Reports from all the usual sources confirm that Brett Favre will indeed remain retired this season. Not buying it.
Steelers, Grilled to the Maximum
Football musings which aren’t primarily Steeler related.
Reports from all the usual sources confirm that Brett Favre will indeed remain retired this season. Not buying it.
Everyone remembers the schedule for last season. The toughest doled out in decades, some said. Fact is, it was the NFL's toughest last season; opponents had a combined record of 153-103 (.598) with half the games against 2007 playoff teams and twelve against teams with .500 or better records the prior season. Yes, it was a real murderer's row of thugs and low-lifes, plus several teams not named the Ravens.
So, what is this thing, a Superbowl slump? Most would agree that it's a down year after appearing in the Superbowl. That's easy. But how down does that year have to be? Is it good enough to miss the playoffs or is a losing record required? Does one need to pick in the top five of the following draft?
The NFL officials finally got one correct! Hurray! They failed to call it right against San Diego, taking away a touchdown to give the world a freak: the first 11-10 score in NFL history. They’ve thrown penalty flags against Steeler players only to apologize for their mistakes later in the week. But on the third down pass into the end zone from Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes they got it right. It was initially ruled…
He still wears a jersey with “Johnson” stitched across the back. But this isn’t the same brash and productive wide out of years past. His numbers are down across the board. Instead of 15 yards per catch he’s slipped below ten. Instead of 90+ catches and 1300+ yards it’s looking more like a 60 catch sub 600 yard season. He’s even stopped posting a list of opponents who didn’t cover him the previous game. This…
The Jacksonville Jaguars have fallen hard and fast after their suprising success in 2007. Last year they sacked Byron Leftwich and promoted long time backup David Garrard to the starting QB position. He made Jack Del Rio look like a genius. This year they’ve had to scratch and claw just to attain a 3-5 record. The Bengals, on the other hand, have continued their long tradition of suckitude. They dove straight to the bottom of…
