QueenC

Pittsburgh have a horrible habit of leading, then losing especially while playing on their home ice...... That being said, as always Go Pens!!!

I think the end has been coming for Hewitt for more than a little while now..... He has to now assess whether he can keep up with what's going on in the mens game with a body that has been failing him a quite some time.

The Vikings took a QB with their first round pick (#12 from memory) last year. Christian Ponder starts this weekend, unfortunately for him it's against Green Bay. As for Andrew Luck, he is far more consistent at the college level than Cam Newton ever was, who only played the one full year as starting QB at Auburn (albeit a Championship year) after he was forced out of Florida. Luck was also touted to go pro last year after he finished his junior year at Stanford but instead decided to go back to school and finish his architecture degree, but most likely he would have gone ahead of Newton anyway. Luck is going to be great, but I don't think the Vikings are going to get anywhere near him. There are three franchises that are currently win-less - Miami, Indianapolis and St Louis. Now the Rams took the No. 1 pick in 2009 in Sam Bradford and will not go near another QB as Bradford is outstanding and the least of the Rams current problems. They are also married to a massive contract ($75 million'ish) that no other club would want trade for. Although I would take him at San Francisco in a heartbeat. Indianapolis is interesting given the serious injury (neck) status of Petyon Manning. He most likely won't play this season with the injury clearly being very serious and recurring, plus he will be 36 before the beginning of next season thus there are a lot of questions over his future. Luck would be a great player to hand the team over to. Which leaves us with Miami. Well to put it simply they suck, they have no QB of note, no game plan, are in a bugger of a division (with Patriots, Jets & Bills) and will probably sack their coach before the end of this year. For my money right now the Dolphins are the ones most likely to get the No. 1 overall pick and take Andrew Luck with it. But of course there is still a very long way to go.

Happy to see you on board with the 49ers there Jack...... And also happy to see them finally, finally doing some really good things. Defence is great, o-line has been outstanding, Frank Gore is amazing, again, and Alex Smith has finally realised how to play some consistently good (great even) footy, years after being the no. 1 draft pick. Better late than never I guess. And aside from apparently needing to learn how to shake losing coaches hands with less vigour I think Jim Harbaugh is clearly doing a wonderful job. I'm actually enjoying this season !!!

Anyone catching up with the pre-season games? Especially given the real thing starts in a couple of weeks (on 08/09)........ NFL Schedule

Not before time.....

I agree, let him find his feet at Casey, same as all other injuries coming back. I really don't have much to contribute here but I thought I would just add to the thread......

And now for the truly powerful to flex their muscles....... Star QBs call for sides to reach deal

They seem to be caught on the Rookie Wage Scales which has blown out in recent yeasrs.

Will a hearty round of congratulations and applause do '58 ?!!!

More promising signs, with a big dash of nearly there....... Sides eye July 21 ratification

Oh Rafa, always Rafa !!!

Not too hard is it, but I do miss having a nice, polite, humble fella on the top there !!!

Bummer ......

Not really unfortunately, Rafa was ruthless and outside of one really poor service game was not really threatened. Interesting to see how he handles losing the #1 ranking to Djokovic, especially going into the final, if maybe revenge is in play or not. Whatever happens it has been a great tournament, especially for Tomic, but I do hope for a Rafa win!!!

Oh yeah I got that .....

Yeah they'll get there eventually.... By all accounts (via ESPN) they aren't too far away discussion wise, but no definitive move has been made and the lockout is obviously still in effect. Most of those "insiders" that trot out their opinions don't think that the season will be held up and that a deal of some kind will be in place before the first scheduled practice games. That being said it looks a little chaotic from the outside with splintered playing groups in randomly organised workouts. Strange really, especially for the rookies some of whom are the ones organising (and paying for) their more senior counterparts to actually do some team training.

Well I work from home and baseball, not unlike cricket, is good background noise!!!

But not in the second of the series.....Boo Hoo !!!

Yeah but the Sox just got knocked by the Tribe in the first of their series..... Woo Hoo !!!

Well it started with the movie, but I love Cleveland, not the city so much although I do sympathise with the Browns and the Cavs...... But the Indians, yep definitely my guys!!!

Would it be wrong to jump in here and be a happy little Indian fan?!!!

Mike Hussey says he's 'disappointed' and 'shocked' to not make Australia's Cricket World Cup squad

Some very poor tail end bowling particularly by Hilfenhaus from what I saw......

I'm so glad someone started an NFL thread in here, I have loved this sport for years..... My team however have sucked for years. I follow the 49'ers and hopefully our new coach will finally manage to find some (any) form from a relatively talented but to date fundamentally useless team lead by a catastrophically hot/cold #1 draft pick at QB and a great wide receiver. Congrats to the Pack though!!!