Published on: 2nd December, 2009
My comments on Thanksgiving Day games can be found here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/298164-2009-nfl-season-week-12-thanksgiving-day-special GAMES I WATCHED New Orleans Saints over New England Patriots, 38-17 This was the marquee matchup of the weekend and it didn’t live up to its hype. The Saints spanked the Patriots like an unwanted step child. The shellacking the Patriots took at ...Published on: 27th November, 2009
Introduction After the New York Giants went 5-0, many pundits had them ranked as the best team in the NFL in their power rankings. I said then that they were at best a mediocre team. I may not always be right, but I was right about that. The traditional ...Published on: 25th November, 2009
OBSERVATIONS The theme of this week was clearly upsets, with the biggest being the Oakland Raiders knocking off the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs knocking off the Pittsburgh Steelers. Just missed upsets were Washington versus Dallas (go figure; Washington is a lousy offensive team) and the Ravens versus ...Published on: 25th November, 2009
I can’t believe it’s week 12 already! This week you have two prognosticators, yours truly, C Douglas Baker , and EA , Mr. TR is on the PUP list this week with an ailment. His wife says he’s on the PUP list every week but that’s another story. JUST KIDDING!!! Sorry TR, ...Published on: 17th November, 2009
The New England Patriot’s 35-34 loss to the Indianapolis Colts Sunday night was one of the most frustrating, infuriating, painful losses I can remember for a regular season game in a long, long time. I know I more or less said something similar after last year’s loss to the Colts, ...Published on: 6th November, 2009
Now it’s time for me to present my 2009 NFL Midseason Awards. I am sure every player has been anxiously waiting to see if they end up on my list and where. ...Published on: 5th November, 2009
It’s the middle of the 2009 NFL football season and time to make my midseason NFL All Pro selection. As always, some players on this list might not make the cut by the end of the season, and some players who have been injured and did not make it ...Published on: 30th October, 2009
The dysfunctional mess that is the 2009 Washington Redskins has been well documented in the Washington, D.C. press. And all the fingers are rightfully pointing to owner Dan Snyder and his right hand hatchet man Vinnie Cerrato. Snyder has made a laughingstock of the franchise by trying to ...Published on: 30th October, 2009
GAMES I WATCHED New England Patriots over Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 35-7 First let me talk about the Buccaneers because there really is not a lot I have to say about them. I have seen them twice this year and they are simply not a good team. They are clearly in a rebuilding ...Published on: 25th October, 2009
This is coming really late this week because I was on vacation in Miami and Key West without a computer, but I am posting it anyway. GAMES I WATCHED New England Patriots over Tennessee Titans, 59-0 “This probably doesn’t mean anything in the long run but I will take the ...