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[b]St Louis Rams @ NY Giants Monday September 19 Live on ESPN 23:55[/b] For two clubs with play-off aspirations the season could not have got off to a worse start. Both were defeated in their first games and have rosters that are blighted by injuries. In fact the Giants suffered more than most in pre-season on that score. After allowing the Redskins' Rex Grossman to throw for more than 300 yards last week as they were defeated 28-14, the Giants must be wishing that their former defensive co-ordinator Steve Spagnuolo was still at the club rather than Head Coach of the Rams. Spagnuolo was part of the coaching team that saw the Giants crowned Super Bowl champions thanks in part to a formidable defensive unit. And it is the defensive unit that has given the Giants the most headaches...

[b]This year's NFL Draft is smothered in confusion. The combination of the ongoing labour dispute between owners and players and the lack of a clear-cut candidate to be top pick has left the market wide open. Let's try and work out what's going on, says Richard O'Hagan.[/b] The first pick in the Draft belongs to the Carolina Panthers, who had a torrid 2010 season, going through four quarterbacks in a desperate effort to find some kind of rhythm on offense. For the past couple of weeks everyone seems to have been sure that they would be picking Heismann Trophy winner Cam Newton, the former Auburn QB, as their number one pick. Newton has many of the assets that coaches look for in an ideal quarterback - size, strength, mobility - and few who saw it will never forget the way that he led...

[b]Dan Fitch looks at the NFL superstars who had it all and let it slip through their fingers... [/b] It looks as if the Indianapolis Colts are ready to make Peyton Manning the highest-paid player in the history of the NFL. Manning's current $98-million deal is expiring soon and he is set to receive a mammoth new deal. These figures are so vast that it would seem impossible to spend it all in a lifetime, but as many former NFL greats have proved in the past, a football player and their money can soon be parted. According to a Sports Illustrated report 78% of former NFL players either find themselves broke or financially stretched after retirement. Here are 7 NFL stars who blew all their money. [b]7. Johnny Unitas - Estimated lifetime earnings: $4 million [/b]Although the legendary...