In previous reports by the Miami Dolphins, the team mentioned that Josh McCown and John Beck would be competing for the starting position as QB for the Miami Dolphins. While Chad Henne was listed as a 2008 NFL draft selection there was little mention as to whether the former Michigan record breaker would be given the chance to start for the Dolphins.

Now, as the Dolphins started their three day mini-camp today, Chad Henne is competing with McCown and Beck for the spot as starting quarterback. While there isn’t much mention of the rookie, Henne, and how he is doing, Coach Tony Sparano alluded to the fact that all three of the QB’s were doing well and showing what they’re made of on the field.

“Each day I go out here, I see another guys kind of step up. It hasn’t been a consistent progression right now. … I like their grasp - all three of them - quite honestly, I like their grasp of the offense. They are working real hard at it. Last week wasn’t a week of practice, but they were in here spending extra time and learning what we are doing and getting ready to go for this week and it shows when they are out there on the field.”

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It was a big past two days for six former Michigan Wolverines. With ten Wolverines listing themselves as eligible for the draft, six of them have been chosen in the seven round draft. Out of 252 newly drafted NFL players, six of them played for Michigan last year. The ten who applied for the draft were Jamar Adams, Adrian Arrington, Shawn Crable, Brandent Englemon, Chris Graham, Mike Hart, Chad Henne, Adam Kraus, Jake Long and Mario Manningham.

The first pick of the NFL draft went to Jake Long. Long was the first man to join a newly reformed Miami Dolphins team. The 6 ft 7, 313 lbs. Offensive Tackle was announced as the first pick of the draft four days before the draft officially began, so his selection was no big surprise. It was the rest of the Wolverines who would have to wait a surprisingly long time to find out who would be the second to go that were chosen by unpredictable teams.

While Jake Long wasn’t viewed as the best overall pick of the draft, he is filling in a position the Dolphins, the worst team of the 2007 NFL season, needed filled. Long is a competent offensive blocker and seeing as he has experience playing with the Dolphins’ newest quarterback, he’ll know exactly how to cover him in order to be successful on the field.

Speaking of QBs, the second Wolverine to go also went to the Dolphins. The choice of Chad Henne as a QB was to be expected after Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco and Brian Brohm went to Atlanta, Baltimore and Green Bay. I have to say that if Henne went to one of the four teams I’m glad he went to the Dolphins. They can use a dependable QB with a strong arm and the confidence Henne possesses that led him to the Rose Bowl in his freshman year at Michigan.

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The following schedule is the official release of who will be playing who this season and when in the NFL. Check it out so you know when your teams are playing and be sure to check out our picks right hear on Home Team Advantage when it comes time for these games to be played.

Week 1 - Sept. 4, 7 & 8

The opening game is between the Redskins and the 2008 Superbowl Champs, the NY Giants.

Thursday, Sept. 4 - Washington Redskins at NY Giants (7PM, NBC)

Sunday, Sept. 7 Games:
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens (1PM, CBS)
NY Jets at Miami Dolphins (1PM, CBS)
Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots (1PM, CBS)
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers (1PM, CBS)
Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans (1PM, CBS)
Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons (1PM, FOX)
Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills (1PM, FOX)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints (1PM, FOX)
St. Louis Rams at Philadelphia Eagles (1PM, FOX)
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns (4:15PM, FOX)
Carolina Panthers at San Diego Chargers (4:15PM, FOX)
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers (4:15PM, FOX)
Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts (8:15PM, NBC)

Monday Sept. 8 Games:
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (7PM, ESPN)
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders (10:15PM, ESPN)

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It looks like Darren McFadden is second place again. This year’s winner of the Heisman Trophy is Tim Tebow. The Florida Quarterback first thanked “his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ” who he says is #1 in his life, with his family a close second. It was a disappointing Heisman year, with Florida winning again and another QB joining the elite Heisman club.

Tebow spoke quickly in a mumbling voice as he said a lot of thank yous as he spoke a mile a minute. He thanked Jesus twice and God once, showing off his Christian faith. In his interview, Tebow stated that God gave him the ability to play football and he is just trying to make him proud. For us, it was a little overkill, but hey, to each their own.

Tebow is the first sophmore to win the Heisman. The QB, who was wearing a cast, which he says will be coming off prior to the Capital One Bowl where Florida will take on Michigan, is looking forward to the upcoming bowl game.

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Once again, I’m scrambling to get my picks and predictions up at the last minute. I didn’t do as good as I would have liked last week. I hope to improve this week, even though, once again I am scrambling to get my picks up. As always, feel free to share your own picks.

Here are my picks for the first Five Weeks of the NFL’s Regular Season:

Week One – 10–6
Week Two – 9–7
Week Three - 12-4
Week Four – 8–6
Week Five - 7-7

Cincinnati @ Kansas City

Winner: Cincinnati

Houston @ Jacksonville

Winner: Jacksonville

Miami @ Cleveland

Winner: Cleveland

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I don’t really have a lot of time for explanations on my NFL Picks this week, seeing as I have cut it down to the wire when choosing my picks, with the majority of the games played tomorrow. So, let’s get right to it, and hopefully, next week, I’ll be able to list more information about each match-up.

Here are my picks for the first Four Weeks of the NFL’s Regular Season:

Week One – 10–6
Week Two – 9–7
Week Three - 12-4
Week Four – 8–6

Here are the match-ups this week and my picks:

Cleveland @ New England

Winner - New England

Seattle @ Pittsburgh

Winner - Seattle

Carolina @ New Orleans

Winner - New Orleans

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The Bills are having a terrible season and who could blame them. The tragedy with Kevin Everett and the possibility that he may never walk again would shake any team. Our thoughts are certainly with him during his physical therapy and hopefully some sort of recovery.

Recently a news station was reporting that Everett was able to move his arms and legs. This news is excellent but it would have been a little bit better had they showed the right guy in the right wheelchair. Instead they showed a guy being wheeled into court who had a fit. Wow, that was the wrong move. I guess all people in wheelchairs look the same to them. (more…)

I was really happy my predictions did so well last week. I’m hoping for a repeat performance this week. While I’ve done fairly well with my picks this entire year, I want to make sure I’m not getting overly confident. That’s when I tend to mess up and pick teams on personal feelings and emotions rather on whether I believe they are going to win or not.

First, let’s check out the first three weeks of NFL picks and how I did.

Week One – 10–6
Week Two – 9–7
Week Three - 12-4

Now, let’s talk about this week. There are some interesting match ups this week. Last week was fairly predictable, with a few surprises. It’s time to see if those teams that surprised us are going to continue to do so.

It is looking to be one crazy NFL season…One surprise of the season is that the New Orleans Saints are now 0-3. How did that happen with Reggie Bush and Drew Brees on the team? Nobody’s sure, but Reggie is finally (hopefully) starting to find his groove now that he’s scored for the first time this season.

The Saints aren’t the only surprising team of the season. Detroit has done remarkably well compared to their ranking last year. Sure, they had a whopper against Philly last week, but there is hope in Detroit that the Lions won’t falter and actually have a decent season this year.

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