Five Fantastic Finishes
October 12, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under NFL - NFL
National Football League Blogcast, NFL Blogcast
This is why we love the National Football League, right? Even if your team came out on the losing end of one of these games, you have to appreciate the beauty of the fantastic finish. And five of today’s games had ‘em. If you were watching the 1 p.m. ET games on DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket Game Mix, good for you. You got your money’s worth. Four of the five fantastic finishes were early games ending at roughly the same time:
After trailing for most of the game, Minnesota Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell hit a 26-yard …read more
Brian Urlacher Signs Contract Extension
July 22, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Chicago Bears
Blogcasting the National Football League, Blogcasting the NFL
Just in time for the start of training camp (funny how it works out that way), Chicago Bears linebacker and team captain Brian Urlacher signed a one-year contract extension today that will give him a $6 million right now and a $1 million bump in salary each of the next four years. The final season on his contract is now 2012 where his base salary will be $7.5 million.
I knew some kind of deal would get done before camp to keep Brian happy after he skipped voluntary OTAs this past offseason. He’s …read more
