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NFL Best and Worst Rankings: Week 11

After a few weeks without updating these rankings, I’m back with a post-Week 11 edition. From here on out, the rankings will be a top 10 and bottom 10, as opposed to the previous top 5 and bottom 5. Now, if you’re into NFL football betting, you might have been one of many bettors affected [...]

Midseason NFL Awards: Portis or Brees for MVP?

We’re already coming up on November and the halfway point of the 2008 NFL season, and what a season it’s been so far. At the start of the season, who’d have expected the Tennessee Titans to be 7-0 right now and four games ahead of the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC [...]

Cocaine arrest means bye-bye for Jags’ Jones

Former NFL first-round pick Matt Jones faced an uphill climb to stick on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ roster this year amid a glut of receivers. Jones has been a disappointment in his three seasons, producing only 1,392 yards and 13 TDs.   No one doubts the former Arkansas quarterback’s athleticism – he’s 6-foot-6, 238 pounds, runs a 4.37 [...]

2008 NFL Draft Needs: AFC South

The AFC South was very well represented in the postseason with three teams in the playoffs. The Colts clinched the division, and the Jags and Titans were the wildcard teams. This is such a tough group of teams, and they beat up on each other all season.

Mike Smith, welcome to cleanup duty.

  The job that seemed like would never be filled has finally found its man. A virtual train wreck of a season set the Falcons several years back and desperately needs a heavy clean up. This being said, many potiential candidates seemed to want to keep their distance because of the chaos that is the Atlanta [...]

AFC Championship Game live thread: New England vs. San Diego - 21-12 Patriots (FINAL).

From 32, to 12, to 8, and now 4. By the end of today, only two teams will be left standing in the NFL, with their eyes on the prize that all thirst for, but few ever get their hands on. We know who one of those teams will be, and it’s no [...]