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Archive for October 2009
2009 NFL Season: Week 8 Picks
The season is humming along. Sadly, though, the injuries are really beginning to pile up. Last week, the Jets playmaker Leon Washington was lost to a fractured fibula. I’ve enjoyed his game since he was at Florida State. I wish him a speedy recovery. That goes for all the guys who went down including Washington’s … Continue reading
2009 NFL Season: A Look Back at Week 7
So, how’d I do? After going 5-8 last week, it couldn’t get any worse could it. Let me get this out of the way first. I was wrong about Miami being able to hang on and beat the Saints. I was wrong about Chicago at Cincinnati…really, really wrong. Sorry Cedric. I was a believer at … Continue reading
2009 NFL Season: Week 7 Picks
After going 5-8 last week (first week that bad in years), I am wondering if I’m in over my head. Am I being too stubborn about my contempt for the Patriots and the Broncos? Am I underestimating the truism that Houston is the new Seattle and that Seattle is the new St. Louis? I’m rolling … Continue reading
Murder in St. Tammany Parish?
From the Seattle Post Intelligencer: Terreal Bierria, a former Seattle Seahawks player who started 12 games for the team in 2004, was arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder in Slidell, La. Bierria, 30, was a fourth-round draft pick of the Seahawks in 2002 and played 30 games for Seattle between 2002-04. According to this … Continue reading
The Blowout Backstory: New England 59, Jeff Fisher -3
From Yahoo Sports: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—The wife of former Titans general manager Floyd Reese called a Nashville radio station Thursday to blast the team and Jeff Fisher, a day after hearing talk that her husband has hated the coach since losing a power struggle in Tennessee. Sally Reese waited until her husband was on a … Continue reading
Furious Competition For “Genius Points”
Quick! Name that Offensive Coordinator. Some offensive coordinators names are heard every week throughout the national media. The names are heard when the teams perform well and when the teams are shut down. The names are heard, in some instances, more often than that of the head coach. It’s as if national reporters are collecting … Continue reading
Why Are These Men on the Bench?
Have you noticed that some of the best players in the NFL have been benched for key plays or even entire games over the past few weeks? I just wrote a piece about Norv Turner’s inexplicable decision to go with Darren Sproles on the goal line vs. the Broncos. While LT missed out on a … Continue reading
NFL Running Back Challenge: Guess Who!
In the NFC North, a division that features the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, the running game has been a staple of offenses for decades. Arguably no division in football has a stronger tradition than this one. Granted these teams have been playing longer than most. Nonetheless, when your honor … Continue reading
Open Question to San Diego Chargers Coach Norv Turner
Is a dive play featuring Darren Sproles on 3rd and goal really your best play against the Denver Broncos?
2009 NFL Season: Sippin’ On Henne
Remember when Tom Brady used to look like this?
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