Regardless of Your Feelings on Players, Owners Don’t Have Your Back
Brian Miller and I agree on an awful lot when it comes to football, but one thing he and I will not be on the same page with anytime soon is this NFL lockout. While I wouldn’t characterize Brian’s…Read More
Cover What…Cover Me…Cover 2
Cover What…Cover Me…Cover 2 In Part I we dissected the cover 0 schema (http://phinphanatic.com/2011/05/12/cover-what%e2%80%a6cover-me/), today we will jump right to cover 2. Stop, if your first…Read More
The Ireland Sparano Conundrum
The Miami Dolphins flirted a few short months ago with replacing head coach Tony Sparano. It was rumored that Jeff Ireland, the teams general manager would also find his rear on the hot seat soon enough…Read More
Why Are The Players Not Negotiating?
The 8th District Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the owners and the league on a temporary “stay” until a final ruling on the appeal of Judge Susan Nelsons ruling lifting the lockout can…Read More
Will Leverage Help Speed Negotiations?
Imagine one day waking up and pouring your coffee, sitting down to your computer or iPad or whatever, clicking on our site and reading the headline, “Deal Done!” and know immediately that football…Read More
“Stay” Granted, Lockout Remains
The NFLPA has been dealt it’s first blow in this off-season of labor unrest. The 8th Circuit Court…Read More
Is Safety Really A Player Concern?
We have heard all about the players wanting the league to put better measures in place to help protect…Read More
Im-Polite-ly Discarded?
Lost in all the ramblings of rulings, free agents, wide-receivers, starting running-backs, and trading…Read More
The Running Man
Photo by Brian Miller Taking a break from my usual idle chatter regarding the lockout, don’t worry,…Read More
Sound Of Crickets At Opening Mediation
A month ago, Judge Susan Nelson ordered that both the league and the players return to mediation under…Read More
Adam Rank Of NFL.Com On 72 Phins
In my original title I had Adam Rank of NFL.com listed with the word A-hole after his name. Maybe I should have left it there. Rank has “ranked” his top 10 list of “diva’s”…Read More
Updating Poll
We have conducted similar polls over the last two months regarding the lockout. Now, with the draft over and the mediation set to begin again tomorrow…well, only in theory, we thought it was time…Read More
End The Lockout…Give The Players What They Want
It’s no secret around here that I do not support the players in this labor mess, so much so that I really have no problem with the owners keeping the players unemployed for as long as possible. So…Read More
Should Government be Involved in Lockout?
Mike Dee, CEO Reality hits home! The recent announcement by Mike Dee, the CEO of The Miami Dolphins, to immediately cut employee…Read More





