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The 2008 NFL draft was the 73rd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players. The draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City , New York , on April 26 and April 27, 2008.
In addition to being one of eight offensive tackles drafted in the first round that year, [118] Long was only the 3rd offensive tackle ever to be taken with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft, after Hall of Famer Orlando Pace (1997, a 5-time All-Pro and All-Decade team for the 2000s) and Hall of Famer Ron Yary (1968, an 8-time All-Pro and ...
Regarded as one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history, Wagner is a member of the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team and won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks in 2013. He is also a ten-time Pro Bowler, an eleven-time All-Pro selection, a three-time NFL tackles leader, and leads all active players in career tackles. [1]
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League (NFL), themed with the slogan "Believe in Now.". Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, [2] with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals 27–23 and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy.
The teams also swapped sixth-round picks in the 2008 NFL draft. [74] April 26 – Acquired linebacker Akin Ayodele and tight end Anthony Fasano from the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for the team's fourth-round pick (100th overall) in the 2008 NFL draft. [75] The pick was later traded to the Oakland Raiders and used to select cornerback Tyvon ...
LaDainian Tomlinson holds the single-season scoring record with 186 in 2006. In American football, scoring can be achieved via touchdown (six points), a field goal (three points), a safety (two points), or by conversion try. After a touchdown is scored, a team will attempt a conversion try, often called the point after touchdown (PAT), for either one or two points. The National Football League ...
In 2000, he was named to USA Today's All-Joe Team, recognizing the NFL's most "overlooked, ignored and hard-working" players. [1] Williams intercepted his first career pass and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown, picking off Miami Dolphins quarterback A. J. Feeley on December 5, 2004, sealing the win for Buffalo 42-32 and breaking open a 3 ...
This is a list of National Football League (NFL) players who have led the regular season in solo and combined tackles each year. The record for most solo tackles is held by Ray Lewis, who made 156 in the 1997 season, while the record for most combined tackles belongs to Hardy Nickerson, who made 214 in 1993.