October 28th, 2010 
DJ Boursiquot 
Posted in With Alex Smith injured and unable to play this sunday, the San Francisco 49ers have made a quarterback change. Troy Smith will be starting this week against the Denver Broncos. While this was unexepected to me, it was not surprising. In his relief effort for Alex Smith, QB David Carr showed that he absolutely could [...]
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Colts’ M*A*S*H Unit Gets Ready for Texans’ Rematch
With an eye on getting “revenge” on the Houston Texans in a crucial Monday Night Football AFC South grudge match at Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indianapolis Colts (4-2) are dealing with a slue of injuries. Right now it is “Next Man Up” time in Indy and superstar quarterback Peyton Manning has to be looking around [...]
College Football Match-Up Of The Week – #6 Missouri vs #14 Nebraska
Both Missouri and Nebraska are coming off important wins against conference rivals this past week. Missouri won a closely contested game against then #1 ranked Oklahoma at home, and Nebraska was able to beat #14 ranked Oklahoma State on the road. The winner of this game will take control of the North division in the [...]
Bradford’s play spoiling Rams fans
Sam has looked more like a seasoned vet than he has a rookie Sam Bradford by all accounts did not have a very good game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His usually super accurate passes were missing the mark, his usually successful audible quick passes were not completed and he looked even harried on the [...]
Eagles secondary: Half full or Half empty?
The Eagles could not find a way to contain the Titans Kenny Britt Half of the secondary played well against the Titans. The other half, not so much. Quintin Mikell and Asante Samuel both recorded interceptions for the Eagles. The other corner and safety, Ellis Hobbs and Nate Allen, didn’t have as much luck. Neither [...]
Inside the Numbers – Giants Edition
Best team in the NFL? I enjoy numbers in sports. And while I know that statistics can be made to say almost anything they want if you’re good enough with them (I’m talking about advanced statistics with regression models and blah blah blah), I think they can be useful to highlight trends. So let’s take [...]
Saints RB Bush misses practice, doubtful for Sunday vs Pittsburgh
It looks like it will be another week without Reggie Bush for the Saints, as he missed Wednesday’s practice due to his leg injury, and it’s highly unlikely he will return this week, a league source said. A team source said no final determination has been made on the running back’s status for Sunday night’s [...]
Redskins RB Portis about two weeks away from testing injured groin
Maybe watching Ryan Torain rush for back to back 100 yard games has inspired Clinton Portis, who now says he is about two weeks away from testing his injured groin. Portis has been jogging as part of his rehabilitation program for the groin, which he injured during the Redskins win back in week four over [...]
