RussBuss

Number of posts: 1216 Age: 19 Online Madden Names: RussBuss 207 Registration date: 2007-09-03
 | Subject: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:54 pm | |
| http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Ai8VmCbOjhvvxjHqWNFakKZDubYF?slug=topnflstoriesof&prov=tsn&type=lgns | Quote: | Top 5 NFL stories of 2007 By Mike Nahrstedt - SportingNews
Stories of the year by sport: Baseball | NFL | NBA | NHL | NASCAR | College basketball | College football
1. The new center of the NFL universe
For the Patriots, 2007 began with a couple of playoff victories and an AFC championship game collapse at Indianapolis. Everything that followed was geared toward avoiding a repeat.
So there were the Patriots in March, signing Donte' Stallworth and Adalius Thomas and trading for Wes Welker. There they were in April -- on the second day of the draft, mind you -- trading a fourth-rounder for Randy Moss. Suddenly, a team that might have won its fourth Super Bowl in six years if not for coughing up a 21-3 lead over Indy was looking darn near unbeatable.
Well, that's not entirely true. Nobody was thinking perfection entering the season. Super Bowl, sure, but not 19-0.
Moss has given the Pats plenty of reasons to smile.
Enter the Jets.
Coached by former Bill Belichick protege Eric Mangini, the Jets blew the whistle on the Patriots for videotaping their defensive signals on the sideline in Week 1. A petty crime? Not according to the NFL, which fined Belichick $500,000 and the team another quarter-mil and snatched away a first-round draft pick to boot. Outrage! Even Don Shula joined the chorus of critics who assailed the Reigning Genius.
Just what the league needed -- a ticked-off Belichick. Pity the team that faced New England in its first 10 games, when the Patriots outscored opponents by an average of 39-17. Only Indianapolis, Philadelphia and Baltimore have made New England look vulnerable, but they, too, fell to a Patriots juggernaut powered by Tom Brady-to-Moss TD passes.
Let's face it: It's the Patriots' world, and everyone else is just living in it.
2. The league police blotter.
Michael Vick, a former No. 1 overall draft pick, was incarcerated for his role in a dogfighting ring, and Roger Goodell picked up where the law left off with a few other players. The commissioner's get-tough policy cost Pacman Jones his season and Tank Johnson and Chris Henry parts of theirs.
3. With this ring ...
Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy won the big one. And yes, so did the rest of the Colts when they beat the Bears in Super Bowl 41. But only one Colt took his place as one of the all-time greatest quarterbacks by grabbing what had been an elusive ring -- and then hosting Saturday Night Live and making, by conservative estimates, 287 commercials. And Dungy -- perhaps the nicest guy in the NFL -- became the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl.
4. The NFC's old guard fights back
Dallas? We saw it coming, although maybe not to the tune of 12-2. But Green Bay? That came out of nowhere.
5. Gunmen take the lives of Sean Taylor and Darrent Williams
Only a few hours into the new year, Williams, a Broncos second-year cornerback, was killed in a drive-by shooting. The year ends with still-vivid memories of the thousands of mourners at the funeral of Redskins safety Sean Taylor, shot to death last month during a burglary at his home. Both men were 24.
Your picks
SportingNews.com members' picks for the NFL's story of the year:
1. Michael Vick goes to jail: 33 percent. 2. The Patriots: 23 percent. 3. Sean Taylor and Darrent Williams: 19 percent. 4. Manning wins the big one: 15 percent. 5.The Cowboys' and Packers' rebirth: 10 percent. |
IMO biggest storys are the Pats and ST/DW
what do you guys think? |
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netsfan4190

Number of posts: 791 Age: 22 Registration date: 2007-09-04
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:59 pm | |
| Hello....
Yall are dumb...
Stories of the year :
1. Sean T 2. Kevin Everett |
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Kid Jae

Number of posts: 2476 Age: 20 Location: Virginia Online Madden Names: PS3 - Dr_JaE Registration date: 2007-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:01 pm | |
| ^ ^ he got it about right |
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RussBuss

Number of posts: 1216 Age: 19 Online Madden Names: RussBuss 207 Registration date: 2007-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:07 pm | |
| | Jerious Norwood wrote: | | ^ ^ he got it about right |
when u say he u talking about wayne or the dude who wrote the article |
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^-._$*L*E*3*Z*Y_.-^

Number of posts: 831 Age: 22 Location: Pistolvania Registration date: 2007-10-14
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:52 pm | |
| | Russ wrote: | | Jerious Norwood wrote: | | ^ ^ he got it about right |
when u say he u talking about wayne or the dude who wrote the article |
* looks at the post above jae's * im pretty sure hes talking about wayne |
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RussBuss

Number of posts: 1216 Age: 19 Online Madden Names: RussBuss 207 Registration date: 2007-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:55 pm | |
| | Tanard Jackson wrote: | | Russ wrote: | | Jerious Norwood wrote: | | ^ ^ he got it about right |
when u say he u talking about wayne or the dude who wrote the article |
* looks at the post above jae's * im pretty sure hes talking about wayne |
his post and wayne were 2 minutes apart, if Jae read the article it could have taken him 2 minutes to read it and make a post |
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^-._$*L*E*3*Z*Y_.-^

Number of posts: 831 Age: 22 Location: Pistolvania Registration date: 2007-10-14
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:34 pm | |
| they were 5 minutes apart, and i dont think it would take him 5 minutes to type ^ ^ he got it about right |
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PaTs81MoSs
Number of posts: 1699 Age: 21 Location: Boston,MA Online Madden Names: PaTs51MaYo Registration date: 2007-09-08
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:52 pm | |
| | Tanard Jackson wrote: | | they were 5 minutes apart, and i dont think it would take him 5 minutes to type ^ ^ he got it about right |
2:59+2= 3:01 and yeah it probably takes 2 mins to read that and he could be telling wayne that the guy got it right |
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TiTaNz
Number of posts: 33 Registration date: 2007-12-31
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:23 pm | |
| yaaa it goes sean taylor kevin everett PACMAN JONES! |
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Hoosiers2Victory

Number of posts: 16 Age: 20 Location: Virginia Registration date: 2008-01-07
 | Subject: Re: Top 5 NFL Stories in 07 Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:09 am | |
| Sean Taylor and Kevin Everett  |
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