Football
2010 NFL Draft Preview: Sam Bradford
Player: Sam Bradford Position: Quarterback College: Oklahoma Projected Draft Position: Top 10 Every year, there are teams looking for quarterbacks at the top of the draft to jump start their franchises. This year, with the stellar crop of defensive players and offensive tackles, there is a good possibility that a quarterback may not be taken […]
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2010 NFL Draft Preview: Ndamukong Suh
Player: Ndamukong Suh Position: Defensive Line College: Nebraska Projected Draft Position: Top 3 It’s rare that a force as great as Ndamukong Suh arises in a college setting, even more so in the way he did. During his time at Nebraska, he solidified himself as one of the greatest defensive line prospects ever, and that […]
READ MORENot All Draft Picks are Created Equal
Most of you know the bigger Cinderella stories of the NFL and NBA drafts. Tom Brady, a sixth-round draft pick, won three Super Bowls (twice as MVP of the game). Ben Wallace was underdrafted, but became a four-time All-Star and NBA champion. They, and many others had success on the field and the court despite […]
READ MOREFive Reasons to Get Excited for SP Authentic Football
Every year I love SP Authentic Football for a number of reasons. If you’ve been following my posts here, you know much I love the product. In fact, it’s been a constant in my collection since I first started buying cards, and this year is no exception. Many people have me why I look forward […]
READ MOREPayton for Super Bowl MVP
Payton should have been the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. Now before you freak out, please read that sentence again. P-A-Y-T-O-N. I am talking about Sean Payton the coach of the Saints. I know there is no way the coach can receive the award for Most Valuable Player, but the guy was absolutely phenomenal in […]
READ MORESaints Win the Super Bowl With Gutsy Plays
The 2009 NFL season has been a wild joyride, and I am happy that I got to be in the passenger seat these past five months. It ended in historic fashion on Sunday, with the Saints winning handily, thus cementing the comeback of a disaster laden city. Not only have the Saints won the franchise’s […]
READ MOREAn Exquisite Football Retrospective
I have always referred to Exquisite Collection as “the granddaddy of them all,” when it comes to super-premium products. It is often imitated, never duplicated despite many tries. Exquisite Collection is one of the only products in its price bracket to feature completely hard-signed signatures for all of its autograph cards, and this coming year’s […]
READ MOREPierre Garcon Brings Perspective to NFL Playoffs, Super Bowl
Recently, a volunteer doctor from the United States was approached by a young man in Haiti. The look in his eyes was familiar to the doctor; the look of untold pain and suffering mixed in with the struggle of coming to grips with what had happened to his home. There was nothing wrong with the […]
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