Grizzlies in the NFL

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Richardson Moves Panthers to Memphis

In a surprising move today, the Carolina Panthers' majority owner Jerry Richardson has announced that he is moving the franchise to Collierville, Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis. The team will be named the Grizzlies, which is both the name of the NBA team in the area and the proposed name of the Memphis Southmen, who were planning on moving from the WFL to the NFL. The NFL also announced that they would hold a draft of all the players in the NFL to each team, similar to the format of a fantasy draft, a day earlier.

Memphis Grizzlies Rounds 1-32
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Age	Ovr
13	Jake Long	Michigan	LT	26	97
52	Antoine Bethea	Howard	FS	27	93
77	Sam Bradford	Oklahoma	QB	23	85
116	Cedric Benson	Texas	HB	28	81
141	Steve Johnson	Kentucky	WR	25	86
180	Steve Smith	USC	WR	26	84
205	Michael Crabtree	Texas Tech	WR	23	81
244	Reggie Wells	Clarion	LG	29	81
269	Maurkice Pouncey	Florida	C	22	88
308	Cam Newton	Auburn	QB	22	77
333	Ndamukong Suh	Nebraska	DT	24	89
372	Robert Quinn	North Carolina	RE	21	78
397	Paul Kruger	Utah	LE	25	78
436	Artis Hicks	Memphis	RG	32	77
461	Barry Richardson	Clemson	RT	25	78
500	Jared Cook Jr.	South Carolina	TE	24	76
525	Clinton Portis	Miami	HB	28	80
564	Mark Ingram	Alabama	HB	21	79
589	Jason McKie	Temple	FB	31	76
628	Mike Vrabel	Ohio State	LOLB	36	77
653	Tully Banta-Cain	California	ROLB	31	75
692	Keith Brooking	Georgia Tech	MLB	35	82
717	Dan Connor	Penn State	MLB	25	80
756	Mike Jenkins	USF	CB	26	77
781	Ellis Hobbs	Iowa State	CB	27	77
820	Brodney Pool	Oklahoma	FS	27	76
845	Zoltan Mesko	Michigan	P	25	77
884	Mason Crosby	Colorado	K	26	72
909	Jeff King	Virginia Tech	TE	28	69
948	Devin Armashodu	Auburn	WR	27	72
973	Chris Spencer	Ole Miss	C	29	74
1012	Barry Sims	Utah	LT	36	74

Memphis Grizzlies - Round 33-49
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Age	Ovr
1037	Ryan O'Callaghan	California	RT	28	74
1076	Ikechuku Ndukwe	Northwestern	LG	29	73
1101	Floyd Womack	Mississippi State	RG	31	72
1140	Victor Abiamiri	Notre Dame	LE	25	73
1165	Phillip Merling	Clemson	RE	26	73
1204	Louis Leonar	Fresno State	DT	27	70
1229	Matt Giordano	California	SS	27	70
1268	Hamza Abdullah	Washington State	SS	28	69
1293	Tramine Brock	High School	CB	23	70
1332	Maurice Leggett	Valdosta State	CB	24	69
1357	Tyjuan Hagler	Cincinnati	ROLB	29	69
1396	Jamie Winborn	Vanderbilt	LOLB	32	68
1421	Trey Lewis	Washburn	DT	26	69
1460	Mark Simoneau	Kansas State	MLB	33	71
1485	Connor Barth	North Carolina	K	25	71
1524	AJ Feeley	Oregon	QB	34	68
1549	Adam Podlesh	Maryland	P	28	63

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Preseason Week #1 Depth Chart

Memphis Grizzlies Depth Chart - 2011
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Steve Johnson (86)	Mark Ingram (68?)	Devin Armashodu (72)
TE	Jared Cook Jr (76)	Jake Mason (69?)	Jeff King (69)
LT	Jake Long (97) "C"	Barry Sims (74)	Chris Spencer (66)
LG	Reggie Wells (81)	Chris Spencer (76)	Barry Sims (75)
C	Maurkice Pouncey (88)	Chris Spencer (74)	Barry Sims (70)
RG	Artis Hicks (77)	Chris Spencer (74)	Barry Sims (73)
RT	Barry Richardson (78)	Barry Sims (77)	Ryan O'Callagan (74)
WR	Steve Smith (84)	Michael Crabtree (81)	Bubba Hardy (54?)
QB	Sam Bradford (85)	AJ Feeley (68)	Greg Young (46?)
FB	Jason McKie (76)	Dakota Booth (49?)	Brandon Blandin (46?)
HB	Cam Newton (74?)	Cedric Benson (81)	Clinton Portis (80)
Base 3-4 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Paul Kruger (78)	Phillip Merling (75)	Victor Abiamiri (73)
NT	Ndamukong Suh (89)	Louis Leonard (70)	Trey Lewis (69)
RDE	Robert Quinn (78?)	Phillip Merling (73)	Victor Abiamiri (71)
LOLB	Mike Vrabel (77) "C"	Tyjuan Habler (68)	Jamie Winborn (68)
LILB	Keith Brookling (82)	Mark Simoneau (71)
RILB	Dan Connor (80)	Josh Forster (61?)
ROLB	Tully Banta-Cain (75)	Tyjuan Hagler (69)	Josh Forster (67?)
CB	Ellis Hobbs (77)	Tramaine Brock (70)	Matt Giordano (56)
SS	Brodney Pool (74)	Matt Giordano (70(	Hamza Abdullah (69)
FS	Antoine Bethea (93)	Matt Giordano (67)	Hamza Abullah (69)
CB	Mike Jenkins (77)	Maurice Leggett (69)	Antoine Bethea (73)
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Mason Crosby (72)	Zoltan Mesko (72)	Connor Barth (71)	Adam Podlesh (61)
P	Zoltan Mesko (77)	Adam Podlesh (63)	Mason Crosby (49)	Connor Barth (46)
PR	Ellis Hobbs (99)	Quintaze Gartner (93?)	Mark Ingram (44?)	Cam Newton (12?)
KR	Ellis Hobbs (99)	Quintaze Gartner (93?)	Devin Aromashodu (84)	Steve Smith (80)
LS	Jake Long (99) "C"	Maurkice Pouncey (89)	Reggie Wells (83)

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Memphis Grizzlies Stats - 2011-12
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Sam Bradford	245/456	2798	6.1	174.8	60	14	8	75.3
Cam Newton	14/31	168	5.4	18.6	46	1	0	73.0
AJ Feeley	6/11	64	5.8	8	19	0	0	71.8
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Cedric Benson	268	850	3.1	86	2	5	53.1	5
Clinton Portis	170	684	4.0	79	4	5	42.7	1
Mark Ingram	32	141	4.4	66	1	1	8.8	0
Steve Smith	15	36	2.4	6	0	0	2.5	0
Michael Crabtree	2	6	3.0	4	0	0	0.3	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	20+	YDS/G	YAC
Steve Johnson	77	1065	13.8	4	60		66.5	185
Jared Cook Jr	60	618	10.3	4	38		38.6	129
Steve Smith	42	433	10.3	0	41		30.9	90
Michael Crabtree	31	291	9.3	3	47		18.1	35
Devin Aromashodu	19	170	8.9	2	30		10.6	30
Bubba Hardy	17	273	16.0	1	48		17.0	2
Jason McKie	8	108	13.5	1	27		6.7	73
Cedric Benson	6	55	9.1	0	12		3.4	22
Aevry Andrews	3	8	2.6	0	6		0.5	-2
Jake Mason	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.5	3
Blocking					PCAKE		SACK
Jake Long					16		5
Artis Hicks					8		8
Maurkice Pouncey					8		1
Reggie Wells					4		4
Barry Richardson					3		1
Chris Spencer					1		4
Barry Sims					1		2
Floyd Womack					0		1
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Tully Banta-Cain	83	28	111	10	3	16	0	0
Keith Brooking "C"	79	21	100	1	8	4	0	0
Mike Vrabel "C"	68	28	96	10	5	15	0	0
Tyjuan Hagler	6	28	84	4	1	4	1	0
Ndamukong Suh	4	16	70	0	7	0	0	0
Paul Kruger	40	11	51	0	3	0	0	0
Brodney Pool	38	21	59	0	0	4	1	0
Robert Quinn	37	15	52	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Johnson	29	7	36	1	3	2	0	0
Antoine Bethea	26	7	33	0	1	9	2	0
Dan Connor	26	3	29	0	0	0	0	0
Phillip Merling	23	6	29	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Jenkins	21	7	28	0	0	5	2	1
Matt Wilhelm	19	15	34	0	0	1	0	0
Louis Leonard	17	4	21	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Giordano	15	3	18	0	1	2	0	0
Jamie Winborn	14	5	19	0	1	2	1	0
Tavares Gooden	14	2	16	0	0	0	0	0
Ellis Hobbs	12	2	14	0	0	5	0	0
Tramine Brock	8	1	9	0.5	0	0	0	0
Victor Abiamiri	7	5	12	2	0	0	0	0
Trey Lewis	3	2	5	0	1	0	0	0
Hamza Abdullah	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Quintaze Gartner	33	852	25.8	86	0	16	15.5	0
Ellis Hobbs	35	726	20.7	36	0	18	9.5	0
Devin Aromashodu	16	461	28.8	91	0
Steve Smith	1	30	30	30	0
Steve Johnson	1	15	15	15	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Mason Crosby	28	39	71	56	25	25	100	109
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Zoltan Mesko	111	4683	70	42.1	3,995	0	30	17

NFL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 1,
QB Rating		RAT	Passing Yards		YDS
	1. Michael Vick	94.2		1. Peyton Manning	4,162
	2. Tom Brady (SEA)	92.9		2. Ben Roethlisberger (OAK)	3,945
	3. Philip Rivers (KC)	88.9		3. Corey Mason (NYG)	3,764
	4. Ben Roethlisberger (OAK)	87.2		4. Kyle Orton (IND)	3,702
	5. Aaron Rodgers (CIN)	864		5. Matt Cassel (NO)	3,696
Passing Touchdowns		TD	Completion Percentage		PCT
	1. Matt Cassel	32		1. Tom Brady	61%
	2. Ben Roethlisberger (OAK)	31		2. Michael Vick (DET)	59
	3. Tom Brady (SEA)	31		3. Aaron Rodgers (CIN)	58%
	4. Kyle Orton (IND)	28		4. Alex Smith (GB)	58%
	5. Peyton Manning (WAS)	27		5. Matt Schaub (PIT)	58%
Rushing Yards		YDS	Rushing Touchdowns		TD
	1. Michael Turner	1,387		1. Steven Jackson	14
	2. Adrian Peterson (NYG)	1,380		2. Michael Turner (CIN)	11
	3. Maurice Jones-Drew (SF)	1,344		3. Ryan Grant (MIN)	11
	4. Steven Jackson (NE)	1,322		4. Benjarvus Green-Ellis (IND)	9
	5. Ryan Grant (MIN)	1.317		5. Rashard Mendenhall (TB)	8
Broken Tackles		BTK	20+ Yard Rushes		20+
	1. Adrian Peterson	46		1. Michael Turner	9
	2. Rachard Mendenhall (TB)	45		2. Ryan Grant (MIN)	9
	3. Steven Jackson (NE)	43		3. Benjarvus Green-Ellis (IND)	8
	4. Cory Beasley (KC)	41		4. Steven Jackson (NE)	8
	5. Benjarvus Green-Ellis	39		5. Rashard Mendenhall (TB)	6

NFL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 1,
Recieving Yards		YDS	Recieving Touchdowns		TD
	1. Marques Colston	1,526		1. Brandon Lloyd	13
	2. Brandon Lloyd (DET)	1,340		2. Marques Colston (SEA)	12
	3. Larry Fitzgerald (CHI)	1,288		3. Calvin Johnson Jr. (STL)	11
	4. Calvin Johnson Jr. (STL)	1,229		4. Larry Fitzgerald (CHI)	10
	5. Derrick Mason (HOU)	1,208		5. Mike Wallace (JAC)	10
Pancake Blocks		PCAKE	Sacks Allowed		SACK
	1. Flozell Adams	17		1. Davin Joseph	15
	2. Jake Long (MEM)	16		2. Brandon Moore (SDG)	13
	3. Andre Gurode (NYG)	16		3. Beau Boone (ATL)	13
	4. Andrew Whitworth (BAL)	13		4. Rich Seubert (MIA)	12
	5. Tharold Reedy (DEN)	12		5. Joe Staley (CHI)	11
Total Tackles		TCKL	Sacks		SCK
	1. Stephen Tulloch	169		1. Lance Briggs	21.5
	2. Lofa Tatupu (HOU)	169		2. Trevor Scott (DEN)	19.0
	3. James Harrison (TEN)	162		3. Randy Starks (JAC)	14.5
	4. Rolando McClain (ARI)	161		4. Justin Smith (NO)	14.0
	5. Patrick Willis (MIA)	157		5. Igor Olshansky (TB)	13.0
Interceptions		INT	Forced Fumbles		FUMB
	1. Richard Marshall	7		1. Stephen Tulloch	8
	2. Al Harris (PIT)	6		2. David Harris (NE)	6
	3. Martavis Walls (TEN)	6		3. Ben Leber (WAS)	6
	4. Charles Tillman (DEN)	5		4. Bart Scott (WAS)	5
	5. Nick Collins (DEN)	5		5. Julian Peterson (SEA)	5

NFL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 1,
Kick Return Yards		YDS	Punt Return Yards		YDS
	1. Ted Ginn	1,669		1. Captain Munnerlyn	602
	2. Marc Mariani (IND)	1,465		2. DeSean Jackson (BUF)	566
	3. Captain Munnerln (TEN)	1,397		3. Eddie Royal (NO)	561
	4. Johnnie Lee Higgins (MIN)	1,192		4. Danieal Manning (WAS)	552
	5. Torrey Smith (WAS)	1,179		5. Johnnie Lee Higgins (MIN)	521
Kick Return Touchdowns		TD	Punt Return Touchdowns		TD
	1. Ted Ginn	1		1. DeSean Jackson	4
	2. Chris Johnson (SDG)	1		2. Marcus Gilchrist (TB)	2
	3. Dez Bryant (DET)	1		3. Danieal Manning (WAS)	2
	4. Patrick Peterson (NE)	1		4. Ted Ginn (CHI)	1
	5. Trence Newman (WAS)	1		5. Patrick Crayton (CIN)	1
Field Goals Made		FGM	Longest Field Goal		LONG
	1. Sebastian Janikowski	38		1. Mike Nugent	56
	2. Garrett Hartley (TB)	34		2. Josh Scobee (ARI)	56
	3. Stephen Gostkowski (OAK)	34		3. Mason Crosby (MEM)	56
	4. Billy Cundiff (PIT)	34		4. Sebastian Janikowski (PHI)	56
	5. Kris Brown (CHI)	33		5. Stephen Gostkowski (OAK)	56
Net Punt Yards Average		NET AVG	Punts Inside 20 Yard Line		IN20
	1. Shane Lechler	39.1		1. Daniel Sepulveda	50
	2. Duston Colquitt (BAL)	39.0		2. Josh Bidwell (DET)	47
	3. Daniel Sepulveda (DAL)	38.8		3. Britton Colquitt (MIN)	47
	4. Chris Kluwe (NYG)	38.3		4. Jeremy Kapinos (SF)	45
	5. Brad Maynard (CHI)	38.1		5. Mat McBriar (NYJ)	45

2011 NFL Pro Bowl Rosters
AFC Offense	Pos	Votes	NFC Offense	Pos	Votes
Ben Roethlisberger	QB	1072563	Peyton Manning	QB	1065915
Matt Schaub	QB	973015	Tom Brady	QB	996881
Kyle Orton	QB	964491	Matt Cassel	QB	1022591
Steven Jackson	HB	553061	Rashard MEndenhall	HB	472789
Michael Turner	HB	510450	Ryan Grant	HB	466599
Tiki Barber	HB	384570	Maurice Jones-Drew	HB	441232
Tim Castille	FB	296044	Jerome Felton	FB	349388
Earnest Graham	FB	293916	John Kuhn	FB	331297
Kenny Britt	WR	446638	Santonio Holmes	WR	448241
Vincent Jackson	WR	442085	MArques Colston	WR	672932
Desean Jackson	WR	443693	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	550537
Derrick Mason	WR	506893	Calvin Johnson Jr	WR	527448
Andre Johnson	WR	516073	Jeremy MAclin	WR	485956
Hines Ward	WR	450705	Braylon Edwards	WR	453304
Jason Witten	TE	913823	Visanthe Shiancoe	TE	784375
Heath Miller	TE	841336	Aaron Hernandez	TE	836,206
Owen Daniels	TE	806682	Dallas Clark	TE	890211
Andrew Whitworth	T	146039	Stephon Heyer	T	134,544
Chad Clifton	T	111681	D'Brickawhaw Ferguson	T	131,439
Jake Long*	T	165952	Flozell Adams	T	138,282
Erik Gibson	T	120914	Jared Veldheer	T	118,18
Deuce Lutui	G	144120	Chris Snee	G	128,314
Kasey Studdard	G	129100	Uche Nwaneri	G	135,113
Carl Nicks	G	143315	Leonard Davis	G	127,134
Harvey Dahl	G	134078	Bobbie Williams	G	113,116
Maurkice Pouncey*	C	132074	Andre Gurode	C	163,246
Eric Heitemann	C	135204	Dan Koppen	C	132,158
AFC Defense	Pos	Votes	NFC Defense	Pos	Votes
Trevor Scott	DE	803,969	Justin Smith	DE	807,338
Cliff Avril	DE	615,929	Igor Olshansky	DE	587,264
Cullen Jenkins	DE	608,047	Ty Warren	DE	586,399
Randy Starks	DE	175,511	Ziggy Hood	DE	578,206
Casey Hampton	DT	630,328	Vince Wilfork	DT	541,068
Tyson Alualu	DT	448,797	Barry Cofield	DT	504,820
Pat Sims	DT	428,804	Brodrick Bunkley	DT	481,552
Anthony Spencer	OLB	316,822	Keith Rivers	OLB	333,032
Michael Boley	OLB	315,752	Chad Greenway	OLB	316,138
Cameron Wake	OLB	383,376	Ben Leber	OLB	412,233
Lance Briggs	OLB	421,053	Kamerion Wimberley	OLB	363,449
Stephen Tulloch	MLB	925,907	Rolano McClain	MLB	964,505
Lofa Tatupu	MLB	925,236	Bart Scott	MLB	962,332
Martavis Walls	CB	449,907	Andre' Goodman	CB	435,909
Al Harris	CB	444,870	Darrelle Revis	CB	578,453
Charles Woodson	CB	557,836	Leon Hall	CB	471,905
Charles Tillman	CB	484,258	Terrell Thomas	CB	454,668
Nick Collins	FS	470,891	OJ Atogwe	FS	484,098
Reed Doughty	FS	338,939	Brian Dawkins	FS	365,366
Yeremiah Bell	SS	226,809	Lawyer Milloy	SS	217,120
Deon Grant	SS	257,182	Troy Polamalu	SS	278,603
AFC Special Teams	Pos	Votes	NFC Special Teams	Pos	Votes
Stephen Gostkowski	K	291,158	Sebastian Janikowski	K	272,132
Mat McBriar	P	188,896	Britton Colquitt	P	200,529
Marc Mariani	PR	207,667	Ted Ginn	KR	248,754
Captain Munnerlyn	KR	222,451	Marcus Gilchrist	KR	185,129

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WILD CARD WEEKEND

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20 at 23

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12 at 23

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24 at 31

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DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS

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28 AT 24

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27 AT 23

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14 AT 31

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9 AT 41

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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14 AT 17

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24 AT 27

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STEELERS WIN 7TH SUPERBOWL

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30 AT 23

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RETIREMENTS

37 year old LT Barry Sims has announced his retirement after 13 years in the NFL.
37 year old LOLB Mike Vrabel has announced his retirement from the NFL after a 15-year career
36 year old MLB Keith Brooking has announced his retirement after 14 seasons in the NFL.