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What IS a nerf herder anyway? Someone who gathers nerf footballs? Apparently, Princess Leia thought it was pretty insulting when she called Han Solo a nerf herder in the Empire Strikes Back. So I looked it up, and it turns out it refers to someone who’s somewhat simple, but capable. And so far, the Oakland Raiders have been just that.
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1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State Despite an overanalyzed slow 40 time, Winston impressed teams with his high football IQ. Draft guru Todd McShay also called him the second best QB prospect of the past decade (behind only Andrew Luck). Bucs’ head coach Lovie Smith seems to be on the Jameis bandwagon as well, so unless there
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Don’t have time to catch up on all the NFL franchise and transition tags today? Well, let Football Garbage Time do it for you! Demaryius Thomas – Exclusive Franchise Tag As predicted, Demaryius Thomas was franchise tagged by the Broncos. Looks like they have some work to do on Julius Thomas, though. Just in case you’re not aware, using the
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I’m sure you probably filled most of your weekend with episodes from Season 3 of “House of Cards”. And if you didn’t, why not? Do you hate enjoying an awesome series? Do you reside under a rock that doesn’t have internet? I mean, I understand living under a rock, but no internet? That’s barbaric. Regardless, if you don’t watch “House
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Who here looked up #TheDress and decided they had to pick a side? White & Gold or Blue & Black? Whether you did or not, if you type in #TheDress on Twitter, you’ll see thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of comments, memes, and criticisms about this crazy Dress. Don’t believe me? Here’s just a sampling of what’s been happening: I
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Do you remember Ryan Leaf? Let’s time travel back to 1998. Leaf comes in 3rd for the Heisman Trophy, behind runner-up Peyton Manning and winner defensive back Charles Woodson. Leaf finishes his junior year at Washington State University, forgoing his senior year to enter into the NFL draft. Manning, finishing a degree in Speech Communications in 3-years, returned to the
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Happy Presidents Day everyone! And by the way, bonus points if you can identify the president above. Yeah, good luck with that. Anyway, ever wonder what happened in football on February 16th in the past? Well, I did. So here you go, let’s do a little time traveling… 2004 Pioneering Celebration Injury Master Moves On Everyone remembers Detroit Lions’ linebacker
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OK, OK, “Set It and Forget It” is actually the “Ronco”, not the Broncos, but you try and rhyme something with Broncos. Go ahead, give it a shot, I’ll wait. Not so easy, right? Anyway, I had one of those Ronco rotisseries, because heck, who doesn’t want automatic rotisserie chicken? Turns out it’s anything but automatic, as the first set
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Yesterday, in my article concerning how to fix the Oakland Raiders, I was called out because I accidentally referred to starting quarterback “Derek Carr” as his now washed up brother “David Carr”. So in penance for that, I’m going to take a closer look at “Derek Carr” today and consider what potential he has for 2015. This one is for
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What? You don’t know what a Krayt Dragon is? Well, shame on you. Particularly if you’re a Star Wars fan. When Luke Skywalker and C3-PO managed to get jumped by Tusken Raiders on Tatooine looking for a runaway R2-D2, Obi-Wan Kenobi makes a Krayt Dragon sound to scare them off. Don’t remember? Check it out below. At least the theatrical
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