Showing posts with label nfl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nfl. Show all posts

Monday, October 15, 2007

Which Hall Of Fame Players Played For The Most Teams?

When you take a expression at football game participants who have got made it into the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame, usually you happen a participant who have spent the huge bulk of his calling with one team. This is mainly because when a squad acquires a participant with exceeding ability like that; they usually make all they can to throw onto him. Sometimes, because of diminishing accomplishments or paysheet reasons, a participant will play his last couple old age with another squad before retiring. That beingness said it is rare that a Hall-of-Fame quality participant plays with more than than two or three squads during their full career.

So, that implores the question: What is the most squads that a member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame have got played for.

The easy reply is: Six.

Three member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame have played for six different squads in their career. The dorsum narrative on these three participants is that they all played the bulk of their callings in the NFL's startup years (1920's) when squads would travel out of business, alteration name calling or metropolises frequently, and just overall not have got the stableness of the modern NFL, making it more than likely that a participant would play for multiple teams. Those participants are:

Jim Jim Thorpe - 1915-1928

Canton Bulldogs

Cleveland Indians (NFL)

Oorang Indians

Rock Island Independents

New House Of House Of York Giants

Chicago Cardinals

Joe Grunyon – 1919-1927

Canton Bulldogs

Clevenland Indians (NFL)

Oorang Indians

Rock Island Independents

Kansas City Cowboys

New York Giants

Fritz Pollard – 1919-1928

Akron Pros/Indians

Milwaukee Badgers

Hammond Pros

Gilberton Cadamounts

Providence Steam Roller

Chicago Black Hawks

If we look at the more than modern epoch of professional football, the most squads any Hall-of-Fame member have got played for is five, and three different participants have accomplished this feat.

Warren Moon 1983-2000

While Moon is in the Hall-of-Fame and have played for five different teams, some may number it differently as lone four of the squads were in the NFL.

Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)

Houston Oilers

Minnesota Vikings

Seattle Seahawks

Kansas City Chiefs

Tommy MacDonald 1957-1968

Philadelphia Eagles

Dallas Cowboys

Los Angeles Rams

Atlanta Falcons

Cleveland Browns

James Lofton 1978-1993

Green Bay Packers

Los Angeles Raiders

Buffalo Bills

Los Angeles Rams

Philadelphia Eagles

Most often, when we believe of Hall-of-Fame participants we believe of participants like Barry Sanders, Dame Ellen Terry Bradshaw, Baronet Starr, or Toilet Elway who played their full calling with one team. Sometimes we believe of participants like Joe Montana, O.J. Simpson, Tony Dorsett, or Emmitt Ian Smith who played the bulk of their calling with one squad and then finished it with another. Not too often make we retrieve the participants who played for four or five different squads as Hall-of-Famers.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Handicapping College Football Games Week 1 Preparation and Picks

The occupation of being a professional odds-maker is one that imparts itself to many ups and down feathers depending on your success charge per unit in choosing winners. Luckily for myself and our aggregation of pro handicappers, losing is not something we have got ever done overall in 10 old age of business. Our corporate winning per centum scopes between 57 and 63 percentage in all the athletics we cover and this affects over 100s of games in each discipline. What do us so consistent twelvemonth in and twelvemonth out is owed to our unbelievable dedication and diligence in discovering winning tendencies and game scenarios and using this information to enable us to happen the games that volition give us a Tungsten more times than not. For the last few calendar months our cappers have got been using their accomplishment in picking MLB victors on a day-to-day basis, with our last hebdomad ending with a 17-6 accumulative record which surely made our many endorsers happy.

Since the springtime and summertime is baseball game clip and pretty much nil else, we be given to look ahead to the NCAA and NFL football game seasons and get the procedure of studying and reviewing our tons of proved winning expressions so that we are ready to travel when the season opens. Football is of course of study the most popular athletics to bet on and there are tons of business office pools around United States to turn out this point. This national diversion was what spurred us to action 10 old age ago and have made us a trusted beginning of annual awarding winning game analysis and summaries that put option us on the map in the handicapping world. With this background in positive public presentation behind us, we began preparing for College Football's Week 1 games hebdomads ago and we proceeded to analyse and offering a choice on EVERY D-I competition being played this weekend. Our website have organized these choices under the several conferences and we offered many free choices to our readers to travel along with our "Money Making Package" that incorporates our best stakes and STRONGEST plays of the present week.

As declared earlier, our winning per centum hovers between the 57 and 63 percentage range. In college football, our basic/free choices have got won at around 57 percentage going on 10 years, while our "Money Making Package" have come up in with a winning charge per unit of 64 percent. So after hebdomads of sleepless nighttimes analyzing every nicety of the openers, we released our choices this past Wednesday to get twelvemonth 10 of our craft. Things got off to a great start as we nailed LSU giving 18 to Mississippi River State (LSU covered 40-0), we hit with Rutgers giving 32 to American Bison (Rutgers covered 38-3) and hitting with our first "Money Making" choice of the twelvemonth as Tulsa gave 3.5 to UC Marilyn Monroe (Tulsa covered 35-17). This gave us great optimism and once again validated that we have got some very smart cappers working for us. Currently we are all sitting around watching the games in presence of 15 different TV's and liking what we see. Of course, it all gets again tomorrow morning time as we set up for Week 2. (Sigh) Good fortune to us!

Monday, August 27, 2007

The Workhorse Comes Back To Work

Larry Samuel Johnson have finally ended his holdout with the Sunflower State City Chiefs. The professional bowler concurred to a six twelvemonth contract extension earlier this week. The Chiefs running play back put the all clip NFL record for efforts last season with 416; furthermore, he put the all clip Chiefs franchise record in rushing with 1749 yards.

The inside information of the contract is a $ 43.2 million and $ 19 million guaranteed. This dialogue would do Larry Samuel Johnson in a Sunflower State City Chiefs uniform until 2012. Due to the long and arduous 25 twenty-four hours holdout, the superstar running back will be fined $357,000. The Sunflower State City Chiefs went 0 - 2 without Larry Samuel Johnson in the lineup, so having figure 27 dorsum on the roll is a welcome addition. With the going of veteran soldier signal caller Trent Green, the Chiefs are looking for anything to heighten the offense. Damon Huard went 5 - 3 as a starter motor motor last NFL season, and he did a respectable occupation as Trent Green's replacement.

The little and inexperienced Brodie Croyle have not made any progress; therefore, it looks Damon will be the starter in hebdomad 1 of the regular season. Priest Sherlock Holmes have also been in contact with the Sunflower State City Chiefs regarding a rejoinder with the team. He had an astonishing three twelvemonth span where he scored over 60 touchdowsn. Defenses have got something to fear if both Priest Sherlock Holmes and Larry Samuel Johnson are healthy throughout the continuance of the NFL season. The Chiefs Even though the Chiefs are in arguably the most toughest division, they definitely support their opportunities of winning with Larry Johnson.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Nfl Conduct Policy And How It Affects You

We are in an age of multi-millionaire thugs, profiting off the fandom of a blue collar society. Pundits wax and wane about how salaries are spiraling out of control, and most every fan has dreams of hitting the turf with a large check in their pocket. For most of us, that will never happen. However, all is not lost. The aforementioned millionaires are not the only ones who can profit off of sports.

The NFL season is fast approaching, with training camps starting next month. For a sport that only profits an investor 1/3 of the year, the new NFL sure is making it a year round job to keep track of. Specifically, I am referring to the new NFL conduct policy and how it affects you.

Sure, at a glance it may seem as if the only ones directly connected are the players being punished and the teams they play for. But with careful consideration, this new policy affects not only the average fan in obvious ways, but the sports investor more specifically.

The teams still will make their revenue, and the fans will still get their games, but as investors, Goodell's stringent, yet undefined, policies can run rampart on your bankroll.

Let's take a look at some of the more popular suspensions:

• Pacman Jones, the poster boy for the new policy. Last year, the Titans were an investor's best friend, covering an underdog spread straight up more than any other team. Pacman is not only the team's most dynamic defensive player, he is also the teams primary special teams weapon. How many times did we hear Chris Berman 'gobble gobble' up the screen while describing yet another Titan's victory. However, according to Goodell, Pacman won't be playing (pre appeal).

• Tank Johnson, the newest thug to hit the list. Last year, Tank helped the Bears post more Under victories than nearly every other team. The Bears defense was stifling, and became even moreso once some of the other major NFC defenses were ravaged by injuries (see NYG). The benefit to Tank's suspension over Pac's, Tank was only a force in 1 facet of the game, and received ½ the suspension.

• Chris Henry, the invisible man. Of the three major suspension's, Henry's is the least damaging. Henry at best is the 3rd WR option on the Bengals, and though his talent cannot be ignored, his suspension just seems like par for the course. Now, if Goodell grandfathered the new conduct policy back to include all transgressions in the past year, nearly 15% of the Bengal's roster would be suspended. How is that for changing a team's chances on game day?

But as damaging as they all are, none come close to the biggest decision yet to be made (at time of writing).. .Michael Vick. Though not convicted (but then again, neither was Pac), Vick has soiled the eye's of the NFL by 'interacting' with fans, mystery water bottles and of course, the 'I can believe you think their my dogs' incidents. If Vick is charged, or worse, found guilty, how will that affect investors? To be honest, it would be a good thing.

If Vick is suspended for any amount of time, the Falcons will be guaranteed underdogs, no matter who they play. This will be especially true at the front end of the suspension. In addition, all your 'weekend' warrior bettors will lay heavily on the Falcon's opponents each week, further plummeting the odds down. After all, no Vick… no Schaub… who will play QB? The truth is though, the further the odds fall, the better it is for you, the sports investor. Football is a team sport, do not forget that. And as 'dynamic' as Vick is, the Falcons still have a decent line, strong run game and an improved defense. They will be dynamic in the oft-forgotten step-child phase of the game, special teams, and with a new coaching staff, won't be lackadaisical in the 'little things'.

So, while the world argues whether or not the new NFL conduct policy is too strict, lawyers argue Pacman is treated unfairly, fans cry because their beloved Vick is just another multi-millionaire thug, you can quietly revel in the fact that Goodell will fatten your wallet this fall. Because if he tows the line, and suspends Vick for any amount of time (which is extremely likely), the odds just went in your favor.
So go ahead, tell the world the Falcon's can't win without Vick. They likely won't, but as investor's, we don't care. The spread is all that matters, And like last year's Titans that profited tens of thousands of dollars per investor, the Falcons will enable us to do the same this year. Shhhh… it's our dirty little secret.