Archive for September, 2010

NFL Power Rankings: Week 2

Monday, September 13th, 2010
Week 2 NFL Power Rankings

Did an impressive victory over the Bengals move the Patriots into the Top 5?

Week 2 NFL Power Rankings

The Saints had a big victory over the Vikings, but there is a host of teams ready to stake their claim to be on top of our NFL Power Rankings for Week 2, most notably the Ravens, who made the Jets offense look utterly useless.

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The Aftermath: Patriots vs Bengals

Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Tom Brady

Tom Brady orchestrated an impressive opening performance by the Patriots offense.

Chad Ochocinco threatened to use one of the Minutemen’s muskets after scoring during the Patriots and Bengals opening day game. Unfortunately for him, the Patriots had run the muskets out of ammunition by the time Ochocinco found the end zone.

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Pre-Game Meal: Cincinnati Bengals

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

Tom Brady just jumped up in the tax brackets.

NEPD Staff Writer: B. Delabarrera

FINALLY! We’ve arrived at the 2010-2011 opening weekend, and only a short three weeks after Roger Goodell saw his own shadow! The 2009 AFC East Champion New England Patriots will host the Cincinnati Bengals, the reigning crown of the AFC North.

Like most of their northern counterparts, Cincinnati comes out of the gate running down teams’ throats. Normally this really wouldn’t worry me, however, now with the WR-tandem of Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens, the Bengals prove to be quite the challenge for a young, hopeful defense that is looking to find their identity.

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Tom Brady Signs 4-Year Deal

Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Tom Brady Contract

Best Friends Forever.

According to SI.com’s Peter King, Tom Brady is going to be a Patriot for the foreseeable future. Brady will officially sign a 4-year deal that averages close to $19 million per year, making him the highest paid player in the NFL.

Brady will remain under contract until 2014, as the 4-year deal is tacked on his current deal which runs through 2010.

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NCAA Week 2: NFL Draft Prospects to Watch

Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Demarco Murray

Is DeMarco Murray a candidate to join the Patriots running back corps in 2011?

Each week during the 2010 NCAA Football season, we’re going to focus on 10 NFL Draft Prospects. We’ll either be creating our initial scouting report for them, or refining an existing scouting report.

Here are the ten prospects we’re watching for the week starting September 9th:

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Spanish Teachers Protest Ocho Cinco

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Editor’s Note: This article is from September, 2008

When Chad Johnson legally changed his name to Chad Ocho Cinco to reflect the 85 on the back of his jersey, he didn’t figure that he would instantly be making thousands of enemies nationwide.

Aaron Carlson, Spanish teacher from Kearney, Nebraska explains: “Chad’s little prank is making it difficult for us to effectively teach numbers. Students think that we are teaching them wrong because this clown can’t use a dictionary.”




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