by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Podcast T he FanHouse Podcast : Because bloggers are much sexier on the phone. StephanieStradley has been with FanHouse since its inception, and Thursday night might have been the lowlight of her internet career: she joined Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson on HouseCast. Actually, Stephanie's a lawyer in real life so we decided to have her on to talk about...
by StephanieStradley As reported earlier, Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports cites sources suggesting that Michael Vick and Plaxico Burress could be sitting out for a long time, due to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell 's concerns about their legal matters. Though the happy talk from the NFL is that the personal conduct policy is working ( Donte Stallworth 's victim notwithstanding, I guess),...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Arizona Cardinals , Chargers , Colts , Packers , Patriots , Saints , NFL Quarterbacks , FanHouse Predictions , NFL Analysis Retired NFL quarterback Trent Green is the first-ever guest columnist of MMQB , filling in while Peter King is on vacation. Green provided an interesting read on subjects relating to the league's personal conduct policy, concussions...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Bills , AFC East , NFL Media Watch Like all of us, Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens just wants to have a home. Unlike most of us, he needs that home to be in the Buffalo area. As was reported by ESPN, who apparently follows T.O.'s tweets, Owens thought he finally had a home lined up, but was unhappy that his leasing agent provided details about it to...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Texans , AFC South The Texans signed kicker Kris Brown to a four year, $10 million dollar extension . This includes $2.5 million dollar guaranteed, making him one of the best paid kickers in the league. This happens to refute linebacker DeMeco Ryans ' recent contention that the Texans don't reward their own players . Ryans and the Texans are working...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Browns , NFL Police Blotter If you kill someone with your car and blow a .126 on a Breathalyzer, it's difficult to get much better of a deal than what Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth received. It's still bad for him, but it could have been worse. Stallworth has resolved all claims relating to the events of a March 14 car crash that killed...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Texans , AFC South , NFL Rumors Texans tight end, Owen Daniels signed his restricted free agent tender worth $2.79 million with the hopes he could still negotiate a longer term deal with the team. ProFootballTalk is suggesting that the Texans aren't interested in further contract negotiations given Daniels' expectations . Typically, the Texans tend to...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Texans , AFC South , NFL Video David Anderson is a backup wide receiver for the Houston Texans who has scored exactly three touchdowns in his career . He's made the most of those touchdowns, as he got the attention of Conan O'Brien for doing a Conan string dance as a touchdown celebration . Above is a bravely funny instructional video Anderson recently...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Texans , AFC South Houston Texans TE Owen Daniels joins CB Dunta Robinson in skipping out of voluntary OTAs as a contract holdout. His Facebook page explains: "Decided not to show up for practice because of my contract situation. I would much rather bet there, but I'm not getting the fairness I was hoping for on the business end of things. I really...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Lions , Texans , NFL Video If you channel surf any, I'm sure you have seen at least promos for the ABC show, Wipeout . The website for the show describes it as the "world's largest extreme obstacle course designed to provide the most spills, face plants and wipeouts ever seen on television." Ellen DeGeneres recently invited her two favorite...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Texans , AFC South , NFL Coaching On May 27th, Texans offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan spoke as part of a coaching clinic held at the All Access event the team holds for its fans. Shanahan spoke on a number of topics, including his belief that receiver Andre Johnson has room to improve his game over the next year. Given that Johnson led the league...
Paul K says it's a judgement thing . StephanieStradley uses it to link to every VY off the field thing that has hit the mainstream . TMZ compares VY to Pacman (in a subtely racist way, but whatever. If you expect smarter from TMZ then you're obviously not familiar with TMZ). MCM is responding with a big ole' bucket of... meh. We threw it up in the morning links last week, and haven't...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Bills , Lions , NFC North , NFL Rumors Former Detroit and current Buffalo offensive linemen, Jonathan Scott doesn't have kind things to say about the chaos that was the 2008 Lions offense . He claims that there was a lack of communication between the offensive line coach and the offensive coordinator. With one coach telling the linemen to do one thing,...
by StephanieStradley Filed under: Titans , AFC South , NFL Video , NFL Rumors Titans quarterback Vince Young is dedicating himself in the offseason to regaining his starter role . Or not. According to a TMZ.com video and article , Young decided to make it rain at a Nelly concert in Houston last week by pulling out a roll of money and showering a crowd with dollar bills. The longer, cuss-worded...
I'm very sorry to say that Deborah Greer-Costello, better known as Debutant , passed away earlier this week from the leukemia that she had been fighting since 2005. I never met Deb in person, I only knew her through her writing and through her sister, my friend StephanieStradley , but it was easy to see what a vibrant and interesting person she was. From her death notice , it's clear...
