National Football League (NFL)

The median salary in the NFL in 2009 was roughly $770,000. In 2008 it was about $720,000. The Steelers have the highest median salary at $1.1 million, the Packers the lowest at $440,000. The Redskins have the highest payroll at $123 million. The Giants have the lowest at $76 million. The average (arithmetic mean) NFL salary in 2006 was $1.4 million. Source: http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/mediansalaries.aspx?year=2007 Given that the average length of a Gridiron player's career in NFL is 3 years, average Green Bay salary of $440,000 means...

Oakland Raiders. All NFL Teams are Violent , The NFC EAST division is the toughest division because all the teams in that divison Hate each other. The Dallas Cowboys,Washington redskins,Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants bang each other all season. but some teams were so violent that they had nick names Dallas Cowboys-Doomsday Pittsburgh Steelers-Steel Curtain Minnesota Vikings-Purple People Eaters Washington Redskins-National Defense Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears were so nasty that they didnt need a nickname ...

The median salary in the NFL in 2009 was roughly $770,000. In 2008 it was about $720,000. The Steelers have the highest median salary at $1.1 million, the Packers the lowest at $440,000. The Redskins have the highest payroll at $123 million. The Giants have the lowest at $76 million. The average (arithmetic mean) NFL salary in 2006 was $1.4 million. Source: http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/mediansalaries.aspx?year=2007 Given that the average length of a Gridiron player's career in NFL is 3 years, average Green Bay salary of $440,000 means...

Besides winning the famous Vince Lombardi Trophy, the winning team of the Super Bowl gets a serious cash bonus. Under the NFL's current agreement with the players, each player will get $92,000 for winning the Super Bowl. This agreement is for the 2014 Super Bowl. The losing team, received $46,000. Keep in mind that this is the minimum bonus guaranteed by the NFL Players Association. Other star players and MVPs might have millions more written into their contracts. Other information about Super Bowl...

Redskins and cowboys

Highest Scoring NFL Game Ever: With a combined score of 113, the NFL game with the highest ever combined score was played in regular season between the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants on November 27, 1966. The Redskins won 72-41. Other high scoring games: Highest scoring game (during playoffs): 96 points when the Arizona Cardinals beat the Green Bay Packers 51-45 on January 10, 2010. Highest score by one team (during playoffs): 73 points when the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0 on...

New york giants

Raiders and Buccaneers

The structure of NFL salaries can make any player seem to be making more than any other player, but the averages are not always the net they receive (because of salary cap considerations) or are guaranteed (they can receive more or less). The top 20 players are all in the $16-20 million dollar range for their current contracts. Joe Flacco of the Ravens has the highest guaranteed salary: $51 million for the first 2 years. But other QBs may make more in any...

Peyton Manning of the 1998 Indianapolis Colts and Russell Wilson of the 2012 Seattle Seahawks with 26 TD passes. ...

There can be no more than 53 players on an active team roster. There is also a stipulation that a team may only carry 45 players on its game day roster, so the team must decide each week on which 8 players will be inactive, or 7 if they carry a 3rd quarterback. ...

Joe Theismann played for the Washington Redskins from 1974 to 1985.

The 8 AFC and NFC divisions

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2010: Arian Foster 1,616 yards All time in a season: 1984 Eric Dickerson 2,105 yards All time in a career: 1990-2004 Emmitt Smith 18,355 yards ...

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As of the 2007 season, the minimum salary for a rookie is $285,000. The minimum salary increases according to the number of years the player has been in the league. The highest minimum salary is $820,000 for players who have been in the league 11 years or more. The minimum salary structure for 2007 is as follows: Rookies and first-year players $285,000 Second-year players $360,000 Third-year $435,000 Fourth-year $510,000 Fifth- through seventh-year $595,000 Eighth- through tenth-year $720,000 Eleventh-year and longer $820,000 For the 2012 season, minimum NFL base...

Kicker Shayne Graham holds the record for tackles by a kicker in a single season with 11 tackles for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2005. Statistics are only available since 1994. Arizona Cardinal Neil Rackers and New York Jet John Hall are tied for second with 8 tackles in 2008 and 1998, respectively. ...

The NFL's Rule 5, Section 1, Article 2 gives the number ranges for each position. QBs, punters and place-kickers: 1-19 Running backs and Defensive backs: 20-49 Centers: 50-79 Offensive guards and tackles: 60-79 Wide receivers: 10-19 and 80-89 Tight ends and halfbacks: 40-49 and 80-89 Defensive linemen: 50-79 and 90-99 Linebackers: 50-59 and 90-99 ...

Randy Moss. 3 teams in 5 weeks of the2010-2011 season

First black quarterback to start in AFL: Marlin Briscoe First black quarterback to start in NFL: James Harris The first black quarterback to start an AFL professional football game was Marlin Briscoe. Briscoe started a game for the Denver Broncos in the American Football League (AFL). This was a full 2 years before the league merged with the NFL. James Harris was the first starting black quarterback in the NFL. He started 2 games for the Buffalo Bills in 1971, after the Bills entered the...

Tony Romo Mark Brunnell Drew Brees Carson Palmer Steve McNair Rodney Peete ...

The playoffs started on the 8th of January and were completed on February 5, 2012. ...

Vincent Jackson