{"id":47645,"date":"2015-04-20T20:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=47645"},"modified":"2015-04-20T20:30:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T03:30:11","slug":"nfl-talk-4202015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=47645","title":{"rendered":"NFL Talk: 4\/20\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"NFL<\/a>

NFL<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

The NFL has lost another great one. Former Chicago Bears linebacker\u00a0Doug Buffone, who was a staple\u00a0of the Bear defense from\u00a01966 until his retirement in 1979,\u00a0passed away at the age of 70 Monday. Buffone’s 14 seasons in Chicago\u00a0are tied for second most in club history.<\/p>\n

By the time his career was finished, he led all Bears’ linebackers with 24 interceptions.\u00a0He also had ten fumble recoveries, nine forced fumbles\u00a037 sacks and 1,257 tackles.\u00a0Buffone played along side\u00a0Hall of Famer Dick Butkus for seven years, making the Bears linebacking corp the most feared in the NFL.\u00a0after his retirement Buffone\u00a0became a fixture\u00a0on Chicago sports talk radio and local television.\u00a0RIP #55.<\/p>\n

If there was anybody that was going to take a chance on Tim Tebow you had to figure it was going to be Chip Kelly.\u00a0Kelly has already raised Eagles fans’ eyebrows everywhere by trading Nick Foles and\u00a0LeSean McCoy. The Tebow signing\u00a0seems tame in comparison.\u00a0 Who better to push Sam Bradofrd and Mark Sanchez?\u00a0If there’s one thing you know you’re going to get out of Tebow it’s a\u00a0100 percent work ethic all day long. And people forget. The guy wins.<\/p>\n

If you’re\u00a0looking for a silver lining in the Johnny Manziel fiasco there is this. Instead\u00a0of ignoring he had an issue he came clean and\u00a0hopefully got clean. Admitting you have a problem is the first step\u00a0and Manziel,\u00a0despite knowing he would receive a rash of criticism, took that first step. How this all plays out in Cleveland remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

It may be something\u00a0or it may\u00a0be nothing but the Rams are finalizing a deal to join the Cowboys\u00a0in Oxnard for several days of practice in training camp.\u00a0What does this mean for the Rams proposed move to Los Angeles in the grand scheme of things?\u00a0We don’t know yet but it is intriguing.<\/p>\n

The NFL will announce it’s 2015 schedule at 8:00 pm ET Tuesday.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are preparing for\u00a0what could be the biggest draft in franchise history,\u00a0the favorite to be the number one pick,\u00a0Florida State quarterback\u00a0Jameis Winston was hit with a civil lawsuit last week by an accuser who alleges sexual assault. Buccaneer GM Jason Licht said the lawsuit didn’t come as a surprise to the team\u00a0and that they’re very confident in the amount of work they have done. Winston-Marcus Mariota is starting to feel like\u00a0Peyton Manning-Ryan Leaf. Licht is hoping he doesn’t get stuck with the Leaf.<\/p>\n

Former USC\/New York Giant receiver Steve Smith is now working with young athletes as a business partner at Xplode Training Center in Chatsworth.\u00a0Smith spent six years in the NFL\u00a0before a knee injury forced him to retire in 2013.\u00a0Smith graduated from Taft High in Woodland Hills\u00a0and is now getting a chance to give back to his community and help kids achieve their dreams.<\/p>\n

The Carson project\u00a0is still on track\u00a0and for those that think the Chargers and Raiders\u00a0can’t coexist might want to re-think that. According to\u00a0documents released by the city of Carson Monday, financial consultant AECOM said two teams would be necessary\u00a0for the city to realize a profit. With two\u00a0teams in the proposed Stadium,\u00a0the city would see a net fiscal gain in each of 40 years eventually\u00a0realizing a profit of $140\u00a0million over time. However with only one team the city would face annual fiscal losses\u00a0in most of the first thirty years. Are you ready for the Los Angeles\u00a0Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers and of course\u00a0our very own LA Rams?<\/p>\n

Did you happen to catch Colorado State quarterback\u00a0Garrett Grayson on ESPN’s Jon Gruden’s quarterback camp? Gruden liked him and apparently so do NFL scouts. He is suddenly being projected as a second round pick.<\/p>\n

The top three picks look set with Winston\u00a0to Tampa Bay, Oregon’s Mariota to Tennessee and Leonard “Big Cat” Williams of USC to\u00a0Jacksonville.\u00a0But who will the Raiders take at four?\u00a0Alabama receiver Amari Cooper, West Virginia receiver Kevin White and Florida DE Dante Fowler are all in the mix.\u00a0Georgia’s Todd Gurley looks like the first running back to be taken\u00a0– probably around nine or ten to the New York Giants or Rams.<\/p>\n

The NFL Draft is set for\u00a0April 30 – May 2\u00a0at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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