PUZ: NFL Hall of Fame

Sports Commentary by Chad Puz

Tomorrow seven players will be inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little, John Randle,  Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, and Pittsburgh’s favorite defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau. Dick LeBeau finally will be recognized as the great player that he was when he played for the Detroit Lions from 1959 to 1972. LeBeau played cornerbackfor a record 171 straight games(an NFL record for cornerbacks), finished with 62 interceptions, went to three straight pro bowls from 1964-1966, and earned All-NFL second-team accolades four times(1964, 1965, 1965, and 1970). Not bad for a guy who was originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round in 1959 and later cut by them. A lot of Steelers’ players and coaches will be there to see their legendary coach go into the Hall of Fame. I really suggest that you watch this Saturday at 7PM and pay tribute to all the members of the 2010 Hall of Fame Class.

PUZ: Football is in the Air

We are just six days away from the first NFL preseason game, which is the Hall of Fame game. I mention that it is the Hall of Fame game because this year the Steelers’ own Dick LeBeau will be inducted this year in Canton on the 7th, make sure you watch. Even though preseason doesn’t really matter to most fans, I enjoy watching preseason games, well the Steelers preseason games. I love finding one guy on the team to root for all preseason, hoping he makes the team. Last season I was rooting for running back Isaac Redman who did a great job, in my opinion, but failed to make the team. With “Fast Willie” gone this season, Redmanwill get another chance to make the team.

Big Ben was meet with a positive response from the fans at the practice field and had this to say, “Yeah. It was good. It was good to be out here. Hines (Ward) and I walked out together and they cheered pretty loud. So it was fun.” When coach Tomlin was asked about how Big Ben was received by the crowd he had this to say, “I didn’t pay attention; I was more concerned about coaching and leading the practice.” You have to love Tomlin for his honesty, but personally I’m glad that Big Ben got a positive reaction because he is going to be the Steelers’ QB when he gets back from his, hopefully four game, suspension.

On other Steelers notes, they signed veteran Flozell Adams to the team this past weekend. Adams, 6’7″ and 338 pounds, was released earlier this off season by the Dallas Cowboys. The Steelers signed first round pick  Maurkice Pouncey to a five year deal, Pouncey was the last of rookies to sign his deal for Pittsburgh.

There is one spot open on the Kittanning Paper Fantasy Football League, you can e-mail me at cpuz@familylifetv.com if you’re interested, but do it quick. The draft for the league will be this Friday at 7pm. This week on Fantasy Football Fanatics, Zach and I will be talking Running Backs and Kickers this Thursday at 7PM on WTYM 1380AM. If you have a fantasy football question or just a football question in general, e-mail us at fanatics@wtymradio.com.

Fantasy Football Fanatics

Next Thursday at 7PM  will be the debut of Fantasy Football Fanatics hosted by Zach Cox and myself. We will answer any questions regarding fantasy football and football questions in general. The main subjectwe will be covering in our first show will be draft strategies which will include talking about mock drafts, understand your competition, live draft vs. online draft, and auction drafts. Even though we are still a few weeks away from the first preseason game, it never hurts to start preparing for draft ahead of time. Zach and I will do our best to help you become the champion of your league.  We will alos answer any questions e-mailed to us at Fanatics@wtymradio.com, for our first show we will not be taking any callers on air, so make sure you e-mail us. There still are a couple spots left in the Kittanning Paper Fantasy Football League, to join just e-mail me at cpuz@kittanningpaper.com and I’ll send you a link to join.