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The worst losses by a Super Bowl winner

    Back on October 21, the Baltimore Ravens traveled to Reliant Stadium to play the Houston Texans. They were 5-1, with a four-game winning streak. They took an early lead that day, then things fell apart. Joe Flacco took a sack in the end zone, the Texans scored on a long pass play, then […]

2013 Hall of Fame class announced

  As is the case every year the day before the Super Bowl, the latest class of enshrinees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame was announced today. The 2013 class includes guard Larry Allen, wide receiver Cris Carter, defensive tackle Curley Culp, left tackle Jonathan Ogden, coach Bill Parcells, linebacker Dave Robinson, and defensive […]

Cardinals fire Rod Graves and Ken Whisenhunt

  The Arizona Cardinals today fired the two men behind the franchise's only Super Bowl trip, general manager Rod Graves and head coach Ken Whisenhunt. Both men had held their respective positions since 2007. Whisenhunt arrived from Pittsburgh as an offensive-minded coach commanded with coaching up second-year quarterback Matt Leinart. His fate was decided, though, […]

Chargers fire A.J. Smith and Norv Turner

  After ten years, it's time for change in San Diego as team president Dean Spanos fired longtime general manager A.J. Smith after a disappointing 7-9 season. Joining him in the unemployment line is head coach Norv Turner. Summing up the A.J. Smith era in San Diego is hard. After succeeding to the top job […]

Chiefs fire Romeo Crennel

  Expected to be a serious contender for the AFC West title in 2012, the Kansas City Chiefs instead finished with the worst record in the NFL, and it cost head coach Romeo Crennel his job. Crennel's second stint as a head coach began as a promotion from defensive coordinator after Todd Haley was fired with three […]

Browns fire Pat Shurmur and Tom Heckert

  The Cleveland Browns finally made official on Monday what was reported on Saturday and widely reckoned to be coming for months, firing head coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert. Heckert spent almost three years as the general manger after coming over from Philadelphia. His most notable moves including trading up to take […]

Broncos add Peyton, but AFC West still up for grabs

The Denver Broncos added Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning seems to be healthy. A healthy Peyton Manning is probably the greatest NFL quarterback of the past two decades, and one of the greatest of all time. Peyton Manning is a much more proficient passer than what the Denver Broncos had at quarterback in 2011. The Denver […]

Packers poised to rule NFC North, but who’s second?

With the start of the NFL season fast approaching, we continue our look around the league division by division with a stop in the NFC North, where we have a pretty good idea which team will finish first and an even better idea which team will finish last, but the middle of the division is […]

Bears, Matt Forte agree to contract extension

Under the gun of today’s deadline for franchise players to agree to multi-year contracts with their teams, the Chicago Bears agreed to terms with running back Matt Forte. Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times, who

Free agency report card: AFC South

Up next on This Given Sunday’s tour around the NFL by division looking at free agency is the AFC South. Probably the least-accomplished division in football in 2011, nothing in free agency indicates the AFC South is likely to be massively better in 2011. While Jacksonville and Indianapolis took steps that may help them escape […]

Free agency report card: NFC North

This Given Sunday continues its division by division look around the NFL at what’s happened to date in free agency with a trip to the NFC North, where three teams are hoping for a division title and a shot at home field advantage throughout the postseason and one is just hoping to be respectable. Green […]

Mario Williams signs six-year deal to play in Buffalo

The Buffalo Bills surprisingly landed the biggest non-Peyton Manning fish in free agency, as the first overall pick in the 2006 draft, Mario Williams, has reportedly agreed to sign a six-year deal worth up to $100 million, with a whopping $50 million guaranteed. Williams had been compared to Reggie White as the rare dynamic and […]

Burning question: is it Jake Locker time in Tennessee?

While Cam Newton shined and Blaine Gabbert and Christian Ponder struggled in their rookie seasons, fellow 2011 first-round selection Jake Locker simply sat. The Tennessee Titans signed Matt Hasselbeck after drafting Locker to be their starting quarterback in 2011, and Hasselbeck indeed was the starting quarterback for the Titans every single game. 2012 is a […]

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