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Its probably because Welker caught 8 touchdown passes and Moss caught 23. Moss is the homerun hitter who strikes out a lot and Welker is the singles hitter who always makes contact. A great team needs both.

ESPN is reporting today that Tom Brady is saying in pre-Super Bowl interviews that he and Randy Moss are "a package deal." Meaning that because Moss is a free agent, wherever Moss goes to play, Brady will go too. Moss has said that he wants to retire as a New England Patriot but if Brady has a...

Are you saying that because Mike Hass played in the Pac-10 that he won't make it big in the NFL? That's a little harsh, blaming the conference. Putting the person "aside" who tied Wes Welker for the most catches in the league is kind of strange,but USC rookie wideout Steve Smith is going to...

The drills at the combine are not perfect but they have proven useful gauges of potential NFL success. If a team is going to spend 10 million on a wide out, they want to try and make an informed decision. There are too many stories of lousy combine numbers and great NFL success to mention. But...

No, I have no idea what John Madden has to say about which wide receivers are in the league. Downfield speed is one wide receiver skill, avoiding bump and run is a separate skill measuredat the combine in position specific agility and strength drills: the three cone drill, the 20 yard shuttle...

The most difficult part of the equation for wide receivers and what separates great collegiate receivers from pro-receivers is quickness in getting off the line of scrimmage under bump and run. There are many black and white receivers who just never make the transition to the pros because they...

New England has been starting three (or four) wide receivers and no fullback late in the season and in the playoffs: Welker, Moss and Stallworth/Gaffney. Heath Evans, the fullback comes in situationally. His back up, Kyle Eckel is also white. The Pats's website says that they will start 3...

Line ups for sunday: New England starts two whites, Mike Vrabel and Teddy Bruschi on defense, 8 blacks and 1 Samoan, Junior Seau. On offense, its 7 whites and 4 blacks. That makes 12 black starters, 9 whites and 1 Pacific Islander. Green Bay starts 6 whites on offense and 5 blacks and the...

Hue Jacksonis offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcolns.

I can't remember, did the Titans' head coach Jeff Fisher challenge the call? Was it reviewed by instant replay? If it was reviewed, that's the final word. It would be on the replay official to reverse the call on the field.

Antonio (Tony) Ramiro Romo is third generation Mexican-American on his father's side and Polish-German on his mother's side.

Indy has 30 blacks on its 53 man playoff roster.

The Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team for 2007 includes 11 whites and 16 non-whites. Thewhites on the first team: Tom Brady, Jason Witen, Matt Light, Alan Faneca, Steve Hutchinson, Jeff Saturday, Ron Bironas on offense and Jared Allen, Patrick Kearney, Mike Vrabel and Andy Lee on Defense...

How many other businesses can get taxpayers to provide them with a brand new place of employment (stadium) and afford to pay $1.5 million in guaranteed money in signing bonuses to new employees who are untried and inexperiencedin the job?

Many team owners are so independentlywealthy that they make most of their money from their other primary businesses. For many owners, the football team they own is their hobby and people tend tolike to winat their hobbies. Some teams make money whether they win or lose. Other teams MUST win...

The Green Bay Packers is an exception to your examples. They are the only publically owned franchise in major professional sports. The 112,000 stockholders own the Packers and they vote for a Board of Directors which runs the corporation. From the Wikipedia entry on the Packers' Board: The...

Team owners tend to be among the most successful capitalists in America. They are usually highly competitive people in all aspects of their lives and many, though not all, absolutely HATE losing anything to anyone. For many owners, its not as much about profit and loss as it is about winning. A...

Here's a link to an updated article from 2006 in Forbes magazine on the profitability of the NFL. It includes the ability to see thevaluations for each team. The Washington Redskins are the league's most profitable team followed by the New England Patriots...

40% is 40%. 50% is 50%. "Almost " is in the eye of the beholder. Is a person who is 40 years old "almost" 50?

The current Indy 53 man roster is 31 blacks and 22 whites. So Dungy's team is 60% black and 40% white at the moment.

Its ironic: Every team with a black head coach starts a white quarterback. Every black starting quarterback plays for a white head coach.

Latest top 50 NFL receivers stats: http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=0&statisti cCategory=RECEIVING&conference=null&season=2007& seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=RECEIVING_YARDS&d-447263-o =2&d-447263-n=1

Nope, MOST watched, EVER. The game beat out a recent Disney show to be number one all time.

Wow! The most watched program in the history of cable television with17.5 million viewers. That's impressive.

There was no choice, it was mandatory. The teams put the decal on the helmet, not the individual players. A player would have had to scrape the decal off his helmet.