Good Try for Special K, Tampa Bay!

Reports say the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have offered their head coaching job to Oregon head coach Chip 'Special K' Kelly, which I believe is a very wise move. Unfortunately, it looks like Kelly is going to pass on the position for personal reasons, but it says here at Eye On Sports that the Bucs did a great job going for it with the proven collegiate winner!

The Best Rookie Ever?

Okay NFL fans – and fanatics – while there’s a national buzz surrounding every on and off-field move that controversial Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow makes these days – the hoopla surrounding Carolina Panthers prized rookie signal-caller has mostly died down – unless you’re a hard core fan that loves the game.

The fact of the matter is that while Tebow has been undergoing a ton of on-the-job training while leading the Broncos back to respectability, Newton apparently came into the league ready to play – and better than two-thirds of the starters already playing in the league.

As a matter of fact, I’m going on record right now to say that Newton is arguably the best rookie quarterback in the history of the NFL – and his statistics this season back up that claim wholeheartedly.

After debuting with a 422-yard passing day in his first career start, Newton now sits less than 200 yards away from breaking Peyton Manning’s mark for passing yards as a rookie (3,729).

For the umpteenth time, while I always envisioned Newton as an future NFL superstar after leading Auburn to the national title two years ago, I’ve still got just one question.

What idiot thought this guy wouldn’t be able to cut it in the NFL?

Brees Making Life Easy in Underrated NFC South

NFC South

The New Orleans Saints look as explosive as ever on offense under Drew Brees this season. Unfortunately, I’m no big believer in New Orleans’ Swiss Cheese-like defense.

Let’s just repeat the previous comment on the Saints, except I’m going to substitute Brees’ name for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan.

No matter what kind of record the Carolina Panthers finish with from here on out, you’ve got to be absolutely thrilled to see how this franchise performed in the very first season of their rebuilding campaign under first-year head coach Ron Rivera and gifted rookie signal-caller Cam Newton.

Rivera has gotten the Panthers to play hard in every single game this season no matter the opponent – and Newton proved in his very first season as the No. 1 overall draft pick that he’s already better than two-thirds of the quarterbacks in the league!

If you’re a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan, then you’ve got to be very disappointed in how the Bucs have underachieved this season. Frankly, for a team that won 10 games last season and looked like one of the league’s best up-and-coming franchises, Tampa Bay has gone backwards in a big way this season – and so have head coach Raheem Morris and young quarterback Josh Freeman in the process.