ARCHIVOS MR PLAYBOOK (2008)

Esta semana, ambos equipos de los autores tuvieron noticias de alto impacto, the Mentor es fanático de los 49ers quienes decidieron despedir a 'El coach mejor vestido de la NFL' Mike Nolan, después de un pésimo arranque del equipo (2-5). Nolan logró en sus años en San Francisco un récord exageradamente malo de 18 juegos ganados contra 37 juegos perdidos, el legendario ex jugador defensivo y miembro del Hall of Fame Mike Singletary fue nombrado coach, apenas 1 hora después, Singletary fué linebacker con los Bears y después tuvo 2 temporadas como coach de LineBackers en Baltimore, actualmente llevaba 4 años desempeñando como coach asistente en San Francisco.

The Rookie es fanático de los Jaguars, quienes tambien tuvieron una fuerte noticia el dia de ayer, Matt Jones el receptor #1 de la franquicia ha sido suspendido por 3 juegos debido a una violación que se dio en Julio en el cual lo pescaron consumiendo droga... Sin duda alguna es una baja importante para un equipo de Jaguares que lleva varios años batallando con sus receptores.


- the Staff

Some rookie players take some time to adapt to the game, and most of them don't even play for their team, for the first whole year. Almost always, when a team drafts a player, they do it as a long term investment, and rarely do they want immediate results.

There’s has been a lot of movement and big contracts in the NFL this off-season, but let’s see which teams have done the best job in free agency this year.

WINNERS

Cleveland Brows: They signed defensive tackles Shaun Rogers from Detroit and Corey Williams from Green Bay, this should help a lot to their defense. They signed WR Donte’ Stallworth from New England, re-signed QB Derek Anderson and RB Jamal Lewis and with WR Braylon Edwards in the line-up the Browns should have a very prominent offense.

Minnesota Vikings: They signed safety Madieu Williams to help the defense. Signed WR Bernard Berrian from Chicago and FB Thomas Tapeh, to open lanes for RB Adrian Peterson next season, and Berrian should be a deep treat to those teams focusing on stopping the run.

Jacksonville Jaguars: Signed WR Jerry Porter from Raiders and WR Troy Williamson from Minnesota… to help the receiving corps. They added backup QB Cleo Lemon from Miami. At defense they signed CB Drayton Florence to help the secondary.

LOSERS

Chicago Bears: This is where I don’t understand the Bears… the re-signed QB Rex Grossman, a quarterback that has proven to be a mediocre passer and also they release WR Muhsin Muhammad and lost WR Bernard Berrian to the Vikings. They loose RB Michael Turner from San Diego to Atlanta… their only hope to help the much needed offense.

New York Giants: They loose valuable pieces from their defense, safety Gibril Wilson went to the Raiders, LB Reggie Torbor to Miami and LB Kawika Mitchell to the Bills. Also they might loose their defensive leader DE Michael Strahan if he chooses to retire.

LB Lance Briggs just signed a 6 year $36 mil deal with the Chicago Bears, after last season having a lot of problems with the organization.
Finally the bears do something right, after basically destroying their offense and the future, with only Cedric benson on the backfield, and resigning Grossman and Orton which was a weird move, they let go Mushin Muhammad to the Panthers and Bernard Berrian to the Vikings, so who will do everything in the Bears next year? Devin Hester, I Guess.

According to the Associated Press:

Briggs had a tumultuous offseason a year ago when he vowed never to play for the Bears again after they made him a franchise player. He relented and joined the team right before training camp.

But in December, Briggs said he hoped to stay in Chicago.

"I can see myself in a lot of uniforms," Briggs said at the time. "But honestly, I can see myself in a Chicago uniform if things work out that way, which I hope they will."

Copyright 2008 AP.