2009 NFL Season Preview
Believe it or not the hall of fame game is only a couple weeks away on Sunday August 9th, which kicks off the NFL pre-season and season for that matter. The Class of 2009 includes Bob Hayes, Randall McDaniel, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas, Ralph Wilson, Jr., and Rod Woodson.
I know everybody is stoked so here’s a look at some upcoming events leading to the start of the regular season and some news and notes about what will be different this year.
1. Hall of Fame game Sunday Aug. 9th, Bills vs. Titans about 3 weeks.
2. Bears at Broncos Sunday Aug 30th. Bronco fans won’t have to wait long to boo their former quarterback. This is the prime time game during the most important and last tune up for the regular season…should be a good one.
3. Your Fantasy Draft- you may have multiple drafts to look forward to but they should all occur on or after the 3rd preseason game. To have a fair draft the preseason preparations should be completely done so that nobody’s fantasy season will not be ruined by drafting a key player who gets seriously injured in preseason (i.e. Michael Vick 03’, Clinton Portis 06’).
4. Season opener, Tennessee at Pittsburgh Thursday Sept. 10…nuff said.
5. Monday night double-header season opener- Brady’s return Monday Sept. 14th Bills at Pats. Jon Gruden will be joining Tirico and “Jaws” this year, taking over for Tony Kornheiser.
Of course there will be no more John Madden this year either, although his ever-famous Madden 2010 video game will be released August 14th. I’m just hoping that Frank Caliendo keeps doing imitations of him…the first time I heard it I was listening to him on a local sports radio station and had to pull over to the side of the road I was laughing so hard.
Which leads me to my Super Bowl predictions for 2009. I’m gonna go with the Eagles vs. the Patroits, with the Pats coming out on top. Good luck in all your fantasy leagues, don’t forget you can sign up for a free league at http://www.fantasycrowd.com.
I know everybody is stoked so here’s a look at some upcoming events leading to the start of the regular season and some news and notes about what will be different this year.
1. Hall of Fame game Sunday Aug. 9th, Bills vs. Titans about 3 weeks.
2. Bears at Broncos Sunday Aug 30th. Bronco fans won’t have to wait long to boo their former quarterback. This is the prime time game during the most important and last tune up for the regular season…should be a good one.
3. Your Fantasy Draft- you may have multiple drafts to look forward to but they should all occur on or after the 3rd preseason game. To have a fair draft the preseason preparations should be completely done so that nobody’s fantasy season will not be ruined by drafting a key player who gets seriously injured in preseason (i.e. Michael Vick 03’, Clinton Portis 06’).
4. Season opener, Tennessee at Pittsburgh Thursday Sept. 10…nuff said.
5. Monday night double-header season opener- Brady’s return Monday Sept. 14th Bills at Pats. Jon Gruden will be joining Tirico and “Jaws” this year, taking over for Tony Kornheiser.
Of course there will be no more John Madden this year either, although his ever-famous Madden 2010 video game will be released August 14th. I’m just hoping that Frank Caliendo keeps doing imitations of him…the first time I heard it I was listening to him on a local sports radio station and had to pull over to the side of the road I was laughing so hard.
Which leads me to my Super Bowl predictions for 2009. I’m gonna go with the Eagles vs. the Patroits, with the Pats coming out on top. Good luck in all your fantasy leagues, don’t forget you can sign up for a free league at http://www.fantasycrowd.com.
