Craig Wolfley’s Boneheads of the Week
Welcome to the first week of the inaugural Craig Wolfley NFL Bonehead Plays of the Week, now officially known as “The Bonies” (Logo and Trophy to come).
Welcome to the first week of the inaugural Craig Wolfley NFL Bonehead Plays of the Week, now officially known as “The Bonies” (Logo and Trophy to come).
The formula for the Steelers Defense shutting down the Chris Johnson Experience come high noon (central time) in Nashville; 1. Play gap-sound front 7 with shoulders square to the line of scrimmage. 2. Throttle-it-up-or-down with triangulation so as not to over-run Johnson on the cut-back….
So I’m standing on the sidelines of the Steelers complex watching practice. It looks like a pretty good day tempo-wise for the players. There’s crunch in the hits, and bodies are flying around. Suddenly, across the way there’s a scrum. Somebody’s a little honked…
A sledgehammer game. That’s what Sunday was. Not pretty, not full of highlight reel plays or over thinking. It was basically a double-fisted two chin-strap head banger’s ball in the trenches. As a youngster, I drew the dubious duty one day of having to…
A little mix of news, entertainment and sports this week as Craig peruses the news.
Opening day is special. As the Steelers prepare to take on the Atlanta Falcons tomorrow at Heinz Field, I know what the players are going through. The day before the game is a time to get right. Mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually as you…
The NFL is here folks and we are talking Favre, Football and Falcons.
Every offensive line group watches tons of film with their coach, and then usually gets together on their own and watches more after practice, or over at somebody’s house at night as the week unfolds. It’s a great time to watch the film, build a little group…
Sometimes in the overload of a press conference, mucho basic info is overlooked. Take Mike Tomlin’s news conference for example. Q: In what ways is Dixon better now than he was a year ago, or even at the start of training camp? A: Just…
The die is cast and the choice has been made. Dennis Dixon is the choice to start the season next Sunday versus the Atlanta Falcons. I thought Charlie Batch would be the man, but Bruce Arians and Mike Tomlin have decided to go with huge potential and forego…
I was watching Stephen King’s “The Stand” on TV. One of the characters is played by California-born actor Bill Fagerbakke. Bill is better known as Michael “Dauber” Dybinski, a fictitious assisstant football coach under Head Coach Hayden Fox played by actor Craig T Nelson. The ABC sitcom…