2011 NFL Draft - Round 1

With the 9th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select... LT Tyron Smith from USC!

With a strategy to rebuild the offensive line, Smith is arguably the best OL in the draft and will be great at providing support to protect Romo as well as opening up holes for the running game.

Tonight will be a few more rounds and then Saturday will be the conclusion of the draft.

The Season is ON... I think

A Judge has ordered the NFL lockout to be lifted, although I believe the NFL owners have put in for an appeal, so the season isn't a definite, but at least we're one step closer.

Since I really don't know much about the legal system and all of the specifics of the lockout, here's an article I found online about it... check it out...

http://www.indystar.com/article/20110426/SPORTS03/104260323/Judge-orders-end-NFL-lockout?odyssey=nav%7Chead

I am really hopeful that the players benefit from all of this and that the season continues without problem. Finger crossed.

Earliest Prediction Yet

Hopefully the lockout will be resolved soon so that there is no delay in the schedule... (it could throw my predictions way off...) but anyway, my guess for this upcoming season is...

10-6 (the complete opposite of last year.)

I could potentially see losses against The Jets, New England, Philly (once), Miami, The Giants (once), and Washington (once.)

There are some very favorable home games, so I can almost predict 7-1 at home.

However it plays out, I can at least predict a better record than 6-10... I hope...

2011/2012 Schedule (lockout pending)

NFL Fans Rejoice! The 2011/2012 Season Schedule has been released. Please see the updated schedule on the right hand side of this blog to see the particulars.

Some highlights...

- 5 prime time games (even after last season's horrid record)
- A Sept. 11th opener at The Jets
- Thanksgiving day game against Miami
- A crappy Week 5 Bye
- Christmas Eve game at Home against Philly
- New Years Day season finale At The Giants

The draft is close too... nothing is set in stone as to who Dallas is targeting, so this week will be filled with lots of speculation, I'm sure.

Pre-Season 2011

With the lockout still looming over our heads, the NFL has released Pre-Season schedules for all teams... the dates of the games are still pending on the lockout but for 2011 Dallas will kick off two home games against Denver and San Diego followed by Minnesota and Miami on the road.

April Update

My apologies for not updating in such a long time... I got a new job which was occupying all of my time for a while, plus life, plus wife, plus everything else...

Anyway... to very, very briefly recap:

NFC won the Pro Bowl... it was a blow-out and actually was pretty boring...

And Green Bay won the Super Bowl... they did great and made Pittsburgh look douchey. I like that.


In recent news... there's the NFL lock-out that has not been settled yet, and we should soon have the draft as well as the schedule released. Hope there is football this year...[gulp]