Published on: 16th December, 2010
The NFC East will likely be decided on Sunday as Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles take on Eli Manning and the New York Giants at the New Meadowlands Stadium. Both teams come in at 9-4, with the Eagles having won their previous meeting. The Giants, however, have won all ...Published on: 10th December, 2010
Even after a 3-1 stretch under Jason Garrett, the Dallas Cowboys are just 4-8 on the season and long ago surrendered any hope of a playoff berth. In one respect, though, the rest of the league is light-years behind the Cowboys: Dallas has the highest average attendance in the entire ...Published on: 6th December, 2010
Get ready for a high-octane showdown in this year's Texas Bowl, as Mikel Leshoure and the Illinois Fighting Illini head to Reliant Stadium in Houston to take on Robert Griffin III and the Baylor Bears. Though they go about it in different ways, each team can light up the scoreboard, ...Published on: 30th November, 2010
Julius Peppers and the Chicago Bears found the antivenom to the lethal Michael Vick and beat the Philadelphia Eagles handily on Sunday, straining the eyes of fortune-tellers even further when it comes to the NFC playoff picture.Even as some teams find solid footholds and begin posturing for top seeds, others ...Published on: 30th November, 2010
Twelve weeks are in the books, and there is not one sure thing to be had in the AFC playoff picture. Philip Rivers and the Chargers look pretty comfortable at the front of the pack in the AFC West, but even they are still vulnerable. Elsewhere, the conference's best two ...Published on: 3rd November, 2010
Donovan McNabb and Mike Shanahan are the new Albert Haynesworth and Mike Shanahan. Ryan Torain is injured, Clinton Portis is injured and the defensive unit has allowed more yards than all but one other NFL team. That the Washington Redskins stand at 4-4 is really a minor miracle. Washington now ...Published on: 2nd November, 2010
Well, that was a brief experiment.Just three weeks after acquiring Randy Moss and pairing him with Brett Favre in the passing game, the Minnesota Vikings cut Moss on Monday. Moss now hits the open market, but may find little in the way of interested takers after his bad attitude wore ...Published on: 1st November, 2010
In an NFL season that has been as unpredictable as it has been tumultuous, every Sunday brings NFL surprises. Whether it's an unexpected breakout from a player like LeGarrette Blount or a shocking win by a moribund team like the Jacksonville Jaguars, each week brings drama and something unexpected. What were ...Published on: 28th September, 2010
The Green Bay Packers, preseason Super Bowl darlings, had much to prove entering Monday night's showdown with the Chicago Bears.They had managed to escape with wins in each of their first two games, but had failed to look impressive in either contest. The fact that they had beaten a dazed ...Published on: 10th September, 2010
The Minnesota Vikings may yet win their second straight division title this season, but they got off on the wrong foot. The New Orleans Saints squeaked out a win over Minnesota in a predictably low-scoring, borderline sloppy season-opening game Thursday night. Neither team fired on all cylinders, although Drew Brees and Devery Henderson ...