Yardbarker: Nnamdi Asomugha

Pregame Zone Blitz: Raiders at Steelers

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:54:25 -0500

More photos » by Marcio Jose Sanchez - AP Browse more photos » There's a special feature in the PZB this week. Not football-related, but it's still packed with enough information to suggest Pittsburgh is poised to break out of their three-game losing streak in a big way. Losing to the Ravens is never fun, but...it was actually a pretty fun game to watch. No bitterness, no animosity, we're just Seeing Dennis...

The NFL Star & The Skid Row Kid

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:22:58 -0500

“Just keep your head up & you see all the good things.” Too often, the good that athletes do is overlooked. Whether it be for a tax write-off or for genuine good, any act that involves you taking what you have and sharing with others is respectable. The Skinny – NFL star Nnamdi Asomugha decides to help [...]

Nnamdi Asomugha named to “Dream Team for Public Service”

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:04:19 -0500

Nnamdi Asomugha is keeping some rare company these days. He’s already known as the best shutdown corner in the NFL. A defensive force so dominant that he did the impossible and kept Chad Ochocinco’s mouth shut for an entire Sunday afternoon. After receiving a mega contact this offseason, Nnamdi also joined the upper 5% of the [...]

Yesterday's five most valuable players: Lions, Raiders and Cheifs

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:27:30 -0500

Matthew Stafford(notes), Quarterback, Detroit Lions. Is there any better scenario for a rookie quarterback? In just one play, he labels himself as tough, clutch, poised, a gamer and possessor of any other vague, non-quantifiable quality a quarterback can have. At the very least, that play earns him a pass from the media for the rest of the year. He can go totally JaMarcus over the next six games, completing 19 percent of his passes, throwing zero touchdowns and 27 interceptions, and eve...

Sunday Spotlight: Nnamdi vs. Ocho

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:37:13 -0500

While most of the cornerback/receiver battle talk will focus on Randy Moss(notes) and Darrelle Revis(notes) today, there's another interesting matchup of top talents in the Bay Area when Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco(notes) goes up against Oakland cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha(notes). Ochocinco has been one of the prime instigators in the Bengals' resurgence this year, proving to be nearly impossible to cover on middle-to-long perimeter routes. The stats tell the tale -- Ocho's bee...

Chiefs willing to trade anyone but Cassel

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:06:38 -0500

At a time when the Raiders reportedly are willing to trade anyone except cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, the Chiefs also are in fire-sale mode.Per Jay Glazer of FOX, every Chiefs player is potentially on the block, with the exception of quarterback...

Injury won’t stop Asomugha from missing season opener

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:06:12 -0500

Not that Raider Nation needed any further proof that Nnamdi Asomugha is the most dedicated man to wear the Silver and Black since Rich Gannon, but the All-Galaxy cornerback wanted to make sure fans in the Black Hole will get to see the highest paid DB in league history on opening night. After reports this morning [...]

Deep Posts: The Raiders lost their good player

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:42:04 -0500

• Oh dear. Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha is out for two weeks and, according to this report, the season opener against San Diego. You have my genuine sympathies, Raiders fans (that means I feel bad for you). • The International House of Pancakes has launched a really uninspiring NFL-themed menu, which includes AFC pancakes and NFC pancakes. What's the difference there? The AFC pancakes are shaped like Jim Nantz's head and the NFC pancakes are shaped like Joe Buck...

Raiders Go From Bad To Worse

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:13 -0500

The season hasn't even started, and Oakland has already lost its best player, CB Nnamdi Asomugha, for the first two weeks due to a bone chip in his wrist. The injury costs them three Vegas points in SD opener. [Rotoworld]

Raiders CB Nnamdi Asomugha Skeptical Of Raiders Plans To Blitz

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:50:23 -0500

Count Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha among the veterans who are skeptical of whether the Raiders are serious about incorporating the blitz into...

MEET THE NFL?S NEW HIGHEST-PAID PLAYER

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:10:15 -0500

Unless you read last year’s Pro Football Prospectus, you might want to sit down for this one: Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha just signed the most lucrative per annum deal in NFL history: three years, 45.3 million The first two years pay him $28.5 million - all guaranteed. ...

Yardbarker.. Am I the only one that thinks Eagles fans are NUTZ?

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:10:26 -0500

I came across a Eagles thread a while back talking about Nnamdi Asomugha becoming a Eagle. I think I was the first Raider fan, better yet I was the ONLY Raider fan to address that rumor by saying that "He would get tagged", I also said that Nnamdi and Al Davis was working on a deal. Alot of Eagles fans weren't feeling it and said that "It wasn't true", "He hates it in Oakland", and "Nnamdi will be a Eagle." It's been a day since Nnamdi signed a deal with the Raiders, I've been reading alot of comments by Eagles fans and They've switched positions saying that "Al Davis is stupid for giving Nnamdi that contract!!" "Nnamdi's from the hood" (DTRIK19), and all of this off the wall stuff that really doesn't makes any kind of sense. I feel like any team in the NFL would've gave him that contract.. He's the best corner in the league!! If the shoes were on the other foot and I wanted Nnamdi to become a Raider and he ended up staying in Philly I wouldn't talk 5hit about that organization or the owner.. I would move on. SHOW SOME RESPECT!!

Go Raiders!!

Raider Nation - SHOCK THE WORLD!!

Raiders Re-Sign Asomugha to Complex Three-Year Contract

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:45:12 -0500

The Oakland Raiders have managed to re-sign cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha to a three-year contract, but as Adam Schefter from NFL.com writes, the are some complexities to the deal. Asomugha signed a three-year deal that is worth a minimum of $45 million and could reach $50 million, a league source ...

Saints With Their Sights Set on CB Nnamdi Asomugha This Offseason?

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:13:56 -0500

From: New Orleans Times-Picayune Sean Payton said he and Mickey Loomis have always shared a philosophy of being

Ronnie Lott and Nnamdi Asomugha talk football

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:02:14 -0500

Oakland Raiders CB Nnamdi Asomugha is coming off his second-straight Pro Bowl, and of course Ronnie Lott went to a number of those himself en route to Canton. Here Nnamdi and the legendary 49ers safety talk football at Lott's recent Hall of Fame fantasy football draft with All Stars Helping Kids. - Dewey