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The NFC South has been flying high on explosive offenses and also getting stomped on. Here are the mid-season report cards for the division Atop the halfway point power rankings are the Saints. Where the only disasters seen in New Orleans this year have been opposing d ...

This should be easy just give all units an F and move on but there has been some bright spots—not enough to overcome the Bills being stuck in a vortex of futility!! I will say this, the Bills organization is extremely fortunate that they have such loyal fans. Around the ...

Let me take a breath before I dive into this...I am not one to pin this on anyone and I wouldn’t were it not for the glaring translucence of it. The Buccaneers organization has and still is systematically and intentionally trying to destroy the credibility of black athl ...

Most of you should be familiar with Jerry MacDonald, a great guy who runs a blog for the Contra Costa Times covering the Raiders. A better source for up to date Raider information doesn’t exist. Needless to say, frequent visits to Jerry Mac’s blog are essential to any ...

NEW ORLEANS -11.5 vs. Atlanta This line is pretty big, especially for a divisional matchup against a decent Falcons team. But the Saints are absolutely rolling this year, not only undefeated but also 6-0 against the spread. Shades of the ’99 Rams with an offense that ca ...

Returning a kickoff for a touchdown is a very rare thing in the NFL. While I don’t have an assistant to compile stats for me, like some big name writers, I can hazard a guess that it only happens about once every hundred or so kickoffs. That being said, it’s even more ...

As expected, LaDainian Tomlinson was able to pad his Hall of Fame resume once again when facing the hapless Oakland Raiders. Tomlinson visited the end zone twice, which brings his season total to three touchdowns, all of which came while running through Silver and Black ...

Once again it's time to give you some free NFL picks for Week 8. Not every game is listed, just what I think are some of the best bets. These free picks are against the most current point spreads as of Thursday evening. I had a tough week in this space last week, as th ...

“The season is over.” How many times has that phrase been uttered by Raider fans since the fall of 2003? Far more times than the Chargers have beaten Oakland. Why is it simply okay to allow the air of hopelessness to hang around like a San Francisco fog? The Raiders ar ...

The very name “Wildcat” seems to bring with it a pulse quickening unlike any other form of offense. There’s just something about it that conveys a sense of excitement, conjures visions of big, mind-blowing plays and really grabs a football fan right in the adrenal gland ...

Apparently this past Sunday was among the worst days ever for the Vegas bookmakers. The public loves to bet favorites like New England, Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Indianapolis. Usually Vegas can just crank the point spreads up past 14 and take the public’s money when inevi ...

Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter. That’s what the signs over the entrances to McAfee Coliseum should say. In fact, if things remain status quo, that should be the new team motto. Forget Commitment to Excellence, that’s obviously a figment of Davis’s imagination. In fact, ...

His eleventh year out of Ohio State was promising to be his best. Going in to the week six game against the Baltimore Ravens, Antoine Winfield had amassed 28 solo tackles, 4 passes defensed and 1 interception. While those numbers don’t seem astronomical, take into accou ...

Every good coach knows the best way to beat a high-powered offense is to start fast and never let off the gas. Tony Sparano and his Miami Dolphins did get off to a rapid-fire scoring frenzy last Sunday, but left the door open for the sleeping giant to awaken. With two ...

Hard to believe we have hit the half way point of the NFL season. The Bills have us teased again with a 3-4 record and a possible victory coming up against a beatable schizophrenic Houston team. Does it seem that Dick does his best coaching under the most adverse of ...

Our beloved coach Dick Jauron is often found to have questionable decisions including conservative play calls, poor clock management, the inability to throw challenge flags and general crappy-ness in game planning and preparation. Despite all these shortcomings, coach J ...

This is a classic "stay away from" game that's hard to predict. Who knows how Washington responds to all the turmoil, or how Philly bounces back from an embarrassing loss at Oakland. There should be lots of Philly fans in Washington and the Eagles should win and cover t ...

Here are some random observations from Sunday afternoon's debacle, which saw the Miami Dolphins relinquish a 24-3 lead, ultimately losing 46-34 to the unbeaten New Orleans Saints. -This loss was even more painful than the Colts loss on Monday Night, because it seemed a ...

So much for owning the Jets. So much for playing professional football. It would appear the JaMarcus Russell experiment is over in Oakland. However, second-stringer Bruce Gradkowski still seemed to suffer from the same issues, minus the “throw the ball to anyone wit ...

No one, including myself, expected Richard Seymour and the Raiders defense to lead the team to a victory over the far superior Philadelphia Eagles last week. No one saw Zach Miller’s 86-yard touchdown coming. No one saw Donavan McNabb getting sacked six times, four of t ...