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Which Team Is the Next New Orleans?

By Chris Burke 2/10/2010 9:00 AM ET

Lombardi TrophyThe Saints' Super Bowl win on Sunday ended a grueling 43-year title drought for the franchise -- since entering the league in 1967, New Orleans had never played in a championship game, let alone won the big one.

But in taking down the Colts, the Saints became the 18th NFL franchise to capture a Super Bowl crown. That leaves 14 desperate title-less teams, of which four (Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville and Houston) have never even made it to the NFL's grandest stage.

So with an eye toward next season and beyond, we take a look at who could be next to break through.
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Roger Goodell: Donte Stallworth Reinstated After Super Bowl

By Michael David Smith 2/05/2010 3:20 PM ET

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth, who was suspended for the entire 2009 season as a result of his DUI manslaughter conviction, will be welcomed back into the league next week.

"He will be reinstated after the Super Bowl," Goodell said of Stallworth.

Goodell said he sat down with Stallworth face-to-face for close to an hour at the end of the regular-season and discussed his suspension and reinstatement. Goodell indicated that he came away from that conversation convinced that Stallworth sincerely wants to turn his life around.
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Tom Heckert Fills Cleveland GM Position

By R.J. White 1/11/2010 8:02 PM ET

Tom HeckertJust a few weeks after adding Mike Holmgren to the organization in the capacity of team president, the Cleveland Browns have made another promising hire, signing Tom Heckert to be the club's new general manager. Heckert comes to Cleveland from Philadelphia, where he spent nine years, the final four as the Eagles' general manager.

Heckert boasts a long list of playoff appearances with the Eagles that have come thanks to the strong nucleus that Heckert, Andy Reid and the rest of the Eagles' staff built. He'll presumably have a bit more control over personnel decisions in Cleveland -- in Philadelphia, Reid maintained the final say on matters.
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Eric Mangini, Staff Will Remain in Cleveland

By Michael David Smith 1/07/2010 3:04 PM ET

Eric ManginiNew Cleveland Browns boss Mike Holmgren has reportedly decided to bring back head coach Eric Mangini.

"I was able to gain some tremendous insight into his thought process and philosophies, and came away from our meetings very impressed," Holmgren said in a statement Thursday. "In my opinion, Eric has gained the respect and admiration of players, coaches and others in the organization, and with him continuing to lead the team I feel that we are headed in the right direction.

"Working together, our goal is to build on the strong tradition of this franchise and help get the Browns back to the playoffs."
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Sebastian Janikowski Buries 61-Yard Field Goal to End Half

By Will Brinson 12/28/2009 9:50 AM ET

The Raiders have one of the longer-legged kickers in the NFL in Sebastian Janikowski. As such, they're willing to trot him out frequently to attempt absurdly long field goals. Like, say, "61 yards" long.

Now, before you scoff at 61 yards, remember that it's only been successfully hit six times in the history of the NFL (for history buffs: Tom Dempsey and Jason Elam have 63-yarders, Matt Bryant and Rob Bironas have 61-yarders and Steve Cox and Morten Anderson have 60-yarders.) For math buffs, yes, Janikowski now has the third longest field goal in NFL history, which you can witness below.

Did Mangini, Morris Save Their Jobs?

By Dave Goldberg 12/28/2009 8:00 AM ET

Raheem MorrisThe hot item on Sunday's rumor mill was about Bill Cowher and the Bucs. Cowher, so the rumors went, had been approached by Tampa Bay about replacing Raheem Morris after it looked like Morris would go 2-14 in his rookie year. That was following the speculation all week about Mike Holmgren's intentions as the new president of the Browns toward Eric Mangini, who seemed to be coaching his way to oblivion.

Except that the Bucs then went out and won their second straight game, 20-17 in overtime in New Orleans, over a team that until last week was unbeaten. And the Browns won their third straight, beating Oakland for their fourth victory of the season.

At least Holmgren is a football man who will make the right choice for the right reasons. The Glazer family, owners of the Bucs, know so little about football that it took them six years to figure out that the Super Bowl they won after the 2002 season was the work of Tony Dungy and Rich McKay, not Jon Gruden and Bruce Allen, who they fired a year ago.

Hey guys, if you're gonna clean house for a baby coach, at least give him some time to learn.
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Jerome Harrison Was No Fluke, Helps Browns Win Again

By Matt Snyder 12/27/2009 6:00 PM ET

Jerome HarrisonLast week, Jerome Harrison opened the collective eyes of thousands of football fans, as he came close to the single-game rushing record. He carried the ball 34 times for 286 yards against the Chiefs. Sunday, Harrison showed he's capable of being the workhorse once again. He took the ball a mind-boggling 39 times (seriously, 73 carries in two consecutive games is insane) and made it into 148 yards. He found the end zone once, but most importantly for his team, helped the Browns win the game, 23-9.

In fact, the Browns have now won three straight games for the first time since 2007. It's anyone's guess as to whether or not this late surge will be enough to salvage the job of head coach Eric Mangini, but the progress of the team cannot be ignored by newly hired "Football Czar" Mike Holmgren. They'll look to close the season on a huge run next week against the now-eliminated from playoff contention Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Zebra Report: Fun With Formations

By Matt Snyder 12/23/2009 10:00 AM ET

Monday night, the Washington Redskins took a page out of, well, someone's old-school playbook. They attempted to run the old "swinging gate" from a field goal (known to officials as a "scrimmage kick") formation. From where I sit, the timing couldn't have been better. Not only do I believe we have never gone through the legalities of offensive formations yet in the Zebra Report (side note: I've been running this feature now for less than two seasons and I can't even remember if we've covered something or not. And I'm 31. Is this what aging is like?), but I've gotten a few e-mails about possible illegal formation infractions in the past couple weeks as well. It's like the karma police intervened and handed me Jim Zorn's coaching carcass on a silver platter.

Anyway, yes, obviously the swinging gate is a legal formation since nothing was called by the officials after they had a timeout to think about it. Since I received a few questions on the matter, we'll delve a little deeper into formation rules. We'll discuss that, some general guidelines and tackle two e-mails. Also, stay tuned even if you don't care about formation rules, because there are some other random tidbits to cover.
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Brady Quinn Done for Season

By Josh Alper 12/22/2009 12:15 PM ET

Mike Holmgren hasn't been on the job for 24 hours and he's already run into his first snag as czar of the Browns. Brady Quinn, whose future is one of the bigger decisions facing Holmgren, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday and that means the moustachioed mastermind won't have a chance to evaluate his play in living color over the last two weeks.

Quinn hurt his foot at some point during the victory over the Chiefs on Sunday and will presumably be replaced by Derek Anderson.

That's not great for Quinn, either. Obviously he wasn't working with the 2007 Patriots, but among the 33 qualified quarterbacks in the NFL Quinn ranks 32nd in completion percentage and yards per attempt this season. As always, the mediocre quarterbacks of the NFL have many reasons to thank the heavens for JaMarcus Russell's existence.
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Cleveland Browns Hire Mike Holmgren

By Michael David Smith 12/21/2009 6:27 PM ET

Mike HolmgrenThe Cleveland Browns have found their new "football czar," hiring former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren to oversee all football operations.

"We are pleased to announce that Mike Holmgren has agreed to join the Cleveland Browns," said Browns owner Randy Lerner in a statement released by the team. "We will spend the rest of the week finalizing the details of the agreement and will make a formal announcement next week, at which time we will make him available to the media."
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