Archive for May, 2011

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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

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“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

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