The Broadie Report

July 13, 2013 Posted in  AH81

About two weeks ago I was reading an article from Pro Football Talk and I was shocked to learn that now-former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez not only was arrested in connection with the death of Odin Lloyd, but charged with killing Lloyd himself. He faces life in prison without parole if convicted.

From a football perspective: The Patriots released Hernandez within two hours of his arrest, according to profootballtalk.com and espn.com. The Patriots are already short a tight end with Rob Gronkowski having forearm and back surgeries this offseason. I don’t know if Tom Brady will have any reliable receivers to throw to unless Gronk gets healthy super-fast...

June 24, 2013 Posted in  Raiders

I’m going to talk about something I saw on Bleacher Report that bothered me. There was an article called “How the Raiders became the least talented team in the NFL.” Instinctively I read it and judging from my own thoughts, and the responses to the article from some of the readers, it became apparent that the writer of that article didn’t know that “the least talented team” is no longer that thanks to Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie’s diligent efforts. That article is obsolete. Say the Raiders were like a chicken that one buys at the store. What do you do to a chicken once you cook it? Remove the fat and throw the fat in the garbage. Well, for McKenzie the fat was out-of-whack contracts...