The Missionary Position

After winning two games in a row, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are now confronted with a tough challenge in Atlanta. The Falcons have been on a role lately, beating the Cowboys impressively at home and the Seahawks in Seattle. Jameis Winston will sit again this week due to his shoulder injury and Ryan Fitzpatrick will get his third consecutive start. Doug Martin will finally have to have a good game again in order for Fitzpatrick to turn into Fitzmagic, which will be necessary if we want to compete…

Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the cream of the crop when considering quarterbacks in the NFL. They are two of the most coveted athletes in the history of American sports. The two greats are slated to make the hall of fame without a doubt. Tom Brady was selected number 199 in the 2000 draft, Peyton was selected on the other end of the spectrum at number one in the 1998 NFL draft. They are very similar in size, but they play the game differently. Tom Brady is the king of the post-season while…

For the project, experimenters need to test how pressure affects the distance a football can travel. One hypothesis is that if pressure is added to the football, then the distance the ball projects will increase when distance is a function of pressure. The independent variable for this experiment is the amount of pressure that is in the football, and the dependent variable is the distance that the football proceeds according to pressure. Furthermore, for a control, one can inflate the football…

was could he return later as Smith’s backup in the preseason? By all standards this seems unlikely given the financial implications that are associated with back-up type deals. Another yet critical factor likely to affect the timeline is the backup position. In case they don’t get to terms with Fitzpatrick, Jets will have to add a number 2 who is experienced to the depth of the chart since Christian Hackenberg and Bryce Petty are simply not ready for the role. In that scenario, Coach Todd Bowles…

Caught at the 8-yard line. He head up the middle, 10. He's at the 20; he's at the 25! 30! 35! 40! Now he's going down the sideline 50! I think he's going to go all the way! He's at he 20! 15! 10! 5! Touchdown!!! The excitement felt at that one moment is indescribable. Its moments like these fans live for, but have you ever wondered how much training and what mentality the player needs to have in order to achieve those great ordeals? In this paper I will look into a High School football team with…

My Epic Change A wise man told me "If you aren't working, you aren't winning." It was my first day of high school, I walked in to school scared. I was very nervous of what was ahead of me. After a few days I signed up to play football. A couple of hours passed and the football coach approached me and asked me if I had signed up to play football, I told him yes I did. The coach told me to come by the gym and he would talk to me and tell me how and what I needed to do to be football player, and…

injury in the second game, Aliz’e Jones was a true freshman and Nic Weisher was still in his developmental stages. The unit did what it could to make an impact in games, but a school that has recently been known as “Tight End U” expects more from that position grouping, especially given the talent that is available to them. The reports from spring practice regarding this group brought more of the same, which is somewhat troubling. Smythe had trouble gaining separation from defensive backs…

Tren’Shun grew up and went to school all through pre-k to elementary school. When he was in the 5th grade he broke his leg playing little league football. He was out for a year and luckily he could come back his 7th grade year and return to football but he would be playing with a plate in his leg. It was a new challenge for him being different from all the other players with something inside his leg. Tren’Shun watched football the whole time he was recovering from the injury and he knew…

In 2014, the Tuolumne Bears youth football team were the orphans of the Mother Lode Valley Football League. They had no home to call their own. With Thorsted Field being renovated, the Bears had to play every game on the road. The Bears took on the mentality of “Road Warriors.” “Our kids thrived on it and got better because they looked at it like, ‘We don’t have a home, so we are going to have to play better,’” said Bears President Ryan Wynne. “Playing on the grass was like Christmas for them.…

According to the NFL Network, new Lions’ GM Bob Quinn has yet to make a decision on the status of their head coach Jim Caldwell, but I’m here to tell you Caldwell deserves to stay. In two seasons as the coach of the Lions, Caldwell has a regular season record of 18-14 and a postseason record of 0-1. It’s not the best record, but by no means does it quantify a head coaching change. He led the Lions back from a 1-7 start to a 7-9 finish. That has to count for something right? Of course it does!…