Archive for September, 2010

Packers: Morning Coffee Mix Headlines

Jclombardi highlights Packers headlines day after loss to Bears. Guest senior writer jclombardi @ http://lombardiave.com Clipped from: espn.go.com (share this clip) Packers couldn’t handle their own hype: This was an epic collapse for a team that has its sights set on the Super Bowl. The Packers set a team record with 18 penalties, wiping out [...]

Week Four SeahawksGab Soundoff: Tuesday Two Deep (Poll Questions)

The Seahawks are turning heads and is tied for first in the NFC West at 2-1 with the Arizona Cardinals. Will the good times continue or will Seattle come tumbling down from atop its perch? It’s Tuesday and that means it’s time for your voices and thoughts to be heard with this week’s offering of [...]

Ravens coach irked about questions about the Steelers

Seems that ‘Steelers Week’ hit early in Baltimore, as their head coach, John Harbaugh, wasn’t too happy about questions coming in Sunday after the teams rather lackluster 24-17 win over the awful Browns. “We don’t care,” he said. “It doesn’t make any difference to us. Ok, you asked me last summer what I thought about [...]

Legitimate case for NFC’s finest: Bears outlast Packers 20-17

All of a sudden, a 10-win season doesn’t seem so far-fetched for the ‘10 Bears. Thanks to 17 Packer penalties, the return of the Windy City Flyer and a late forced turnover by the Bears dynamic linebacking duo, Chicago beat Green Bay 20-17. The victory leaves the Bears as the only undefeated team left in [...]

Packers Lose to Bears 20-17

Jclombardi’s summary and rapid reactions about Packers loss. Guest senior writer jclombardi @ http://lombardiave.com Summary: With the game between the undefeated Packers and Bears going down to the wire, Packers’ mistakes and penalties eventually set up the winning field goal to hand the victory to the Bears 20-17.  The Packers had 18 penalties, allowed a blocked [...]

After much needed win, Vikings to take time off

Last night I heard the trio of talking heads on NFL Network talking about how the Viking’s bye week couldn’t come at a better time because the team can treat it as a belated training camp to get Brett Favre on the same page as his offensive line and pass catchers. Apparently, that won’t be [...]

Thoughts on the Giants latest setback

Well that sucked. The Giants outplayed the Titans, except for the fact that all those damn penalties, turnovers and mistakes cost them. It was brutal, and  I think it’s the biggest indication yet that Tom Coughlin has lost this team. Let’s delve into Thoughts and Musings -The hallmark of Tom Coughlin’s teams have been discipline. Arriving [...]

No defense for the Redskins loss in St.Louis

Special to NFL GG by Rajan Nanavati When Mike Shanahan hired Jim Haslett as his defensive coordinator, and the latter declared he’d be bringing and installing the 3-4 defense in Washington (despite lacking the appropriate personnel to do so effectively), the theory for the change was based on the idea the Redskins would sacrifice statistical [...]