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If Jim Fassel Can't Convince Al Davis to Hire Him, He Could Always Go to Toronto

Earlier this week, Ryan Wilson passed along the information that former New York Giants head coach, Jim Fassel, was in such dire need to get back into coaching that he would be willing to take on the task of leading the Oakland Raiders. He even, reportedly, wrote Al Davis a hand-written letter expressing his desire to...

CFL Coach Takes Blame for Mike Vanderjagt's Three Missed Field Goals

On Sunday, MDS pointed out that Canadian national treasure, Mike Vanderjagt, had accepted a full-time job to play professional football in the motherland, and in his very first game honked three field goals. Not to worry, though; Vanderjagt managed to convert two attempts, and also had a fine day punting. And come to find...

Mike Vanderjagt Misses First 3 Field Goals in Return to Canadian Football League

Former Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt was finally back on a football field Saturday after a nearly two-year absence. It took him some time to shake off the rust.Playing for the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Vanderjagt missed his first three field goals. He did, however,...

Mike Vanderjagt Signs With Toronto Argonauts

Mike Vanderjagt, the ex-Indianapolis Colt whom Peyton Manning famously referred to as "our idiot kicker," has signed a free-agent contract with the Toronto Argonauts. And just as Vanderjagt was among the NFL's least popular players, he's already got a nemesis up in Canada: The kicker he's supplanting, Noel Prefontaine, who...

Can The Broncos Replace Jason Elam With Any Available Idiot?

Jason Elam's move to Atlanta hasn't generated as many headlines as other offseason movement in the NFL but it will have a great impact on the Broncos all the same. His departure erases one of the last on-field links to the Elway-Davis glory days gone by. Elam was a Bronco through and through, he even married a former...