Tag Archives: New England

Looking at the AFC Playoff Picture – Who’ll Get In?

After 16 exciting, tumultuous weeks, we’re finally at the end of the NFL regular season. Tomorrow, several playoff hopefuls will take the field, knowing that they could be doing so for the last time in the 2008 season if they can’t close the deal. Now, there are a million and one different scenarios that can [...]

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When will L.T. be L.T.?

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, [...]

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Monday NFL Minute: Titans win (again), Lions lose (again), and plenty more

There’s still one more game to be played in Week 11 of the NFL season, but Week 11’s first 15 games have yielded plenty of observations, a few surprises, and a few things staying according to form. The Titans keep winning, the Lions keep losing, and there was neither in Cincinnati yesterday. Cleveland and Buffalo [...]

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Monday Night Observations: San Diego 48, New York Jets 29

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 [...]

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Best in the NFL? Look no further than the NFC East

I’m waiting until after at least next week to start any sort of NFL power rankings, simply because I wanted to see how everyone did in the first month or so of the season before really making any judgments one way or another as to who the best of the best is. I considered waiting [...]

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NFC contenders impress, several AFC contenders depress in Week 1

Week 1 of the NFL season was a rough week for several of the AFC’s top contenders. New England won their opener against Kansas City, but in case you haven’t somehow heard by now, lost Tom Brady for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL. Indianapolis made a questionable Chicago offense look pretty [...]

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How costly will Tom Brady’s injury be for New England?

So, the almost unthinkable has happened, and Superman reigning MVP Tom Brady may be out for the season with a torn ACL that he received in the first quarter of New England’s 17-10 win over Kansas City. Whether or not you think that Kansas City safety Bernard Pollard’s low hit on Brady was right or [...]

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Super Bowl Special: A Tale of Two Seasons

Every year, only 2 teams in the NFL make their way to the Super Bowl.  Each team must overcome tumultuous times and heart breaking defeats (usually) to make their way to the pinnacle of the American sports world.  This year the New York Giants will take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.  [...]

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Coaching search…to be continued.

What would you be thinking today if you are Gregg Williams? Williams has interviewed for the vacant Washington Redskins job 4 times. He has been in the same organization as owner Dan Snyder since 2004 as the defensive coordinator, and more than one interview seems excessive.  He is the favorite candidate according to the players [...]

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