Jahri Evans

Whaley adds talent evaluators in Monos, Fisher

2013-05-17 04:34:02

Doug Whaley wasted little time in putting his stamp on the Buffalo Bills' football operations department. In one of his first moves as the team's new general manager, Whaley hired Jim Monos to be the team's director of player personnel and Kelvin Fisher...

Bears' new line: Guards valued over tackles

2013-05-09 16:40:00

If you want to know why the Bears used their first-round draft pick on a guard for the first time in 52 years, cast your gaze in the vicinity of Bourbon Street. In New Orleans, where the Saints play a level of offense only dreamed about in Chicago,...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Mark Craig column

2013-04-22 00:34:02

When New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees hoisted the Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl XLIV, three of his starting offensive linemen and his No. 1 receiver were guys who had entered the NFL via the fourth round or later. So even in an era in...

Pats miss as often as hit

2013-04-21 00:00:00

As football fans have come to know, drafting is a bit like that famous box of chocolates. As the fictional Forrest Gump was fond of saying, "You never know what you're going to get." Even with all the resources allocated to scouting and analyzing film...

Latest Pennsylvania sports

2013-04-18 21:55:18

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Pittsburgh at Boston, 7 p.m. Philadelphia idle MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Atlanta (Hudson 2-0) at Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 1-0), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-0) at Philadelphia (Halladay 1-2), 7:05 p.m....

Bears' Kromer lauded for teaching ability

2013-01-26 19:25:00

MOBILE, Ala. — If you are expecting Aaron Kromer to turn J'Marcus Webb into Jermon Bushrod, you probably are dreaming. But Kromer did turn Bushrod, a fourth-round draft pick from Towson, into a two-time Pro Bowl tackle for the Saints. So there's...

Scoreboard -- Jan. 21, 2013

2013-01-21 23:12:00

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--Australian Open, same-day tape, 1 p.m. (ESPN2), 8 and 2:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Cycling--Tour Down Under, Stage 1, same-day tape, 2:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Iowa at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network);...

Marshall, Tillman earn first-team All-Pro honors

2013-01-12 14:16:00

Phil Emery rolled the dice when he traded for Brandon Marshall, and the controversial wide receiver made the Chicago Bears general manager look good with a performance that on Saturday earned Associated Press All-Pro recognition. Marshall set a single-...

SCOREBOARD -- JAN. 12, 2013

2013-01-12 23:33:00

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Women’s College Basketball—Oklahoma State at Texas, 11:30 a.m. (FXSP); Nebraska at Penn State, 1 p.m. (ESPN2); Wisconsin at Michigan, 1 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Baylor at Kansas, 1:30 p.m. (FXSP); California at Stanford,...

Saints Assistant Head Coach & Linbackers Coach Joe Vitt

2012-05-24 12:22:00

Jonathan Vilma wasn’t out there today. Is his absence a knee issue? “We have this six-hour rule that we have to adhere to. We had to make the decision. We sat down and talked with him about it too. We have opted to have him at all of our...

Coach Joe Vitt

2012-05-31 14:00:00

Opening Statement � We finished our sixth practice today and thus far we have gotten through the majority of our first and second down work. That would be our run packages, our run defenses, our protections, and some of our blitzes. We’re...

Curtis Lofton, Jabari Greer and Jahri Evans

2012-05-31 14:03:00

New Orleans Saints Linebacker Curtis Lofton Thursday, May 31, 2012 � Has Jonathan Vilma helped you out in your transition to the Saints? “Vilma’s been doing this for a while, but I’ve also been doing it four years. I have a few...

Evans was a first-team All-Pro in 2011. He has helped anchored one of the NFL s best offensive lines.

2011-12-04 00:00:00