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By Ryan Whitfield Twitter: @RyanWhitfieldNE 1st Down Michael Florio’s article last night cited that some influential owners are urging Goodell to uphold Brady’s suspension. This thing has gotten ridiculous. It’s become all about putting the Patriots in their place, over punishing and sending a message. These owners should shut up, and Goodell should handle this thing like a man. But
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By Ryan Whitfield Twitter: @RyanWhitfieldNE 1st Down Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas' deals make them 2 of the top 3 highest-paid wide receivers in the NFL. pic.twitter.com/pgiknVfODu — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 16, 2015 Is there any other starting point than Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas’s massive contracts? It’s not Calvin Johnson money (albeit close), but both players
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By Ryan Whitfield Twitter: @RyanWhitfieldNE Hope everyone’s having a great week. This is the second installment of Four Down Territory, and this week I’m talking Football Documentaries, NFL Network’s Top 100 List, making a bold prediction, and of course I have to comment on JPP’s colossal *bleep* up. Enjoy, and leave comments to argue with me. 1st Down NFL Top
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By Ryan Whitfield Twitter: @RyanWhitfieldNE 1st Down I wrote an article a few months ago regarding Russell Wilson’s contract situation. He arbitrarily threw out a 25$ million per year number in an interview the other day, and Michael Bennett has been vocalizing the idea of holding out. Uh oh Seattle, this is why modern dynasties struggle to exist in today’s NFL
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By Ryan Whitfield Twitter: @RyanWhitfieldNE AFC East Projected Standings New England Patriots (12-4) New York Jets (11-5) Buffalo Bills (9-7) Miami Dolphins (9-7) Patriots Yes, I know Brady will miss games whether it stays at 4 goes down to 2 or even 1. Lets not speculate, and for the sake of as things stand now we’ll say 4 games. Sorry,
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As the resident Patriots fan writer for FGT, I have taken a few days to read, analyze, and digest the direction I wanted to go with this article. In case you missed it the other day, John Kirkland did a great breakdown of the Wells Report here on FGT, which allows me to write a more philosophical, opinion piece. The
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Howdy, y’all! We had a doozy of an NFL Draft and we’re right back at work analyzing the picks! Eight different writers (Joey Alibro, Jason Johnson, Scott King, John Kirkland, Joanne Kong, Bobby Pierson, Ryan Whitfield and Ha Kung Wong) have looked at the teams they mocked for in the previous article and commented on the picks the actual teams
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Howdy, y’all! We all know that the NFL Draft is right around the corner, beginning on April 30th. And we all know that the choices that all 32 teams in the NFL make that night will be a significant part in whether they end up with the Lombardi Trophy and the 32nd pick in a future draft, or if they
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Vegas currently has the Indianapolis Colts tied at 10-1 with the Denver Broncos as AFC favorites for winning the Super Bowl. Really? Can I talk in cliché for a moment? Teams who win free agency usually don’t win on the field. Sure, on paper it looks like a nice off season for the Colts. They signed Frank Gore, Andre Johnson
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For a region that has been so spoiled by their sports teams over the last 15 years, today has to be one of the darkest in recent memory. 48 Hours ago we had one of the best secondaries, if not the best, in the league. Devin McCourty had signed a 5 year extension, and Brandon Browner and Darrelle Revis had
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