Football Digest articles from January 2001

Football Digest archives from January 2001

How Could We Have Doubted Him?
January 1, 2001... THIS IS THE WAY RICKY Williams' NFL career was meant to play out. Coming out of the University of Texas in 1999 as the Heisman Trophy winner and the all-time Division I-A rushing king, he was supposed to pile up mounds of yards and be the...

The Fans Speak Out.
January 1, 2001... Browns backer The Browns don't suck. To all of you negative people out there, leave the Browns alone. If you're going to make fun of a team, make fun of the Cincinnati Bengals. Eventually the Browns are going to go all the way--until they...

It's Full Steam Ahead for the Arena League.
January 1, 2001... WHILE A LABOR CRISIS threatened the most recent Arena football season, the league and its players recently signed a six-year collective bargaining agreement to ensure future peace. The players had been working under an interim agreement...

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss.
January 1, 2001... Against all odds, the former CFLer seems capable of continuing San Francisco's tradition of brilliant field generals A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGURED Jeff Garcia would rate no better than a footnote in the San Francisco 49ers' quarterback-rich...

The Big Three.
January 1, 2001... The Ravens, Buccaneers, and Dolphins all have built defenses that are among the best of recent vintage IN THESE DAYS OF WIDE-OPEN attacks, gambling offensive coordinators, and scores approaching NBA levels, is it too much to ask for a...

"I Know I'm Good".
January 1, 2001... Want to find out what makes Brian Billick one of the hottest new coaches in the NFL? Just ask him FOR BRIAN BILLICK, COACHING football is almost as essential to life as breathing. How much does he need it? He started his career by coaching...

The Power of One.
January 1, 2001... Although some teams have had success with a committee approach, there still is no substitute for a single running back who can carry the load, like Eddie George in Tennessee WHEN TIKI BARBER AND RON Dayne got off to a dynamic start this...

The Hard Road to a Repeat.
January 1, 2001... The Rams still have plenty of pop, but some of their travails this season demonstrate just how difficult it is to win two straight Super Bowls FLAME CAN BE FLEETING, AS the St. Louis Rams discovered this season on a gray October afternoon...

The Philly Fanatic.
January 1, 2001... Rejuvenated end Hugh Douglas is the centerpiece of an Eagles defense that is vastly improved NEVER RELUCTANT TO EXPRESS himself, Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Hugh Douglas marched up to Willie Roaf, the super-sized pass protector for...

Down and Out in Dallas.
January 1, 2001... This is finally the end of the line for Troy Aikman and the Cowboys, the best team of the '90s ONCE UPON A TIME, THE mighty Dallas Cowboys were known as "America's Team." But their superhero status didn't make them immune to mediocrity....

The Game I'll Never Forget.
January 1, 2001... After a cathartic win over Dallas in the NFC title game, the Redskins QB reached the pinnacle in Super Bowl 17 BEHIND US WAS A WIN OVER he Dallas Cowboys in the 1982 NFC Championship Game, the most intense football game in my years with the...

The Blitz Is On.
January 1, 2001... From Web sites to postcards, schools stop at nothing to hype their Heisman Trophy candidates IN RECENT YEARS THE HEISMAN Trophy race has turned into an all-out marketing blitz, a high-tech blur of words, videos, audios, CD-ROMs, Web sites,...

Team-by-Team Postseason Standings.
January 1, 2001... Team W L Pct. PF PA Green Bay Packers 22 10 .688 772 558 San Francisco 49ers 24 15 .615 984 759 Dallas Cowboys 32 21 .604 1,271 979 Washington Redskins 22...

Individual Career Postseason Records.
January 1, 2001... Games, player 27 D.D. Lewis, Dallas 26 Larry Cole, Dallas 25 Charlie Waters, Dallas Games, head coach 36 Tom Landry, Dallas Don Shula, Baltimore-Miami 24 Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh 22 Bud...

NFL Team Directory.
January 1, 2001... NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 410 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 450-2000 ARIZONA CARDINALS PO Box 888 Phoenix, AZ 85001 (602) 379-0101 Vince Tobin, head coach Sun Devil Stadium 72,273 capacity, grass ATLANTA FALCONS...

XFL 2001 Teams.
January 1, 2001... BIRMINGHAM THUNDERBOLTS Vice president/general manager Tom Berryman Director of player personnel Bob Gates Head coach Gerry DiNardo CHICAGO...

Quick Quiz.
January 1, 2001... 1. The Pittsburgh Steelers' Dermontti Dawson is considered one of the greatest centers to ever play the game. Which year did he enter the league: 1985, 1987, 1988, or 1990? 2. St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner has been shattering all...