Archive for October, 2009

Cowboys With Plenty to Work On During Bye Week

Heading into the bye week the Dallas Cowboys are posting a modest 3-2 record. Their victories have come against teams that are a combined 1-13 and their losses have come against teams that are 10-0. So who are the Dallas Cowboys? From a fan’s perspective it is easy to join in on the “piling on” [...]

Report: Gruden the Top Choice to Take Over for Skins Zorn

There’s plenty of talk about the future – or lack thereof of the coaching future of Jim Zorn in Washington. The team is off to a slow start, and even in wins over the Bucs and Rams they have not been that impressive. That leads us to the Washington Examiner, which today gave a name [...]

NFL Power Rankings – Week 6

The usual suspects (New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants) occupy the upper echelon of the Week 6 NFL Power Rankings. Meanwhile, the New England Patriots took a steep descent while the Denver Broncos moved up a few notches. And you knew it had to happen – the Oakland Raiders tumbled to their [...]

Brown’s Wildcat Dash Helps Dolphins Edge Jets 31-27

Five lead changes in the final quarter. Now that’s certainly something that you do not see every day; but then again, that is a testament to the defenses of the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets in their nationally televised game Monday night. With the amount of scoring that took place in the final 15 [...]

Despite The Loss; Lions Make Progress

I’m not real big on moral victories, because they exist in place of actual victories, but I see a team that is finally heading in the right direction. The Lions are 1-4, but they have lost to two undefeated teams (Saints and Vikings,) a 3-1 team (Bears) and the 3-2 defending Super Bowl champs. The [...]

Cowboys Offense a Surprising Number One in the NFL

Don’t look now, but the Dallas Cowboys have the number one ranked offense in the NFL. No, this is not my personal opinion, and no I did not make this up, I’m serious. While the Cowboys may not be ranked number one in the rushing or passing game, collectively they are the best. So what [...]

Bengals Honor Defensive Coordinator in Win Over Ravens

The Bengals beat the Ravens yesterday, grabbing sole possession of first place in the tough AFC North. A surprise, to say the least. And while it was a great win, I have a feeling the Bengals could care less. They could care less about their standing in the division. They could care less about beating [...]

Raiders Need to Face the Truth – There’s No Accountability

That’s It…That’s All you can Say?! Quotations that were put out by 3 main Raider persons after the debacle on Sunday: “We’ve just got to keep fighting,” Russell said. “It’s got to be a brighter day. At the end of that tunnel, there’s got to be a brighter light.” “At some point, you’ve got to [...]