As we draw closer to the start of the 2008 NFL playoffs, two facts are evident: 1) there is no clear Super Bowl favorite, 2) four road favorites in the wild-card round is unprecedented.
In other words, buckle up. The wackiest and most unpredictable regular season this decade is about to enter do-or-die mode, and [Read More...]
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What a season. The Falcons and Dolphins rose from the ashes to win 11 games a piece and make the playoffs.
11 wins for the Patriots wasn’t good enough to get in. New England became the first team to miss the tournament with an 11-5 record since the league expanded the playoff format to [Read More...]
You can call the NFL schedule makers prophetic or merely lucky, but they got it right this year. Week 16 of the 2008 slate features three games of great importance — Steelers-Titans, Panthers-Giants and Ravens-Cowboys. Each will go a long way towards sewing up the playoff picture, and all are shaping up to [Read More...]
With the Giants falling, the Panthers and Steelers rising, and Tennessee leading us to believe the Jets game was an aberration, there is a logjam of championship-caliber teams at the top of the poll. Check it out.
1. Tennessee Titans (12-1) The Titans have responded well since the Jets disaster, pounding the Lions and [Read More...]
Usually at this point in this season — 12 games down and four to go for each team — most division races are heating up. Not this year.
In the NFC, the Giants have home-field throughout the playoffs secured while the Cardinals are already preparing for a home game in the first round, courtesy of [Read More...]
Everyone prepare yourselves. The first seismic shakeup in the power poll has occurred. This comes on the heels of a wild Week 12 that included the unbeaten Titans getting rocked by the Jets, continued resurgences in Dallas and Indianapolis, and a return of the Patriot air assault. The result? A marked [Read More...]
Anyone who doesn’t pay for Showtime is sleeping on — hands down — the best football show out there: Inside the NFL. Each week James Brown hosts (and mediates) a forum of Phil Simms, Chris Collinsworth and the inimitable Warren Sapp. The show, formerly of HBO, accomplishes everything NFL fans are looking for on a [Read More...]
I’m never been big on headlines but what the hell, I feel like breaking from tradition. So before dishing out Week 11 picks, here are a trio of underappreciated stories that are bound to become major headlines as the 2008 season plays out.
Colts have Titans feeling the heat!
This is more about [Read More...]
At the midway point of the 2008 season, the NFC boasts three of the top five teams, and six of the top ten. See how it all shakes out in the newest power poll.
1. Tennessee Titans (8-0) Titans keep grinding out victories but will need another Music City Miracle if they want to run [Read More...]
I have never used this website as a political forum, nor do I intend to, but after President-elect Barack Obama’s historic and decisive victory Tuesday night, at the very least I must congratulate my fair city of Boston on it’s seventh major title this decade. This one we can share with the rest of the [Read More...]
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