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I found out about the news late Wednesday evening, and when I read it the following statement ran across my brain. “Trade everybody to get him.” I then laughed at this for second, gathered my thoughts and re-evaluated the words that popped into my brain. During the re-evaluation period, a new statement ran across my brain. “Trade almost everybody to get him.” My brain is … [Read more...] about How Much Would You Want Your Team To Give Up To Get Darrelle Revis?

The New York Jets were knocking on the door of success just a few years ago. They had almost all the pieces needed to win a championship. They had a defense anchored by a pair of lockdown corners, a couple of linebackers who would hurt you, and an offense that could ground and pound you into submission. The only real piece that was missing from the Jets championship puzzle was … [Read more...] about The New York Jets Invest In Some Old Wheels: Michael Vick And Chris Johnson

Here at The Sports Fan Journal, we hope to evolve and deliver something not found in any other corner of this here internet. We bring you Mark Trible and Dillon Friday‘s NFL Countdown project. A fan from each NFL team will be featured as we anxiously await the season’s kickoff.  Someone needs to tell the fans’ stories. What better place than their trusty Journal? Without … [Read more...] about Meet The Fan: A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg Keeps The New York Jets In His Scenario

The 2015 NFL Draft is upon us, with hundreds of agents, athletes and sports dorks descending upon Chicago to see who goes to which NFL team for the near future. It’s like Christmas for NFL fans, and we here at The Sports Fan Journal think we know what’s in those boxes beneath the tree. 1. Chip Kelly will do something genius or something moronic, nothing in between Nobody around … [Read more...] about Top 10 Things We Know Will Happen In The 2015 NFL Draft

Thursday Night Football hasn’t been great programming to watch. From the fact that the matchups can be clunkers to the fact that the players playing in the game aren’t fully recovered from sacrificing their bodies just 96 hours prior, the end product can sometimes look mediocre. Nike is going to do its part to help the look the game by infusing some life into our Thursday … [Read more...] about NFL Thursday Night Football Will Look Very Different Thanks To Nike Color Rush Uniforms

Brandon Marshall has accomplished many feats during his 10-year career. The guy, who has a proclivity for catching almost everything that comes near his 6’4, 230lb frame, has yet to have a chance to make a catch in the postseason. The behemoth of a wide receiver has a curse that seems to follow him no matter where he goes. Whether it’s in Denver, Miami, Chicago, and now the New … [Read more...] about A Dream Deferred: Brandon Marshall Misses The Playoffs Yet Again

By Kyle Madson & Ronnie Hampston At the top of each NFL season, some fans are brimming with confidence. Other fans are brimming with… the opposite of confidence. While nobody is certain about which teams will be good and which ones won’t Ron Hampston and Kyle Madson provide the overly optimistic and overly pessimistic preview for each team. OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO THE AFC … [Read more...] about AFC East: The Optimist’s & Pessimist’s Guide

In this corner, hailing from Aliquippa, Penn., standing at 5-11 weighing in at 198 pounds is the seven-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl-winning, but now aging in front of our eyes — Darrelle Revis. In the other corner is the fearful mythos that symbolizes the end of time for many athletes — Father Time. We all knew this day would come, but it came sooner than expected. Once upon a … [Read more...] about On Darrelle Revis and His Fight Against Father Time

I don’t know Brandon Marshall personally, but it seems like he’s in a good place in life. He boasts Hall of Fame caliber numbers. He and his family continue to spread mental health awareness, and he does extremely well on television as an analyst on Showtime’s Inside the NFL. From a football perspective, the only thing that has eluded him in his wildly successful career is … [Read more...] about Why The Giants Signing Brandon Marshall Was The Right Move For Both Parties