Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 1251 of 1503)

NFL.com ranked the Top 10 Feuds in NFL history, complete with video clips that unfortunately we cannot embed because the site doesn’t like to share. Still though, there are some great clips so head over to the site to check it out.

7. Steve Young vs. Joe Montana
Two ultra-competitive, future Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks on the same roster made for uneasy situation in San Francisco.
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3. Buddy Ryan vs. Mike Ditka
Buddy Ryan became the first coordinator to be carried off the field at the Super Bowl, then he left to coach the Eagles.
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1. Raiders vs. The World
The Oakland, then Los Angeles, and back to Oakland Raiders have always fancied itself as a rebelious team that goes against convention.
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The Buddy Ryan vs. Mike Ditka video is absolutely outstanding. There’s a part in the clip when players are talking about Ryan and Ditka getting into a shoving match one time and Ditka said of the incident, “Funny, I’ve never got a Christmas card from him after that.” Classic Ditka.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers’ linebacker Joey Porter thinks there should be an asterisk placed on the Patriots’ Super Bowl seasons.

“They [the Patriots] cheated, there should be an asterisk. They cheated and they got caught,” the All-Pro linebacker, who spent eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers before joining Miami in free agency last season, said in an interview on “NFL Live.”

“Why, if you have nothing to hide, would you destroy [the evidence]? That’s how I’ve looked at it from the beginning. Why destroy something that doesn’t have to be destroyed? Let everyone know what was on the tapes. Why would you destroy them so fast?”

“They went from zero to 60 overnight and [Belichick] went from a good coach to a great great coach and he got caught cheating,” Porter said on “NFL Live.”

I love when players and coaches break out the asterisk comments. There will never be any asterisks in sports record books. The asterisks come into play by us fans getting upset and never forgetting how the Patriots cheated or how Barry Bonds used steroids to break the all-time home run record. Fans talking about those situations and choosing not to acknowledge that they happened is the asterisks.

CBS Radio in Baltimore is reporting that the Miami defensive end Jason Taylor wants to be a Raven and it’s a legitimate possibility he could be very soon. Apparently the Dolphins and Ravens are already in discussions about a trade.

I believe that the Ravens are seriously in the mix for Jason Taylor and look for the deal to be structured as follows: Miami gets a (2009) 3rd round draft pick with the pot possibly being sweetened to a 2nd round pick; the Ravens get Jason Taylor; Taylor signs a 2-3 year contract extension that is cap friendly for the Ravens.

If this trade happens, look for news to break that Cam Cameron and a number of current/ former Ravens players helped to sway Taylor towards Baltimore. Also, look for Taylor to play the pure rush-end position which will give the Ravens insurance against any downtime for an aging Trevor Pryce also giving them continued flexibility in how they use Terrell Suggs. Also, look for the Ravens to play more of a pure 4/3 if they can land Taylor – in a 4/3 base look for the box to have (DE) Pryce (DT) Ngata (DT) Gregg (DE) Taylor with (MLB) Lewis, (SAM) Scott, (WIL) Suggs/Johnson…etc.

The source seems a little shaky, so take it for what it’s worth. But obviously the Dolphins are interested in dealing Taylor, so this isn’t a far-fetched rumor.