The New Orleans Saints are planning to hire former Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan as their new defensive coordinator on Friday, according to ESPN.com. The outspoken Ryan was in his second season with the Cowboys before being fired on Jan. 8, after the team missed the playoffs and finished 8-8 for the season. Shortly [...]
Vince Young: Once A Star, Now Broke
September 19, 2012 | Posted by
When Vince Young was drafted No. 3 by the Tennessee Titans a half-dozen years ago, he signed a guranteed contract worth $26 million. Today, the quarterback from Texas has spent or squandered most of it, a too-often heard, hard-to-understand tale. Attorneys have been arguing for months over whether Young is an out-of-control spender who put [...]
NFL Suspends Troubled Titans WR Kenny Britt For One Game
August 31, 2012 | Posted by
He’s become the poster child for what’s wrong with the league in the eyes of many, an out-of-control professional athlete whose sense of entitlement leads him to believe that rules apply to others than himself. But the NFL showed surprisingly relative leniency to Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt on the heels of his eighth [...]
Titans Lock Up Jason McCourty For $43 Million
August 24, 2012 | Posted by
The Tennessee Titans and cornerback Jason McCourty have agreed to a five-year, $43 million contract extension that will bound him to the team through the 2017 season, the Titans announced Thursday. McCourty, who was selected from Rutgers in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft, enjoyed a breakout season last fall to establish himself [...]
Vince Young Ordered to Pay Back $1.7 Million Debt
August 16, 2012 | Posted by
Buffalo Billis backup quarterback Vince Young has been ordered by the New York State Supreme Court to pay a loan company nearly $1.7 million after missing a payment in late May. Young took out a high-risk loan from Pro Player Funding for $1.877 million during the NFL lockout in May 2011. He was under contract [...]
Tennessee Titan O.J. Murdoch Commits Suicide
July 30, 2012 | Posted by
In a stunning development, 25-year-old O.J. Murdoch (Murdock) , a reserve receiver for the Tennessee Titans, killed himself, according to police in Tampa, his hometown. Police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said officers found Murdock inside his car Monday morning with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The car was parked in front of Middleton [...]
