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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 [...]

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 [...]

Can Reggie Bush be great in ‘08?

Big things have been expected of Reggie Bush since he was taken #2 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft, but he's had trouble living up to those expectations thus far. Shotgun Spratling gives his take on what it will take for Bush to have a real breakout season in 2008.

Terry Glenn says he wants out of Dallas, then changes tune

The Dallas Cowboys didn’t address their lack of receiver depth in the offseason, which looked damaging when No. 2 wideout (well, maybe 2A) Terry Glenn said Tuesday that he wanted the team to release him if it continued to insist that he sign an injury waiver before playing. “I’m not signing any waiver,” he said [...]

No Freakin’ Clue: NFC had a different meaning in 2007

  At the start of the 2007 NFL season, it was clear that the NFC was the weaker of the 2 divisions.  Well, it seemed clear then.  The New England Patriots had justed added a slew of free agents to their already talent-laden line-up, the Indianapolis Colts had just come off QB Peyton Manning’s first championship season and [...]

Fast 4-ward: A Look Ahead at the NFC Championship

Both the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants have had their fair share of intrigue and turmoil this season.  The Packers started the season as sure favorites not to be in the playoffs.  Remember all the Brett Favre retirement talk and expert analysis of all the Pack didn’t achieve in the offseason?  The intrigue [...]

Game Recap: Green Bay 42, Seattle 20.

It feels like we’re back in the mid 90s, doesn’t it? Brett Favre is throwing touchdowns, and the Green Bay Packers are winning playoff games. Favre had an efficient day, going 18 of 23 for 173 yards and three touchdowns, two to Greg Jennings, as the Packers booked a spot in their first NFC [...]

NFC Divisional Round Preview: Seattle at Green Bay.

Who can forget the last time the Seahawks and Packers tangled in the postseason? If you don’t remember, let’s flash back. It was the 2003 wild-card round, and it was an OT thriller in the tundra. Tied at 27 heading into the extra period, the Seahawks won the toss, and Matt Hasselbeck made a fateful declaration [...]