The opening Vegas line line has Tennessee minus 4 .

I can see alot of public money jumping on the titans being at home and seeing the lopsided results for both teams in week 7.

I'll gladly take the colts +4 or more. If I recall correctly the last time the colts were vegas underdogs was the pats game last year when new england was favoured by 4.5 I believe.

This is the game to watch next week.

The Week 1 Sunday night primetime contest will feature a rematch of of Super Bowl XLI, with the Chicago Bears at the Indianapolis Colts at 8:15 p.m. ET. It will mark the Colts' first game in their new home, Lucas Oil Stadium.

Let the countdown begin.

http://www.nfl.com/kickoff/story?id=09000d5d8077fc99&template=with-video&confirm=true

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3253867

After failing to reach a long-term agreement with Dallas Clark, the Indianapolis Colts placed the franchise tag on their tight end on Tuesday.

Negotiations with Clark, whose contract voided after the 2007 season, heated up toward the end of the season, but without resolution. The Colts instead reached agreement on a five-year, $37.5 million contract with safety Bob Sanders, the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year. Talks with Clark resumed in the past week, but with no deal in sight, the Colts felt it necessary to designate him as their franchise player.

The one-year franchise tender for a tight end is $4.522 million. If any team tries to sign him, they would have to surrender two first-round draft choices, which is unlikely. Clark is the second tight end to be franchised this offseason. The Eagles did the same with L.J. Smith.

The Colts and Clark have until mid-July to try to reach a long-term deal. With the franchising of Clark, six players have been given the franchise designation before Thursday's deadline. Any team wishing to franchise or transition a player has to record that transaction by 4 p.m. ET Thursday.

Obvious move. i think a 4 Million cap hit is well worth clarks presence.

well here we are a day before Super Bowl XLII, and we have a new report alledging the patriots taping the Rams back in 2001 before their first super bowl victory. It was a stunning upset over the heavily favored rams. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3226465
I'm not sure what to make of this story, the timing of it certainly seems planned.
"An unnamed source has claimed a New England Patriots employee secretly videotaped the St. Louis Rams' pre-game walkthrough the day before Super Bowl XXXVI, the Boston Herald reported Saturday. According to the report, an unnamed source close to the team during the 2001 season said that following the Patriots' walkthrough at the Louisiana Superdome, a member of the team's video staff stayed behind and taped the Rams' walkthrough -- a non-contact, no-pads practice at reduced speed in which a team goes through its plays."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs07/news/story?id=3227245

You can now join us in the marathon that is the nfl off-season.
it seems your cowgirls weren't as amazing as you praised them to be.

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Bad news.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8040346a&template=without-video&confirm=true
Receiving core will need to be at full strength come january.

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"Tackle Grady Jackson cleared waivers and is available on the free-agent market. The Colts and Titans are interested, John Clayton reports."

you need ESPN "insider" to read the article.

I'd like to see this addition, for the right price just to add depth on the DT rotation.

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

So it's the colts bye week and I thought there wasn't that much colts content on youtube. So I decided to try and make my own vid. I've never done editing etc before so I think the result is pretty good.

Basically I made a Peyton Manning tribute, ripping clips from the super bowl DVD and adding a song that I thought fit perfectly.

Lemme know what you think.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sV4txD9Rh7Y

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2007/0903.html

An SI cover jinx? Peter King giving the best player in football his due?
Tedi Bruschi must be his number two.

All in all a pretty ballin cover for Peyton. This kind of cover shot just makes all the anticipation boil over. September 6th couldn't come any sooner.