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Hello? Copy editors? Where are you?

Man, I’m just being mean to all the journalists today. Check out paragraph three of this Panthers-Rams preview: After nearly shocking the football world by winning the Super Bowl last season… Um, they won the Super Bowl? When? Did I fall into an episode of Slidershere? Wasn’t it that the Panthers shocked the world by nearly winning the Super […]Read More

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Bad logic

Our woman in Charlotte, Jenna Fryer of AP, is jumping to some strange conclusions. One day after Marvin Harrison signed a fresh 6-year deal with the Colts for an obscene amount of cash — to be fair, Harrison’s earned every penny — Fryer suggested that Muhsin Muhammad might leave Carolina after this season, because they won’t […]Read More

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John Clayton, master of the obvious

ESPN’s John Clayton writes this “First and Ten” column where he highlights the NFL game of the week for the coming weekend, then glosses over ten more big games in order of importance. Naturally, the Steelers-Jets game is the “first” this week. His preview of this game, though, is hurting my brain… New York Jets at Pittsburgh […]Read More

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AFC Playoff Picture

(Updated 12/13/2004) 1. Pittsburgh (12-1) 2. New England (12-1) 3. San Diego (10-3) 4. Indianapolis (10-3) — 5. New York Jets (9-4) 6. Baltimore (8-5) — 7. Denver (8-5) 8. Jacksonville (7-6) 9. Buffalo (7-6) Tiebreakers: 1.) Pittsburgh wins the tiebreaker for the top seed, thanks to their Week 8 victory over New England. 2.) […]Read More