The Red Zone Report

Week four had it all. Upsets, goal line stands, emotional moments, another direct snap for a rushing touchdown, an unsuccessful 76-yard field goal attempt, head coach firings, and a sighting of a nostalgic T.O. Some of this week’s upsets had a common theme, exposing shaky defenses. The Washington Redskins went into Dallas and upset the undefeated, [...]

While I am not a big fan of Steve Young’s analysis on ESPN, I do agree with his statement that the quality of quarterbacking in the NFL has gone down in recent years. Shockingly, no one knows the reason why. Could it be college offenses not having enough pro-style sets? Could it be the pressure [...]

Sound the bugle Detroit! The devil reincarnate Lions’ GM Matt Millen has been fired! Go ahead and pinch yourself because this is NOT a dream. It took the Lions long enough to figure out that the Millen experiment at GM was just not working out. After seven seasons of heartbreak and anguish for Lions’ fans, the [...]

A proper title for week 3 is “Rise and Fall.” Besides the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL’s unbeaten teams are a list of unusual suspects. The Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, and Denver Broncos stand at 3-0, and the Baltimore Ravens stay unbeaten as well at 2-0. Some of the other teams on the [...]

Even though week 1 was hard to top, week 2 in the NFL did not disappoint. Well, maybe it did disappoint if you were a Chargers fan. In the fourth quarter of an “AFL-style” shootout, the Chargers were leading the Broncos 38-31. Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler was leading a potential scoring drive in the red [...]

Opening week has come to a close, and it surely rocked the entire foundation of the league in many ways. Reigning MVP Tom Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury, Brett Favre got a “W” for the Jets and NOT the Packers, the Bears upset the Colts on Sunday Night Football, giving them their first opening [...]

2007 was the year of surprises in the NFC North. The Green Bay Packers surprised many by going 13-3 and advancing to the NFC Championship Game, as Brett Favre broke out of his “old man” funk and became the Brett Favre of old thanks to an MVP-caliber campaign. The Chicago Bears, on the other hand, went [...]

From charity work to praying for Don Imus, Pacman Adam Jones has certainly done all the right things to get back on the field. However, he has to try and get Commissioner Roger Goodell to buy-in, and Goodell can be a tough customer. Shortly after arriving in Colorado for a joint practice with the Denver Broncos, [...]

Bears rookie left tackle and 14th overall pick Chris Williams had surgery on a herniated disk. The surgery will keep Williams out for an unspecified amount of time. However, according to Bears GM Jerry Angelo, it shouldn’t keep him out the entire season. “We have to wait and see…how the rehab is,” Angelo told reporters, “but [...]

Michigan wants to win. Period. In order to potentially do that, the all-time winningest program in college football had to do something a lot of Big 10 teams seem to have trouble doing, they had to be bold. So, how was Michigan bold this offseason? They searched for a head coach and landed West Virginia’s Rich [...]