The New Orleans Saints just did a lot of NFC teams a huge favor today, knocking off the Dallas Cowboys in Texas Stadium. Both teams are now 5-8 and nearly out of the playoff hunt. Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells said that Vinny Testaverde gave them a better shot of getting to the playoffs than Drew […]Read More
The Atlanta Falcons have clinched the NFC South title with a 35-10 home win over the Oakland Raiders. The next step for the Falcons is to clinch a first-round bye, which could come as soon as next week.Read More
Baltimore is leading the New York Giants 37-7 with 1:42 left in the 3rd quarter. Eli Manning’s stats so far: 4-for-15, 27 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs. This team was 5-4 with Kurt Warner starting. Tom Coughlin, what the hell were you thinking?Read More
I just noticed this on the NFL.com scoreboard. John Kitna is in at QB for the Bengals against the Patriots. Carson Palmer was injured with 3:18 left in the third quarter. No details on the injury as of yet…Read More
In the first quarter of today’s Colts-Texans game in Houston, Peyton Manning already has two touchdown passes. He now needs only three more to break Dan Marino’s record for most TD passes in a single season.Read More
They just showed the Roethlisburger on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. This beast isn’t so much a burger as it is a massive beef hoagie covered with eggs and cheese. It looks a little sloppier than its namesake plays, but sometimes the sloppiest food tastes the best, and Big Ben himself seemed to like it. One other thing […]Read More
On ESPN this morning, John Clayton finally said something about Jets’ defensive end John Abraham missing today’s game. It’s about time, John. Clayton also reported that Arlen Harris will start at running back for the Rams today. Meanwhile, Hank Goldberg ended up picking both the Steelers and the Panthers. His justification for picking the Panthers? Carolina’s running […]Read More
Clearly, if you don’t love the Carolina Panthers right now, you’re a heartless bastard. Or a Buccaneers fan, but really, what’s the difference? (Hi, Nick.) Check out this snippet of what ESPN’s Sean Salisbury wrote. Or the whole thing, if you had $40 to burn on ESPN Insider.Read More
In this Week 14 preview for CBS Sportsline, Clark Judge writes that the Pittsburgh Steelers “have never lost to the Jets in Pittsburgh. Ever.” Gee, maybe someone should tell John Clayton that…Read More
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