There's more lists filtering through this site than pop-up ads. It's getting to that "awesomely ridiculous" stage. And I'm not complaining. God, no. I love it. What's better than the actual NFL season? The answer is nothing, but a close second is the constant coverage it gets, despite being almost four months away. We have the Brett Favre saga, fantasy football hype, trades, roster changes, and best of all, rankings that in no way matter right now. Such is the life of an NFL ...Read More

On the gridiron this time of year, you can ill-afford to make mistakes. One fumble, one interception, one ill-timed penalty or missed assignment can send you home and haunt your dreams for the next several months. As a result of mistake after mistake, the AFC’s top seed and the NFC’s #2 seed are set for an early vacation and many sleepless nights. Tennessee’s showdown with Baltimore was the low-scoring game that I expected, but what should’ve been ...Read More

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs gets underway tomorrow, with AFC top seed Tennessee facing off against wild-card winner Baltimore in the Music City, and NFC #2 Carolina hosting Arizona. On Sunday, the reigning Super Bowl champion and NFC #1 New York Giants host Philadelphia, and AFC #2 hosts streaking San Diego. All of the home teams and higher seeds will be favored, but that doesn’t mean that you can write their names into next weekend’s conference ...Read More

Last night, the San Diego Chargers finally looked like a good football team in their 34-7 win over Oakland. Attribute part of it to the competition that they were going up against, but it’s safe to say it was their best game since Week 6 against New England, and maybe over the entire season. But, even so, I was still just a little disappointed with LaDainian Tomlinson’s final stat line. L.T. did run for 91 yards and ...Read More

Sunday was an action-filled day in the NFL. We saw the number of unbeaten teams reduced from six to four, a career day from Brett Favre, a couple of vintage performances, an extension of misery for a few teams, including one (at least) who'll likely have a new coach in the coming days. All in all, it was a pretty good day for me, as I went 8-4 in my ATS picks, which assures me of going into ...Read More

No Monday night magic for Brett Favre this time, eh? Favre had plenty of magical Monday night moments in his 16 seasons with Green Bay, but his first Monday night experience with the New York Jets wasn’t too magical, as Philip Rivers and San Diego pulled away in the second quarter and rolled to a 48-29 win. With all the success that Favre has had on Monday night, and with his previous record against the Chargers, you’d have expected ...Read More

The NFL season is still nearly four months away, but fantasy football enthusiasts are no doubt thinking ahead and strategizing. For a couple of pre-draft radio spots, I was asked a few fantasy-related questions, one of which was on who my fantasy top five would be. Fantasy content will become a regular part of The Red Zone Report, and I thought what better to kick it off than to give my fantasy top 10 for the 2008 season. All ...Read More

The four teams in the AFC West range from Super Bowl contenders (San Diego) to a franchise re-writing the blueprint (Kansas City). The Broncos could be on the verge of returning to their regular position among the league’s best and the Oakland Raiders are putting the pieces together to compete, at least within the next few years. With the possible exception of San Diego, every team has gaping holes they will look to address in the upcoming draft. Denver: With the ...Read More

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 surprise that one of them is the New England Patriots. An injured Philip Rivers did all he could, and the Chargers picked off Tom ...Read More

When you fall behind in hostile territory, it‘s unquestionably an uphill climb. But, when you lose two of your key players to injury, it could spell doom. However, San Diego overcame both, and in the end, knocked off the reigning Super Bowl champion Colts to advance to next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game at New England. The Colts took an early 7-0 lead, and when they started driving down the field on their next drive, it looked like ...Read More