New York Jets Advance Over Weak Cincinnati Bengals Passing Attack; Dallas Blitzes Philly, 34-14

Chad Ochocinco looks somber as time runs out on Cincinnati's season. The New York Jets played the most predictable game in playoff history —- and won. Other than the long dropped pass by Braylon Edwards, the Jets ran exactly three pass patterns. Mark Sanchez took three-step drops and ran bootlegs to pass. Shonn Greene ran to the left every rush until [read more...]

NFL Week 17: Weak Games Act As Playoff Lead-In; All Wild Card Games Are Regular Season Rematches

Jay Ratliff and Wade Phillips celebrate Dallas' shutout victory over Philadelphia. The hottest team in the NFC is actually Dallas instead of Philadelphia, The hottest thing in the AFC was Lamarr Woodley’s mouth. In Seattle, the Seahawks wanted to make sure Tennessee running back did not get to 2, 000 yards on them, this after Seattle’s defense looked completely disinterested in [read more...]

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...]

Cedric Benson Begins to Make Case for Attempted Blackballing by the Bears

At the University of Texas Cedric Benson was the heir to Ricky Williams. Benson even grew his hair out and into dreadlocks to honor the Heisman Trophy-winning Williams. It was said that Benson was a faster version of Williams and was sure to win a Heisman one day. Williams was perpetually shy and it was not until he was with the [read more...]

NFL Week 6: Pats Hit 59; Saints Hang 40-Burger on Giants; Atlanta, Vikes Escape; Cards Deal; Reid Passes on Win, and the Rest of Sunday’s Games

Kansas City (1-5) 14, Washington 2-4) 6. Redskins head coach Jim Zorn yanked Jason Campbell and played backup Todd Collins in the second half of Washington’s game with Kansas City. And other than one long pass on a flea-flicker play and a long Clinton Portis run, the Washington Redskins looked just like they did when Campbell was in the game. [read more...]

NFL Week Four: For Some Teams, the Writing Is on the Wall; Others Take a Peek Toward the Playoffs

Chicago (3-1) 48  - Detroit (0-4) 24 . Matthew Stafford suffered a dislocated knee – briefly – that popped back into place. He will get an MRI Tuesday. Too bad, too, becaus for one half the Lions played just as well as did the Bears. And even after Johnny Knox took the second half kickoff back 102 yards Detroit had instilled a [read more...]

NFL Week 2: Finding Consistency Will Be the Chore for Most Teams This Season

-New York 33 (2-0), Dallas (1-1) 31.  Another important game, another brutal performance by Tony Romo. The New York Giants turned Romo’s three interceptions into 21 points. Dallas ran for 250 yards and still lost. And think they didn’t miss Terrell Owens much? Cowboys receivers caught only four passes for 49 yards. The Dallas defense wasn’t much better. They gave [read more...]

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