The official Survival Guide for the NFL offseason

Super Bowl XLIV is in the books.  The last drops of Gatorade have been devoured.  The last few strips of confetti have been swept away.  And if you’re like me, you’re already longing for the sound of helmets cracking, first down measurements and touchdown dances.  But in the immortal words of Thomas Haynes Bayly, “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Even [read more...]

Bills’ Offense Continues to Cripple Their Defense

Ah, so this what former Bills offensive coordinator Turk Schonert meant when he said head coach Dick Jauron wanted a Pop-Warner offense. I can remember when Schonert was fired about 10 days or so before the start of the season and he said that the offense wasn’t simple enough for Jauron, citing as one of the chief reasons he was [read more...]

Two Faced Vikings Find a Way to Get an “A” in the Second Half in Cleveland

The first half had every Vikings fan spilling their beers and screaming at the T.V. just about as often as those Tom Arnold commercials came on. After trailing by three at the half, the Vikings came out of the locker room as seemingly re-born football players. The ended up beating the Browns by quite a comfortable margin of [read more...]

Vikings and New QB Win First Game Together - Some Quick Thoughts

Well, our team is 2 for 2 in preseason!  Yay? Here are some quick thoughts about what I noticed tonight: Favre was unimpressive despite all the “experts” best efforts to blame 120% of his short-comings ont he Vikings recievers.  The performace, however, is understandable considering he became a Viking like 10 minutes ago or something. Tarvaris Jackson seemed to be getting “lucky” quite [read more...]

The Curious Case of Ravens WR Derrick Mason

I’m sure that every Baltimore Ravens fan was shocked when they read the headline around 6 PM last night that Mason had decided to hang up his cleats. And since that time the newspapers, blogs, and talk radio shows have been buzzing about this latest situation and weather Mason has truly retired or not. The problem that exists here is that [read more...]

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