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Some guys get it all and Hank Baskett has done just that. Not only is he a star receiver in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles, but he also gets to marry Kendra Wilkinson. Oh, and for good measure, throw in the fact that they are going to have a child together.

The Girls Next Door E! reality star told E! News’s Marc Malkin, “Hank and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first child together. We are touched by the outpouring of support by our family, friends and fans.”

In February, Wilkinson, 23, told PEOPLE: “We always talk about [having kids]. He wants kids so [badly], and I do, too.”

Wilkinson even went so far as to tell PEOPLE that she and Baskett, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, were already working on names.

“My first initial is K and my middle name is Leigh, so we were thinking of Kaleigh,” she said. “And he’s Hank Baskett III, so of course I’m going to have a Hank Baskett IV!”
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Hank Baskett NFL and Kendra Wilkinson Playmate and Girl Next Door

We will see if Hank Baskett can maintain his concentration this year, now having wife, soon having a child and his wife being a member of the Girls Next Door cast. Philadelphia is slated to have a great year and they will need Baskett at his best.

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Why? Why, why, why?

My Detroit Lions have zero cheerleaders to go along with very few fans. Maybe no cheerleaders would cheer for the Lions. Who knows why? Ours is not to ask why, but to face the facts that the Lions stink again.

What is wrong with them? Follow this link for some cheerleaders.

Now unless you don’t care for scantily clad athletic looking absolute babes that are cheering for your team, then don’t even bother to look. Don’t know about you, but looking at these women is good for me even if they don’t cheer for my team.

Tampa Bay has cheerleaders and their team is better than the Lions.

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Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com is saying that Matthew Stafford must play and start right now in this season. This flies against the conventional wisdom of having a potentially great quarterback sit behind a veteran until he learns enough to become the starter.

Matt Stafford must be ready

Peyton Manning started as a rookie, so did Eli, Matt Ryan, and others. They all claim the experience was worth it.

If he sits this season, that will make 2010 a learning year for him because learning from the sidelines isn’t learning on the field.

So let’s say Culpepper starts the entire season. The Lions go 3-13. Then what? Stafford has his real rookie season in 2010, and the Lions are starting over again. For coach Schwartz, it would mean Year 3 before a playoff chance is even possible.

By playing Stafford this season and letting him learn on the fly, it might accelerate that timetable.

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Would you start Matthew Stafford to get his career going earlier? Only if he was ready. Only if he is ready. That beared repeating.

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LaDainian Tomlinson is heading into a very important year. He has shown signs of slowing down and last year was affected by injuries that reduced his stats a great degree. Once a touchdown machine, it will be a trying year for both LT and the San Diego Chargers if LT cannot get into the end zone with regularity.

LaDainian Tomlinson needs to prove his youth this year

Phillip Rivers has matured as a quarterback and often the team would bypass the running for more passing. Some of that had to do with injuries and some of it has to do with age. The body at 30 is not the same as the body at 24.

LaDainian Tomlinson attended his first OTA after a couple days tending to a family issue. Tomlinson looked as healthy as ever. In one drill where he leaped over a series of bags, it appeared he might be as spry as he’s been in a few years.

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Green Bay? Green Bay can win the Division? Come on. How can that be. Didn’t they have that quarterback that was always hurt, that Brett Favre wantabe?

No, Aaron Rodgers played every game, even though he was injured. The Packers are young and hungry with plenty of talent to go around.

Ryan Grant with his burst and speed will be key for the Packers

Most of all the Green Bay Packers live in a Division that is one giant unknown. Will the Bears get along with Jay Cutler and who does he throw to? Will the Lions have time to play after introducing themselves to each other? Will Brett Favre be the quarterback in Minnesota or will they have no quarterback in a Division filled with exciting quarterbacks?

Yes, Green Bay is ready and the team chemistry has never been better.

“But we love the guys we’ve got. We have the kind of team (Coach) Mike McCarthy is looking for. We are a team that is very united in the locker room, united in purpose and believes in the schemes on both sides of the ball.”

Universally, well, at least in Green Bay’s locker room, there is no mention of Favre unless it is brought up by someone else. For the most part, his expected return to the Vikings is referred to as the “situation” or “possibility” in Minnesota.

Worrying about what Favre plans to do pales to what the Packers plan to do to him. And Cutler. And Stafford or Daunte Culpepper in Detroit.

Green Bay is busy becoming the only team in the NFC North that will use a 3-4 defense — a defense that specializes in getting after the quarterback.

“With all the new quarterbacks around, I look at it as a chance to add some more names to (my) list,” said defensive end Cullen Jenkins, who missed most of last season with a torn pectoral injury but is expected to be medically cleared by the start of training camp.

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If you are a long suffering Lions fan like me then you will not believe. Owner William Clay Ford claims he does not control who the Lions play on the field. The issue has come up, of course, because of the very very large contract of Matthew Stafford.

In the back of all of the mindless minds of the Detroit Lions fans are thoughts of Ford controlling everything from who they pick in the draft to what kind of hotdogs are sold in the stadium.

Will Matthew Stafford be told to start by Owner Mr. Ford?

Ford denies it and states it quite emphatically.

“I do not, contrary to public opinion, interfere with the football side of it,” Ford said. “I mean, if so-and-so plays lousy, I’ll say ‘I think he’s a bum.’ But, no, I’ve never said, ‘Play this guy or that guy’ or “Don’t play him.’ No, these guys know more about the game than I do by 10 miles. I’m not going to try to second-guess them. Now, if it goes wrong, we’ll talk about it.”
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How bad are the Lions when they seem so poorly run that we can’t imagine the General Manager or coaches screwing up that bad? Ok, that is a lot of that bads, but you get the point.

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This is a prediction and you can hold me to it, until it proves to be false, then you never heard it from me. Brandon Marshall wants out of Denver and will not end up a Bear.

Mostly Brandon will not go to Chicago because the Bears have nothing else to give up. Unless they just want to trade franchises or something and that would sort of defeat the purpose.

Jay Cutler would love to throw to Brandon Marshall as a Bear

The Bears gave up two first round picks to get Jay Cutler and would love to get top flight receiver Brandon Marshall.

“I talked to ‘B’ a few days ago,” Cutler told the (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press. “Just checking in on him and seeing how he’s doing, because I went through a similar thing that he’s going through.

“I played with Brandon for three years and I think he’s one of the best receivers in the NFL. I think he can be one of the greatest ever to play.”

Marshall indicated he wants the Broncos to trade him, although the team may not be willing to honor the request.

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How can this be happening and happening in Green Bay, where they are typically very sharp about their payouts to players?

Greg Jennings signed a contract that makes him the second highest paid receiver in the National Football League. He is second only to Larry Fitzgerald.

Hey, Greg Jennings, look at the ball!

You can almost hear the rush to the phones as quite a few NFL receivers are texting their agents to ask for a better deal.

They always think they’re underpaid, and they always wait for that one example – a player they think can’t compare to them on the field – to use as leverage.

Jennings will become that guy for wide receivers throughout the league. He will become the new guy to emulate when it comes to negotiations and contract demands.

Jennings, who is only 25 years old, had solid numbers in 2008 (80 receptions, 1,292 yards, nine TDs),
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Ahh, the NFL money beat goes on. Remember when the Detroit Lions made Cory Redding the highest paid defensive lineman after one good year? Quite a few NFL players benefited from that and quite a few more will benefit from this signing.

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This one is kind of funny and kind of sad. Mr. Steroid induced awesome built super qb rushing defensive Charger found a list of the league’s top linebackers and his name was on the list at number 12. Needless to say he freaked out and could not believe it.

Shawne has just spent 9 months recuperating from surgery and wants to prove he is number one in the linebacker business. There is no way there are 11 better linebackers and in Shawne’s eyes there can be zero better linebackers.

Shawne Merriman must prove he is number one linebacker in the NFL

Couple these feelings with the idea that this could be the year for the Chargers, and Shawne is very motivated. Oh, and did any mention that this is Merriman’s contract year come up?

But it’s hard to ignore all of it – particularly when the upcoming season represents a crossroads of sorts for Merriman.

Once considered one of the best players in football – not just defensive players, mind you, but in all the NFL – Merriman is perched on a potential career-changing season. He’s in a contract year with a franchise known for letting talent walk in free agency (see: Drew Brees(notes) and Michael Turner(notes)), and he’s returning to a defense that, in his absence, displayed the speed and agility of a cement mixer. With the major contract-extension hurdle of quarterback Philip Rivers(notes) still standing, and time running short for running back LaDainian Tomlinson(notes), Merriman’s here-and-now urgency isn’t being taken lightly – especially with an offense that looks Super Bowl-ready right now.

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How is it the Roy Williams can play for Texas and the Detroit Lions and never lift weights? Crimony, my wife lifts weights and she can catch a football. Lucky for Roy, she doesn’t try out for the Cowboys. This story just makes no sense at all. Aren’t these football teams?

“I’m serious,” King quoted the guy. “Roy never lifted before. Now that he has, and now that he’s serious about making himself a great football player, especially with T.O. gone, I think he’s really going to have a good year.”

Think about that. Williams played at Texas and for the Lions, and neither required him to do any weight training?

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You know Roy has great hands and while with the Lions he was often their only hope, their only threat on the field, until Calvin Johnson came along, but no weight program? Man, if you are not happy that Marinelli is gone from the Lions after hearing that, then you are just plain crazy.

Roy must lift the plates!

Here is hoping that the new number one Dallas Cowboy receiver, Roy Williams, lifts some weights and has a great year!

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