For the casual observer, the Senior Bowl is about as meaningful as the NFL Pro Bowl, but more anonymous. But for the growing legion of draft-obsessed scouts, it’s a week-long getaway from the cold in Mobile, Alabama, and a chance to see the cream of the senior class in person. When you’ve spent hours staring […]

Last week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and St Louis Rams owner Stan Kronke shook hands on a three-year commitment to the NFL’s plan to play games in London. The Rams agreed to give up one of their home games in each of the next three seasons, in return for getting a hefty paycheck (guaranteed sellout […]

The Pro Bowl is by far the most meaningless “all-star” game of any of the major sports. An obvious reason would be with its timing. Up until last year the game was held one week after the pinnacle of the entire sports year. Talk about the textbook example of a letdown. And with the new […]

The New England Patriots have Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and a 15-3 record. They are back in a Super Bowl rematch with the New York Giants. Therefore, they must be as strong as ever. Right? Wrong.  This installment of the Patriots dynasty has been built on an extremely weak foundation compared to their Super Bowl […]

Around 2 minutes after Lawrence Tynes kicked a game winning field goal to send the Giants to the Super Bowl, the boys in Vegas had a Super Bowl line all ready to go. The line opened up at Patriots -4 or -3.5 pending on which site you use. However by Monday afternoon the line had […]

What would appear to be a desirable head coaching job continues to go unfilled in Tampa. One year removed from a ten win season, a franchise quarterback (by all accounts) in place, supporting cast coming into their own and a great climate to spend your winter. So what gives? After firing Raheem Morris the day […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UbDFS6cg1AI?wmode=Opaque New England 23, Baltimore 20 – Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest Billy Cundiff: “Can I kick it?” – No you can’t! The Baltimore Ravens kicker missed a 32-yard field goal with 11 seconds left and the New England Patriots ran away with a 23-20 victory in the AFC Championship Game to earn […]

With three minutes left in the game, the score knotted 17-all and each team having weathered the other’s best punch, we asked on Twitter: who wins the game, and who makes the game-winning play? We got votes for the San Francisco 49ers and David Akers, we got votes for the New York Giants and Victor […]

1. Calais Campbell, DE – Arizona Cardinals While Justin Smith is busily making a case for defensive MVP for himself with the San Francisco 49ers, the price tag for Calais Campbell just goes up and up. For a 3-4 DE, only Campbell can go sack for sack, tackle for tackle, disruption for disruption with Smith. […]

It might not have been the sexy hire that Stephen Ross and the Dolphins fan base were looking for but it sure does make a lot of sense. At around 6:30 on January 20th, after 3 weeks of waiting the Dolphins decided to hire Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin. Not to be confused […]

The San Francisco 49ers are playing in the NFC Championship game. Yes, that’s right. The ring of honor populated by Joe Montana and Steve Young is about to be joined by… Alex Smith. The 49ers are two wins away from etching a new face into the franchise’s Mount Rushmore of quarterbacks. At the beginning of […]

It was only a couple of weeks ago in week 17 where the Giants were in a do or die game vs. the Dallas Cowboys to earn a playoff berth. Now on Jan 20th about to go into the conference championship game, the Giants might be playing better football than anyone in the NFL. The […]

The black-clad, bad-to-the-bone Baltimore Ravens are … wait for it … the good guys in this AFC Conference matchup. It’s an unfamiliar role for Ray Lewis’ team that prides itself on being one of the biggest bullies of the NFL. But when you face off against Bill Belichick and ESPN’s chosen sons with the AFC […]