Put Your Thinking Cap on

Put Your Thinking Cap on Are you in the mood for some thinking? How about trying to figure out where the Washington Redskins actually stand with respect to the salary cap? First off, let’s get some semantics out of the way; the league announced that the cap number for each team in 2006 would be … Read more

2006 NFL Combine Results – All Player Stats

The 2006 NFL Combine brought together some of the most talented college football players vying for their shot at professional careers. Held at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, this year’s combine featured future NFL stars and provided crucial performance metrics that would influence draft decisions across all 32 teams. The combine testing included the standard … Read more

Team Draft Needs: Pittsburgh Steelers

Up next in the team needs features for the draft section are the Pittsburgh Steelers. THN will be filling in all of the needs’ pages throughout February, so keep checking back for your favorite team. Pittsburgh Steelers 2005 Results: 11-5 (2nd in AFC North, Super Bowl Champions) 2006 Projected Cap Status: $ 2005 Season Recap: … Read more

NFL Soon To Be A Bush League

The microscopic view of this year’s crop of college football talent began at the NFL Combine on Thursday afternoon at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Prospective draft picks will be measured, tested, interviewed, poked, and prodded extensively over the next few days; all in an effort to help NFL teams match their own needs to … Read more

Wayne Gretzky – Icon

What has the world of journalism come to when sensationalism has become the norm, and integrity has become optional? As a Canadian, I sit in horror as our Canadian media do their best imitations of their American counterparts, ESPN. For those of you not paying attention – that means running stories with nothing but conjecture … Read more

Team Draft Needs: Cleveland Browns

THN will be filling in the ‘Team Needs’ page for the draft section through February. In the interest of accuracy, THN has enlisted the help of some of it’s friends from the Fan 2 Fan Alliance to ensure that the needs’ are accurate. The Browns current team needs were provided by DawgBones.com. Cleveland Browns 2005 … Read more

Canton Spurns Monk Again

In what has become one of the most embarassing soap operas in NFL history, Art Monk was again denied access to the Hall of Fame. The astoundingly ‘astute’ panel of selectees snubbed the former Redskin wide receiver for the third straight year. Monk’s non-inclusion to Canton has become a bone of contention for many Redskin … Read more

Team Draft Needs: Philadelphia Eagles

THN will be filling in the ‘Team Needs’ page for the draft section through February. In the interest of accuracy, THN has enlisted the help of some of it’s friends from the Fan 2 Fan Alliance to ensure that the needs’ are accurate. The Eagles current team needs were provided by E W McKenna of … Read more

Updated Draft Selection Order

With the conclusion of the Championship games last Sunday, all but two of the 2006 Draft selection slots are known. Carolina’s bid for a Super Bowl ended with their loss to Seattle and they end up with the 27th selection overall as the final team eliminated the playoffs that finished with an 11-5 record. Jacksonville … Read more

Canadian Signs Two-Year Deal With Redskins

Jesse Lumsden may not be a household name to American football fans, but he is to most Canadian football fans. Lumsden earned the Hec Creighton Award as Canada’s top collegiate football player for the 2004 season. He broke CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) league records for the McMaster Marauders in both yards and touchdowns with 1,816 … Read more