Al Davis carefully planned his estate so his son could retain full control of the team. It will be Mark Davis who leads the team into an era of Raiders football without his legendary father. Mark Davis waited three months before making any changes on the

CORPUS CHRISTI — Coming off their first postseason berth and win, the Texans will enter the 2012 season as serious Super Bowl contenders after basically playing their way to the AFC Divisional Round with one arm tied behind their backs and an eye patch o

It's a testament to coordinator Wade Phillips and his players that the Texans boasted the NFL's No. 2-ranked defense, despite playing most of the 2011 season without two-time Pro Bowl pick Mario Williams. Now the star linebacker says he's fully recovered

The biggest question of the Texans’ offseason is what will happen with the man who is, literally and figuratively, one of their biggest players. Mario Williams, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 draft and a two-time Pro Bowler, will become an unrestrict

Although there are no reported rumors regarding Jerry Jones pursuing the four-time MVP, we can still speculate. First and foremost, this isn't anything against Tony Romo. He's a top-10 quarterback in the NFL, and he's definitely not the reason why the Co

We’d imagine that for the most part, there are two kinds of football fans in Houston: Cowboys fans, and Texans fans who have a special kind of disdain for all things Cowboys, particularly the team’s fan base in their city. Not only does Jerry Jones make

While there are many players in the 2012 NFL draft that were stars in college, very few will continue that success at the next level. The following italicized players will not be stars in the NFL. I think this has become very obvious by now. The train wr

We continue with part two of our series on speculating the Texans’ plans for the upcoming offseason. In Part 1, we examined the team’s current cap room situation and provided a list of their impending free agents. Readers were also presented with an oppo

With the NFL draft just a few weeks from kicking off, it’s time to get our scouting helmets on and dive into the talent pool. While the draft is sure to be full of stellar NFL players, a few of the prospects will be nothing more than mediocre talents in

Did you ever wish the Cowboys would have drafted Aaron Rodgers instead of Anthony Spencer in 2005? Or maybe hoped that we were gonna hire Norv Turner instead of Wade Phillips back in ’07? Here is your chance to set the team straight! This Four part serie

You often hear the term “value” being tossed around both prior and following the NFL Draft. It’s no more than an estimate at these times, seeing as how nobody really knows for sure how a given player will pan out in the NFL. After all, these are college

February, 11, 2012 Feb 11 7:24 PM ET The St. Louis Rams wanted their next general manager to work well with new head coach Jeff Fisher. They found a candidate whose history suggests that will not be a problem. Atlanta Falcons director of player personnel

Most free agent headlines will be starred with the Peyton Manning outcome, will he stay in INDY or not? Besides Peyton, the next big free agent labels will be the signings of the star RBs and WRs available this year. Matt Forte, Arian Foster, Peyton Hill

So what did we learn about new Maryland defensive coordinator Brian Stewart, who met the media on Wednesday? *That he is a student of the 3-4 defense. There are different versions of the 3-4, of course, and Stewart uses one with traditional fronts akin t

Alone, none of the aforementioned names returning to their current teams is not a bold predictions. But as a single unit, for them all to stay put is something of a surprise. Nevertheless, I think that's what will happen, simply because they are all prom

While the 2012 NFL Draft is packed with all kinds of talent, some of the players will stink as rookies. We’d call them fool’s gold. Robert Griffin, as well as a few others, may be coming into this draft highly touted, but their first year of service will

When the “but what about Al!!!” In that order. Except on game days. I am the Master of Hyperenthetic

I would not put it past Jim Irsay to become enamored with Griffin and abandon the idea of drafting Andrew Luck. Griffin has shot up draft boards since winning the Heisman trophy, but he had been lingering somewhere around the top 15 in December. Sure, Gr

While taking big risks early in the draft is never a good idea, there are plenty of teams in the NFL that feel their training staff and health programs are good enough to keep any athlete healthy. These are the players with a history of injuries that wil