Chuck Pagano Leaves Baltimore for Indianapolis

Pro Football Talk reported earlier on Wednesday that the Indianapolis Colts had tabbed a new head coach to succeed Jim Caldwell. Jim Irsay will have to run through his Twitter comments to find a winner for those Super Bowl tickets he offered.
Chuck Pagano, defensive coordinator of the Ravens, moves into the top [...]

Inside The Swollen Dome: Harmon Talks Thursday Opener, More Manning & Some Week 1

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Inside The Swollen Dome: Harmon Talks Manning, Bears & Week 1 News

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Harmon’s Inside The Swollen Dome for August 31: Contracts, Injuries & Random News

Harmon cleared his throat and yelled for a full 15 (more like 17) minutes on Wednesday. He covered contract talk, depth charts, recent injuries and a few news nuggets that may have interested only him. Give a listen. Tell your friends.

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Harmon Updated QB Rankings 8.25.11

Peyton got you worried? Do you trust Michael Vick?
Take a deep breath. Here are my updated QB ranks heading into the third preseason games.
1 Aaron Rodgers GB
2 Drew Brees NO
3 Tom Brady NE
4 Philip Rivers SD
5 Michael Vick PHI
6 Tony Romo DAL
7 Peyton Manning IND
8 Matt Ryan ATL
9 Ben Roethlisberger PIT
10 Eli Manning NYG
11 Matt Schaub HOU
12 Joe Flacco BAL
13 Matthew Stafford DET
14 Josh Freeman TB
15 Jay Cutler CHI
16 Sam Bradford STL
17 Matt Cassel KC
18 Kevin Kolb ARI
19 Mark Sanchez NYJ
20 Kyle Orton DEN
21 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF
22 Donovan McNabb MIN
23 Matt Hasselbeck TEN
24 David Garrard JAC
25 Colt McCoy CLE
26 Jason Campbell OAK
27 Cam Newton CAR
28 Chad Henne MIA
29 Alex Smith SF
30 Rex Grossman/John Beck WAS
31 Tarvaris [...]

Harmon’s Inside The Swollen Dome on BTR: Peyton, CJ & Hot Sauce

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2011 Fantasy Football Teaser: Top 20 QBs

The 2011 NFL Draft gets underway in a mere seven hours, whetting the appetites of fans worldwide. A report released Thursday morning indicated that the league’s year — i.e., the start of business activity, including free agency – would begin on Monday following the draft weekend.
In the spirit of the debates raging in pubs everywhere, [...]

Perhaps The World is Right Again: Manning & Johnson Shine

Who do you trust?
Following the unmitigated disaster that was Week 13 for many would-be heroes, fantasy owners approached Week 14 with caution. It’s the big week, either the first round of the playoffs or the final throes of the regular season.
Perhaps Thursday’s big performances from our top options demonstrated that the fantasy world as [...]

The Separation of Fantasy and Reality: QBs Gunning

As I watched the final seconds of the Raiders’ thrilling (confusing, bewildering ….) win over division rival San Diego, I noted the huge yardage total posted by Philip Rivers and started to delve through the game logs.
I logged another notch on the dark side of the ledger when Alex Smith’s comeback effort against the [...]

John Halpin Joins Harmon to Talk Week 1 Action

Harmon and his colleague John Halpin of FOXSports.com got together to discuss the good, bad and ugly of Week 1.
Give it a listen .

Media Day: Did You Learn Anything?

As expected, media day came and went with nary a blip on the sports landscape. A collective yawn could have emanated from the group of players as the same questions were asked … and asked … and asked ad nausea.
Sure, there were a few oddball questions, a minor security skirmish and more references to the [...]

Fantasy MVPs: Favre finds success

The 2009 NFL season provided more than a few chills, spills and thrills along the way.
We entered the year with grand expectations at tailback, and conventional wisdom kept the draft board running back-heavy in the opening rounds.
That age-old strategy just might fall to the wayside in 2010 given the number of pass-happy attacks and the [...]

2009 surprises: Meachem becomes a star

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The 2009 season offered more twists and turns than any psychological thriller concocted in Hollywood. Fantasy owners and fans navigated through a myriad of injuries and varied circumstances, including, but not limited to, coaching changes, suspensions, trades, releases and frequent trips on the quarterback carousel.
Along the way, a number of surprising stat lines were [...]