The biggest change on the field is with tackling, highlighted by new physics technology called the Infinity Engine, which is supposed to generate more realistic impacts between players when contact is made. For the most part, it works well. For example, a potential huge run up the gut by my running back was thwarted after tripping over one of my linemen.Short sales took off in the Seattle area in the fourth quarter of 2011: 925 preforeclosure homes were sold. That's a whopping 46 percent increase from the same period a year earlier and represented 7.4 percent of all home sales in the area, at an average price of $245,403. Buyers of short sale homes reaped a nearly 25 percent discount off nonforeclosure homes.

Just what the doctor ordered for the Viking offense, Musgrave said. An explosive guy who can really adjust and adapt to the football. And it really fun watching him after the catch, which is a skill he demonstrated for the whole league last year when he was with Cinci