The Red Zone Report

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Second thoughts on picking Ware over Harrison?

Last week, I handed out my NFL awards, and one of the toughest picks for me besides MVP was for Defensive Player of the Year, when it came down to Pittsburgh’s James Harrison and Dallas’ DeMarcus Ware. With all due respect to Ed Reed the interception machine, I picked Ware because when it came [...]

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 [...]

Desperate times call for desperate measures in St. Louis

What’s that I smell coming from St. Louis? It’s the stench of desperation, mixed with the burning flesh of Scott Linehan’s ass after the Rams’ latest blowout loss. As a consequence of the Rams’ continued offensive ineptness, Linehan is replacing Marc Bulger as the starting QB with backup Trent Green. In case you [...]

Which early NFL surprises aren’t pretenders, and which struggling contenders are?

It doesn’t take long as a football fan to know that you should only take so much stock in preseason predictions, because once the teams hit the field, you can put those predictions through the shredder. Through the first couple of weeks of the NFL season, a number of contenders have gotten off to [...]

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 [...]