Archive for December, 2010

Wild Finish in the Meadowlands; Jackson Lifts the Eagles to 38-31 Win

The Philadelphia Eagles entered this game, and were dominated the entire first half. There were constant mistakes throughout the entire first two quarters, and it looked like the Giants were going to run away with a victory. Michael Vick was shut down the entire time, and he was unable to get the Eagles offense moving [...]

Browns Fall to Bengals 19-17; Eric Mangini Offically on the Hot Seat

Last December Eric Mangini won four games to save his job. This December he may just have lost to another two win team to lose it. Playing a Bengals team that hasn’t won a game since September 26th, the Bengals had lost 10 in a row before being able to run all day on the [...]

Bengals WR Terrell Owens Leaves After Aggravating Sore Left Knee

Bengals receiver Terrell Owens left Sunday’s game against the Browns after aggravating his sore left knee. The 37-year-old receiver missed practice last week because of the knee, but was on the field for the opening drive. He ran a long pass route on Cincinnati’s sixth play, then hobbled off the field. The Bengals said he [...]

Orton Emergency QB; Tebow to Officially Start for Broncos

The Broncos have officially made the switch at QB, as Kyle Orton is the 3rd or emergency QB today for the team, meaning that rookie Tim Tebow will get his first start in Oakland against the rival Raiders. Brady Quinn will be the backup to Tebow. On the season, Tebow has thrown just one pass, [...]

Haltime Thoughts from the Browns-Bengals Game

* For the 2nd straight week the Browns started fast on offense, scoring a TD on their opening drive with Colt McCoy taking the team right down the field in three minutes to take a 7-0 lead. Then they went into the same shell they did last week, not scoring again and playing flat the [...]

Early Inactives for For Week 15 in the NFL

Arizona: CB A.J. Jefferson, C Ben Claxton, QB Derek Anderson, DL Gabe Watson, LB Gerald Hayes, SS Hamza Abdullah, CB Marshay Green, WR Max Komar. Carolina: WR Armanti Edwards, C Chris Morris, CB Chris Gamble, DL Corvey Irvin, FS Gerald Alexander, QB Keith Null, CB R.J. Stanford. Buffalo: OT Colin Brown, OG Erik Pears, C [...]

Packers: Jclombardi’s Christmas Wishes

Senior writer jclombardi gives 2010 Christmas wishes. PLAYERS: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers: A better dating class of women and a healthy clear head for 2011, not necessarily in that order. Lol. The Injured Reserve players, especially LB Barnett, RB Grant & TE Finley: A productive 2011 NFL season with Pro Bowl performances, before talking about a [...]

Chris Bach’s Preview of Week 15

I was surprised to see even two pundits pick against the Bucs. Phil Simms picked Detroit to win and The Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, picked them to at least cover. There have been few actions more consistent in football this year than the Bucs beating a team with a losing record. The Bucs have won [...]