http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/2923 Recent articles about Muhsin Muhammad en-us Last year a Chicago Bears fan decided to film his experience at a Bears Eagles game in Philadelphia. The basic idea of the video, is to really see if he would get killed by Eagles fans wearing a Brian Urlacher jersey at the Linc. The home made film starts off bashing Eagles fans, and basically listing off [...] Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:39:19 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284804 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284804 Now, I have no idea on God's green earth who the heck Rick Gosselin is.  All I know is that he was no clue what he is talking about in "Rick Gosselin's NFL offseason power rankings."  Apparently he is the NFL columnist for The Dallas Morning News.  Hey, Landry Hat, wanna throw me a bone here? I have no clue who this guy thinks he is.  I stumbled across his offseason power rankings and was shocked that he had the Packers at #18.  #18?  Really?  You are putting the Green Bay Packers, who went 13-3 last year and were one errant Brett Favre pass away from the Super Bowl at #18?  Behind the Houston Texans, an 8-8 team with offensive and defensive line issues?  Behind the 7-9 Buffalo Bills?  The Cincinnati Bengals at #15?  You are definitely crapping with me now.  The team is in jail.  And they lack an important part of a winning football team: a defense.  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the 14th-best team in the league right now?  They went 9-7 and barely won what is arguably the weakest division in the NFC (close competition with the West).  The Tennessee Titans?  Yes, I know my Super Bowl pick for last year as Packers-Titans (no one thought either would even make the playoffs), but for a team with a quarterback who almost doubled the number of touchdowns with interceptions last year, and a team that has enough running backs for two teams and no wide receivers, they are not as good as the Packers.  The New Orleans Saints at #12 is a little more respectable, but the Minnesota Vikings at #11?  Not so sure about that.  The Vikings have improved, I will give them that.  But to be seven spots higher than the Packers?  Not so fast my friend.  Other questionable teams ranked ahead of the Pack: Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles. I hate to go Fire Joe Morgan on this guy, but the situation calls for it.  So please, Mr. Gosselin, step right up. The retirement of Brett Favre takes the winningest and most prolific passer in NFL history out of a Green Bay uniform this season. Inexperienced and untested Aaron Rodgers replaces him. This is a talented team. The Packers reached the NFC title game last January. But how much of that was Favre? Suddenly, the defense must carry the Pack. Ok, that all looks good as one big block of text.  But sentence-by-sentence, not so much. The retirement of Brett Favre takes the winningest and most prolific passer in NFL history out of a Green Bay uniform this season. Oh really?  How insightful.  Did you realize this is your longest sentence that takes up the most space and states the obvious?  Yessiree.  But did you really think we didn't know this? Inexperienced and untested Aaron Rodgers replaces him. Good job.  At least you aren't calling for Brian Brohm to take the helm.  I'll admit Rodgers does lack some experience, but something that many, many people cannot grasp is the fact that to have experience, you need to get experience.  People always want to skip the getting experience part.  I wouldn't say that Rodgers is totally inexperienced and incapable of commanding an NFL offense after sitting behind Favre for three years.  He should do better than, say, Alex Smith in his first game.  I wouldn't call Rodgers untested either.  Being thrust into the biggest game of the regular season in a hostile environment on a game televised to a few thousand households (yeah, I'm still bitter about missing that game) is a pretty big test I'd say.  And Rodgers performed admirably in it, bringing the Pack to within three points before they succumbed.  So there is some experience and he has been tested. This is a talented team. I'm not going to deny this sir.  Seems you have gotten something else right.  But wouldn't it seem more right if a talented team was ranked higher than half the teams in the league?  Because right now you're saying that half the teams in the NFL are better than the Packers. The Packers reached the NFC title game last January. Another statement of fact that does not show how there are seventeen teams better than Green Bay in the NFL. But how much of that was Favre? Good job, Rick, you made a valid point.  The first eight games were all Favre.  No way they would have been 8-1 if he was not quarterbacking it.  There was no running game.  Brandon Jackson was a bust and DeShawn Wynn was hurt, making Favre paint the sky brown with footballs.  However, this guy you may have heard of, Ryan Grant, rushed for over 950 yards in the last eight weeks of the season.  Favre's passing totals dropped while Grant emerged as a go-to option.  So the first eight weeks of the season were Favre.  The second eight were Grant.  50-50. Suddenly, the defense must carry the Pack. Hmm.  The Packers are returning ten starters on a high-powered offense and nine or ten of their starters on a decent defense.  The Packers defense was seventh in points allowed, 11th in yards allowed, 12th in pass yards, and 14th in rush yards.  Those are all in the top half of the league.  And for real Rick, you make it sound like the entire Packers offense hit free agency and the only way they can win is through their defense.  They're only losing ONE starter, albeit a big one.  But they have the rest of their core still present.  Grant.  Donald Driver.  Greg Jennings.  The names keep coming.  The Packers are not dead in the water without Favre. Sheesh, Rick. Enough about the Packers.  Let's see what he had to say about our NFC North rivals. Minnesota Vikings: #11 With the quarterback concerns in Green Bay and Chicago, the Vikings see an opening in the NFC North and took a win-now approach this offseason. They traded for NFL sack leader Jared Allen and signing Chicago go-to guy Bernard Berrian away from the Bears. But contention will hinge on the development of their own young QB Tarvaris Jackson.  Hmm.  That doesn't sound #11 worthy to me.  Let's take a closer look. With the quarterback concerns in Green Bay and Chicago, the Vikings see an opening in the NFC North and took a win-now approach this offseason. Again, I don't buy the "quarterback concerns" excuse for Green Bay.  See above.  Chicago and quarterback concerns, heck yes.  Minnesota is improved and the Vi-Queens will compete with Green Bay for the division. They traded for NFL sack leader Jared Allen and signing Chicago go-to guy Bernard Berrian away from the Bears. The Allen acquisition will help the Vikings already strong defense.  It appears their defense is currently stronger than the Packers, but time will tell.  The Berrian signing makes me laugh.  Anytime you were Rex Grossman's go-to-guy, that's just not good.  Berrian will be the number one target in Minnesota.  That doesn't mean he'll be a number one receiver though.  Berrian is good for Jackson, but in the grand scheme of things, he will have been overpaid. But contention will hinge on the development of their own young QB Tarvaris Jackson. Whoa, whoa, whoa.  Excuse me, but can't this be considered a "quarterback concern"?  It most certainly is.  Which means that Minnesota is in the same boat as Green Bay and Chicago, which, accoring to Gosselin should mean they will not be able to compete on a high-level.  I sense just a little bit of hating going on here.  Jackson, Rodgers, and Grossman/Orton all have flaws and issues.  I would have been fine with Gosselin putting Minnesota one or two spots ahead of the Packers, but not seven.  This guy needs to watch some football. Chicago Bears: #22 The Bears must have a ton of confidence in young tight end Greg Olsen because they let starting wideouts Muhsin Muhammad and Bernard Berrian walk out the door. They cut Muhammad and let Berrian sign in free agency with the Vikings. The quarterback position remains unsettled. Said everything that there really is to be said.  Although he could have added some input into the defense. Detroit Lions: #25 The experiment with Mike Martz and his Greatest-Show-on-Turf offense fizzled. Too many turnovers cost him his job as offensive coordinator after one season. So defense and the running game are back in. Third-round RB Kevin Smith is a sleeper candidate for NFL Rookie of the Year. Nothing shocking here either.  Less hate for these teams than the Pack. It's only June, but the Packers already have their doubters. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:19:24 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278699 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278699 Cat Crave Radio is back with Episode Fourteen! We want to thanknbsp;Brian Millernbsp;of Phin Phanatic for joining us this week! You can listen by selecting the audio file below or just go to our Radio Page to check it out! Episode Fourteen- June 15, 2008 In Episode Fourteen... News Panther Profiles - Fred Lane NFL Insider - Brian Miller (Phin Phanatic.com) Police Blotter Final Thoughts - Moose #38; Jake Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:33:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278342 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278342 Heading into the 2007 season, just about every national publication had the Carolina Panthers either making the playoffs or making a push for the Super Bowl. However, after a 4-2 start things headed south for the Panthers. Veteran quarterback Jake Delhomme was enjoying his quickest start to any season when he suffered a devastating injury that caused him to get Tommy John surgery in his throwing elbow...... To read the rest of the Bruno Boys Fantasy Football writeup on the Carolina Panthers, make sure to click below.... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:32:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/277458 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/277458 Just five days after picking up a one-year tender agreement with the restricted free agent, the Bears have signed wide receiver Rashied Davis to a three-year deal. The amount of the contract has yet to be confirmed. Read more about the Bears crowded wide receiver corps. http://beargoggleson.com Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:36:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/256549 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/256549 Hey everybody!!! Lets remember a few things about the 8-8 Philadelphia Eagles of 2007... 1. The opening week in Green Bay we had 2, (two, Dos, Deux) fumbles on Special Teams. One in the first quarter, which was recovered in the endzone for 7 and one in the fourth quarter in the final minutes of the game... That won't happen more than once a decade... Essentially a loss snatched from the hands of victory. 2. Our Quaterback was far from 100% healthy. The medical experts say that an ACL injury takes a full year to come back from... Look at D5's #'s after week 10. With the exception of the Detroit game, our offense wasnt able to get it done until then. A healthy QB will add at least two victories to our total. 3. The Eagles lost a rediculous 19-16 decision to the Chicago Bears at the Link on a last-second touchdown by Muhsin Muhammad. We were up by four points with 1:57 remaining, the Bears drove 97 yards on 11 plays with no timeouts to rally for the victory... Uhhhh completely unbelievable... The addition of Assante will help with this... When's the last ime the defense let up a drive like that??? Who knows. 4. The defense mustered exactly 11 picks and 8 fumble recoveries in 07... When was the last time the eagles had less than 20 takeaways in a year??? During Ray Rhode's last year...1998... Again a once a decade occurence... Lets be serious for a minute... in 07, We weren't talented enough to go undefeated for the season... But we were realistically a 10-6 team... the bears and packers games were losses that shouldnt have happened... While the defense stopped the run considerably better than the year before, it apparently came at the expense of getting takeaways... In 08, if nothing changes except D5 is healthy, we don't have fumbles on Special teams, and the defense forces 30 turnovers (Average# during the J. Johnson tenure) we're 11-5... I know the redzone offense was putrid last year, but just look at the facts... The Redskins game was really the only game that it was aweful, that resulted in a loss... In Closing, I have 3 more things: Keep Kolb on the bench, Screw the Cowboys, & F T.O. and his korterback... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:45:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/217524 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/217524 D.J. Hackett signed with the Panthers last night. He was assured the No.2 position behind Steve Smith and ahead of Muhsin Muhammid on the depth chart. What does this mean for the Eagles? Well, all it means is our hopes of getting a reciever are becoming slimmer and slimmer. Unless Andy Reid has a plan to get one in a trade, there aren't much recievers left in free agency and we might just be looking at another Greg Lewis in the draft. But then again, we won't know until training camp comes around. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:49:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/208588 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/208588 One of the biggest under the radar free agents this off season has signed on with team and did it, under the radar. We break down what this means for the Carolina Panthers and YOUR fantasy football team. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:56:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/207171 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/207171 So here we are again. Poor Panther fans sitting back, watching their team epicly fail in free agency. We all know it takes a couple dolla bills to put something up in the win collumn. DJ Hackett- a signable WR from Seattle took a trip to Carolina, earlier this week. He left without an offer. This is so sad. The Panthers front office doesn't even try to sign a second end WR- who even still- would improve us from some combination from 5 years ago that with fail today. That combination being the resigned veteran Muhsin Muhammad coming back to Carolina with Steve Smith. That great show that worked so many years ago in that Super Bowl season that, to this day, continues to let John Fox keep his job. Somehow, magically, Hurney, and Mr. Fox think Moose and Steve Smith are going to go in and dominate again, like no aging ever happened, like a more aged Moose will be a reborn Jerry Rice. Come on now, you want to keep your job, you spend the damn money. Not like they'll ever get fired anyway, but it would be a little different if they would utalize talent, and at some point, spend those "dolla bills". Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:48:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/202115 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/202115 ...In a couple years. The Bears are making off-season moves left and right. Further analysis brings to mind an odd Phenomenon in Chicago. Mainly the apparent obsession of GM Jerry Angelo to borrow players from other NFL Teams. Former Buc/Bear Griese traded to the Bucs, former Panther/Bear Muhsin Mahammad signs with the Panthers. What's next Archuletta back in Washington? Darwin Walker back in Philly. Thank God they drafted Rex Grossman and don't have to worry about Angelo trading him away. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:37:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/179368 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/179368 The Carolina Panthers are close to bringing back Muhsin Muhammad. Muhsin played for the Panthers for 9 seasons before leaving in 2004 to play for the Chicago Bears. Last week, the Bears released Muhammad and the Panthers jumped on the chance to sign him. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:43:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/164890 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/164890 The news has just come down the wire, but word coming from the Eagles front office is that they will, in fact, be signing every single free agent this off season. From Randy Moss to Muhsin Muhammed, Asante Samuel to Zach Thomas. One Eagles official has been quoted, "Fuck it, we're going all out this year. And honestly, who's going to stop us?" On top of this unprecedented free agent bonanza, they will also be making many block buster trades. They soon will have acquired the rights to Larry Fitzgerald and if they play their cards right (no pun intended) they may not have to give up much. On top of Fitz, the Eagles will also be bringing in Roy Williams and Javon Walker for some sandwiches and $5 respectively. And in an unheard of trade, they have decided to trade with themselves to acquire Lito Sheppard. When we asked the Eagles official of this rumor he responded, "Well, it would be nice to get a guy like Lito. And if I know the Eagles, we probably won't have to give up much to get him." Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:50:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/151453 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/151453 Belichick talks about the 18-1 season and the Super Bowl loss, Bears cut Muhsin Muhammad, Eagles deny Sheppard trade rumors and much more NFL news from the local hometown perspectives for Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:32:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/151202 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/151202 "LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears on Monday agreed to a two-year contract extension with defensive end Alex Brown through 2011, released wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad and right tackle Fred Miller, and declined to exercise an option on defensive tackle Darwin Walker, making him a free agent." Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:20:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/150511 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/150511 Muhsin Muhammad has been released by the Bears and the 49ers should consider him to help their wide receiver problems. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:36:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/150376 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/150376