recent NFL playoff games as examples where the fans are the