year	2010
regular season	September 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011
playoffs start	January 8, 2011 – January 23, 2011
nfcchampion	Green Bay Packers
afcchampion	Pittsburgh Steelers
sb name	XLV
sb date	February 6, 2011
sb site	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
nflchampion	Green Bay Packers
pb date	January 30, 2011
pb site	Aloha Stadium, Halawa, Honolulu, Hawaii

The 2010 NFL season was the 91st regular season of the National Football League.

The regular season began with the NFL Kickoff game on NBC on Thursday, September 9, at the Louisiana Superdome as the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV champions, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 14–9.

Tom Brady, quarterback of the New England Patriots, was named MVP for the 2010 season. In Super Bowl XLV, the League's championship game played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31–25 to win their fourth Super Bowl. This season also marked the first full-length season in which a team with a losing record made the playoffs, when the Seattle Seahawks won the NFC West with a 7–9 record.

Schedule

The 2010 regular season is the first year that the league will use a modified version of the scheduling formula that was first introduced in , in which all teams will play each other at least once every four years, and will play in every other team's stadium at least once every eight years (notwithstanding the regular season games played overseas as part of the NFL International Series). Under the original 2002 formula, since the pairings were strictly based on alphabetical order, those teams scheduled to play all the AFC West clubs had to travel to both Oakland and San Diego in the same season, while those clubs playing the entire NFC West had to make their way to both San Francisco and Seattle. In , the New England Patriots and New York Jets each had to make cross-country trips to ''all four'' of the aforementioned West Coast teams. In an effort to relieve east coast teams from having to travel to the West Coast multiple times during the same season, clubs would only have to visit one West Coast team (AFC West or NFC West), plus one western team from the same division closer to the Midwest, under the 2010 modified formula. Specifically, those clubs traveling to Oakland will now also play at Denver, while those playing at San Diego will also play at Kansas City. For teams scheduled to play the NFC West, those travelling to San Francisco will also go to Arizona, while those scheduled to play in Seattle will also go to St. Louis.

For the 2010 season, the intraconference and interconference matchups are:

The entire 2010 regular-season schedule was unveiled at 7:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, April 20. Additionally, schedule release shows aired on both the NFL Network and as a SportsCenter special on ESPN2.

Draft

The league's 75th annual selection meeting, more commonly known as the NFL Draft, took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from April 22–24, the first time that the draft was held over three days instead of the normal two.

Preseason

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game was held on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 8:00 pm EDT on NBC, with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Cincinnati Bengals, 16–7 at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio. The remainder of the preseason game matchups were announced March 31, 2010. Highlights, among others, include the New York Giants and New York Jets facing off in the first-ever game at New Meadowlands Stadium on ESPN. The preseason game in the Bills Toronto Series featured the host Bills defeating the Indianapolis Colts in Toronto on Thursday, August 19 by a score of 34–21. Exact dates and times for most games were announced in April, shortly after the regular season games were announced.

Regular season

Opening weekend

The NFL Kickoff Game, the first game of the season, took place on Thursday, September 9, 2010, starting at 8:35 pm EDT, with the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints hosting the Minnesota Vikings, in a rematch of the 2009 NFC Championship Game. The Saints won 14–9. Like in previous years, the opening week's prime-time games were expected to be announced at the NFL's annual owners meetings in late March, but that wasn't the case this year, with the schedule announced on April 20.

On March 15, 2010, the NFL announced that both the New York Giants and New York Jets will play at home during the opening weekend to open New Meadowlands Stadium. The Giants played on Sunday with a 1 pm EDT kickoff against the Carolina Panthers and the Jets opened ESPN's Monday Night Football schedule against the Baltimore Ravens the next night. For the nightcap, the San Diego Chargers traveled to play their division rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, marking the first time that a team from outside the Mountain or Pacific Time Zones has played in, or hosted, the "late" (10:15 pm ET) game. The game started at 9:15 pm Kansas City time (Central).

No undefeated teams after Week Five

While the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints had both started the year before 13–0 (with the Colts even going 14–0), on October 10, the Kansas City Chiefs became the last team to lose, losing to the Colts 19–9. It would mark the first time that no NFL team reached 4–0 since 1970, when the Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, and Los Angeles Rams started the season 3–0 but all lost in Week 4.

International play

The 2010 season featured one International Series game, played at Wembley Stadium in London. The teams for this game were confirmed on January 15, 2010, with the San Francisco 49ers playing host to the Denver Broncos on October 31, 2010, at 1:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm GMT). The 49ers won 24–16, scoring 21 points in the 4th quarter. CBS televised this game on a regional basis, as the Broncos were the "visiting" team. The Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks, who had expressed interest in previous games, were a possible matchup for a second NFL game (with the Seahawks as the home team), but league officials dropped a plan for two games in the UK, citing the economy and ongoing labor negotiations.

The following week, the third regular-season game of the Bills Toronto Series featured the Buffalo Bills hosting the Chicago Bears at Toronto's Rogers Centre on November 7 at 1 pm EST, marking the first time that the regular-season portion of the series has taken place during the Canadian Football League season and the first time an NFC opponent played in the series.

NFL vs. World Series Game 4

On the same day that the Broncos and 49ers played in London, the Saints hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers on NBC's Sunday Night Football. This game was televised opposite Game Four of the World Series on Fox, a practice the league had traditionally avoided. The Saints won this game 20–10.

Thanksgiving and Christmas

The Thanksgiving games took place on Thursday, November 25, 2010, with the Detroit Lions falling to the visiting New England Patriots, 45–24. The second game featured the Dallas Cowboys giving up a late lead to the New Orleans Saints. New Orleans won 30–27 when Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw a go-ahead touchdown to Lance Moore with less than two minutes remaining. In the prime-time NFL Network game, the New York Jets defeated the visiting Cincinnati Bengals, 26–10.

Both the Saints and Bengals made their first appearance in a Thanksgiving game; in the case of the Bengals, it also marked the first appearance of an AFC North team on Thanksgiving since 1998, when the Pittsburgh Steelers of what was known as the AFC Central played the Detroit Lions.

Additionally, since Christmas Day fell on a Saturday in 2010, the NFL scheduled a Christmas game between the Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona on December 25 on NFL Network. The Cowboys came back from a 21–3 deficit behind third-string quarterback Stephen McGee to take a 26–24 lead late in the fourth quarter, but kicker David Buehler missed an extra point, allowing the Cardinals to win the game 27–26 on a last-second Jay Feely field goal.

Week 17: Division games only

The entire Week 17 schedule, played on January 2, 2011, consisted solely of divisional contests, in an attempt to increase competition after several cases over the last few seasons of playoff-bound teams resting their regular starters and playing their reserves.

Scheduling changes

The Eagles–Bears and Buccaneers–Ravens games in Week 12 were moved from 1:00 pm EST to 4:15 pm EST. The Falcons–Buccaneers game in Week 13 was moved from 1:00 pm to 4:15 pm EST. The Patriots–Bears game in Week 14 was moved from 1:00 pm to 4:15 pm EST

The Week 14 game between the Vikings and the Giants was changed from Sunday, December 12 at 12:00 pm EST to Monday, December 13 at 7:20 pm EST because of the collapse of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome's roof. (See "Stadiums" below.)

By way of flexible scheduling, three game times were changed in Week 16: The Vikings–Eagles game, originally scheduled for 1:00 pm EST on Fox, was flexed into the 8:20 pm time slot on NBC's Sunday Night Football. The originally-scheduled NBC Sunday Night game between the Chargers–Bengals was changed to a 4:05 pm EST kickoff on CBS. The Seahawks–Buccaneers game was moved from 1:00 pm to 4:15 pm EST.

The Vikings-Eagles game was then postponed to Tuesday, December 28 at 8 pm due to public safety concerns resulting from an anticipated snowstorm in Philadelphia, even though no snow had fallen at the time of the postponement. The resulting game was the first Tuesday NFL game since 1946.

By way of flexible scheduling, the following Week 17 games were changed: The Rams-Seahawks game, originally scheduled at 4:15 pm EST, was moved onto Sunday Night Football. Also, the Jaguars-Texans, Titans-Colts, Bears-Packers, Cowboys-Eagles and Giants-Redskins matches were all rescheduled from 1:00 pm to the 4:15 pm slot. Except for Cowboys-Eagles, all these games carried playoff implications. (Per its flexible scheduling rules for Week 17, the league had to commit to move these games a full six days in advance before the aforementioned Week 16 Vikings-Eagles game eventually played out on that Tuesday night. Had Philadelphia won that game instead of Minnesota, they would have still been in contention for a first round playoff bye.)

Regular season standings

''Playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green

;Tie-breakers Pittsburgh clinched the AFC North title instead of Baltimore based on division record (5–1 to Baltimore's 4–2). Houston finished ahead of Tennessee in the AFC South based on division record (3–3 to Tennessee's 2–4). Philadelphia clinched the NFC East title based on a head-to-head sweep over New York. Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on division record (3–3 to Washington's 2–4). Detroit finished ahead of Minnesota in the NFC North based on division record (2–4 to Minnesota's 1–5). Seattle clinched the NFC West title instead of St. Louis based on division record (4–2 to St. Louis' 3–3). Indianapolis clinched the AFC No. 3 seed instead of Kansas City based on a head-to-head victory. Green Bay clinched the NFC No. 6 seed based on better strength of victory (.475) than the N.Y. Giants (.400) or Tampa Bay (.344).

Postseason

The 2010–11 NFL playoff tournament began January 8–9, 2011 with wild card weekend. Following that, the divisional playoffs set the matchups for the NFC Championship Game, to be played at 3:00 pm EST on January 23, and the AFC Championship Game, to be played at 6:30 pm EST.

After a backlash from players and critics about the previous season's Pro Bowl being played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida in the contiguous United States, the 2011 Pro Bowl was played at Aloha Stadium in Halawa, Honolulu, Hawaii. The date was January 30, 2011, the week before the Super Bowl. An NFL spokesman stated that "Plans for future Pro Bowls are not final." Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian has stated his objections to the format, and is in favor of returning the game to after the Super Bowl as in previous years.

The annual Pro Bowl had previously been played in Hawaii for 30 consecutive seasons from 1980 to 2009. However, the NFL and State of Hawaii officials only agreed to a two-year deal to hold the Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium in 2011 and 2012. This gives the option of playing the Pro Bowl in Hawaii on a rotational basis with the mainland, so it both maintains the traditional ties of holding it on the islands and providing accessibility to fans when played in the contiguous 48 states.

Super Bowl XLV, was held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on February 6, 2011, and was the NFL's final event of the 2010 season.

Bracket

Labor issues

NFL owners voted in 2008 to opt out of their collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) as of the end of the 2010 season. (The vote was 23 in favor, 9 against; the extension measure needed 24 to pass, which would have set the CBA to expire after the 2012 season). Since a new CBA was not reached with the NFLPA, 2010 was an uncapped season, meaning that there was no salary cap or salary floor between which teams had to operate. Also, the uncapped season limited unrestricted free agency only to players with at least six years of experience, as opposed to four under a capped season. The final eight teams alive in the 2009–10 NFL playoffs (Arizona, Dallas, Minnesota and New Orleans in the NFC; and Baltimore, Indianapolis, the New York Jets and San Diego in the AFC) were restricted in the free agents they would be able to sign.

The issue of a CBA continued into the 2011 NFL season, affecting most of the off-season – see 2011 NFL lockout for more details.

Rule changes

The following rule changes were passed at the league's annual owners meeting in March:

The overtime procedure for postseason games has changed. Instead of a straight sudden death, the game will not immediately end if the team that wins the coin toss only scores a field goal on its first possession (they can still win the game if they score a touchdown). Instead, the other team gets a possession. If the coin toss loser then scores a touchdown, it is declared the winner. If the score is tied after both teams had a possession whether the coin toss loser scored a field goal to tie it or punted it away, then it goes back to sudden death. These changes were passed in response to recent statistics that show that since 1994, teams that win the coin toss have won overtime 59.8 percent of the time, and won 34.4 percent of the time on the first possession on a field goal. This included the 2009 NFC Championship Game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints where the Saints won the overtime coin toss and scored a field goal on their first possession to win the game. In May, the league decided against applying these overtime rule changes to regular season games as well. As all of the 2010–2011 playoff games ended in regulation, the new rule wasn't tested during its first year of use. The first game that would use this rule was a 2011–12 playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos, however the Broncos scored a game-winning touchdown on the first play from scrimmage of the overtime period.

The definition of a "defenseless receiver" (where a receiver cannot be hit in the head or neck area by an opponent who launches himself and makes contact with his helmet, shoulder, or forearm) will now apply to every defenseless player.

A play will now immediately be whistled dead once a ball carrier's helmet is knocked off.

The position of the umpire has been moved from behind the defensive linebackers (except in the last two minutes of the first half, the last five minutes of the second half, and anytime the offense is inside the defense's five-yard-line) to the offensive backfield opposite the throwing arm of the quarterback in order to reduce the numerous times that the official has been run over during plays.

During field goal and extra point attempts, defenders cannot line up directly across from the long snapper.

Dead ball 15-yard personal fouls that are committed on the final play of either the second or fourth quarters will be assessed on the second half or overtime kickoff, respectively. Previously, such penalties during those situations were not enforced.

Punt returners who make a fair catch signal but then muff the ball are now entitled with the opportunity to catch the ball before it hits the ground without interference. If there is interference during such a scenario, the receiving team would be awarded the ball at the spot of the foul, but no penalty yardage would be assessed.

The 2009 temporary modification to the rules regarding balls in play that strike an object such as a video board or a guide wire has been made permanent. Prior to 2009, only the down was replayed. The 2009 modification added resetting the game clock to the time when the original play was snapped. This amendment was originally passed in response to a punt hitting the center-hung video display boards of Cowboys Stadium during a 2009 pre-season game.

The replay system will now also be allowed to cover whether there was some sort of interference with the ball during a play.

If the clock is stopped in the final minute of either half for a replay review, but would not have stopped without the review, there will be a 10-second runoff (similar to when the offensive team commits a penalty inside of one minute in order to preserve time). As with any other 10-second runoff, teams are permitted to take a timeout instead.

Crowd noise

The NFL relaxed all rules regarding crowd noise, citing the need to increase the in-stadium experience to lure more fans to attend games. In addition, the league cited the advances in the coach-to-quarterback radio communications, and more visiting teams using silent snap counts as an alternative to overcome crowd noise.

The NFL's rules to "legislate the fans", and help visiting offensive players hear the snap count, have been controversial from the start. In one notorious example, then-Cincinnati Bengals head coach Sam Wyche and then-quarterback Boomer Esiason "protested" the crowd noise rules during a 1989 nationally televised preseason game against the New Orleans Saints by constantly complaining to the referee about the loud crowd noise inside the Superdome.

The league will still allow stadiums to post visual noise meters and other scoreboard messages to incite fans to make noise, but they must cease when the play clock is down to 15 seconds. However, home team are still prohibited from pumping in artificial noise.

Crackdown on illegal hits

After several violent hits throughout the NFL made the news in Week 3, the league announced that it would consider suspending players for illegal hits, such as helmet-to-helmet hits or other blows to the head. (Previously, players could only be fined for such hits.) The league also instructed all officials and referees to have an even higher level of attention toward flagrant hits. Game officials were also instructed to err on the side of safety, and throw flags even when in doubt.

The crackdown has been controversial. Many defensive players have complained that the league is being too strict in their interpretation of what constitutes an "illegal hit", and that it forces them to behave significantly different than how they were taught to play the game. Another concern is the league's instructions to game officials to err on the side of caution, since questionable calls late in close games significantly affect their outcome. However, the medical community has supported the move, believing that it would help reduce concussions and other head injuries.

The league did not end up suspending any players for violent or illegal hits, however several players were fined for these types of hits within the first few weeks of the crackdown.

Super Bowl and conference logo, trophy changes

Starting with Super Bowl XLV, the template of all Super Bowl logos will virtually remain the same. The only differences from year to year will be the stadium backdrop and the Roman numerals for the game as well as colors of the area. For Super Bowl XLV, Cowboys Stadium is featured and "XLV" signifying the forty-fifth Super Bowl game.

The NFL also introduced new Lamar Hunt and George Halas trophies for the AFC and NFC Championship games. The trophies were changed from a brown base with an 'A' or 'N' on top of it surrounded by players layered on a frieze upon a wall, to silver trophies in the make of a football. Additionally, both the NFC and AFC logos were revamped and recolored to reflect the current shield adopted two years earlier and with four stars running down the inside on both logos top to bottom from left to right instead of the six surrounding the AFC and three down the side of the NFC logo as each conference has four divisions. In addition, all event and playoff logos have undergone a complete makeover in a new logo system.

Uniforms

In the 2010 season, the Washington Redskins were the only team who made a major change to their main uniforms, wearing gold pants with their burgundy jerseys, and except for a game against the Packers, wore them for home games instead of their white jerseys and red pants. The white pants were not abandoned entirely, and would be worn together with the burgundy jerseys for the two away games ( and one home game ) in which their opponent wore white at home. This was made possible with a sleeve modification, in which the broad yellow and white stripes were severely shrunken on an elastic band (same for white jerseys) so that when wearing the gold pants, the team also wore the retro style socks that had a different stripe pattern matching the sleeves of the day, so there is no longer a stripe design conflict.

The Green Bay Packers became the first team to officially unveil a third uniform for 2010, a throwback uniform based on their 1929 uniforms when they won their first NFL championship. The throwbacks are as accurate as possible while complying with current NFL guidelines, with a brown modern-shell helmet in place of the leather helmets of 1929, along with blue jerseys and gold circles with the jersey numbers nested within the circles, and brown pants. Like throwbacks worn in recent seasons by the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, and the archrival Minnesota Vikings, these throwbacks will be a permanent addition to the Packers uniforms, unlike throwbacks worn by the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers that were intended as one-time deals but made permanent, as well as several one-shot throwbacks in recent years. The new Packers throwbacks replace the previous throwbacks (which comprised the current helmets with the "G" logo and stripes removed, white jerseys with plain green lettering, and tan pants) worn sporadically since the early 2000s (decade).

Also going the throwback route were the Chicago Bears, who harkened back to the Sid Luckman era with a 1940's set, replacing the pumpkin orange third jerseys, and the Indianapolis Colts, who will wear throwbacks as well. Since the Colts only have two colors, they only have previously worn a throwback jersey once in their history, in . The difference between the 2004 throwback and the 2010 throwback is the helmet color, which reverses the 2004 scheme.

The Arizona Cardinals, who were the only team to not wear a third jersey in any form since the NFL allowed third jerseys in , unveiled a black third jersey to be worn in 2010.

The Philadelphia Eagles have adopted their championship uniforms that were worn September 12 against the Packers, the team they beat to win their last championship in celebration of the 50th anniversary of that game.

The Tennessee Titans returned to using navy blue jerseys as their third jersey, after a one-year hiatus in which they wore light blue Houston Oilers throwback jerseys in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the American Football League, but did not wear them for any game in 2010.

The Pittsburgh Steelers wore their throwbacks against the Cleveland Browns on October 17 and against the New England Patriots on November 14.

The Seattle Seahawks have retired the neon green uniform worn for one game in against Chicago, which was in turn an offshoot from a April Fools Day joke written about by Uni Watch founder Paul Lukas that year.

Media

This is the fifth season under the current television contracts with the league's television partners: CBS (all AFC Sunday afternoon away games and one Thanksgiving game), Fox (all NFC Sunday afternoon away games and one Thanksgiving game), NBC (17 Sunday night games and the kickoff game), ESPN (17 Monday night games over sixteen weeks), NFL Network (eight late-season games on Thursday and Saturday nights, including one Thanksgiving game), and DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket package. These contracts run through at least 2013.

In national radio, this is the second year on Westwood One's most recent contract extension. The network also agreed to a four-year extension on December 23, 2010.

Nielsen Ratings for the fall 2010 television season have shown viewership increases of up to 10 percent for most of the NFL's broadcast partners; eighteen of the twenty most watched television broadcasts of the season have so far been NFL games.

Stadiums

New Meadowlands Stadium opened in 2010, replacing Giants Stadium as the home of both the New York Giants and the New York Jets. The new stadium is located a few hundred feet away from the old building in the parking lot of Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Unlike Giants Stadium (in which the Giants were the sole NFL tenant until the 1984 season), the new Meadowlands Stadium will be a 50/50 partnership between both New York teams. The Giants played their first regular season game on September 12 against the Carolina Panthers, while the Jets played the following night against the Baltimore Ravens in the first game of a ''Monday Night Football'' doubleheader.

Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs since 1972, underwent a two-year $375 million renovation project which was completed and unveiled in July 2010. The stadium hosted the second game of the ''Monday Night Football'' opening weekend doubleheader when the Chiefs played the San Diego Chargers.

M&T; Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens, installed FieldTurf prior to the 2010 season. The field had been Sportexe Momentum Turf since 2002 and grass before that.

Prior to Week 14, the inflatable roof of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, home of the Minnesota Vikings, buckled and tore as a result of heavy snowfall in Minneapolis, spilling snow onto Mall of America field and rendering the stadium unusable for the remainder of the Vikings' season. The Vikings' scheduled home game against the New York Giants was moved to Detroit's Ford Field and postponed to a 7:20 pm EST kickoff on Monday. Though stadium workers were initially "optimistic" that the roof could be repaired before the Vikings faced the Chicago Bears on December 20, stadium officials determined that such a repair would not be possible in that time frame and the game was moved to TCF Bank Stadium.

Records and milestones

Records

Passing

Consecutive passes without an interception: 335, Tom Brady (Bernie Kosar, 308)

Consecutive games with no interceptions, 2+ touchdowns: 9, Tom Brady (Don Meredith, 6)

Starts

Consecutive starts by a quarterback: 297, Brett Favre

Consecutive starts to start a career: 208, Peyton Manning (Gene Upshaw)

Turnovers

Number of times sacked, career: 525, Brett Favre (John Elway, 516)

Fumbles, career: 166, Brett Favre (Warren Moon, 161)

Fewest turnovers by a team, season: 10, New England Patriots

Most Consecutive Games Without a Turnover, 7, :New England Patriots

Most Touchdowns, Fumbles Recovered, Own and Opponents Season, 7, Arizona Cardinals (3 own, 4 opp)

Most Touchdowns, Own Fumbles Recovered, Season, 3, Arizona Cardinals

Most Touchdowns, Opponents' Fumbles Recovered, Season, 4, Arizona Cardinals

Special Teams

Kicks returned for touchdowns, career: 14, Devin Hester (Brian Mitchell, 13)

Most Touchdowns, Kickoff Returns, Team, Game, 2 (tied), Seattle Seahawks (vs San Diego Chargers), Sept. 26, 2010

Sacks

Most Sacks, Single Team, Half, 9, New York Giants (vs Chicago Bears)

Most Combined Sacks (Both Teams), Half, 11, New York Giants (9) vs Chicago Bears (2), Oct. 3, 2010

Playoff records

Worst record to make the playoffs: 7–9, 2010 Seattle Seahawks (1982 Cleveland Browns and 1982 Detroit Lions, 4–5)

Most playoff games won, all-time (tie): 33, Pittsburgh Steelers

Most consecutive playoff games lost: 7, Kansas City Chiefs

Team with the worst record to win 3 postseason games on the road, 10–6 (tied), Green Bay Packers

All-Time Records set or tied

Most Super Bowl Appearances, all-time, 8, Pittsburgh Steelers

Most League Championships, all-time, 13, Green Bay Packers

Longest Home Game Losing Streak, 14 games, St. Louis Rams (2008–2010)

Longest Road Game Losing Streak, 26 games, Detroit Lions (2007–2010)

Milestones and Firsts

Brett Favre became the first quarterback to throw for 70,000 career yards.

Brett Favre became the first quarterback to throw for 500 career touchdowns.

Brett Favre became the first quarterback to attempt 10,000 career passes.

Brett Favre became the second non-kicker to play in 300 games. (First was Jerry Rice)

DeSean Jackson became the first player in NFL history to end a game by scoring on a punt return as time expired.

The Oakland Raiders became the first team since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger to go unbeaten in their division and miss the playoffs.

The Seattle Seahawks became the first team to win a division with a losing record (7–9).

The Seattle Seahawks became the first team to win a playoff game with a losing record.

Defensive end Osi Umenyiora set the NFL Record for forced fumbles in a season, with 10.

The Green Bay Packers became the first team since the 1962 Detroit Lions to never trail a single game by more than 7 points at any time.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers became the first team since the merger to start 10 rookies and still complete a winning season (10–6). The Buccaneers would however go on to miss the playoffs.

Coaching changes

Pre-season

! Team	! 2010 Coach	! 2009 Coach(es)	! Reason for leaving	! Story/Accomplishments
Buffalo Bills		Dick Jauron, Perry Fewell (interim for 7 weeks)	Fired				Gailey, who was last seen in the NFL as the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator before Todd Haley fired him prior to the 2009 regular season, was named the new Bills coach on January 19; he was recommended to the Bills by former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher.
Washington Redskins	Mike Shanahan, former head coach of the Denver Broncos	Jim Zorn	Fired	Zorn, who was first hired to be offensive coordinator but had never been a head coach before being given the coaching reins, went out to a 6–2 start in the first half of , but fell dramatically afterwards, and in his two seasons went 12–20 (.375) as the Redskins coach before being relieved of his duties following the completion of the 2009 season.			On January 5, 2010, Shanahan, the former two-time Super Bowl winning coach with the Denver Broncos, was hired as the Redskins' new coach. Zorn was hired January 30, 2010 to be the quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens.
Seattle Seahawks		Jim L. Mora	Fired				Carroll had spent the past eight years as the head coach of the USC Trojans, having won a share of the In-season ! Team ! 2010 Coach ! Interim ! Reason for leaving ! Story/Accomplishments [[Dallas Cowboys">2003 NCAA Division I-A football season In-season ! Team ! 2010 Coach ! Interim ! Reason for leaving ! Story/Accomplishments [[Dallas Cowboys Wade Phillips Jason Garrett Fired Phillips, son of former NFL head coach Bum Phillips, was fired on November 8 following a 45–7 Week 9 loss against the Green Bay Packers. Garrett was their offensive coordinator and head-coach in waiting prior to being promoted. Phillips later was hired by the Houston Texans as their defensive coordinator. Garrett was named the full-time head coach January 6, four days after the season ended. Minnesota Vikings Brad Childress Leslie Frazier Fired Childress was fired on November 22 following a Week 11 loss against the Green Bay Packers, 31–3. The Vikings entered week 12 with a 3–7 record, second-to-last in the NFC North. Childress also faced controversy by releasing Randy Moss without the approval of owner Zygi Wilf and lost control over the locker room. Frazier was given position full-time prior to the Vikings' regular season finale in Detroit. Denver Broncos Josh McDaniels Eric Studesville Fired San Francisco 49ers Mike Singletary Jim Tomsula Fired Awards Players of the Week The following were the players of the week during the 2010 season: !Week !FedEx Air Player of the Week !FedEx Ground Player of the Week !Pepsi Rookie of the Week 1 RB Arian Foster, Houston Texans WR Dexter McCluster, Kansas City Chiefs 2 QB Matt Schaub, Houston Texans RB LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagles RB Jahvid Best, Detroit Lions 3 QB Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles RB Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings TE Tony Moeaki, Kansas City Chiefs 4 QB Kyle Orton, Denver Broncos RB LaDainian Tomlinson, New York Jets QB Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams 5 QB Shaun Hill, Detroit Lions RB Matt Forte, Chicago Bears QB Max Hall, Arizona Cardinals 6 QB Kevin Kolb, Philadelphia Eagles RB Chris Ivory, New Orleans Saints RB Chris Ivory, New Orleans Saints 7 QB Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons RB Darren McFadden, Oakland Raiders WR Dez Bryant, Dallas Cowboys 8 QB Jason Campbell, Oakland Raiders RB Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs DT Ndamukong Suh, Detroit Lions 9 QB Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings RB Peyton Hillis, Cleveland Browns WR Jacoby Ford, Oakland Raiders 10 QB Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles QB Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos 11 QB Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Jaguars PR Bryan McCann, Dallas Cowboys 12 QB Matt Cassel, Kansas City Chiefs RB Peyton Hillis, Cleveland Browns QB Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams 13 QB Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Jaguars LB Sean Lee, Dallas Cowboys 14 QB Tom Brady, New England Patriots RB Darren McFadden, Oakland Raiders TE Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots 15 QB Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles RB Ray Rice, Baltimore Ravens TE Aaron Hernandez, New England Patriots 16 QB Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB LeGarrette Blount, Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos 17 QB Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Arian Foster, Houston Texans TE Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots Regular Season Awards Tom BradyBill BelichickSam BradfordNdamukong SuhMichael VickTom BradyNdamukong SuhAaron Rodgers Award !! Winner !! Position !! Team AP Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu Strong Safety AP Offensive Player of the Year | Quarterback New England Patriots AP Coach of the Year | Head Coach New England Patriots AP Offensive Rookie of the Year | Quarterback St. Louis Rams AP Defensive Rookie of the Year | Defensive Tackle Detroit Lions AP Comeback Player of the Year | Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles AP Most Valuable Player | Quarterback New England Patriots Pepsi Rookie of the Year | Defensive Tackle Detroit Lions Super Bowl Most Valuable Player | Quarterback Green Bay Packers All-pro team Special teams Placekicker Kicker Billy Cundiff, BaltimoreDavid Akers, Philadelphia Punter (football position) Punter Shane Lechler, Oakland Kick returner Devin Hester, ChicagoLeon Washington, Seattle Punt returner Devin Hester, Chicago Special Teams Eric Weems, Atlanta References External links 2010 NFL season at ESPN Football Outsiders 2010 DVOA Ratings National Football League Category:National Football League seasons NFL de:NFL 2010 es:Temporada 2010 de la NFL fr:Saison NFL 2010 it:National Football League 2010 hu:2010-es NFL szezon ja:2010年のNFL pt:Temporada de 2010 da National Football League fi:NFL-kausi 2010 zh:2010年NFL赛季 This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. The National Football League has enjoyed success in selling out many of their venues from season ticket sales alone. Out of 32 teams in the league, 24 claim to have waiting lists from under 1,000 people to over 150,000. For some fans, this means a wait not just of years, but decades. This is due mostly to the NFL's short window of play; there are only eight regular-season home games, forcing the most devoted fans into a desperate and sometimes costly search for a limited number of events. Since 1973, the waiting lists have also had the by-product of preventing any home games of certain teams from being blacked out on local television. Home games must be sold out within 72 hours of kickoff before a telecast is allowed, and the longest waiting lists have ensured every home game of the applicable teams being locally televised. Prior to 1973, home games could not be locally televised even if they were sold out. Four teams have had the benefit of not seeing any blackouts ''at all'' since 1972. Personal Seat Licenses (PSLs) Personal Seat Licenses (PSLs) is a license which grants the holder the right to buy season tickets for a particular team. PSLs were first used in the NFL by the expansion Carolina Panthers in 1993 to help finance their new stadium. Since that time, several teams have used the mechanism to finance new stadium projects including the Chicago Bears remodel of Soldier Field and more recently the Dallas Cowboys. The New York Jets and the New York Giants used PSL programs to finance the construction of the New Meadowlands Stadium, now MetLife Stadium. Criticism related to waiting lists In 2003, the New York Jets changed their waiting list policy to require a $50 annual maintenance fee to remain on the waiting list. However, due to the long list of names and high renewal rates among existing ticket holders, there was uncertainty about the fees a person may possibly have to pay if they remained on the list for many years. After attention from the media and the New York Attorney General's Office, the Jets agreed to cap the maintenance fees at $500, allow the transfer of the waiting list position if the person moved out of state and provide at least 80% of non-renewed season tickets to waiting list members. In 2008, the Jets sent notices to those on the waiting list that the $50 annual maintenance fee would be waived and any money already accrued would be either refunded or credited toward the purchase of Jets merchandise. In 2004, the New England Patriots, who have a substantial season ticket waiting list, received media attention for not allowing the son of a deceased season ticket holder to retain his father's season tickets. The following year, the New England Patriots introduced the "Pass It On" transfer program, which allows season ticket holders to transfer season tickets to immediate family members for $2,000 to $5,000 per ticket, depending on the location of the seat. The NFL requires that season ticket purchasers not only purchase the regular season games, but also typically two preseason games whether they want the exhibition games or not. The legality of requiring the purchase of the preseason games has been challenged all the way to the Supreme Court but it has not resulted in a change of policy for the NFL. Lengthiest waiting lists The Green Bay Packers have the most famous waiting list, with more than 90,000 names. Turnover is generally low; the Packers estimate that only 90 tickets turn over every year, a rate which would mean a name placed on the list today would be eligible for season tickets in 1000 years. It is a common custom in Green Bay and other Wisconsin cities to put a baby's name on the list as soon as the birth certificate is obtained. Transfer of standing to surviving relatives is permitted by the Packers. The Washington Redskins were reported to have the most number of names on their waiting list at over 150,000. However, recent investigations question if a waiting list exists at all, which would seem to contradict the fact that FedExField has demolished 10,000 seats heading into the 2011 season. The New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Denver Broncos historically have also maintained long waiting lists for season tickets. Waiting lists 2008 2008 Unknown N/A 2009 Unknown N/A N/A N/A Unknown N/A 1960 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1994 2006 1976 N/A N/A Unknown 1972 N/A N/A 2006 N/A N/A Unknown 1966 !Team !Year waiting list was started !Approx. number of names on waiting list !Approx. wait time !Personal Seat License Arizona Cardinals | 2,000 1 year No Atlanta Falcons | 4,500 2 years No Baltimore Ravens | 3,000 Unknown Yes Buffalo Bills | No waiting list None No Carolina Panthers | 0 None Yes Chicago Bears | 7100 15-25years Yes, Some non-PSL season tickets are sold Cincinnati Bengals | No waiting list None Yes Cleveland Browns | No waiting list None Yes Dallas Cowboys | No waiting list None Yes Cowboys Stadium only Denver Broncos | 32,200 15–20 years No Detroit Lions | No waiting list None No Green Bay Packers | 96,000 3 years No Jacksonville Jaguars | No waiting list None No Kansas City Chiefs | No waiting list None No Miami Dolphins | No waiting list None No Minnesota Vikings | No waiting list None No New England Patriots | 60,000 50 years No New Orleans Saints | 60,000 Unknown No New York Giants | 135,000 20 years Yes, MetLife Stadium only New York Jets | No waiting list None Yes, upper level has no PSLs MetLife Stadium only Oakland Raiders | No waiting list None No Philadelphia Eagles | 71,000 4,000 years Yes Pittsburgh Steelers | 88,000 50 years Yes San Diego Chargers | No waiting list None No San Francisco 49ers | No waiting list None No Seattle Seahawks | 10,000 75 years No St. Louis Rams | No waiting list None Yes Tampa Bay Buccaneers | No waiting list None No Tennessee Titans | 22,000 20 years Yes Washington Redskins | 55,000 5 years No References 13 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/01/AR2009090103984_pf.html Category:National Football League This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. name Michael Egnew currentteam Miami Dolphins currentnumber -- currentpositionplain Tight End birth date November 01, 1989 birth place Plainview, Texas height ft 6 height in 5 weight lbs 252 highschool Plainview High School college Missouri draftyear 2012 draftround 3 draftpick 78 debutyear 2012 debutteam Miami Dolphins pastteams * Miami Dolphins (–present) status Unsigned draft pick highlights * First-team All-Big 12 (2010, 2011) Consensus All-American (2010) nflnew }} Michael Egnew (born November 1, 1989) is an American football tight end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Missouri, and was an All-American. He is considered one of the best tight end prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft, and was chosen by the Dolphins in the third round of the draft. Early years Egnew was born in Plainview, Texas. He attended Plainview High School, and was a standout tight end for the Plainview Bulldogs high school football team. He was also a member of the Bulldogs basketball and track and field teams, and placed second in the state track championships in the long jump. College career Egnew attended the University of Missouri, where he played for coach Gary Pinkel's Missouri Tigers football team from 2008 to 2011. He was a finalist for the 2010 John Mackey Award. Following his 2010 junior season, Egnew was a first-team All-Big 12 selection and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. As a senior, he was selected for the Big 12 first team for the second consecutive year. Professional career Regarded as one of the best tight ends in the 2012 NFL Draft, Egnew was selected in the third round (78th pick overall) by the Miami Dolphins. He was the third tight end chosen in the 2012 draft. References External links Missouri Tigers bio Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:All-American college football players Category:American football tight ends Category:Miami Dolphins players Category:Missouri Tigers football players Category:Players of American football from Texas Category:People from Plainview, Texas This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. Greg Childs is a British Children's Media consultant. He was the producer of the British television show, Record Breakers, for ten years from 1988 to 1998. In 1998 he launched the first internet services for Children's BBC and in 2001, he headed the launch team for the BBC Children's channels, CBBC and CBeebies, while also supporting the launch of interactive television services associated with those brands. In 2003, Childs became an independent consultant in children's cross-media content and delivery. He is frequently a moderator at ''Cinekid'', a film festival in Amsterdam which also focuses on new media for children. He is also the Executive Producers of the Showcomotion Children's Media Conference which takes place annually in Sheffield UK, and an Executive member of the UK campaign group, Save Kids' TV. References Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Category:British television producers This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. name Tank Carder currentteam Buffalo Bills currentnumber -- currentpositionplain Linebacker birth date 1989 birth place Sweeny, Texas height ft 6 height in 2 weight lbs 236 college Texas Christian draftyear 2012 draftround 5 draftpick 147 pastteams *Buffalo Bills (–present) status Unsigned draft pick nflnew }} Ricky "Tank" Carder, Jr. (born 1989) is an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills. Carder played college football at TCU Carder was a 2010 All-American selection by the American Football Coaches Association. Carder attended Sweeny High School in Texas, where he accounted for 1,200 yards of offense and 116 tackles on defense in his senior year. He was regarded as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com. In the 2011 Rose Bowl, Carder was named Defensive Player of the Game. He batted down a two point conversion pass late in the fourth quarter that would have tied the game. He was selected in the 5th round, 147th overall in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. Carder received the nickname "Tank" after weighing 33 pounds only 18 months after birth. When he was 10 years old, Carder was a BMX World Champion. References External links NFL Combine bio TCU Horned Frogs bio Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:American football linebackers Category:TCU Horned Frogs football players Category:Buffalo Bills players Category:Players of American football from Texas Category:People from Brazoria County, Texas This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. 6:48 Nick Toon NFL Draft Analysis - 2010 Season TMBDraft Nick Toon NFL Draft Analysis - 2010 Season The following is a video of Nick Toon's 2010 season in which TMB broke down three of his games (Ohio State, Michigan and TCU). 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