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Despite Ian O'Connor's Worst Efforts, Ben Roethlisberger Is Still Better Than Eli Manning

As I was doing my daily browsing of the Internet, searching for videos of cats playing ping-pong and water-skiing squirrels, I stumbled upon this article from Ian O'Connor over at Fox Sports titled, "In a do-over, Eli still gets draft nod over Big Ben."My first thought was, "oh crap, not this again." Being the sane,...

Lane Kiffin Wants to Run the Ball... A Lot

You can say this about Oakland Raiders Head Coach Lane Kiffin: he knows what the strength of his offense is. According to Raiders beat writer Jerry McDonald at the Contra Costa Times, Kiffin is having dreams of a monster, clock-killing, punishing rushing attack led by Justin Fargas, Darren McFadden and Michael Bush that...

Mewelde Moore Draws Comparisons to Kevin Faulk, Sans Marijuana Possession Charge

Last week, the Steelers released Najeh Davenport, a 245-pound running back who was signed to replace the ineffective Duce Staley in 2006. Staley was signed two years earlier to take over for the soon-to-be-retiring Jerome Bettis (he's from Detroit, you know). The common theme among the three backs? They were all big,...

Hines Ward Out for Sunday's Game; Ricardo Colclough Doubtful

Well, this doesn't happen every week, but Steelers' wideout Hines Ward will miss this weekend's game against the Cardinals. In his 10-year career, Ward has missed only three starts, all since 2005. A bum knee -- suffered last week during a two-play stretch that featured back-to-back Big Ben Medicine-ball specials that...

Pinky to Debut Tomorrow; Bunkley to Start

The last action Todd Pinkston saw in a game was in the Superbowl. Remember that? The Eagles, not too long ago, were in the Superbowl. Tomorrow night the Birds will go up against the defending Superbowl champs in a preseason tune up. It will likely be the last action any of the starters will see before the start of the...