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Steelers Survive As Peyton Pouts

While Pittsburgh and Steelers Nation celebrate, the media and the NFL are hanging their heads along with Peyton Manning. Everything they had worked for all season long, to finally get Manning and the Colts into the Super Bowl, has come up short in the end.
Or maybe I should say it all came up wide to [...]

Packers Record Stands As Broncos Prevail

As predicted here (okay, not really predicted, but hoped for), the Denver Broncos overcame New England in their AFC Division playoff game 27-13 and brought an end to the Patriots’ quest for a third consecutive NFL championship. The loss by the Pats secures for another three years Green Bay’s distinction as the only team to [...]

Division Round Playoff Picks

It’s the Division round of the playoffs and all four games this weekend offer a different level of pain, discomfort, and difficulty for me. Maybe I just won’t watch. Oh, who am I kidding, it’s the playoffs.
Saturday the Washington Redskins travel to Seattle to play the Mike Holmgren’s Seahawks. Yes, it’s been six long years [...]

The Wild And The Mild: Playoff Thoughts

It was quite a weekend of playoff football with some real surprises as to who came to play and who didn’t. One thing’s for sure: the old chestnut about defense winning championships still holds, but having a little offense doesn’t hurt.
Washington escaped from Raymond James Stadium with a win, despite the best efforts of Mark [...]

Packer-less Playoff Prognostication

Despite the fact that Green Bay won’t be playing in the post-season this year, the NFL has decided to proceed with the playoffs anyway. Seems like a boneheaded decision to me, but at least there’s still a few more weeks of football to watch.
The Wildcard round gets under way Saturday with the Washington Redskins traveling [...]