Sneaky Starts Thomas Jones, New York Jets (vs. Bengals) – I haven’t exactly been Jones’ biggest supporter over the years. I’ve always considered him to be a rather low-ceiling runner. But when boring backs like Jones get the Bengals on the schedule, it could end up being a big day. Cincy ranks next to last […]
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Jersey Law Working at a college gives me an opportunity to do a lot of people watching during a day. The latest phenomenon on campus this year is to wear the jersey of a team that won on Sunday. For some reason, such a relatively simple concept seems to have caught on this year. Driving
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How did Week Five treat you? Well, hopefully your fantasy matchup turned out better than mine. I was leading by 17 points going into Monday Night Football with my opponent only having the Viking defense. Well, after a meaningless interception in the last seconds, he ended up tying me. I’m still undefeated (4-0-1), but that
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For the second week in a row, the most compelling mid-week NFL story line is something that happened off the field. Al Davis and the Raider organization planned a little presser for Tuesday. Here’s my reaction in real time: “Okay, Lane Kiffin is gonna be fired. It’s crazy what was going on, but it’s kind
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Favre Nation Brett Favre throws six touchdown passes against the Arizona Cardinals and America is goo-goo over the Golden Brett again. Due to alarming amount of press coverage he received over the last five months especially, I’m at my wits end with Favre. In the past few months, anytime I’ve tried to enjoy NFL programming,
Two Minute Warning: Modern Day Warrior Read Post »
The first quarter of the 2008 NFL regular season has come and gone with a flurry of surprises. The Bills and Titans are undefeated, the Browns are winless, the Pats are Brady-less, and the Redskins went into Big D and got a Big W for only the second time in the last 14 tries. That’s
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Well, the big news this week has nothing to do with Week Three or Ronnie Brown and the Dolphins. Nope, it’s all about Matt Millen’s departure in Detroit. I have no fan-connection to the Lions beyond my enjoyment of watching the way Barry Sanders used to run around hapless foes. That said, I have a
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