Friday Round Up

by admin · August 9, 2013

Friday Round Up

This week’s Friday round-up makes it the second in the space of a week. And in the pre-season too, so don’t say we don’t spoil you. Grab a cuppa and a jammy dodger and let’s take a sedate stroll round the league.

Two things dominated last weeks (Monday) update, injuries and reckless speculation on what players will be making the starting line-ups. Silly season still dominates and new fans should be warned against reading too much into preseason games but with pads on and players on the field, things are starting to crystallise as September gets closer.

AFC East

Jets

Gary Myers at the New York Times says what we’re all probably think re: Sanchez/Smith. Meanwhile, ESPN break down tonight’s game between the Jets and the Lions.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/myers-thrown-lions-jets-sanchez-borrowed-time-article-1.1422056

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/25143/w2w4-jets-at-lions?src=mobile

Dolphins

What to expect as Miami face off against Jacksonville, and they’re also keeping a close eye on left tackle Jonathan Martin’s progress.

http://www.thephinsider.com/2013/8/8/4604018/phinsider-tv-jacksonville-jaguars-preview

http://www.thephinsider.com/2013/8/7/4600226/the-jonathan-martin-experiment-a-weekly-look-at-the-dolphins-left

Patriots

Tim Tebow still doesn’t know what his role will be in the preseason opener but according to Bleacher Report it’s going to be significant (that Pat Patriot mascot’s costume is all yours Timbo), meanwhile ESPN run down what we’ve learned from the Patriots practices.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1732323-tim-tebow-will-be-x-factor-for-short-handed-new-england-patriots

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots

Bills

Bills offensive coordinator Nathanial Hackett will be giving CJ Spiller a big role in the Bills offense. Looks like he might end the season weighing considerably less.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000227165/article/cj-spiller-to-run-for-buffalo-bills-until-he-throws-up

AFC North

Ravens

Positive news from Baltimore as the Ravens play tough in 44-16 win over the Bucs. “We’re a very different team than we were, so we were really anxious to get on the field and just see who we are, because we really don’t know in a lot of ways,” say s John Harbaugh.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2013080800/2013/PRE1/ravens@buccaneers#menu=highlights&tab=recap

Also, Ed Dickson out for a couple of weeks

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000226476/article/ravens-lose-ed-dickson-couple-weeks-to-slight-tear

But Joe Flacco is still confident, despite a loss of targets

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000227158/article/joe-flacco-baltimore-ravens-move-on-despite-injuries

Steelers

Looks like Plaxico Burress is done for the season and they’re also having injuries at Tight End.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000227700/article/plaxico-burress-tears-rotator-cuff-in-steelers-practice

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/73064/injuries-are-now-hitting-steelers-tight-ends

Browns

Weeden impresses in 27-19 win over the Rams

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2013080802/2013/PRE1/rams@browns#menu=highlights&tab=recap