What teams are really that good? What teams are really that bad? How important is home field advantage? Is the bye-week a bigger negative than a positive? Everything you though about the NFL playoffs went to the birds this past weekend (meaning the Ravens, Cardinals and Eagles)!
The Good:
Baltimore Ravens: Live by big plays, die [...]

Happy New Year!
We’ve been awfully quiet for the last two weeks, and I apologize. It was not my intention to slag, but I went to visit my family over the holidays only to discover that they had a miserable internet connection that made it impossible for me to do just about anything. Then I became [...]

Week 15 is over and the NFC Playoff Picture is as murky as ever. With only two positions clinched (the New York Giants in the East and the Arizona Cardinals in the West), eleven teams are very much alive. Shockingly, the Giants, who a mere two weeks ago (i.e. before the Plaxico Burress fiasco and [...]

Hmmm… Whether its the distractions caused by the entire Plaxico Burress shooting or the suspension of the superstar wide receiver for the rest of the season, the New York Giants definitely felt the ill-effects in today’s game against the arch-rival Eagles. The Giants, who until this game were red-hot (having won seven straight), looked absolutely [...]

City (Franchise) #1 – New York Giants: New York suspended Super Bowl hero wide receiver Plaxico Burress for the rest of the season after he was charged with two counts of illegal weapons possession.
City (Francise) #2 – Dallas Cowboys: Earlier this week, Dallas placed Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones back on their 53-man roster after the NFL [...]

Ah, December… The leaves have changed (at least if you live in area where the leaves do change, unlike myself in Los Angeles), the holiday season is upon us, and five major sports are in full swing.  So, for today, let’s take a capsule look at what’s going on.
NFL: Last week, I looked at the parity [...]

Parity, thy name is the NFL.  To be sure, at 10-1 each the Tennessee Titans and New York Giants are running away with the AFC and NFC, respectively, but after those two teams…  The next 17 teams all have records of either 8-3 (4), 7-4 (7) or 6-5 (6).  How close together are the majority [...]