The AFC Pro Bowl roster broke in a new member this season. It's the Brandon Lloyd, the NFL leader in receiving yards this past season. You're joking right? The same Brandon Lloyd who used to say what's up to me when we'd pass each other on the quad walking to class at the University of Illinois. The same guy who was the subject of one of my first ever newspaper assignments … [Read more...] about Pro Bowl WR Brandon Lloyd Drops F-Bomb on Former Teams
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NFL more Pass-happy, WR standards of greatness changing
"It's a totally different game today than it was even five years ago," said former Notre Dame and Oakland Raiders great Tim Brown, when I asked about the seismic shift currently occurring within the NFL. The league is more obsessed with the forward pass than ever before. And since the major pass-first teams are consistently winning, this trend will only increase in the years … [Read more...] about NFL more Pass-happy, WR standards of greatness changing