December 20th, 2010 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The past couple of weeks the Patriots have won games blowing out teams and pounding them into the ground with their offense and a defense that has been as stingy as any. Sunday night at home against a short-handed Green Bay Packers squad, it was the Pats that were playing the role of the comeback [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Gridiron Gab Week Fifteen Preview – Chicago at Minnesota
In the mostly two and a half decades of disappointment since the magical 1985 season, the Chicago Bears franchise has been snake-bitten. Thanks to bad coaching/personnel moves and historically atrocious performances at key positions (QB, RB), the Bears have been more bad than good. Before making their second-ever Super Bowl appearance in 2006, teams like [...]
Tags: Giants Implode in Final Seconds in Setback to Eagles
It should have been easy. The Giants were up 21 points, with 8 minutes left in the game. Should have been easy. But, as it always with this team, it wasn’t easy. 8 minutes later, the Eagles are on top, walking away with a victory. A 31-10 lead became a 38-31 loss. Just like that. [...]
Falcons Take Advantage of Seahawks Turnovers in 38-14 Win in Seattle
The good news? The Seahawks somehow find themselves still tied for the NFC West. The bad news? The team was beaten badly at home by one of, if not the best team in the NFC the Atlanta Falcons after three Matt Hasselbeck turnovers in the third quarter made it a blowout. The Hawks fell hard, [...]
Saints Winning Streak Ends With 30-24 Loss at Baltimore
This certainly was a game which the Saints had a legitimate shot of winning. Their second possession was strong and productive to get them on the board early and they even rallied from behind 21-7 to tie the game up at 24. Although the run game of the Ravens carried them today, the Saints had [...]
Dolphins Officially Out of the AFC Playoff Hunt After 17-14 Loss to Bills
17-14. With that score in the books, and the Miami Dolphins racking up yet another loss at home this season, Miami is now officially eliminated from the playoff picture, and fans can start fantasizing about the off-season and all of the potential pickups. The loss puts the Dolphins at 1-6 on the season at home, [...]
Raiders Punch Out Broncos 39-23 in Tebow’s Debut
The Raiders tried as hard as they could. They tried to let the Broncos win the game. They had 3 turnovers in the first half, and the Broncos turned those into 17 points. But whatever speech Tom Cable made during halftime worked as the Raiders came out in the second half and outscored the Broncos [...]
Jets Grind Out a Huge Win In Pittsburgh; Top Steelers 22-17
With Troy Polamalu and Heath Miller in street clothes, the short-handed Steelers simply ran out of time in the end, falling to the New York Jets 22-17 to fall to 10-4 on the season. The loss, the first ever to the Jets in Pittsburgh, ties the AFC North with two games left with the Ravens, [...]
