Right after Matt Stover kicked the winning field goal, the bartender in the Cowboys jersey started singing “Build Me Up (Buttercup).” The woman sitting next to me hates football players with hair longer than their helmet, and she’s needling another bartender in a Donovan McNabb jersey for that. The rest of us are needling him […]Read More

Because there’s a shootout in Cincinnati right now. The Colts are up early, 21-10, and it’s worth watching for a while. And I haven’t eaten dinner yet, and really, where else am I going to go? The more I think about that Steelers-Ravens game, the more I think it set the art of quarterbacking back […]Read More

(Final game stats forthcoming.) Sigh. Matt Stover kicked a 44-yard field goal to pull off the upset in overtime. Tommy Maddox didn’t turn it over in OT, but he was effectively stopped twice, and the Ravens managed to pull it out on their second OT drive. I don’t care what Stevie says right now. I […]Read More

He hit Will Demps right in the numbers on 3rd down. Will Demps plays for the Ravens. Good thing Demps has butterfingers, or the Ravens would be attempting the game-winning field goal right now. With the way Maddox and Kyle Boller are playing right now, this OT period may end in a tie…Read More

Maddox was sacked at midfield on 3rd down. I think the Ravens sent about nine on that one. Two false start penalties and a disapppointingly short punt followed. Baltimore has pretty good field position right now…Read More

Atlanta missed a 55-yard field goal attempt that would have tied the score. Tampa Bay is now tied for first in the NFC South with Carolina. That’s two straight home losses for Atlanta. Can we start criticizing Michael Vick again yet?Read More

The defense got to Kyle Boller with time running out, and their last-second attempt at a hail mary was not only incomplete, but negated on a false start penalty. Steelers just won the toss. We’re going to OT. And I’m trying really hard not to think about what happened the last time Maddox played in […]Read More

Tommy Maddox threw a clean ball to Hines Ward, but he wasn’t able to get a clean catch. Then he ended up kicking the ball high in the air, leading to a Baltimore interception. How does that happen? How does the ball fall right on Ward’s foot as he’s kicking it up? That doesn’t happen. […]Read More

(Final game stats forthcoming.) This may have been the worst day for the Panthers offensive line since the George Seifert era. I’d write more about this game, but I’m just not up to it right now, especially with Tampa Bay and Atlanta knotted at 27 right now and Pittsburgh forcing the Ravens to punt with […]Read More

49er kicker Joe Nedney has kicked three field goals in the first half. He’s probably thrilled that he can kick the ball straight today. Seattle is leading the 49ers in the 2nd quarter, 17-9. If Seattle wins, they have the inside track on home field advantage in the NFC. Who could have imagined that 10 […]Read More