Vikings

Well…they did it. We all expected it and they did it. The San Diego Chargers released 30-year-old running back LaDainian Tomlinson last Tuesday.

The man who kept the electricity in the Chargers offense for the past eight years will be looking for a new home over the course of the next few weeks but he shouldn’t have to look too hard. There are a plethora of teams that should be willing to glance in L.T.’s direction for next season.

NFL vice president of officiating Mike Pereira is speaking out against a hit that came in the third-quarter of the NFC Championship game against Brett Favre that should have been called a penalty and reversed a costly interception.

"It's the type of hit that we don't want," NFL vice president of officiating Mike Pereira said, "... because clearly we're trying to protect the knees and we need to focus on this to make sure we don't miss [them]."

Though Brett Favre has mentioned that it is very unlikely that he returns to the NFL next season, it’s never say never with Brett and that’s why Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress says he won’t give the quarterback a deadline.

Just like Favre waited during the offseason, skipped training camp and led the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, Childress will wait for Favre to either play or not for the 2010 NFL season.

Just last week the New Orleans Saints decided to bring Deuce McAllister back as an honorary captain before their divisional game against the Arizona Cardinals. This week McAllister has decided to retire from the NFL.

McAllister has not played since 2008 when the Saints released him then brought him back for last week’s game. His retirement ends an eight-year injury-plagued career for a player who holds the Saints rushing records.

After such a phenomenal season, though he did not receive a single vote for the NFL MVP, Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson has been named the NFL’s offensive player of the year.

His speed during the regular season was obviously blinding and his numbers as well demonstrated that he deserves the award. Considered the fastest player in the NFL, Johnson was not only fast, he was elusive as well.

The Seattle Seahawks organization is under scrutiny from all areas, because it was mentioned that they did not honor the Rooney Rule by interviewing a minority for their head coaching job before making a decision.

Speaking after new coach Pete Carroll was introduced, Seahawks’ chief executive Tod Leiweke said he offered the team’s president position to Tony Dungy.

Just past the midway point into the season and the NFC East has turned into one of the most erratic divisions in a long time. The New York Giants started off with a 5-0 record and were on top of the football world. Everyone had all but penciled them into the Super Bowl, and then next thing you know they drop four in a row.

As NFL Network kicks off their coverage of NFL games on Thursday night, two teams will be on display that desperately need to get back to winning.

The Chicago Bears started this season with high hopes after adding quarterback Jay Cutler to the team via trade, but so far, a 4-4 record wasn’t exactly what the Bears were expecting. For a long time, the talk in Chicago had been that the team was only a franchise quarterback away from getting back to the Super Bowl and winning, but that has not proven to be true.

Brett Favre is probably the most competitive person in the NFL and do not let a groin injury fool you about him possibility getting sideline from playing this Sunday coming off a bye week; especially when his opponent this Sunday is the Detroit Lions.

Favre, who has led the Vikings to a 7-1 record so far this season, will certainly like to lead Minnesota to a probably convincing win over the Lions as they continue to dominate the NFC North.

According to Rivals.com, the son of the late Steve McNair will be heading to Southern Miss. to play football.

Steve McNair Jr., a senior at Oak Grove High in Hattiesburg, Miss., announced his decision on Thursday that he chose Southern Miss. over Minnesota, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Nebraska, West Virginia and others. McNair Jr. is a receiver and has caught passes from Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre while he was trying to decide whether to stay retired.