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July 26, 2009

Cam Cameron- if you know him..

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Malcolm  Cam  Cameron if you know him

 (born February 6, 1961 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is currently the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. He was previously head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers, and head coach at Indiana University. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh announced Cameron as the new offensive coordinator on January 23, 2008.

Playing career
A multi-sport athlete, Cameron was an All-American quarterback at Terre Haute South Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. He won the 1979 Trester Award for mental attitude as a guard on the high school basketball team which went to the state finals three years in a row. He played football and basketball at Indiana University under coaches Lee Corso and Bob Knight, respectively until a knee injury ended his playing career. As an undergraduate he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He graduated from Indiana in 1983 with a degree in business.
Coaching career beginnings
Cameron spent the first ten years of his career at the University of Michigan, where he learned from long-time Wolverine coach Bo Schembechler. After two years as a graduate assistant, he became Michigan’s youngest assistant and was responsible for tutoring quarterbacks and receivers. He coached many future NFL players, including Jim Harbaugh, Elvis Grbac, Todd Collins, Amani Toomer, Derrick Alexander and Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard.. Cameron served as an assistant at Michigan alongside future head coaches Lloyd Carr, Gary Moeller, Les Miles, and Mike DeBord. His fellow graduate assistant was Mike Trgovac, who is currently the defensive line coach of the Green Bay Packers, after serving six years as the defensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers.
Professional coaching beginnings
Cameron was the quarterbacks coach for the Washington Redskins between 1994 and 1996. He is credited with guiding quarterback Gus Frerotte to his only Pro Bowl appearance in 1997, and also played a key role in the development of Pro Bowl quarterback Trent Green[2].
Return to Indiana
Cameron returned to his alma mater to serve as the head coach for Indiana University in 1996, a position he held through 2001 where he won less than one-third of his games with a record of 18-37. During 2001, Cameron coached quarterback Antwaan Randle El who was named a 2001 first-team All-American and the Hoosiers averaged 435.3 yards per game.[citation needed
Back to the NFL

San Diego Chargers
From 2002-2006, he served as the offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers. In 2004, San Diego scored 446 points, third-highest in the NFL that year and the third-most in team history. Following the 2004 campaign, Sports Illustrated named Cameron its Offensive Assistant of the Year. In 2005, the Chargers averaged 26.1 points per game - good for fifth in the NFL in that category. In 2006, the Chargers offense amassed a team-record 494 points while paving the way for league MVP LaDainian Tomlinson to break the single-season touchdown record. In addition to Tomlinson, Cameron had the opportunity to work with Pro Bowl quarterbacks Drew Brees and Philip Rivers, as well as All-Pro tight end Antonio Gates in San Diego.
Miami Dolphins
Cameron was interviewed for a number of head coaching jobs, including the Houston Texans and St. Louis Rams vacancies following the 2005 season but was not hired. Cameron also interviewed for the head coaching jobs with the Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons in January 2007 but Miami was the only club that made an offer.

His 2007 Dolphins lost 13 consecutive games to start the season, before beating the Baltimore Ravens in overtime on December 16 for their first and only win. The Dolphins ended the 2007 season in last place in the AFC East with a 1-15 record, the worst record in the NFL that year.[3][4] On January 3, 2008, Jeff Ireland, the General Manager of the Miami Dolphins, announced the firing of Cameron.
Baltimore Ravens
On January 23, 2008 Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh announced Cam Cameron as the Ravens’ new offensive coordinator.[6] Early in the season Cameron worked with Harbaugh to institute the “Suggs package,” a two quarterback offense featuring Joe Flacco and Troy Smith. Coincidentally, Cameron received his only NFL head coaching win against the Ravens in 2007.
Personal
Cameron was born on February 6, 1961 in Chapel Hill, NC and currently lives in Baltimore Maryland with Missy, his wife, and four children. Cameron credits Tom Harp, an assistant under Earl Blaik at the U.S. Military Academy and former head football coach at Cornell, Duke and Indiana State, as being the earliest and most important influence on his desire to get into coaching.

some news about him

The Miami Dolphins have fired coach Cam Cameron after less than a year, the Miami Herald reports. Most of his coaching staff is gone, too, after a 1-15 season that also cost the general manager his job. “We needed someone in place who shared the same philosophical compatibilities we shared,” said new GM Jeff Ireland. “We weren’t completely sold that he did.”

The decision follows meetings Tuesday and today between Cameron and Bill Parcells, the successful former coach recently enlisted to run football operations. The team may now be considering Cowboys assistant head coach Tony Sparano and Arizona running backs coach Maurice Carthon. “We’ll have a broad range of candidates. We’ll look into every possibility,” said Ireland, who was hired yesterday.

 

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Marvin Daniel Harrison-what do you know about him

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Daniel Harrison-what do you know about him, if  you don’t really then just follow me..

Marvin Daniel Harrison (born August 25, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Colts with the 19th pick in the 1996 NFL Draft. He played college football at Syracuse. and is widely regarded as one of the best wide recievers of all time

Early years
Harrison attended Roman Catholic High School in Center City, Philadelphia, where he was a four-sport standout in football, basketball, soccer, and tennis.
College career
As a 3-year starter at Syracuse University playing with Donovan McNabb, Harrison set a national record with 2,718 career receiving yards and ranked second in school history with 20 receiving touchdowns to Rob Moore.

Professional career
Harrison was selected by the Colts with the 19th selection in the 1996 NFL Draft, a selection which was obtained in a trade that sent Jeff George to the Atlanta Falcons. Harrison has gone on to become one of the more productive receivers from that draft class, surpassing fellow wide receivers Keyshawn Johnson, Terry Glenn, Eddie Kennison, Eric Moulds, Amani Toomer, Muhsin Muhammad, Terrell Owens and others.

In 2002 Harrison broke Herman Moore’s single season receptions record by 20 receptions. He finished with 143 catches, and he also had over 1,700 yards receiving. In December, 2006 Harrison became just the fourth player in NFL history to record 1000 receptions, joining Jerry Rice (1549), Cris Carter (1101), and Tim Brown (1094). He is also one of only seven wide receivers in NFL history to reach 100 touchdowns.

During a 2007 game against the Denver Broncos, Harrison injured his knee while attempting a block and was lost for the season, making only a small appearance in their lone playoff game that season. It marked only the second time Harrison had missed regular season action due to injuries and the first since 1998.

On December 14, 2008 in a game against the Detroit Lions, Marvin Harrison caught his 1,095th career reception, passing Tim Brown for third all time. He passed Cris Carter to become second on the all-time NFL reception record list with 1,102 receptions during a 23-0 Colts victory over the Tennessee Titans on December 28, 2008.

Following the 2008 NFL season, Marvin Harrison asked for and was granted his release by the Indianapolis Colts. Despite rumors of interest by numerous teams, Harrison is currently a free agent and has yet to sign on with any team.

Harrison was involved in one of the most infamous blunders in the history of the NFL playoffs. In a 2003 wild card matchup against the Denver Broncos, Harrison caught a 20 yard pass from Peyton Manning across the middle. Deltha O’Neal, former cornerback for the Broncos, had forgotten to touch Harrison down, and Harrison stood up and continued running, eventually scoring on a fifty-yard touchdown play. Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan was infuriated with O’Neal and the rest of the Broncos defenders that were around Harrison, who helped clinch victory as the Colts went up 28-3. Indianapolis would eventually win 41-10. Harrison would finish that game against Denver with 7 receptions for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns, in his finest post-season performance to date.

NFL records
Holds the NFL record for receptions in a single season with 143, set in 2002. *
Currently Harrison is averaging 84.7 receptions per season, which is second to the all time record held by Sterling Sharpe who averaged 85 receptions per season. He had previously been averaging 93 per season until 2007, where he missed the majority of games with a knee injury, resulting in a 20 reception season.
Most receptions in a 2 season period (252, 2001-2002).
Most receptions in a 3 season period (354, 2000-2002).
Most receptions in a 4 season period (469, 1999-2002).
Most receptions in a 5 season period (563, 1999-2003).
Most receptions in a 7 season period (731, 1999-2005).
Most receptions in an 8 season period (826, 1999-2006).
Only player to 50 or more receptions in his first 11 seasons in NFL history.
Only player to have 4 consecutive 100 or more reception seasons in NFL history.
Only player to have 4 consecutive seasons with at least 1,400 receiving yards in NFL history.
Only player in NFL history to have 12 games with 8 or more receptions in a single season in 2002.
Only player ever in the history of the NFL to have six double digit reception games in one single season in the 2002 regular season.
Only player ever in the history of the NFL with 16 career games with at least 10 receptions.
Marvin Harrison and Peyton Manning currently hold the record for most receptions between a Quarterback and a Wide receiver with 965 receptions.
Marvin Harrison and Peyton Manning currently hold the NFL record in receiving touchdowns between a QB and WR with 114.
Harrison trails only Jerry Rice in 1,500 or more receiving yard seasons. He has 3 such seasons, Jerry Rice had 4.
With 59 career 100 yard receiving games, Marvin Harrison now ranks #2 all time behind Jerry Rice and his 76 career 100 yard receiving games.
Marvin Harrison is in second place for the most consecutive games with a reception with 204, and is now only behind Jerry Rice who had 274.
Second-fastest player to achieve 100 receiving touchdowns.
Only player with eight straight 1,000 yards or more and 10 or more receiving TD’s.
Only player with eight straight seasons with at least 82 receptions.
On December 18, 2006, Marvin Harrison and Indianapolis Colt teammate Reggie Wayne became the only NFL wide receiver tandem to catch 75 receptions and 1,000 yards in 3 straight seasons. The game was on Monday Night and was played against the Cincinnati Bengals.
On December 10, 2006, made his 1000th reception against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is among only 5 players in NFL history to have over 1000 receptions. The other 4 being Jerry Rice, Cris Carter, Isaac Bruce and Tim Brown. And is the fastest player to do so reaching the mark in just 167 career games.
On December 28, 2008, Marvin Harrison moved into second place for most receptions all time, trailing only Jerry Rice, with 1,102.

Personal life
Harrison is currently being sued by Dwight Dixon, the victim of a shooting outside Chuckie’s Garage, a Philadelphia business owned by Harrison, on April 29, 2008.[2][3] On January 6, 2009, Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham announced that police have confirmed that it was Harrison’s gun that fired shots at Dixon but they had been unable to determine who pulled the trigger.[4] The Philadelphia District Attorney also stated that she was not going to pursue charges in this case due to conflicting witness statements. Dixon was convicted of filing a false report with the police for this incident on January 28, 2009. He was sentenced to 6 months probation. Dixon’s attorney is reportedly seeking a new trial as the conviction violates Dixon’s parole in an unrelated case

 

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Indianapolis Colts-like it , then go for it(c)

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Indianapolis Colts-like it , then go for it..yea surely we should move on

Baltimore moves on
Understandably, fans in Baltimore were heartbroken. In elections that year, city voters repealed Question P by a measure of 62 percent to 38 percent. However, the amendment’s author Hyman Pressman remained as an elected City Comptroller for 28 years (7 terms in a row) until retiring in 1991[21]. The team’s move triggered a flurry of legal activity, which ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court and bills were filed in both the U.S. House and Senate seeking to block the move. In December 1985, a U.S. District Court judge threw out the lawsuit which sought to return the team to Maryland. Later, representatives of Baltimore and the Colts organization reached a settlement in March 1986 in which all lawsuits regarding the relocation were dismissed, and the Colts would endorse a new NFL team for Baltimore.

Nonetheless, many of the prominent old-time Colts (many of whom had settled in the Baltimore area) were bitter and chose to cut all ties to the relocated Colts team. Most notable and vocal among them was Johnny Unitas, who declared himself solely as a player for the Baltimore Colts until the day he died, with his estate defending that stance to this day. However, the NFL officially recognizes his achievements and records as the history of the Colts organization and as such are attributed to the current Colts organization and not any subsequent NFL team in Baltimore.

In a bit of irony, Baltimore did eventually land another NFL franchise in a manner similar to Indianapolis. Almost a decade later, on November 6, 1995, Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announced his intention to move the Browns team to Baltimore after a stadium dispute. The decision, which involved secret discussions with the state of Maryland, also triggered a flurry of legal activity. Ironically, Modell had previously been staunchly against the relocation of sports teams, having heavily criticized Irsay’s move in 1986.

Modell originally intended to take the Browns name with him to Baltimore. However, many Cleveland fans, refused to give up the city’s NFL franchise name. Finally, representatives of both cities and the NFL reached a settlement on February 9, 1996. It stipulated that the Browns’ name, colors, and history of the franchise were to remain in Cleveland. Modell would be allowed to take his players and organization to Baltimore, but it would be technically regarded as an expansion team.

This was in contrast to the Colts, whose ownership did not grant the city of Baltimore the rights to the Colts’ name, history, or colors after they moved to Indianapolis. Therefore, the new Baltimore team was named the Ravens after a fan vote.

The Colts’ final game in Baltimore was played on December 18, 1983 against the Houston Oilers. The Colts won 20-10. The Oilers would thirteen years later, play their final game before moving to Tennessee against the Baltimore Ravens at Memorial Stadium. The Colts would not play a game in Baltimore until 1997. The new Baltimore team had a chance to stop the Indianapolis Colts on their way to the franchise’s first Super Bowl appearance since moving. However, the Colts defeated the Baltimore Ravens 15-6 in the division playoff round on their way to winning Super Bowl XLI.
The Indianapolis Colts

1984–1995
In 1984, the Colts’ first season in Indianapolis, Jim Irsay was named general manager of the team. Frank Kush was head coach - until the final game when he was replaced by Hal Hunter. Prior to the start of the season the team received 143,000 requests in two weeks for season tickets. The Colts had two first-round draft picks in 1984. They chose Leonard Coleman and Ron Solt. Coleman could not reach an agreement with the Colts until early in 1985, and spent 1984 playing in the U.S. Football League. Other notable picks that year included Kevin Call in the 5th round and Eugene Daniel in the 8th. The Colts finished the 1984 season with 4 wins and 12 losses.[16] Rod Dowhower was named head coach in 1985, but after two losing seasons, Dowhower was replaced by Ron Meyer in December 1986.[16]

In 1990, the Colts traded Chris Hinton, 1989 first-round pick Andre Rison and draft picks to the Atlanta Falcons for the first pick of the 1990 draft so they could choose Indianapolis native and quarterback Jeff George. Eric Dickerson, after boycotting training camp and refusing to take physicals, was placed on the non-football injury list for six weeks. He was subsequently suspended four weeks for conduct detrimental to the team and forfeited $750,000 in wages and fines. The team finished the season 7-9.[16] Rick Venturi succeeded Meyer as coach on October 1, 1991. The team finished the 1991 season an NFL-worst 1-15.

Following a 4-12 season in 1994, running back Marshall Faulk was drafted second overall and linebacker Trev Alberts fifth overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. In March, Jeff George was traded to the Atlanta Falcons. Despite going undefeated in the preseason the Colts opened the regular season with an all-time low attendance of 47,372. The Colts finished 8-8 - out of the playoffs.Quarterback Jim Harbaugh became the starting quarterback in Week 3 of 1995 and ended the season as the NFL’s top-rated passer. He led the “Cardiac Colts” to a 9-7 season and a trip to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the underdog Colts defeated the San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs. But, in the AFC Championship Game, they lost a heartbreaker to the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-16 when a last-second Hail-Mary pass was dropped in the end-zone by Aaron Bailey.
1996–2001
 

Marvin HarrisonWide receiver Marvin Harrison was selected by the Colts with the 19th pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, a pick that was obtained in a trade that sent George to the Falcons. In February, in another unpopular move, and despite the success of the 1995 season, the Colts offered Marchibroda only a one-year contract deal which he turned down. Marchibroda, whose 73 career victories with the Colts tied Shula, was replaced by Lindy Infante. Also in February, Robert Irsay’s wife, Nancy, and his son, Jim, filed petitions seeking guardianship of his estate while he remained incapacitated from a stroke he had suffered the previous November. The Colts finished 9-7, despite being plagued with injuries, and again made the playoffs. They lost, again to Pittsburgh, in a 42-14 thrashing.[16]
On December 21, 1997, the Colts lost to the Vikings and finishing the season 3-13. The very next day, Bill Polian was hired as President to try and turn the team around. Polian was general manager of the Buffalo Bills from 1986-1993. “When Bill Polian was promoted to the GM position, the Bills were suffering from back to back 2-14 seasons and fan interest was at an all-time low. Polian had expertly put the pieces together that would make the Bills a “championship caliber team,” appearing in an NFL record, 4 straight Super Bowls. Because of his accomplishments, Bill Polian won the NFL Executive of the Year Award twice, in 1988 and in 1991. Polian then became general manager of the Carolina Panthers from 1994-1996. He tried to create the quickest Super Bowl winner in history, and nearly did so, building a team that went to the NFC Championship game in only its second year of existence
The Peyton Manning Era
As the Colts GM and President, fired Infante and in turn hired Jim Mora to coach the team. Polian opted not to keep quartback Jim Harbaugh, who had led the team to the AFC Championship game following the 1995 season. Instead, he decided to build through the draft as the Colts would have the top overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft; with it, the Colts drafted University of Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning, the son of New Orleans Saints legend Archie Manning, with the first pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.

 

Peyton ManningThe Colts’ first-round draft pick in the 1999 NFL Draft was running back Edgerrin James, a surprise to many who thought they would take Ricky Williams, the Heisman Trophy winner. Two days before the draft, Faulk was traded to the St. Louis Rams. Third-round pick, Brandon Burlsworth, was killed in an automobile accident in Arkansas on April 28. James caught on quickly and Manning and Marvin Harrison clicked as a potent passing combination. In October, Steve Muhammad’s wife died as did the baby she was carrying when she went into premature labor following a car accident. After her death it was revealed that 10 days before the accident Muhammad had been arrested for battery on his pregnant wife. The Colts finished the season 13-3 - in what was the greatest one-year turnaround in NFL history - and won the AFC East. They hosted Indianapolis’ first ever playoff game but were defeated by the eventual AFC Champion Tennessee Titans 19-16. At 13-3 In winning the division title, Manning, James and Harrison earned Pro Bowl honors, while kicker Mike Vanderjagt won the NFL scoring title.

 

Wide receiver Reggie Wayne was selected with the 30th pick in the 2001 NFL Draft. The 2001 season was a major disappointment. However, Manning (4,131) and Harrison (109) had outstanding yardage and reception seasons. The team finished 6-10, managing only two wins in its last nine games. And, as in 2000, the defense took the brunt of the criticism. It ranked No. 30 in total yards allowed, tied for No. 26 in generating takeaways and No. 31 in points allowed. But the defense wasn’t the only problem. The special teams’ performance was often really bad and Peyton Manning was plagued by turnovers. The team was also hurt by injuries throughout the season, the most serious occurring on October 25, when running back Edgerrin James tore his ACL in the sixth game of the 2001 season, and while backup Dominic Rhodes proved a capable starter in becoming the first undrafted rookie to rush for over 1000 yards, the loss of James and a defense that gave up the most points in a season of any NFL team since 1981 proved too much to overcome. Mora was fired with one year remaining on his contract, reportedly due to a disagreement with general manager Bill Polian over defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.

2002–present
 

Indianapolis Colts Former Head Coach Tony DungyThe firing of Mora led to the hiring of head coach Tony Dungy, the former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Irsay was so committed to bringing Tony Dungy aboard that he, not Polian, initiated the contact. Late on January 19, 2002, Irsay phoned Dungy at his home in Tampa: “I just wanted him to know from the start that there was no other coach on the planet I wanted to coach my football team,” Irsay said. “Not Steve Spurrier. Not Bill Parcells.”[23]

Defensive end Dwight Freeney was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the 11th overall selection in the 2002 NFL Draft. The Colts finished the season with a 10-6 record, earning a wild-card slot in the playoffs. In that game however, the Colts were humiliated with a 41-0 shutout at the hands of the New York Jets. Marvin Harrison had a stellar year, breaking several club and NFL records, but Edgerrin James was hampered by injuries most of the season. Manning threw 19 interceptions, most of them in games the Colts went on to lose. In a troubling pattern, the Colts repeatedly squandered the first half of a game, often falling so far behind that despite second half rallies, they could not overcome the deficit. Freeney set an NFL rookie record in 2002 with 9 forced fumbles, three of which occurred in a single game against former Syracuse football teammate, Donovan McNabb.

 

Dwight FreeneyThe Colts finished the 2003 season 14–5 - and won the AFC South with a regular season record of 12-4. Manning was named co-MVP of the NFL, along with Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair. In the playoffs, Manning and the Colts defeated the Denver Broncos 41–10, then defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, at Kansas City, 38–31. However, in the AFC title game at New England, the Patriots defense was all over the Colts. Manning threw only one touchdown pass and was intercepted four times. The Patriots won the game 24–14 putting an end to the hopes of the team and the fans that this was the season the Colts would go all the way.

Safety Bob Sanders was selected in the 2nd round (44th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft. The 2004 season ended almost exactly the way the 2003 season had, with the New England Patriots pummeling the Colts, in the cold at Foxboro, and knocking them out of the playoffs. After a year in which the offense broke numerous team and league records, the Colts could manage to score only one field goal in their final game, losing 20-3. For the second year in a row, Manning was named the league’s MVP and his 49 regular-season touchdowns broke a record that Dan Marino had held since 1984, which was broken by Tom Brady of the Patriots with 50 touchdown passes in 2007. The wide receiving trio of Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and Brandon Stokley each had at least 10 touchdowns and more than 1,000 yards for the season - also a league first. Edgerrin James ended the season ranked fourth in the NFL with 1,548 yards, an average of 4.6 yards per carry. And although questions continued to surround the defense, Freeney led the league with 16 sacks.

 

On January 15, 2006, the Colts were eliminated in the divisional round by the eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, 21–18. Trailing 21–10 late in the game, the Colts regained possession and put 8 points on the board to make it 21–18. After a Jerome Bettis fumble on the goal line, Nick Harper picked up the fumble and almost ran it back, but was tackled at the 40 yard line by Ben Roethlisberger. The Colts then drove down the field, only to have Mike Vanderjagt miss a 46-yard field goal attempt wide right.

The Colts defeated the Baltimore Ravens 15-6 in the division playoff round, thanks to kicker Adam Vinatieri’s five field goals and another impressive defensive showing. They played the New England Patriots at home in the AFC title game for the rights to the Super Bowl; it was the Colts’ third conference championship game in the Indianapolis era. The game marked the first time that the AFC title game was played in a domed stadium. After trailing at the end of the first half, 21–3, the Colts stormed back, defeating the arch-rival Patriots for the third consecutive time. With a final score of 38–34, the 18-point comeback was the largest ever in an NFL conference championship game, and tied the record for the fourth largest NFL postseason comeback.

 

White House ceremony honoring the Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts.The Colts defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17 on February 4, 2007 in Dolphin Stadium, after overcoming a rocky start that saw the Bears’ Devin Hester returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and Manning threw an early interception. Rain fell throughout the game, for the first time in Super Bowl history, significantly contributing to the six turnovers committed by both teams in the first half. Manning was awarded the Super Bowl MVP after completing 25 of 38 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown, caught by Wayne.

In 2007, the Colts finished 13-3, winning a club-record fifth straight division title and becoming the first NFL team with five consecutive seasons with 12+ victories and became one of four NFL teams to open three consecutive seasons with 5-0 starts in topping Tampa Bay, 33-14. Indianapolis joined Green Bay (1929-31), Minnesota (1973-75) and St. Louis (1999-2001) with three straight 5-0 starts. And then becoming the first team in 76 years to start three consecutive seasons with 7-0 starts. Peyton Manning (288) broke the club record for career touchdown passes held by Johnny Unitas (287), while Tony Dungy notched his 74th win to break the franchise record he had shared with Don Shula (73) and Ted Marchibroda (73). The club fell in the Divisional Playoffs to the San Diego Chargers, 28-24. Dungy became the only coach in Colts history to post 10+ wins and earn playoff appearances in six straight seasons.

The 2008 season was the Colts’ inaugural season playing at the newly-completed Lucas Oil Stadium. It was the first season that the Colts did not win the AFC South title. After a 3-4 start on the season, the Colts went on a nine-game winning streak and finished the season at 12-4 and earned a wild card berth in the playoffs. They extended their league mark with six consecutive 12+ victory seasons. The club became the first in NFL history to win at least seven consecutive games in five consecutive seasons. Manning won his third NFL MVP award, butIndianapolis fell in the Wild Card Playoffs in overtime at San Diego, 23-17.

Tony Dungy retired on January 12, 2009 and on January 13, Jim Caldwell who had been named his successor previously, was formally announced as the new head coach.

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Indianapolis Colts-like it , then go for it(b)

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Indianapolis Colts-like it , then go for it

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1970–1983
Prior to the 1970 season, Rosenbloom, Art Modell of the Browns, and Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to have their teams join the ten AFL teams in the AFC as part of the AFL-NFL merger giving each conference an equal amount of teams, and divisions. The Colts win the Eastern Division while posting an 11-2-1 record. During the season the Colts would get revenge for Super Bowl III, by beating the New York Jets, who were now a division rival. In the Divisional Playoffs the Colts defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 17-0 at Memorial Stadium. The Colts then defeated the Raiders 27-17 to advance to the Super Bowl.

In Super Bowl V against the Dallas Cowboys, the Cowboys jumped out to a 6-0 lead on 2 field goals before the Colts tied it on a 75-yard pass form Unitas to John Mackey. However the Colts had the PAT blocked and the game remained tied. The Cowboys would jump out in front again and went into the 4th quarter holding a 13-6 lead into halftime. Earl Morrall relieved an injured Unitas in the 2nd half the game as the two teams kept fumbling the ball back-and-forth in a game that got the nickname blunder bowl as both teams combined had 11 turnovers. Baltimore would tie the game midway through the final period on a 2-yard plunge by running back Tom Nowatzke. With less then 2 minutes left Cowboys RB Dan Reeves fumbled the ball setting up the Colts in Dallas territory. Baltimore would win the game on a 32-yard field goal from Jim O’Brien with 5 seconds left.

Following a 1-4 start in 1972, McCafferty was fired. The Colts would go 4-5 in their final 9 games under John Sandusky to finish with a 5-9 record, their first losing mark in 16 years. Following the season Unitas was traded to the San Diego Chargers. However, Unitas would not leave without coming off the bench his final game at Memorial Stadium. Leading the Colts on a 55-yard Touchdown pass late in the 4th quarter to help beat the Buffalo Bills 35-7. Memorial Stadium gave the legend a standing ovation as a small plane flying overhead carried a banner reading “Unitas We Stand.”[4] After a 4-10 season in 1973 and a 0-3 start in 1974, head coach Howard Schnellenberger was fired and replaced by Joe Thomas. The Colts would not perform any better under Thomas compiling a miserable 2-12 season.

Under new coach Ted Marchibroda the Colts would get off to a 1-4 start in 1975. However, the Colts would start winning as quarterback Bert Jones, and runningback Lydell Mitchell came of age and led the Colts on a 7 game winning streak. The Colts would go on to win their last game of the season to claim the AFC East with a 10-4 record. However, in the Divisional Playoffs the young Colts were no match for the Steelers in Pittsburgh, suffering a season ending 28-10 loss. Marcibroda resigned as head coach but was re-hired for the 1976 season. The Colts would go on to have a stellar season led by Jones who won the NFL MVP by passing for 3,104 yards. The Colts put together a solid season and win the AFC East with an 11-3 record. However in the Divisional Playoffs the Colts were defeated again by the Pittsburgh Steelers 40-29. In 1977, the Colts were again defeated in the Divisional Playoffs by the Oakland Raiders, 37-31. Following the 1979 season, Marchibroda was fired and replaced by Mike McCormick..

After two losing sasons, McCormick was fired and Bert Jones was traded to the Los Angeles Rams..In 1982, attendance begins to dwindle at Memorial Stadium as the Colts struggle during a season interrupted by a 2-month strike. Actually the strike provided relief for the Colts, as they possibly avoided one of the worst seasons in NFL history. The Colts would go winless while tying 1 game in a 9-game season.With the first overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft the Colts drafted quarterback John Elway.

 However, Elway refused to play for owner Robert Irsay and threatened to play minor league baseball or in the newly formed USFL. Fearful the Colts would get nothing for his rights the Colts traded Elway to the Denver Broncos.. On December 18, 1983, unbeknownst to the team or fans, the Colts played their final home game (against the then Houston Oilers) in the city of Baltimore. 27,934 fans showed up, 516 more fans than the crowd that had turned out for their first home game in 1947.
Ownership’s discontent
 

Memorial Stadium in Baltimore

Memorial Stadium with 33rd Street in the foregroundAs far back as November 1971, Carroll Rosenbloom announced that the Colts would not return to Memorial Stadium when their lease ran out following the 1972 season and that he was not interested in negotiating with the city anymore. He wanted out of Baltimore for a few reasons — money, problems with Baltimore Orioles ownership, a running feud with the Baltimore press, and his new wife’s desire to move to the West Coast. Will Keland, a real estate investor was originally slated to buy the Colts from Rosenbloom. However, Keland could not generate enough funds necessary to purchase the team. His golfing buddy, Robert Irsay who was originally slated to own 1 percent of the team, did have the money available and he realized that he didn’t need Keland. On July 13, 1972, Robert Irsay became the owner of the Colts.

Under the terms of the arrangement, Irsay bought the Los Angeles Rams for $19 million, then traded them to Rosenbloom for the Colts and $3 million in cash. The players for each team remained in their respective cities.

In 1971, Baltimore mayor William Donald Schaefer and the state’s governor, Marvin Mandel, created a stadium committee to examine the city’s stadium needs. Their report was a blow to Memorial Stadium. Some of the problems mentioned: 10,000 stadium’s seats had views that were “less than desirable”; 20,000 seats were out-dated bench seats that had no back support; 7,000 so called seats were actually poorly-constructed temporary bleachers that were installed for football games only. Also, there was not enough office space adequate enough for the front offices of either the Orioles or Colts, much less both teams combined.

Both teams had to share locker rooms, the upper deck of Memorial Stadium did not circle the field, ending instead at the 50-yard line, thousands of potential seats (and added revenue) were missing. Any expansion plans for the stadium had usually mentioned less attractive (and less expensive) end-zone seats, not upper deck seating. And the number of bathroom facilities in Memorial Stadium was deemed inadequate.

Maryland’s planners came up with an ambitious project. Nicknamed the “Baltodome”,the original plan was to create a facility near the city’s Inner Harbor known as Camden Yards. The new stadium would host 70,000 fans for football games, 55,000 for baseball and 20,000 as an arena for hockey or basketball. For an estimated $78 million, the city would build a facility that would have kept all parties; Orioles owner Hoffberger, Colts owner Irsay, the Stadium
Complex Authority, Baltimore Mayor Schaefer and the state’s governor, Marvin Mandel happy.
But the proposal did not receive support to pass the Maryland legislature, in spite of the fact that assurances that contributions from taxpayers would be limited strictly to city and state loans. Stadium Complex Authority chairman Ed Rovner issued an important statement about the project, “A major consideration in Mr. Irsay’s trading of franchises was the city’s firm commitment to proceed with these plans.” But on February 27, 1974 Maryland’s Governor Mandel pulled the plug on the idea. New Colts owner Robert Irsay was willing to wait. “I’m a patient man. I think the people of Baltimore are going to see those new stadiums in New Orleans and Seattle opening in a year or two around the country, and they are going to realize they need a stadium … for conventions and other things besides football.”

But Hyman Pressman, Baltimore’s comptroller, was against the use of public funds to build a new complex. During the 1974 elections, Pressman had an amendment to the city’s charter placed on the fall ballot. Known as Question P,[7] the amendment called for declaring “the 33rd Street stadium as a memorial to war veterans and prohibiting use of city funds for construction of any other stadium.” The measure passed 56 percent to 44 percent, and the same jingoistic ideas that had been used to upgrade the then Baltimore Stadium (Originally built in 1922) in the late 40s and rename it Memorial Stadium, effectively destroyed any chance of a new, modern sports complex being built in Baltimore.

Although the Colts made the playoffs for three straight years from 1975-77, there had still been no progress made on a new park for the team. Robert Irsay first spoke with Phoenix, Arizona in 1976 and then Indianapolis, Indiana in 1977 about the possibility of relocating his team to one of those cities. In 1979 Irsay began shopping the Colts around in earnest, talking first to officials from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, Memphis, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida[8] where he visited the Gator Bowl packed with 50,000 cheering fans trying to convince him that Jacksonville would be the best home for the Colts. That same year Irsay presented Maryland’s Governor Harry Hughes with a request for $25 million in renovation to the dilapidated 64,124 seat Memorial Stadium. Irsay’s request for $25 million in improvements was decreased to $23 million by the Maryland legislature. The plan added more seats (but none of the revenue-generating skyboxes), improving the plumbing and would’ve given both teams better office space. The plans approval was contingent on both the Colts and Baltimore Orioles signing long term leases. The Orioles challenged the requested football improvements and refused to sign anything more than a one year lease. Irsay also refused to sign long term. As a result, the funds and improvements never came.

Relocation to Indianapolis
 

RCA (Hoosier) Dome

RCA (Hoosier) Dome InteriorUnder the administration of mayor Richard Lugar and then continuing with William Hudnut, Indianapolis was making a serious effort to reinvent itself into a ‘Great American City’. In 1979, Indianapolis community leaders created the Indiana Sports Corp. in order to attract major sports events to central Indiana. The next year, Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut appointed a committee to study the feasibility of building a new stadium that could serve primarily as a boon to the city’s convention business and, secondarily, as a lure for an NFL team . In 1982 construction on the Hoosier Dome (later renamed the RCA Dome) began. Deputy Mayor David Frick, who would later lead the negotiations with the Colts and then go on to become chairman of the Indiana state commission that would oversee construction of the RCA Dome’s replacement, Lucas Oil Stadium, would say that the RCA Dome was a key to changing the city’s image. “Sports was an element in our game plan to change the image of the city back in the late 1970s, early 1980s,”.

In February 1983, after relations between Irsay and the city of Baltimore had deteriorated significantly, Baltimore Mayor Schaefer asked the Maryland General Assembly to approve $15 million for renovation to Memorial Stadium. The legislature did not approve the request until the following spring, after the Colts’ lease had expired,[13] and only half of that $15 million would go towards improvements that the Colts were seeking (The other half for the Orioles’). However, Baltimore reportedly did offer Irsay a generous $15 million loan at 6.5%, a guarantee of at least 43,000 tickets sold per game for six years, and the purchase of the team’s Owings Mills training facility for $4 million.

Despite numerous public reassurances that Irsay’s ultimate desire was to remain in Baltimore, he nevertheless continued discussions with several cities hungry for an NFL franchise (New York, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Birmingham, Jacksonville and Memphis) eventually narrowing the list of cities to two, Phoenix and Indianapolis. A real estate group in Phoenix, Arizona along with Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and other top Arizona officials, had secretly met with Irsay early in January. Preliminary talks seemed promising, another meeting was scheduled. But when word of a second scheduled meeting leaked out and was reported by the Baltimore media on the Friday before the Super Bowl, Irsay canceled. Meanwhile, Indianapolis and local real estate developer Robert Welch, were lobbying the NFL to bring an expansion team to the city, with Welch as team owner. Welch had also had personal discussions with New Orleans Saints owner John Mecom about buying the team and moving it to Indianapolis. In January 1984, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle announced that expansion had been put on hold. As a result of that announcement, Indiana Pacers’ owner Herb Simon contacted Colts officials in order to take negotiations between the club and Indianapolis to the next level. Mayor Hudnut then assigned deputy mayor David Frick to begin secret negotiations with Colts counsel Michael Chernoff. On February 13, Colts representatives came to town to look at the Hoosier Dome construction. Colts owner Robert Irsay visited on February 23.

“He (Irsay) was visibly moved,” former deputy mayor Dave Frick said commenting on Irsay’s reaction to entering the brand new domed stadium. “Emotionally, he was making the move.

Meanwhile in Baltimore, the situation worsened. Eventually, the Maryland legislature intervened and on March 27, one of its chambers passed legislation giving the city of Baltimore the right to seize ownership of the team by eminent domain (An idea first floated in a memo written by Baltimore Mayoral Aide Mark Wasserman). Robert Irsay said that his move was “a direct result” of the eminent domain bill and[10] Colts counsel Michael Chernoff would say of the move by the Maryland legislature “They not only threw down the gauntlet, but they put a gun to his head and cocked it and asked, ‘Want to see if it’s loaded?’ They forced him to make a decision that day”.

Phoenix businessmen withdrew their offer the morning of March 28 and Irsay called the Indianapolis Mayor that afternoon and began serious negotiations in order to move the team before the Maryland legislature’s other chamber could pass similar legislation. The city of Indianapolis offered the Colts owner a $12,500,000 loan, a $4,000,000 training complex, and the use of the brand new $77.5 million, 57,980 seat Hoosier Dome.

After Irsay agreed to the deal, the Indianapolis Mayor called John B. Smith, his friend, neighbor and chief executive officer of Mayflower Transit, and 15 trucks were dispatched to the team’s Owings Mills, Maryland training complex at 2:00 AM on March 29 because it was feared the franchise would be seized early the following morning. Workers loaded all of the team’s belongings and the trucks left for Indianapolis. By 10:00 AM, the Colts were completely gone from Baltimore

 Each of the Mayflower trucks took a slightly different route on the way to Indianapolis. This was done to confuse the Maryland police, who could’ve been called on to put a stop to the move. Once each van was at the Indiana state line, it was met by Indiana state troopers, who escorted each van to the Colts new home in Indianapolis. Later John Moag, Jr., chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority, stated in sworn testimony before the U.S. Senate subcommittee responsible for the Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act: “It was the failure of our local (Baltimore) and state elected officials in Maryland to provide the Colts with a firm proposal for a new stadium that led Mr. Irsay to accept an offer from Indianapolis to play in a new dome in that city.“

Baltimore’s Mayor Schaefer, who claimed to have been promised a call by Irsay if the team was to move (but never received one), appeared on the front page of the Baltimore Sun in tears. After the Colts left, he placed the building of a new stadium at the top of his legislative agenda.

Indianapolis Mayor Hudnut held a press conference March 29 to announce an agreement had been reached and the team was on its way to Indianapolis. The deal was sealed March 30 with approval by the Capital Improvement Board, which operated the Hoosier Dome. Two days later, 20,000 new Colts fans cheered as Mayor Hudnut Proclaimed March 29, 1984, “one of the greatest days in the history of this city.”

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Indianapolis Colts ,where do you live ? if your answer would go like , l live  near where indianapolis colts playing game , then congratulations..you are more luck than anybody else living on earth..and no doubt you know a lot about indianapolis colts..what is it ? let’s see..

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team is part of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). While in Baltimore, the Colts won four NFL Championships, including Super Bowl V. In Indianapolis, the Colts won Super Bowl XLI in 2006 against the Chicago Bears.

The Colts moved from Baltimore in 1984, and began their stay in Indianapolis winning 90 of 228 games through the 1997 season, including 5 playoff games. Since Jim Irsay assumed control of the franchise in 1998 after the death of his father, Robert Irsay, the team has become the first in league history to win 12 games or more in six consecutive seasons - extending this record to seven after the 2008 season. The Colts are also the first NFL team to beat all of the other 31 NFL teams .

The Baltimore Colts were the first NFL team to have cheerleaders, and a marching band.
Franchise history
The Colts franchise was officially created in 1953, but can trace its history much earlier than that, to before the NFL actually began: its earliest predecessor was the Dayton Triangles, a founding member of the NFL that was originally created in 1913. That team went through the following changes:

Dayton Triangles relocated and renamed Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930.
Changed name to Brooklyn Tigers in 1944. In the same year, the Boston Yanks are founded.
Merged with Boston Yanks in 1945 as the wartime “The Yanks.”
First team to admittedly have a gay QB (Peyton Manning).
Franchise canceled in 1945 by league and the team’s temporary merger with the Boston Yanks is made permanent, as a parallel team (AAFC New York Yankees) is founded by the Tigers’ former owner.
Miami Seahawks of the AAFC are purchased and relocated to Baltimore and renamed the Colts (Originally wearing Green and Silver). This franchise was dissolved by the league on January 18, 1951.
Boston Yanks move to New York in 1949 and become New York Yanks, absorbing much of the Yankees’ roster the next year.
New York Yanks move to Dallas in 1952 as Dallas Texans.
Texans become a road team halfway through the 1952 season and are dissolved shortly thereafter.
Dallas Texans franchise was moved to Baltimore on January 23, 1953 where, keeping the “Colts” nickname, they keep the Texans team colors of blue and white.

The AAFC Baltimore Colts
In December 28, 1946, the bankrupt Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference were purchased and relocated in Baltimore by a group headed by Bob Rodenberg. As the result of a contest in Baltimore, won by Charles Evans of Middle River, Md., the team was renamed the “Colts.” On September 7, 1947, wearing the green and silver uniforms, the Colts, under Head Coach Cecil Isbell, won their initial AAFC game, 16-7, over the Brooklyn Dodgers. The team concluded its inaugural season before a record Baltimore crowd of 51,583 by losing to the New York Yankees, 21-7. The Colts finished with a 2-11-1 record, good for a fourth place finish in the Eastern Division. The Colts completed the 1948 season with a 7-8 record, tying the Buffalo Bills for the division title. The Colts compiled a 1-11 mark in 1949. Y. A. Tittle was the Colts starting quarterback.

The AAFC and NFL merged in 1950, and the Colts joined the NFL. After posting a 1-11 record for the second consecutive year, the franchise was dissolved by the league on January 18, 1951, because of its failing financial condition. But many Baltimore fans protested the loss of their team and continued to support the marching band (the second in professional football, after that of the Washington Redskins) and fan club, both of which remained in operation and worked for the team’s revival.
The NFL Dallas Texans
After two seasons without professional football, NFL Commissioner Bert Bell challenged Baltimore in December 1952 to sell 15,000 season tickets within six weeks in order to re-enter the NFL. That 15,000-ticket quota was reached in four weeks and three days. On January 23, 1953, under the principal ownership of Carroll Rosenbloom, the NFL’s Dallas Texans franchise was moved to Baltimore where, keeping the “Colts” nickname, the Texans team colors of blue and white were inherited. This is the franchise that exists today in Indianapolis.

The Texans had a long and winding history; they started as the Boston Yanks in 1944 and merged with the Brooklyn Tigers (previously known as the Dayton Triangles, an original NFL team established in the 1910s) for the 1945 season before moving to New York as the Bulldogs in 1949. The team then became the Yanks in 1950, and many of the players from the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference were added to the team. The Yanks moved to Dallas after the 1951 season, but played their final two “home” games of the 1952 season at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.

The NFL Baltimore Colts

1953–1970
The Colts began the 1953 season with a blockbuster trade, swapping five Baltimore players for 10 Cleveland Browns. Among the players who came to Baltimore were future coach Don Shula; Bert Rechichar, Carl Taseff and Art Spinney, among others. The 2nd incarnation of the Baltimore Colts first took the field at Memorial Stadium on September 27, with Coach Keith Molesworth. The Colts would stun the Bears that day 13-9 to get the new franchise off on the right foot. However, the Colts struggled to a 3-9 season in their inaugural year.[4]

On December 28, 1958, Baltimore faced the New York Giants in the NFL Championship game at Yankee Stadium. The Colts went to halftime with a 14-3 lead after scoring 2 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter. The 4th quarter would end tied a 17, meaning the NFL would have to use sudden death overtime for the first time ever. Johnny Unitas hit wide receiver Raymond Berry with a pass that gave the Colts a 1st down in Giants territory. Baltimore continued to drive down to the 1-yard line, with first and goal. Unitas handed off to Alan Ameche who dove across the goal line to give Baltimore a 23-17 win, in what many call the greatest game ever played. The game would serve as a launching point for the NFL’s remarkable boom in popularity.

The next season, Baltimore had a Championship Game rematch with the New York Giants, with the game this time being played at Memorial Stadium. For the first three quarters the Colts fell behind 9-7. Unitas led the Colts back in the 4th quarter scoring 24 unanswered points, and Baltimore to claim their 2nd straight NFL Championship with a 31-16 victory.

In 1964, after losing the first game of the season to the Vikings, the Colts went on a 10-game winning streak on the way to winning the Western Division Championship with a 12-2 record. Unitas won the NFL MVP award after amassing 2,824 yards passing. The Colts faced the Cleveland Browns in the Championship Game. However, nothing would go right in Cleveland as the Colts were defeated 27-0.

Unitas won his second NFL MVP award in 1967 with 3,428 yards passing as the Colts went undefeated through the first 13 games of the season with a record of 11-0-2. However, the Colts still needed to beat the Rams in Los Angeles to claim the Coastal Division Championship. The Rams would win the game 34-10 to win the Division title and advance to the postseason, as the Colts went home despite an 11-1-2 record.

Unitas missed most of the 1968 season with an elbow injury. Backup quarterback Earl Morrall stepped in and won the NFL MVP award, while leading the Colts to a 13-1 season. While Morrall led the offense, the Colts defense shut out 3 opponents while allowing a record low 144 points. In the Divisional Playoff the Colts beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-14 before a sold out crowd at Memorial Stadium. Going into Super Bowl III the Colts were favored by 18 points over the New York Jets who were coached by their former Colts head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets came in confident as quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed a victory. The first half was a defensive struggle as the Jets had a 16-0 lead early in the 4th quarter. Desperate to make a comeback the Colts put Johnny Unitas into the game, and he would get the Colts on the board with a long touchdown drive. With less than 4 minutes to go, the Colts recovered an on-side kick to keep their hopes alive. However, the Jets completed one of the biggest upsets in NFL history 16-7.

Following the next season, coach Don Shula who fell out of favor with owner Carroll Rosenbloom was allowed to resign and he took the coaching job with Miami Dolphins. Assistant Coach Don McCafferty would replace Shula.The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team is part of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). While in Baltimore, the Colts won four NFL Championships, including Super Bowl V. In Indianapolis, the Colts won Super Bowl XLI in 2006 against the Chicago Bears.

The Colts moved from Baltimore in 1984, and began their stay in Indianapolis winning 90 of 228 games through the 1997 season, including 5 playoff games. Since Jim Irsay assumed control of the franchise in 1998 after the death of his father, Robert Irsay, the team has become the first in league history to win 12 games or more in six consecutive seasons - extending this record to seven after the 2008 season. The Colts are also the first NFL team to beat all of the other 31 NFL teams .

The Baltimore Colts were the first NFL team to have cheerleaders, and a marching band.
Franchise history
The Colts franchise was officially created in 1953, but can trace its history much earlier than that, to before the NFL actually began: its earliest predecessor was the Dayton Triangles, a founding member of the NFL that was originally created in 1913. That team went through the following changes:

Dayton Triangles relocated and renamed Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930.
Changed name to Brooklyn Tigers in 1944. In the same year, the Boston Yanks are founded.
Merged with Boston Yanks in 1945 as the wartime “The Yanks.”
First team to admittedly have a gay QB (Peyton Manning).
Franchise canceled in 1945 by league and the team’s temporary merger with the Boston Yanks is made permanent, as a parallel team (AAFC New York Yankees) is founded by the Tigers’ former owner.
Miami Seahawks of the AAFC are purchased and relocated to Baltimore and renamed the Colts (Originally wearing Green and Silver). This franchise was dissolved by the league on January 18, 1951.
Boston Yanks move to New York in 1949 and become New York Yanks, absorbing much of the Yankees’ roster the next year.
New York Yanks move to Dallas in 1952 as Dallas Texans.
Texans become a road team halfway through the 1952 season and are dissolved shortly thereafter.
Dallas Texans franchise was moved to Baltimore on January 23, 1953 where, keeping the “Colts” nickname, they keep the Texans team colors of blue and white.

The AAFC Baltimore Colts
In December 28, 1946, the bankrupt Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference were purchased and relocated in Baltimore by a group headed by Bob Rodenberg. As the result of a contest in Baltimore, won by Charles Evans of Middle River, Md., the team was renamed the “Colts.” On September 7, 1947, wearing the green and silver uniforms, the Colts, under Head Coach Cecil Isbell, won their initial AAFC game, 16-7, over the Brooklyn Dodgers. The team concluded its inaugural season before a record Baltimore crowd of 51,583 by losing to the New York Yankees, 21-7. The Colts finished with a 2-11-1 record, good for a fourth place finish in the Eastern Division. The Colts completed the 1948 season with a 7-8 record, tying the Buffalo Bills for the division title. The Colts compiled a 1-11 mark in 1949. Y. A. Tittle was the Colts starting quarterback.

The AAFC and NFL merged in 1950, and the Colts joined the NFL. After posting a 1-11 record for the second consecutive year, the franchise was dissolved by the league on January 18, 1951, because of its failing financial condition. But many Baltimore fans protested the loss of their team and continued to support the marching band (the second in professional football, after that of the Washington Redskins) and fan club, both of which remained in operation and worked for the team’s revival.
The NFL Dallas Texans
After two seasons without professional football, NFL Commissioner Bert Bell challenged Baltimore in December 1952 to sell 15,000 season tickets within six weeks in order to re-enter the NFL. That 15,000-ticket quota was reached in four weeks and three days. On January 23, 1953, under the principal ownership of Carroll Rosenbloom, the NFL’s Dallas Texans franchise was moved to Baltimore where, keeping the “Colts” nickname, the Texans team colors of blue and white were inherited. This is the franchise that exists today in Indianapolis.

The Texans had a long and winding history; they started as the Boston Yanks in 1944 and merged with the Brooklyn Tigers (previously known as the Dayton Triangles, an original NFL team established in the 1910s) for the 1945 season before moving to New York as the Bulldogs in 1949. The team then became the Yanks in 1950, and many of the players from the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference were added to the team. The Yanks moved to Dallas after the 1951 season, but played their final two “home” games of the 1952 season at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.

The NFL Baltimore Colts

1953–1970
The Colts began the 1953 season with a blockbuster trade, swapping five Baltimore players for 10 Cleveland Browns. Among the players who came to Baltimore were future coach Don Shula; Bert Rechichar, Carl Taseff and Art Spinney, among others. The 2nd incarnation of the Baltimore Colts first took the field at Memorial Stadium on September 27, with Coach Keith Molesworth. The Colts would stun the Bears that day 13-9 to get the new franchise off on the right foot. However, the Colts struggled to a 3-9 season in their inaugural year.[4]

On December 28, 1958, Baltimore faced the New York Giants in the NFL Championship game at Yankee Stadium. The Colts went to halftime with a 14-3 lead after scoring 2 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter. The 4th quarter would end tied a 17, meaning the NFL would have to use sudden death overtime for the first time ever. Johnny Unitas hit wide receiver Raymond Berry with a pass that gave the Colts a 1st down in Giants territory. Baltimore continued to drive down to the 1-yard line, with first and goal. Unitas handed off to Alan Ameche who dove across the goal line to give Baltimore a 23-17 win, in what many call the greatest game ever played. The game would serve as a launching point for the NFL’s remarkable boom in popularity.

The next season, Baltimore had a Championship Game rematch with the New York Giants, with the game this time being played at Memorial Stadium. For the first three quarters the Colts fell behind 9-7. Unitas led the Colts back in the 4th quarter scoring 24 unanswered points, and Baltimore to claim their 2nd straight NFL Championship with a 31-16 victory.

In 1964, after losing the first game of the season to the Vikings, the Colts went on a 10-game winning streak on the way to winning the Western Division Championship with a 12-2 record. Unitas won the NFL MVP award after amassing 2,824 yards passing. The Colts faced the Cleveland Browns in the Championship Game. However, nothing would go right in Cleveland as the Colts were defeated 27-0.

Unitas won his second NFL MVP award in 1967 with 3,428 yards passing as the Colts went undefeated through the first 13 games of the season with a record of 11-0-2. However, the Colts still needed to beat the Rams in Los Angeles to claim the Coastal Division Championship. The Rams would win the game 34-10 to win the Division title and advance to the postseason, as the Colts went home despite an 11-1-2 record.

Unitas missed most of the 1968 season with an elbow injury. Backup quarterback Earl Morrall stepped in and won the NFL MVP award, while leading the Colts to a 13-1 season. While Morrall led the offense, the Colts defense shut out 3 opponents while allowing a record low 144 points. In the Divisional Playoff the Colts beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-14 before a sold out crowd at Memorial Stadium. Going into Super Bowl III the Colts were favored by 18 points over the New York Jets who were coached by their former Colts head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets came in confident as quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed a victory. The first half was a defensive struggle as the Jets had a 16-0 lead early in the 4th quarter. Desperate to make a comeback the Colts put Johnny Unitas into the game, and he would get the Colts on the board with a long touchdown drive. With less than 4 minutes to go, the Colts recovered an on-side kick to keep their hopes alive. However, the Jets completed one of the biggest upsets in NFL history 16-7.

Following the next season, coach Don Shula who fell out of favor with owner Carroll Rosenbloom was allowed to resign and he took the coaching job with Miami Dolphins. Assistant Coach Don McCafferty would replace Shula.

July 24, 2009

New York Jets-would you like to live in NYC(LP)

Filed under: Team, Uncategorized, nfl jersey — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 11:05 pm

New York Jets(2002-2009) in this part we gonna keep talking about NEW YORK JETS..hope you like it


Main article: 2002 New York Jets season
The AFC East proved to be even more competitive in 2002, with all four teams in the race well into December. Testaverde was benched early in the season with the team at 1–4, and replaced with Chad Pennington, who proved to be the spark the Jets needed. Pennington threw 22 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions, and a final-week win over the Green Bay Packers, coupled with a Patriots win over the Dolphins, gave them the AFC East title at 9–7. The Jets would cruise through their opening playoff game at home with a 41–0 blowout of the Indianapolis Colts, but collapsed in the second half and lost the to the eventual AFC champion Raiders in the divisional playoffs with the score of 30–10.
2003
Main article: 2003 New York Jets season
The Jets lost several players to free agency before the 2003 season, many to the Washington Redskins; these players were known as the “Jetskins”, including starting wide receiver Laveranues Coles (Coles would later return to the team through a trade with the Redskins for another young Jet WR, Santana Moss.) Additionally, a pre-season injury to Pennington, a broken wrist during a game against the Giants, would adversely affect the Jets throughout 2003. It would be Testaverde (whose injury in the 1999 season opener similarly set the tone for the year) who was called upon to take over. Though Testaverde gave his best effort, and Pennington came back midway through the season, it was not enough. The Jets finished 6–10.
2004
Main article: 2004 New York Jets season
Pennington and the Jets started the 2004 season 5–0 before losing 2 of their next 3. Despite struggling down the stretch and having Pennington miss three games (later revealed to be an injured rotator cuff), the Jets finished with a 10–6 record and earned a wild-card berth. Herman Edwards’ team then faced the AFC West champion San Diego Chargers in the wild-card round, a team that featured Pro Bowlers Drew Brees, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Antonio Gates. The Jets took advantage of San Diego miscues and what some felt was an overly conservative strategy by the Chargers. But with the Jets leading, 17-10, with less than 20 seconds left in regulation, Jets linebacker Eric Barton was penalized for roughing the passer, nullifying Brees’ fourth down incompletion and giving San Diego a first down from the one-yard line. Brees threw a touchdown to tight end Gates on the following play, setting up overtime. Chargers rookie kicker Nate Kaeding missed a 40-yard field goal late in the extra period, allowing the Jets to come back down the field. Kicker Doug Brien won the game for the Jets with a 28-yard field goal with five seconds remaining in overtime to beat the Chargers 20–17.
Despite this the Jets came through yet again, with an interception by cornerback David Barrett on the next play. Rather than try to drive for a touchdown or otherwise get closer for a game-winning field goal, the Jets seemed content to settle for a 43-yard field goal attempt that would have given the Jets the win—ironically, the same unsuccessful strategy the Chargers had employed the previous week. Brien’s kick missed, wide left, forcing the game into overtime. The Jets would lose on a 33-yard field goal by Pittsburgh kicker Jeff Reed, as the Jets fell just short yet again. In the days following the loss, many people and pundits opined that the Jets lost this game by not being aggressive and being too willing to settle for a risky field goal attempt, ignoring the fact that Brien had been 10-11 in field goal attempts between 40-49 yards on the season. Others, however, contend that none of those field goals had been in the notoriously unpredictable winds of Heinz Field, voted by the league’s special teamers as the worst field to kick in every year since 2000.
2005
Main article: 2005 season
The 2005 season started out with the Jets reacquiring WR Laveranues Coles from the Washington Redskins and acquiring CB Ty Law from the New England Patriots. The Jets also acquired free agent quarterback Jay Fiedler of the Miami Dolphins as a veteran backup for the starter, Chad Pennington. During the Draft, the Jets traded their first-round selection for Raiders Tight End Doug Jolley. Many fans felt that the Jets should have drafted Virginia tight end Heath Miller instead of trading for the inconsistent Jolley. The Jets used their first selection (2nd round, 15th pick) to select Ohio State kicker Mike Nugent to replace the departed Doug Brien. The Jets allowed several key role players to leave through free agency or traded them for underachieving players. These players included LaMont Jordan, Kareem McKenzie, Sam Cowart, Jason Ferguson, and to a lesser extent Anthony Becht.

The Jets entered the season with high hopes of contending for the Super Bowl, but their hopes were dismantled in week three against the Jaguars when Chad Pennington reinjured his shoulder. Even worse, their backup quarterback Jay Fiedler was injured six plays after Pennington. They were both placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. The injuries caused previous third-string quarterback Brooks Bollinger to take the role as the team’s starter and Vinny Testaverde was brought back out of retirement as Bollinger’s backup. After a poor showing by the Jets’ offense in a loss, Testaverde would start the Week 5 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His steady hand led the offense, and Curtis Martin scored two touchdowns, giving the Jets just enough to earn a 14–12 victory over the previously undefeated Buccaneers.

But the season got very sour after the victory over Tampa Bay. They would lose their next 7 games before finally beating the Oakland Raiders in Week 14. The injuries of several key players, including running back Derrick Blaylock and cornerback David Barrett, and season-ending injuries of wide receiver Wayne Chrebet, tight end Chris Baker, right tackle Jason Fabini, and Pro bowl starting center Kevin Mawae, among others, severely hampered their ability to play competitively.

On January 8, 2006, Herm Edwards ended his time as head coach of the Jets and he signed a 4-year, $12,000,000 contract to become the new head of the Kansas City Chiefs and succeed his original mentor Dick Vermeil, who was Edwards’ head coach with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Jets received a 4th round draft pick from the Chiefs as compensation for Edwards, who was still under contract with the Jets at the time. The Jets were criticized for what was considered inadequate compensation for the loss of their head coach. Others felt the Jets were fortunate that another team was willing to take Edwards, who was 5–15 over his last 20 regular season games, off their hands and give up a draft choice to do so. That pick, a fourth-rounder, ended up being used to select the dynamic running back from Florida State, Leon Washington.
2006
Main article: 2006 New York Jets season
On January 17, the Jets-Patriots coaching pipeline reared itself yet again, as New England defensive coordinator Eric Mangini was hired by the Jets. Mangini’s first order of business was to reorganize the coaching staff. Offensive Coordinator Mike Heimerdinger and Defensive Coordinator Donnie Henderson were both released from the Jets staff. Special Teams Coordinator Mike Westhoff was retained. A full staff was announced on February 20. Linebackers coach Bob Sutton was named defensive coordinator and the team signed Jim Herrmann to replace Sutton as the linebackers coach. Herrmann was the defensive coordinator at the University of Michigan for twenty years before arriving in New York. Eric Mangini then installed a 3-4 defense.

General Manager Terry Bradway announced that he was stepping down as Jets GM on February 7, 2006. Assistant GM Mike Tannenbaum was named the new GM on the same day. Bradway would then continue to be employed by the Jets organization as a scouting consultant.

On January 7, 2007, the Jets played rival AFC East champion New England Patriots. The Jets had both beaten and lost to the Patriots in the regular season. While the Jets took an early 10–7 lead after a field goal and a 77-yard touchdown catch and run by Jerricho Cotchery, which was the second longest pass play in Wild Card history, the Jets were not able to score another touchdown, and the Patriots closed out the game after two turnovers by the Jets offense. The Jets postseason ended with a 37–16 loss. One notable aspect of the game was the rivalry between Patriot head coach Bill Belichick and Jet head coach Eric Mangini. The two were not on good terms, and their relationship was widely publicized before the game. Regardless, at games end, the two embraced.

On September 10, Bill Belichick was accused by the Jets of authorizing his staff to film the Jets’ defensive signals from an on-field location, a violation of league rules. The Jets confiscated the video camera used by video assistant Matt Estrella to film the signals during the game and filed a complaint to the league office, detailing the accusations.
2007
Main article: 2007 New York Jets season
The 2007 season opened with high expectations from fans, as the lackluster 2006 running game was boosted by the addition of former Chicago Bears running back Thomas Jones. But with a tougher schedule than the one faced in 2006, commentators were skeptical. Unfortunately for the Jets, the commentators were right. Chad Pennington, who a year earlier had been named NFL Comeback Player of the Year, having overcome what many thought was a career ending rotator cuff injury, began to be hampered by his weakened arm as opposing defenses were not forced to stretch their coverage due to Pennington’s inability to throw the ball fast or far. After the team struggled to a 1–7 start, second year quarterback Kellen Clemens replaced Pennington as the starting quarterback.  During the offseason, the Jets made former Pittsburgh Steelers left guard Alan Faneca the highest paid offensive lineman in the National Football League.[4] The Jets then signed former Arizona Cardinals linebacker Calvin Pace,[5] former Detroit Lions right tackle Damien Woody,fullback Tony Richardson, cornerback Andre Woolfolk, tight end Bubba Franks, and running back Jesse Chatman.
2008: Brett Favre Arrives, then Retires

Main article: 2008 New York Jets season
 

Favre playing against Washington Redskins in the 2008 preseason.On August 6, 2008, the Jets acquired quarterback Brett Favre from the Green Bay Packers for a conditional 4th round draft pick.[7] The Jets had originally intended to pick Favre in the 1991 NFL Draft, but the Atlanta Falcons, who were one spot ahead of the Jets, chose him instead.[8] On August 7, 2008, the day that Brett Favre had been traded to the Jets, they decided to part ways with former starting quarterback Chad Pennington. He was released from the team later on in the day, and eventually went on to sign with the Miami Dolphins.

The Jets failed to have a receiver exceed 1,000 yards receiving for the first time since 2005. The Jets had a more balanced attack in the air with two receivers with at least 850 yards. Rookie tight end Dustin Keller impressed with 28 catches for another 535 yards and 3 touchdowns.

On December 29, 2008, Eric Mangini was fired as head coach of the New York Jets after 3 seasons, with a regular season record of 23–25.
2009: Rex Ryan, Bart Scott
 
The Jets drafted USC quarterback Mark Sanchez 5th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.On January 19, 2009, following Baltimore’s loss in the AFC Conference Championship, the New York Jets offered Rex Ryan a four-year deal worth 11.6 million dollars to become their head coach. Ryan accepted the offer and he was introduced as head coach of the Jets on Wednesday January 21, 2009.

On Wednesday February 11, 2009 Quarterback Brett Favre announced he was retiring from the NFL after 18 seasons.

On Friday February 27, 2009 the Jets signed linebacker Bart Scott to a 6 Year, $48 Million dollar contract

On Tuesday March 3, 2009 the Jets signed safety Jim Leonhard to a 3 year contract.

The Jets also traded for Lito Sheppard as well.

In the 2009 NFL Draft, the Jets drafted, with the fifth pick, quarterback Mark Sanchez, from USC. The Jets also traded up in the third round to acquire Iowa Running Back Shonn Greene [9]

On June 9, 2009 the Jets and Mark Sanchez agreed to a 5-year/$50 million deal with $28 million guaranteed.

 

 

 

 

New York Jets-would you like to live in NYC(UP)

Filed under: Team, Uncategorized, nfl jersey — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 10:49 pm

New York Jets if your living in NYC ,and there are so many clubs there New york Nicks..New York Jets..NY..You would a luck guys from the haven , why don’t do we just begin from NY jets..what would be excited thou…

The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They are members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team plays its home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at Giants Stadium, which is named after the other NFL team that plays there, the New York Giants.

Franchise history
Main article: History of the New York Jets
Originally known as the New York Titans, the team played home games at the Polo Grounds. But they had trouble attracting crowds despite fielding respectable teams that finished .500 (7–7) during their first two seasons. After a 5–9 season in 1962, the team’s future was in doubt. It was saved from bankruptcy by a five-man syndicate — David A. “Sonny” Werblin, Townsend B. Martin, Leon Hess, Donald C. Lillis and Philip H. Iselin, who purchased the New York franchise for $1 million from Harry Wismer on March 13, 1964. Leon Hess eventually bought out his partners with the exception of Lillis’ daughter Helen Dillon, with whom he co-owned the team until February 1984 when Dillon, a partner since 1968, sold her 25 percent interest in the club. Hess retained sole ownership until his death, and his estate then sold the team to Johnson & Johnson heir Robert Wood Johnson IV in 2000.

The team began in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League under the name New York Titans. It was renamed after Andres J Grosser bought the team in 1963. The Jets later joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger.

After Werblin, Martin, Hess, Lillis, and Iselin took over, the team was renamed the New York Jets as they planned to relocate from the Polo Grounds to Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets, one year later. Shea Stadium was so close to LaGuardia Airport that the sound of jets roaring overhead was a common sound heard during games played there. The colors of the team were also changed from blue and gold to kelly green and white, which also were the colors of Hess’ gasoline stations.

Exactly one month after the sale of the team, the Jets hired Weeb Ewbank as head coach. Ewbank had won back-to-back NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 with the Baltimore Colts, and was one of the most respected coaches in the game.

Move to the Meadowlands (1984–1989)
After the 1983 season, the Jets lease with the city for the use of Shea Stadium had expired, and the Jets would need to cut a new deal. The Jets had faced onerous lease terms at Shea until 1978 when they weren’t able to play home games until the Mets completed their season. Often the Mets would use their status as the stadium’s primary tenant to force the Jets on long road trips early in the season.

 
Giants Stadium has been home to the Jets since 1984.The Jets failed to reach an agreement with the City of New York about improvements to Shea Stadium, and instead reached an agreement with the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority to play their home games at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey beginning in 1984. The Jets played their last game at Shea in 1983, a 34–7 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Oddly enough, the Jets first game at Giants Stadium in 1984 was a loss to the Steelers as well, 23-17.

Despite the move to Giants Stadium, the Jets organization made the decision to remain the “New York” Jets, mirroring the decision made by the Giants in 1976 when they moved, thus staking a claim to fans throughout the Metropolitan New York Tri-State area. Furthermore, despite being in a different state, the Jets’ new home was closer to Times Square and midtown Manhattan than Shea Stadium was, as the crow flies across the Hudson River; although considerably farther from the team’s Long Island fans and Hofstra University offices and training facilities.

1990s

1990
Main article: 1990 New York Jets season
In 1990, the Jets hired Dick Steinberg from the New England Patriots to be the franchise’s General Manager. One of his first moves was to hire Bruce Coslet, offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals as head coach. Coslet’s offensive schemes had helped lead the Bengals to the 1988 Super Bowl where they nearly defeated the San Francisco 49ers. Steinberg and Coslet let most of the key players from the 1980s go and built from scratch.


1991
Main article: 1991 New York Jets season
In 1991, with Brad Baxter tallying a career-high 11 rushing touchdowns, the Jets improved to 8–8, winning their season finale against the Miami Dolphins to earn a trip to the playoffs and deny one to the rival Dolphins. Despite their modest regular season record, the Jets played a close game against the Houston Oilers in their opening-round playoff game, losing 17–10.
1992
Main article: 1992 New York Jets season
After their successful 1991 season, Jets fans expectations were high. Coslet chose second-year quarterback Browning Nagle as their starter over Ken O’Brien, which came as somewhat of a surprise at first, but Nagle had shown some promise and seemed to be ready to take the job. Unfortunately for the Jets, Nagle was not up for the job, and the Jets disappointed fans with a 4–12 finish. The year was marked by a near-tragedy in November when defensive lineman Dennis Byrd was temporarily paralyzed when he collided with teammate Scott Mersereau in a home game against Kansas City. Thanks to what—at the time—was a relatively untested steroid treatment, Byrd was able to walk again in a matter of months.
1993
Main article: 1993 New York Jets season
After the 1992 season, having again identified the quarterback position as a position of need, the Jets traded a third-round pick for longtime Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason. Coslet and Esiason had worked together successfully in Cincinnati, and the hope was that they could continue that success with the Jets. Although a mid-season winning streak gave Jets fans hope, they missed the playoffs at 8–8 with a loss to Houston in their final game. Coslet was fired as head coach and replaced by Pete Carroll
1994
Main article: 1994 New York Jets season
The Jets started the 1994 season 6–5 and played Miami on November 27. In a game against the Dolphins, Dan Marino fooled Jet defender Aaron Glenn into thinking that he would spike the ball to stop the clock, then threw the winning touchdown to Mark Ingram with less than a minute left for the victory. The play came to be known as “The Fake Spike.” The Jets would lose their last four games, finishing the season 6–10, last place in the AFC East. Carroll was fired after only one season and replaced by former Philadelphia Eagles coach Rich Kotite.
1995–96
During Kotite’s two-year term in New York, the Jets won only four games: a 3–13 record in 1995, and 1–15 in 1996, in both cases the worst in the NFL. Having lost his last seven games as the Eagles’ coach, Kotite finished his NFL head coaching career with a 4–35 record in his final 39 games—one of the worst prolonged stretches for an NFL head coach in history.
1997
Main article: 1997 New York Jets season
After the 1996 season, the Jets would go on to enjoy a sort of resurgence in relatively short order. New England Patriots coach Bill Parcells, fresh off of leading the Patriots to a Super Bowl, left Foxboro to take the Jets’ coaching job for the 1997 season. Parcells was attracted not only by a return to the New York area, where he had enjoyed his greatest success with the Giants, but also by the opportunity to both coach and have full control over personnel decisions. Parcells had craved this dual role in New England, and was quoted as saying that “if (he) cooks the meal, (he) should be able to buy the groceries.”
The draft set the stage for a quick turnaround in the late 1990s, most notably Keyshawn Johnson, a wide receiver from USC who was picked #1 overall. Parcells had Leon Johnson throw a halfback option, which was intercepted. After that play, Barry Sanders took over the game and went over the 2,000-yard rushing mark on the year. Overall, the Jets enjoyed an eight-game turnaround and quickly won back the respect of the league and their fans.
1998
Main article: 1998 New York Jets season
Looking to build on his 1997 success, Parcells signed Patriots running back Curtis Martin, which, at the time, seemed like a move to secure the backup quarterback position with Vinny Testaverde as free agents in time for the 1998 season, which turned out to be the most successful for the team since the 1960s.

Parcells’s personnel moves paid immediate dividends. After starting Glenn Foley in the first couple of games, Parcells went to Testaverde, who ended up throwing 28 touchdowns, Martin ran for 1,287 yards and 8 touchdowns, while both Keyshawn Johnson and Wayne Chrebet had 1,000 yards receiving. The Jets won 10 of their last 11 games and finished the season 12–4, setting a team record for wins in a season.

1999
Main article: 1999 New York Jets season
The Jets high hopes for the 1999 season were greatly compromised in their first game against the New England Patriots, when, on the first play of the second quarter, Testaverde ruptured his Achilles tendon. Backup QB Rick Mirer took over, quarterbacking the Jets to a 2–6 record, after which Ray Lucas became the starter. Lucas sparked the team by winning five of his eight starts, but it was not enough as the Jets finished 8–8 and outside of the playoffs.

Before the 1999 season, Leon Hess, longtime owner of the Jets, died at age 85. Hess had hired Parcells, and Parcells’s role under the new ownership was unclear. As had happened when Parcells was in New England, the ownership that hired him soon was succeeded by new ownership. Despite new owner Woody Johnson’s desire to keep Parcells as head coach, Parcells stepped down as head coach at the season’s end. However, he remained the team’s Chief of Football Operations.

May God bless you  and your New York Jets

 

 

 

Brad Childress-one of the worst coaches ever..

Filed under: nfl jersey, touching story — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 12:02 am

Brad Childress, he is one the worst coaches ever, he is a crap from haven..if  you don’t like  him,then come with me..

Coaching Style
Brad Childress is considered a third generation West Coast Offense disciple and is part of the Bill Walsh coaching tree. His coaching style borrows heavily from his time at the Philadelphia Eagles working under Andy Reid, who worked under Mike Holmgren, who worked under Walsh.Walsh popularized the West Coast Offense system while winning three Super Bowls with it in the 1980s. Since then many of Walsh’s coordinators have spread it to others teams successfully.

A Star Tribune article quoted Childress as saying this about Holmgren, his mentor’s mentor: “For people that know what they’re looking at, Mike is the purest of the West Coast guys,” Childress said. “He’s still running the split-back sweep, which, football-wise, people don’t believe you can bring a back on that side of the formation over to this side of the formation and run it around the corner.

“He’s still attacking nickels the same way. … Not that they are not creative, but he has not fiddled with it to the extent that maybe Mike Shanahan, Andy Reid, Jon Gruden, those guys (other West Coast Offense disciples) have.”

When Childress briefly signed Todd Pinkston after being cut from Philadelphia Eagles, Pinkston said the Vikings playbook was pretty much the same as Philadelphia’s. One noticeable difference has been an overt effort to stick to the running game more than the Eagles have, resembling Mike Shanahan’s style with the Broncos more closely. In his first season he went out of his way to sign offensive lineman Steve Hutchinson, fullback Tony Richardson, and running back Chester Taylor. Having made comments on how the lack of a running game really hurt them in Philadelphia, he’s stuck to the running game more than the Minnesota Vikings have seen in almost a decade. Half-way through the season, Chester Taylor had either run with the ball or been passed to on 44% of the offensive plays
He is one of two Eastern Illinois University alums that are head coaches in the NFL, along with Sean Payton. He has recently joined Minnetonka Country Club in Minnetonka Minnesota. Childress’ career winning percentage in his 30 years of coaching is 56%. Childress is also known as Major Dad and/or Colonel Klink, due to the similarity he shares with these characters.

Ever since Ed Werder and Chris Mortensen reported last Sunday the improbable story that the Vikings had imposed a deadline on Brett Favre, everybody at ESPN has fallen into line behind their co-workers.  And this, even as Werder inexplicably changed their story and Brad Childress denied the rumor entirely.

NFL Live has become the Everybody Hates Brad show.  You’d think Childress had sold atomic secrets to the Russians from how Mark Schleretz and Marcellus Wiley criticize the guy.  Schleretz talks as if Childress has sent the entire Viking team into a deep depression.  Wiley uses the term “third-strike” like the Coach is a recidivist felon.

Even Mike Golic has gotten into the act, feigning astonishment that Childress would not concede certain knowledge of Favre having shoulder surgery.  I’d have thought Golic understood the concept of confidentiality, or at least respect for a friend’s privacy. 

Childress’ coyness is not all that different from the confidentiality Werder and Mortenson continue to honor per their “sources.”
Weder and Mortensen base their Sunday report on anonymous “sources,” having altered their story on Tuesday.  They initially claimed the Vikings demanded a Favre decision by Friday, then changed it to a required OTA on that Tuesday and “suspended pursuit.”

Childress and the Vikings have throughout this Favre drama been consistent in their refusal to impose a deadline on the retired quarterback.  To impose a deadline now, given how Favre (it is believed) is in mid-recovery from surgery and not under contract, makes no good sense whatsoever. 

ESPN’s own John Clayton has long talked of Favre’s great disdain for springtime OTAs (like most NFL veterans).  The Vikings have long been aware of his feelings which may explain their apparent acceptance of such a late surgery date coinciding with OTAs.

And does anyone really believe the Viking players (apart from Tavaris and Sage) need to know who their quarterback is before they begin their summer vacations?  They’re grown men, most of whom are happy just to have job in the NFL. 

What the Viking players want most is a proven leader: enter Brett Favre.  I think Mark Schleretz has been hanging around the high melo-drama of Guiding Light way too long, although I’m sorry to see it’s going off the air in the fall (classy soap). 

I believe Brad Childress.  I don’t believe ESPN’s anonymous “sources.”

There should be a sign hanging over the entrance to the ESPN cafeteria: Don’t ever go against the Family.

June 15, 2009

APP Star-studded Team

Filed under: nfl jersey — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 4:38 am

When the 2009 season ends, quarterback Philip Rivers, outside linebacker Shawne Merriman, top wide receiver Vincent Jackson, protean running back Darren Sproles and left tackle Marcus McNeill are due to become unrestricted free agents.

Rivers, Merriman and McNeill have been Pro Bowlers. Sproles should have made it last year (the fans voted him top return man) and Jackson has emerged as the go-to receiver. The nfl jerseys  team, which wants to sign Sproles to a long-term deal, has pinned a franchise tag on him or he could be gone by now.

No quarterback had a better 2008 than Rivers – just check his numbers – and re-signing him obviously is a priority. He has moved to the front of the class. He’s made the dean’s list.

Front office folks aren’t enamored with Merriman’s propensity to seek the Hollywood lifestyle, but they also realize that if he bounces back from last year’s knee surgery and returns as arguably the game’s most-feared defender, letting him go might prove idiotic. If Sproles is signed, that loose franchise tag could be used on Merriman.

McNeill’s neck injury hindered him last year, but he’s proved that, when healthy, he’s a load. Jackson’s trying to get a second DUI rap overturned and, if he doesn’t, could face a brief league suspension.

The hitch is that the NFL now has no collective bargaining agreement with the players union and 2010 could be an uncapped year. If that happens, it would take six years of service instead of four for players to become unrestricted free agents, making the above quintet – except for Rivers – restricted, a big difference.

Smith, who admits, “we’re the victims of good drafting,” won’t say if he’s in talks regarding these players. (Tight end Antonio Gates, unrestricted after 2010, is another priority.) “We don’t discuss contracts with the media, and I’m asked continuously.”

But, of course, being The Man With The Plan, Smith has one. In fact, he has two, cut from three.

“I’ve already looked out in front,” he says. “Usually I present a plan to (club President) Dean Spanos after the season. But this year is different for a lot of reasons. We know what we’re up against with the union – a possible lockout (in 2011). It could happen.

“So, I presented three plans to Dean. Plan A we looked at six or seven times and it couldn’t work. It included (LaDainian Tomlinson’s) contract as it currently existed. It never would work. I took a lot of crap over the LT thing, but LT and I are fine.”

Tomlinson didn’t want to leave. So they reworked LT’s deal and moved on.

“Now we have plans B and C,” Smith says, “with interchangeable parts, and we’re comfortable with both plans. Are they all going to get paid marquee top dollar? Is it possible? Do we want all these players back? You figure it out.”

I have. If healthy, they all should be re-signed. No reason to make other teams better at your lack of expense.

Plans B and C obviously include getting a deal done with their 27-year-old quarterback. Smith is aware quarterbacks are the only true geniuses of football.

“Players change, but there’s usually one guy – the guy under center,” the GM says. “Look back. With few exceptions, if you don’t have a great quarterback, it’s very difficult to win a world championship. I think Philip is special.”

The team originally denied it used its first-round draft choice on rush linebacker Larry English because of potential problems re-signing Merriman. But if you know how Smith thinks, then you know he stockpiles players when he can at different positions, just in case.

“I leave it up to you, which should be pretty obvious,” Smith says. “There are many avenues this can go. We think Larry English is an outstanding football player who can help the Chargers win. You can speculate all you want; I have an eye on the future. I don’t like surprises, unless it’s on Christmas morning.

“All I care about this year is a healthy, productive Shawne Merriman, with Shaun Phillips, Larry English, Jyles Tucker and an intriguing local guy named Antwan Applewhite at that position. That’s a good package. I don’t know what’s going to happen.

“We tried three straight years to work a contract with (cornerback) Drayton Florence and agent Drew Rosenhaus. We liked Drayton, but instead of waiting until the last second, we drafted Antonio Cromartie. We continued on. Drayton signed with Jacksonville. I said, ‘Good luck.’ ”

It’s a difficult thing, being an NFL GM.

“This is a cold, hard . . . business,” this GM says. “And sometimes I don’t like it.”

Eigen said it is paramount to have strong civil societies in the world because governments and private corporations have been ineffective and cannot be left alone to manage resources.Civil societies have to be more vigilant of governments and private corporations, he said.

Universities must help in developing civil societies through research and training, he added.

And noting that there is huge gap between the academia and practitioners in the civil society, Eigen urged a closer relationship between the two entities for better functioning of civil societies.
Seven heavyweights on the international humanitarian scene met in Berlin, Germany, last Tuesday to launch Africa Progress Panel (APP) — an organization tailored to demand accountability on promises made by developed nations in supporting development and fighting poverty in Africa.The initiative brought together former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Founder of Transparency International Peter Eigen, Founder of Grameen Bank Mohammad Yunus, Former Managing Director of the IMF M. Michel Camdessus, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Citigroup Robert E Rubin, President of the Foundation for Community Development Mrs Graça Machel and Musician and Founder and Chair of Band Aid Bob Geldof. More news you can find in http://www.9ico.com

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