Tuesday January 06, 2009
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National Football Post President Andrew Brandt will be appearing on 1250 WSSP in Milwaukee at 4:40pm central today. In addition, he will also be appearing on 1400 WDUZ in Green Bay at 5:05 central.
ESPN is reporting that New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has just been named the Associated Press’ Offensive Player of the Year.
Brees threw for 5,069 yards and 34 touchdowns this past season. He finished just 16 yards shy of breaking Dan Marino’s NFL record for passing yards in a season.
Congratulations Drew!
Sources close to the National Football Post have informed us that Alabama defensive coordinator Kevin Steele will leave the school to become the new defensive coordinator of the Clemson Tigers.
Steele joined the Crimson Tide in 2007 as the linebackers coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator at the beginning of the 2008 season.
Alabama finshed the [...]
National Football Post writer Michael Lombardi will appear on the NFL Network tonight between 6:30pm and 7:30pm eastern. Be sure to watch!
In addition, Lombardi joined ESPN’s Bill Simmons for his weekly podcast. Click here to listen.
The housecleaning continues in Green Bay. The National Football Post has just been informed that the entire Packers’ defensive coaching staff (with the exception of linebackers/assistant head coach Winston Moss) has just been fired.
Green Bay makes this move less than one day after firing defensive coordinator Bob Sanders.
More on this story as it develops.
From Chris Mortensen of ESPN.com:
The Oakland Raiders, through owner Al Davis and Raiders chief executive Amy Trask, are negotiating to sell off another percentage of the team, this time to a billionaire who has been trying to buy a franchise with designs on moving it to Los Angeles, league sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst [...]
From Matt Bowen:
We at The National Football Post learned yesterday that Green Bay Packers Defensive Coordinator, Bob Sanders, was informed that he would be fired from his position
The National Football Post would like to thank NFL senior analyst Chris Mortensen of ESPN for crediting us with first reporting that the New England Patriots will use a franchise tag on quarterback Matt Cassel.
NFP writer Michael Lombardi reported that the Patriots planned to use the franchise tag on Cassel this past week on “Showtime” [...]
With the 2008 college football season wrapping up, NFL scouting departments are reorganizing their draft boards and refiguring the nation’s top prospects.
From The National Football Post:
Sources close to the National Football Post have informed us that Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has withdrawn his name