NFL Week 11: Patriots Revenge, the Oakland Fly Trap Eats Again, and More…

Jay Cutler contemplates the latest way he found to lose a game for the Chicago Bears. Oakland (3-7) 20, Cincinnati (7-3) 17. Sunday showed the Bengals immaturity. After jumping out to a quick 14-0 lead, too many Bengals players took the reset of the game off thinking the Raiders would pack it in; some appeared mot to show up at all [read more...]

NFL Notes: Vince Young’s Success Might Spell Fisher’s Doom; Aaron Rodgers; Jamal Lewis to New England? Trouble in New York; Josh’s First True Test

Trouble in the Meadowlands for Sexy Rexy. - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been sacked 31 times already this season, 14 by Minnesota defenders. Conversely, the Packers defense has only 12 sacks in eight games. With Matt Hasselbeck, Kurt Warner, Tony Romo, and Joe Flacco, coming up, Mike McCarthy had better demand his defense do something to get to the [read more...]

NFL Week 7: How Many Blowouts?… The Cream Begins to Rise

This was quite the week in the NFL. Then again, every week in the league is an adventure, complete with brilliant comebacks, inexplicable collapses, and games that come down the the final drive. This week was no different. Down and Dirty in the Meadowlands Arizona (4-2) 24, New York Giants (5-2) 17. The way Chris Collinsworth told the viewing audience Carlos Dansby [read more...]

The NFL Hawks Throwback Gear to Opposing “Teams”

A mythical Oakland Raiders cornerback wearing a white jersey leaps to make an interception. A New York Jets wideout in a deep-blue New York Titans throwback uniformed receiver is watching the Raiders player reach for the ball. In the next scene there is a flashback jump cut to Oakland Raiders players emerging from their tunnel, all early 1970s black jerseys [read more...]

The Black Quarterback: Running from the Devil - Again

It seems like every so often this article must be dusted off and reposted. Today, this article is for Michael Vick, Vince Young, and Tavaris Jackson. The former Atlanta Falcons QB, the backup at Tennessee, and the starter - for now - at Minnesota are taking more than their fair share of hits from the Internet peanut gallery and the [read more...]

Tyler Hansbrough: UNC’s G.O.A.T.?

For the past two mornings ESPN’s Mike Greenberg is making the point that Tyler Hansbrough is one of the five greatest players ever at the University of North Carolina. It should be noted that when Greenberg has a strong belief about an opinion he feels is fact he will go to any length to prove his opinion, including confusing [read more...]

One Shining Moment: Boomer Esiason Uses the “H” Word

Here we go again. On WFAN Sunday morning former NFL quarterback Norman “Boomer” Esiason called Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels “littler Hitler.” Esiason is one of the guys who is said to ‘tell it like it is,’ and who ’spares no one with his wrath.’ And similar positive spin blasther attached to his being a verbal bully. So, will Esiason gat the “he [read more...]

Jay Cutler - Jason Campbell: A Telling NFL Tale of a Tale of Two Men

Just yesterday I wrote A Defense of Jay Cutler. This morning I reposted Why Athletes Do What They Do…. Now, call me confused.In the “defense” I laid blame for the Cutler conflagration at the feet of the Denver Broncos management, especially head coach Josh McDaniels and team owner Pat Bowlen. The second commentary I mentioned aboive deals with how the [read more...]

A Defense of Jay Cutler

I‘m still trying to get to Jay Cutler but first, this aside….On First Take’s “1st and 10″ segment this morning we have Skip Bayless vs. Black Faces, as usual. What is wholly unusual is that, sitting beside resident Black Face, Rob Parker is ———— “Bow Wow.” Interestingly, they have the nerve to sit and debate whether or not the Cleveland Cavaliers’ [read more...]

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