| Believe it or not the Hall of Fame game is only a | | | | gets seriously injured in preseason (i.e. Michael Vick |
| couple weeks away on Sunday August 9th, which | | | | 03', Clinton Portis 06'). |
| kicks off the NFL pre-season and season for that | | | | 4. Season opener, Tennessee at Pittsburgh |
| matter. The Class of 2009 includes Bob Hayes, | | | | Thursday Sept. 10...nuff said. |
| Randall McDaniel, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas, | | | | 5. Monday night double-header season opener- |
| Ralph Wilson, Jr., and Rod Woodson. | | | | Brady's return Monday Sept. 14th Bills at Pats. Jon |
| I know everybody is stoked so here's a look at | | | | Gruden will be joining Tirico and "Jaws" this year, |
| some upcoming events leading to the start of the | | | | taking over for Tony Kornheiser. |
| regular season and some news and notes about | | | | Of course there will be no more John Madden this |
| what will be different this year. | | | | year either, although his ever-famous Madden |
| 1. Hall of Fame game Sunday Aug. 9th, Bills vs. | | | | 2010 video game will be released August 14th. I'm |
| Titans about 3 weeks. | | | | just hoping that Frank Caliendo keeps doing |
| 2. Bears at Broncos Sunday Aug 30th. Bronco | | | | imitations of him...the first time I heard it I was |
| fans won't have to wait long to boo their former | | | | listening to him on a local sports radio station and |
| quarterback. This is the prime time game during | | | | had to pull over to the side of the road I was |
| the most important and last tune up for the | | | | laughing so hard. He probably only retired because |
| regular season...should be a good one. | | | | he finally thought Brett Favre was done, but he |
| 3. Your Fantasy Draft- you may have multiple | | | | continues to make comebacks like nobody's |
| drafts to look forward to but they should all occur | | | | business. |
| on or after the 3rd preseason game. To have a | | | | Which leads me to my Super Bowl predictions for |
| fair draft the preseason preparations should be | | | | 2009. I'm gonna go with Brett and the Vikings vs. |
| completely done so that nobody's fantasy season | | | | the Patroits, with the Pats coming out on top. |
| will not be ruined by drafting a key player who | | | | Good luck in all your fantasy leagues! |