NFL 2011 season

[katmai]

  RIP

Legendary NFL defender Bubba Smith passes away at age 66
By Doug Farrar

Former NFL defensive end and longtime television and movie actor Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday. Coroner's reports have not yet been released, but according to the Los Angeles Times, it is believed that Smith died of natural causes.
Smith attended Michigan State, where he was one of the most dominant collegiate defensive linemen of all time. He won All-America honors in 1965 and 1966, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.

Selected first overall in the 1967 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts, Smith soon became, along with Deacon Jones, one of the first truly modern-style pass-rushers and sack artists. He played long before sacks were first tabulated as an official NFL statistic in 1982, but he was known from the start of his professional career to be nearly impossible to block.
He played for three teams — the Colts, Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers, appeared in two Pro Bowls and was named First-Team All-Pro in 1971. Smith played in two Super Bowls — Super Bowl III, which the Colts lost to the New York Jets in an enormous upset, and Super Bowl V, which the Colts won with a last-second field goal against the Dallas Cowboys. Smith retired after the 1976 season, having played in 111 regular-season games.

After his football career ended, Smith became perhaps even more well-known as an actor. He struck gold in the "Police Academy" series of movies, playing the hyper-strong Moses Hightower and providing a series of riotous slapstick scenes.

[CountDeMoney]

Grandma CdM was a big Bubba Smith fan.  Kill, Bubba, Kill.  Gone too early.

[CountDeMoney]

Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease

The Ravens continue to be considered the leaders for free-agent wide receiver Malcom Floyd.

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Ravens made Floyd an offer late Monday night that hits $3 million per year, which represents the Chargers' limit.

Other teams interested in Floyd are: Minnesota, Arizona, San Francisco and Carolina.

[CountDeMoney]

The Ravens signed center Casey Rabach to a two-year contract Tuesday, gaining insurance in case Matt Birk's balky left knee leaves them short at the position.

Oops.

The Ravens are still in search of a center to replace Matt Birk, who will be out for two weeks because of minor knee surgery.

A league source confirmed that former Redskins center Casey Rabach, who agreed to a two-year deal with the Ravens on Tuesday, failed the Ravens team physical. According to the source, Rabach failed the physical because of a shoulder he injured near the end of last season.

Rabach had surgery on the shoulder during the off season. The source confirmed that the Ravens told Rabach he needed another two to three weeks to heal. The Ravens have begun a search for another center.

[CountDeMoney]

The raiding of Houston continues!!!

The Ravens have reached an agreement with safety Bernard Pollard, according to Sports Radio 610 in Houston.

Pollard, 26, would provide experienced depth to the Ravens' secondary that lost Dawan Landry to Jacksonville and has Tom Zbikowski (skin condition) on the non-football illness list.

A four-year starter in the NFL, Pollard recorded over 100 tackles in his past two seasons with the Houston Texans. He is considered a strong hitter and blitzer, but he struggles in pass coverage.

Last season, Pollard had as many forced fumbles (four) as passes broken up (five). He was part of a Texans pass defense that ranked last in the NFL.

Pollard made an impression on the Ravens last December when he came unblocked from the blind side and sacked Joe Flacco.

Pollard is best known for hitting Tom Brady below the knee, which ended the Patriots quarterback's 2008 season. That hit is now illegal in the NFL.

[CountDeMoney]

Hey Kat, hook me up with the fantasy league, mang.

[MadBurgerMaker]

The raiding of Houston continues!!!

"Struggles in pass coverage" is a massive understatement.     I'll miss the Patriot Killer anyway.

[CountDeMoney]

The raiding of Houston continues!!!

"Struggles in pass coverage" is a massive understatement.   

True, but the Ravens have a pass coverage safety, he wears #20.  Their scheme relies on a strong safety that can support the run and create snot bubbles across the middle.  Pollard fits that bill.

[MadBurgerMaker]

True, but the Ravens have a pass coverage safety, he wears #20.  Their scheme relies on a strong safety that can support the run and create snot bubbles across the middle.  Pollard fits that bill.

Oh perfect then.  Pollard and Leach are both badasses and will knock the shit out of people, given the right opportunities.   Pollard just wasn't going to fit with the new system and with the new guy showing up (and the other guys showing that they can cover, etc).   Leach was only in for something like 35% of the plays last year, so $11 million was just too much, unfortunately.

Do the Ravens play New England this year?  If so, Pollard should start.  I'm just saying.  Call whoever you need to call.

[CountDeMoney]

Do the Ravens play New England this year?  If so, Pollard should start.  I'm just saying.  Call whoever you need to call.

Alas, no. You'll just have to settle for him whaling on Dirty Sanchez Sunday night in Week 4.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Alas, no. You'll just have to settle for him whaling on Dirty Sanchez Sunday night in Week 4.

Who's their backup QB?  The Jets might actually be one of those teams better off with the #2 starting. 

[CountDeMoney]

Alas, no. You'll just have to settle for him whaling on Dirty Sanchez Sunday night in Week 4.

Who's their backup QB? 

lol, Mark Brunell, who's dead in dog years.  Kellen Clemens.  'Nuff said.

[Neil]

Alas, no. You'll just have to settle for him whaling on Dirty Sanchez Sunday night in Week 4.

Who's their backup QB? 

lol, Mark Brunell, who's dead in dog years.  Kellen Clemens.  'Nuff said.

Didn't Clemens go to the Redskins, or am I thinking of someone else?

[sbr]

Alas, no. You'll just have to settle for him whaling on Dirty Sanchez Sunday night in Week 4.

Who's their backup QB? 

lol, Mark Brunell, who's dead in dog years.  Kellen Clemens.  'Nuff said.

Didn't Clemens go to the Redskins, or am I thinking of someone else?

You are right he did.

[sbr]

CdM should be ashamed of himself, a Canuck knows more about the NFL than him.