Moss, the former Vikings, Raiders, Patriots and Titans receiver who announced his retirement in 2011 (only after he got no significant contract offers), now says he is ready to lace up his cleats and take the field once again.

“I wanna play football,” Moss said Monday morning, while chatting live with fans on USTREAM. “Your boy is going to come back here and play some football, so I’m really excited. I had some things I had to adjust in my life.”

Moss, who turned 35-years-old today, said he previously retired due to off-field issues, but his family has told him, “It’s fine, do whatever you want to do.”

“I had to really get out of the fast lane and really get a grasp on what was going on in my real life,” the 6’5″ former pro-bowler said of his brief hiatus from the NFL. “I’m okay. I’m okay. I’m happy to be in the position I’m in.”

Added Moss: “Faith, family and football, that’s my M.O., bro. Your boy be back for the upcoming season.”

Moss has played 13 NFL seasons, recording 954 catches for 14,858 yards and 153 touchdowns. He played for the Patriots from 2007 until he was traded to the Vikings in the middle of the 2010 season.

In 52 games in New England, Moss had 259 receptions for 3,904 yards and 50 touchdowns.

With the news that Randy Moss is planning on making his NFL return in 2012, the question must be asked: Would you want him on your team?

Watch the video below as ESPN’s Michael Holley, Beto Duran and Michael Smith discuss Randy Moss’ coming out of retirement.

via ESPN

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Rumors have been circulating for some time now that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has fallen out of shape since neck surgery was performed on him in 2011. Now some of Manning’s observers have come out to refute claims that Manning is throwing with a “noodle arm”

One of his supporters is none other than Indianapolis Colts GM Bill Polian who watched Manning throw back in late December. According to Bill:

“It’s marked (improvement) from where he was back in September,” Polian said. “He threw it accurately, he threw it with a good, tight spiral, and he threw it with velocity.

“Generally, he looked like a pretty confident quarterback out there.”

Another Colts player also backed Mannings improvement. Kicker Adam Vinatieri told NFL.com of the QB’s improvement:.

“I haven’t watched him the last few weeks, but I did see him at the end of the season,” Vinatieri said during the interview. “He was developing nicely. Was he quite all the way back yet? No, probably not. Not to his standards.

“But he definitely is not that far off.”

At this time the Colts are running out of signing time with Manning set to receive a massive $28 million singing bonus should he still be on the roster come March 8, if anything these reports should continue to fuel speculation that another struggling NFL team at the QB position will pick Manning up before he hits the free agent market.

Do you think Peyton Manning despite several neck surgeries can still be a positive influence on whatever team he ends up playing for?

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Recently, a report from NFL.com’s Jason La Canfora, citing unnamed sources, said that Hines Ward, perhaps one of the Steelers’ most iconic (if not infamous) players, would not continue playing for the Steelers, as the team opted not to bring him back.

Ward responded to the report on his Facebook page, saying that he told the Steelers that he would be willing to restructure his deal so that he can keep playing and, hopefully, be able to retire with them.

“I don’t normally like to respond to rumors, but as I’ve said all along, I want to finish my career with the Pittsburgh Steelers,” he wrote. “And as I’ve already told the organization, I am willing to work with them to restructure my contract to make sure this happens.”

Here’s more from La Canfora’s report that started all of the buzz:

As the Steelers work to restructure contracts and manuever below the salary cap, the circumstances are dictating the twilight of Ward’s 14-year career. On the books, he has one year and $4 million left on his current contract. On the field, Ward also took a backseat to youngsters Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown, posting his lowest receiving totals since his rookie season in 1998.

The Steelers have adjusted the contracts of CB Ike Taylor and linebackers Lawrence Timmons and LaMarr Woodley. They might not be done, as La Canfora suggested S Troy Polamalu ($6.25 million next season) and QB Ben Roethlisberger ($11.6) could be next.

Ward has left the window open to playing elsewhere next season, but the choice might not be his if he can’t work out his own restructured deal.

Do you want to see Hines Ward stay with the Steelers?

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If you bought a Chad Ochocinco jersey recently, you’re probably not going to like this news one bit. According to a report from TMZ, Ochocinco is planning on changing his last name back to his original one, marking the return of Chad Johnson and the end of the Ochocinco era.

So why is Ochocinco–or Johnson–changing his last name after going through the trouble of having it changed in the first place? Apparently, it has to do with his fiancee. TMZ reports:

Say goodbye to Chad Ochocinco … the Patriots star is telling friends, he plans to change his last name BACK to Johnson in time for his wedding this summer — because he doesn’t want his wife to have a made-up last name.

Ocho’s wedding to his “Basketball Wives” fiancee Evelyn Lozada is set for July in Florida — and sources tell TMZ, the wide receiver plans to legally change his last name back to the one he was born with before he ties the knot.

The former Cincinnati Bengal player had his full name changed to “Chad Javon Ochocinco” in August of 2008. He made the change because his number on the team was to be “85″–”ocho” is 8 and “cinco” is 5, in case your Spanish is rusty.

In case you’re ready to dismiss this as a rumor, Ochocinco confirmed TMZ’s report over on Twitter in response to a tweet. Here’s a screencap:

Check out a video of Chad Ochocinco speaking with NFL Networks’ Deion Sanders following Super Bowl XLVI:

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Brandon Jacobs is apologizing for comments he made about Gisele Bundchen on Tuesday.  The Giants’ running back told reporters at MetLife Stadium about Gisele,

“She just needs to continue to stay cute and shut up.”

He went on the “The Doug Gottlieb Show” on ESPN Radio on Wednesday to issue a formal apology for telling Tom Brady’s wife to shut up.

He said,

“Given the fact that it’s a colleague of mine’s wife, I do apologize for saying that, because I shouldn’t have said that. It’s his wife and I should respect that just as much as anyone else.”

He didn’t apologize for saying she was cute though, insisting it was a compliment.

“No question, he should take that as a compliment,” Jacobs said of Brady. “If he finds something wrong with that, then that’s his problem.”

The scandal that prompted Jacobs to tell her to shut up in the first place was right after the game Gisele Bundchen was caught on camera complaining about the Patriots receivers dropping too many balls during the Super Bowl.

She said,

“My husband cannot f—– throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times,”

Patriots receivers Wes Welker,  Deion Branch and tight end Aaron Hernandez all dropped some pretty easy catches during the Patriots loss to the Giants.  Tom Brady has been silent on the dropped passes and instead defended his teammates.

Of Welker he said,

“Wes is a phenomenal player and a teammate. I love that guy.”

Do you think that Gisele Bundchen should just stay cute and shut up or that she has a right to stick up for her husband?

Watch a video of the comment

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On Tuesday, The 34-year-old Williams announced that he won’t be back to fulfill the second year of a contract he signed with the Ravens in August.

“The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life,” Williams said of his current retirement in an official statement. “I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly, fun.”

Playing as a backup to Ray Rice this year, Williams ran for 444 yards, 2 touchdowns, and also became the 26th player in NFL history to reach 10,000 yards rushing, reaching the plateau in the season finale at Cincinnati.

“As a young player, you need to be around a guy who knows what he is doing, and Ricky was tremendous to learn from, Rice said in a statement to ESPN. “The way he took care of his body and the way he prepared, he always showed that he is a true professional.”

A Heisman Trophy winner at the University of Texas, Williams was a 1999 first round pick of the New Orleans Saints (under the helm of Mike Ditka), who famously traded their entire allotment of draft picks in order to move up in the first round to select Williams with the fifth pick.

He only lasted three sub-par years in New Orleans before being traded to the Miami Dolphins, where his career blossomed.

Williams led the NFL in 2002 with 1,853 yards rushing for the Dolphins and received his lone Pro Bowl invitation that season. He backed that up with 1,372 yards in 2003, giving him what remains the two most productive rushing seasons in Dolphins history.

Williams retired previously before the the start of the 2004 season when facing a four-game suspension for violating the league’s drug policy. He returned in 2005, then left to spend the 2006 season with Toronto of the Canadian Football League.

Over the course of his 11-year career in the NFL Williams had five 1,000-yard rushing seasons and finished with 10,009 yards on the ground.

When asked about his post-NFL plans, Williams said:

“As for what’s next, I am excited about all the opportunities ahead — continuing my education, running The Ricky Williams Foundation and whatever other opportunities present themselves.”

ESPN’s Tim Hasselbeck and Darren Woodson discuss Ricky Williams’ NFL career and retirement in the video below:

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On Sunday, February 5th, 2012 NBC and the NFL teamed up to deliver the first ever live streaming feeds for online Super Bowl viewers and that feature drew in an impressive 2.1 million unique viewers.

While still far from the record 111.3 million TV viewers who tuned in for the event it’s still a promising number of viewers for NBCSports.com and NFL.com who teamed up to broadcast the event live.

Online viewing still lagged a few seconds behind the live event and users didn’t receive the Madonna halftime show or the commercials, however those features were available through on-demand clickable viewing.

What users were given was optional camera views, access to Tweets from several respected NFL personalities and HD-quality video.

Kevin Monaghan, managing director of digital media for NBC Sports Group, said the live stream “exceeded our expectations in every way.”

Verizon Wireless also made the event available for streaming on some of the companies Smartphones.

Called a “complementary” option for viewers the program tested the ability of the NFL and NBC to deliver a unique experience that could add a “second screen” to the event for football fans who wants to cull extra information.

Past sporting events have already been tested online including the 2010 World Cup by ESPN and NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Olympics.

When all was said and done Super Bowl XLVI managed to engage online users for an average of 39 minutes, a huge number in terms of online sports viewing which should help push such offerings to users at an increasing level.

Did you watch Super Bowl XLVI online? What did you think of the quality of streaming services provided?

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Watch Eli Manning receive the MVP award and the Giants accept the Vince Lombardi Trophy!

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Running back Knowshon Moreno of the Denver Broncos was pulled over and arrested for drunk driving earlier this month and in a bit of irony his license plate reads “SAUCED” according to the police who pulled the NFL player over.

The official police report says Moreno was driving in his convertible Bentley on Feb. 1 when he was doing 70 in a 45 mile per hour construction zone.

When police approached the football players vehicle they say the smell of alcohol was immediately recognized and he then performed poorly during a field sobriety test which led to his DUI arrest.

Despite taking the advice of his own license plate and being “sauced” the football player was still “very respectful and polite” to the arresting officers.

In a statement the Broncos front office said:

“We take the incident involving Knowshon Moreno very seriously and are thoroughly reviewing this matter. Our organization will continue to gather information and closely monitor this issue while the legal process runs its course.”

No statement has been made by Knowshon Moreno at this time.

Do you think having the license plate “SAUCED” is a bad decision if you plan to drink and then drive your very expensive vehicle around town in the middle of the night?

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New York Giants fan Jona Rechnitz was so convinced that his Giants would start out Super Bowl XVLI with a safety against the New England Patriots that he bet $1,000 on the unlikely play, a bet that netted him 50 to 1 payout odds.

If you’re keeping score at home that means he won $50,000 plus his initial $1000 when that exact play was the first scoring drive of Super Bowl XLVI.

The safety came after Patriots quarterback Tom Brady intentionally grounded the ball in his teams own endzone, a safety infraction that paid Jona $50,000.

If the story ended there it would be a nice payday for Jona however he’s already a successful real estate company owner in New York and now he has said the winnings he earned will go to various charities, including $5,000 for Brady’s charities of choice and $5,000 to the charities of choice for the Giants defensive linemen who forced the safety.

Jona also says he would love to take Tom Brady out to an all-expenses played dinner.

After taxes the remaining sum of winnings will be donated to charities that help the less fortunate in the United States.

The gambler says he doesn’t put a lot of money down on the table, in fact he only makes one football bet each year and it’s always on the Super Bowl.

In the end the Super Bowl’s first starting drive safety of all-time has paid off well for people in need, even if Tom Brady is probably still kicking himself over his teams second Super Bowl loss to Eli Manning and the New York Giants in just four years.

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How many people watched the Super Bowl? According to new data from the Nielsen Company, more than 110 million people tuned in to Super Bowl XLVI last night to watch the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots, making last night’s football game the most watched program in US television history.

Sports Illustrated reports that Super Bowl XLVI brought in 111.3 million viewers, beating the record set by last year’s Super Bowl which brought in 111 million viewers.

Viewership peaked last night during the final minutes of the fourth quarter at a 117.7 million viewers.

Madonna also set a Super Bowl record. Her show last night (you can see a video of the performance here) was the most watched Super Bowl show in history. 114 million people tuned in to watch Madonna’s halftime show, which is four million more than the amount of people who watched the Black Eyed Peas in 2011.

Nielsen has been keeping track of viewership during the halftime show since 1991. Madonna’s performance was the most watched in history.

According to SI, the last three Super Bowls now sit at 1, 2, and 3 on the most viewed programs list. The 1983 finale of M*A*S*H is the fourth most viewed show in TV history.

Were you one of the 111.3 million that watched Super Bowl XLVI last night? Did you tune in to watch Madonna’s halftime show?

The Super Bowl last night also set a few records for most tweets per second. At the end of the game, Twitter users sent 12,333 tweets per second. During Madonna’s halftime show, they sent 10,245 Tweets per second.

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M.I.A. decided giving an audience of more than 100 million people during the Super Bowl was a good idea and because of her action she could be stuck with a very hefty FCC fine.

According to sources close to the singers agreement the NFL had M.I.A. sign an agreement in which she would pay any FCC fines that arose from bad behavior. The contract was necessary after the halftime show became a shock & awe platform for singers looking to grab headlines.

In the meantime NBC has been indemnified by the NFL since the league handles the halftime show.

Under M.I.A.’s contract she will be responsible for 100 percent of all fines that are handed down to the NFL and NBC.

You may recall that CBS was forced to pay a $550,000 fine to the FCC after Janet Jackson’s nipple was exposed during a halftime performance however that fine was eventually thrown out in federal appeals court.

It’s likely however that M.I.A. will not be successful in an appeal since her actions were blatantly aimed at breaking FCC rules.

Sources close to the contract state that it wasn’t just about skirting a huge fine but also sending a message to performers that their actions have direct monetary repercussions.

Here’s the M.I.A. performance from the Super Bowl Halftime show:

Do you think it’s about time that singers at the NFL halftime show take responsibility for their own silly actions?

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Less than 12 hours after securing his second Super Bowl title in the past five seasons, Coughlin was up early Monday morning and gave reporters every indication he’s ready to chase his third championship with this group.

“I certainly hope so,” said Coughlin – who at age 65 is the oldest head coach in the NFL – when asked about returning to coach the Giants in 2012. “My intentions are it to be that way. I have some ownership that has to give approval, but I’m looking forward to it.”

As for how he stacks up with future Hall of Famer Bill Belichick, the coach he has bested twice in the Super Bowl, and what his legacy will be when he leaves the game, Coughlin was quick to direct the focus of the spotlight to his team.

“I don’t really think about that stuff, to be honest with you,” Coughlin said. “It’s not about me, and this is what we talk about all the time. We’re about team, we’re not about individuals. We’re about the team and what’s in the best interest of our team, and we feel that all our power is generated from team.”

Tom went on to praise his defense’s effort in limiting the explosive Patriots to 17 points in Super Bowl XLVI while lauding the “mental toughness, resiliency, resolve” of his squad, the first to win fewer than 10 regular-season games but prevail in a Super Bowl.

“We won so many games like this, at the end of the game, the end of the fourth quarter,” Coughlin said. “We talked about finishing all the time and winning the fourth quarter, being the stronger team, making the plays, and it happened again.”

In the clip below, Tom Coughlin joins Chris Berman, Tom Jackson and Steve Young to talk about his team’s Superbowl XLVI victory.

via USA Today

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Last night, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XLVI. Eli Manning and Tom Brady both put in great performances as last night’s game set 8 new NFL records.

Manning, who opened the game with nine straight completions (an NFL record) said:

“Offensively, I thought we played very well. We played smart. There at the end, when we had an opportunity in the fourth quarter, we’d been in those situations and we knew that we had no more time left. We had to go down and score, and guys stepped up and made great plays.”

Manning threw 30-40 for 296 yards and one TD last night to help Tom Coughlin become the oldest Head Coach to win the Super Bowl at age 65.

Steve Weatherford also had a record breaking game to help the Giants win Super Bowl XLVI. Weatherford put three punts inside the 10-yard line last night, a new NFL record.

The rest of the records were set by Tom Brady and the losing Giants.

Brady threw 16 consecutive completions during Super Bowl XLVI. His performance last night also set a few new career records for the Pats’ QB. Brady brought up his total passing yards during a Super Bowl to 1,277, his total passes to 197, and his total completions to 127.

The Giants and Patriots also combined to set a new record for the most passing first downs (33).

Here are all the records set last night, according to the NY Times:

• Tom Coughlin - Oldest Winning Head Coach – 65
• Eli Manning – Most Consecutive Completions To Start Game – 9
• Tom Brady – Most Consecutive Completions – 16
• Tom Brady – Most Passing Yards, Career – 1,277
• Tom Brady – Most Passes, Career – 197
• Tom Brady – Most Completions, Career – 127
• Steve Weatherford – Most Punts Inside 10, Game – 3
• Most First Downs Passing, Game, Both Teams – 33 (N.Y.Giants 18, New England 15)

Super Bowl XLVI also tied several records.

Tom Brady tied Matt Light’s record for Most Super Bowl starts (5). New England’s 96-yard Touchdown drive tied an NFL record. The Giants tied records for fewest turnovers (0), most safeties (1), fewest rushing touchdowns (0), and fewest interceptions (o). New England had no penalty first downs, no punt returns, and no fumbles.

Did you watch Super Bowl XLVI?

According to Mashable, Super Bowl XLVI also set a few new Twitter records. At the end of the game Twitter saw 2,233 tweets per second (2nd most on the TPS list). The social networking site saw 10,245 tweets per second during the halftime show (3rd most on the TPS list).

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Supermodel and Super Wifey of Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, was not so close lipped when it came to who she thought should shoulder the blame for the Patriots 21-17 Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants.  She told her friends that the blame lies with the receivers.

Amid the ridicule of heckling Giants fans, Gisele went over to an elevator after the game witg some freinds to go see Tom Brady.

While she was waiting she said to her friends,

“I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times. My husband can not f**king throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time.”

The sad part about her little rant is she may have been partially correct.  The receivers did drop the ball (pun intended) many times when it came to the crushing second loss to the Giants.

Brady was not the type to lay blame at any one player’s feet.  When asked about Wes Welker’s potential game winning catch (which he dropped) Brady told the press that the two simply “failed to connect”.

He then told the press of Welker,

“Wes is a phenomenal player and a teammate. I love that guy.”

Bundchen did leave out quite a few details that had nothing to do with the receivers.  She failed to mention the “Pass to No One that Brady threw on the first New England possession which drew an intentional grounding penalty and cost them two points on a safety.  She forgot to mention that the whole team could not get their mojo working until they got to the second quarter and she definitely left out the fact that Brady’s top tight end, Gronkowski was hurt an unable to play very well.

Bundchen took a lot of flack this week.  First Versace announced a new ad campaign featuring Bundchen, which stole some of her husband’s thunder.  She was mocked for sending out an e-mail to all her friends asking them to pray for Tommy.

Do you think it was appropriate for Gisele Bundchen to mock the Patriots receivers?

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Madonna was in charge of halftime entertainment at this year’s Super Bowl. Over the course of twelve minutes and three outfits (which became less bizarre as the performance progressed), the Queen of Pop was joined on a typically humble and underlit stage by Nicki Minaj, M.I.A, Cee Lo Green, and gormless pop duo LMFAO.

Was it any good? Well, it was certainly a visual spectacular, but that goes with the territory nowadays. As predicted by the other queen of pop, Madge lip-synched her way through the whole thing (or at the very least used a backing track), but she’s looking as nimble and athletic as ever at 53, with cartwheels and some frenetic dancing on display.

Yet it wasn’t Prince 2007, was it? Still the best halftime show, in my opinion. But enough of me, here’s what some other people thought (and if you missed it, judge for yourselves – footage of the whole Madonna show is below):

“Joyous, unironic, open-hearted … [Madonna] was both in full command and full of generosity towards her massive audience.”
Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly [Link]

“The costumes were bizarre. And the dance moves were surprisingly stiff. But when the choir starting belting it out and Cee-Lo hit those high notes…she took me there.”
Michael Solomon, The Guardian [Link]

“[This was] little more than an ingeniously well planned — and shockingly transparent — advertisement for her new album, ‘MDNA,’”
Randall Roberts, LA Times [Link]

“This was Madonna’s party and besides breaking off bits of her greatest hits to remind people of a time when she was the biggest pop vixen on the planet, she had important career-advancing work to do.”
Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune [Link]

“The way they rhymed “Madonna” with “you wanna” was terrific. Just tremendous. And a bunch of times! Which was also great. Music is great.”
Seth MacFarlane on Twitter [Link]

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Eli Manning started Super Bowl XLVI by letting the New England Patriots known he meant business, becoming the first quarterback in Super Bowl history to complete nine consecutive passing plays with completions. However it was the quarterbacks last-minute score that eventually led the Giants to a 21-17 victory.

Manning hasn’t been kind to Tom Brady and the Pats, upsetting the teams perfect season in 2008 to tale home footballs top prize and doing the same this year with a less dominate but still impressive outing.

The match also happened to be the first time two quarterbacks who have won the Super Bowl’s MVP award faced off against each other and they took turns showing why they deserved those MVP nods.

Brady managed to finish 16 completions in a row but that wasn’t enough to stop Eli Manning’s nine-play, 88-yard drive that gave New York the go ahead push needed for the win.

In the end it was a 6-yard run up the middle by Ahmad Bradshaw that secured the win while Tom Brady attempted one last long yard heave that fell short of his players in the endzone.

Are you surprised that the New York Giants have once against managed to upset Brady and the Patriots during a Super Bowl showdown?

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Fans attending this year’s Pro Bowl in Hawaii actively booed their favorite NFL players for what they saw as a lackluster attempt at performing in the league’s All Star game and those fans were’t the only disapproving spectators, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell talked with ESPN Radio on Sunday and revealed that the game could be eliminated.

Talking on Mike and Mike in the Morning Goodell said he has already began addressing the “quality of the game” with the NFL Players association:

“I really didn’t think that was the kind of football that we want to be demonstrating for our fans,” Goodell said. “And you heard it from the fans. The fans were actively booing in the stands. They didn’t like what they were seeing.”

The NFL Commissioner also said if the game continues to be played something needs to change immediately:

“We’re either going to have to improve the quality of what we’re doing in the Pro Bowl or consider other changes or even considering eliminating the game if that’s the kind of quality game we’re going to provide,” Goodell said.

Goodell admitted that fans weren’t given what was promised to them:

“I know players love to be in Hawaii but we have to start with the quality of what we’re doing,” Goodell said. “If the fans are responding negatively to what we’re doing, we better listen. And that was my message.”

That sentiment appears to be shared by at least some players, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers recently called his NFC teams performance “embarrassing” while admitting that his teammates “didn’t put any effort into it.”

Do you think the Pro Bowl needs to be eliminated or should players simply take the all star event more seriously in order to get fans involved.

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The New England Patriots take on the New York Giants today in Super Bowl XLVI and in preparation for one of the worlds biggest sporting events the teams players have been ordered to take part in a specially balanced eating regime.

According to reports when arriving in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl players on the Patriots were sat down for a meal and were told they had to eat everything on their plates.

Apparently the diet restrictions are so strict that the organization brought its own cooks to the teams hotel and had them cook dinner for the players.

Among Saturday nights dinner was the choice of chicken, steak or fish which were all served with fresh vegetables.

The team’s players are expected to follow the team formed diet until after the Super Bowl concludes on Sunday.

I think I could handle my choice of chicken, steak or fish and fresh sides.

Would you mind having your own chef to cook you specially created and healthy meals even if the choices were limited to just several entrees?

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In a surprising move by the New England Patriots the team released wide-receiver Tiquan Underwood on the eve of their matchup against the New York Giants for Super Bowl XLVI.

Underwood was deactivated from the teams 53-man roster so the team could activate defensive end Alex Silvestro from the Patriot’s practice squad.

The team issued a brief statement about their decision but did not explain why the wide receiver who also serves on special teams was cut from the active roster less then 24 hours before Super Bowl XLVI.

While Underwood played in five contests for the Patriots during the 2011-2012 season Silvestro only played in the teams December 24 matchup against Miami.

It’s believed that head coach Bill Belichick is attempting to build up greater depth in defense while increasing the possibility that Chad Ochocinco will be activated as the teams fifth wide receiver.

Do you think demoting Underwood with less than 24 hours to go before the Super Bowl was a cold but calculated move on behalf of the New England Patriots coaching staff?

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