NFL Football
More about nothing
While watching NFL playoff games on Sunday, a statistic flashed across the screen early during the NFC Championship game that indicated that playoff teams in this postseason were 2-6 when scoring first. At the end of the day, the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers improved that record to 4-6. Both teams scored early in the opening [...]
What goes around, comes around
The New York Giants knocked off a top seed – the Dallas Cowboys – in last season’s National Football Conference playoffs on their way to the National Football League championship. On Sunday at Giants Stadium, it was New York that entered its playoff game with the Philadelphia Eagles as the NFC’s top seed. New season. Similar outcome. [...]
Reed turns momentum
During his NFL career, Baltimore defensive back Ed Reed has made his share of game-changing plays. One such sequence unfolded during the Ravens’ playoff game at Miami on Sunday. Reed returned one of four Chad Pennington interceptions 64 yards for a touchdown late in the second quarter of Baltimore’s 27-9 romp. The pick was one of two on the day [...]
Nothing
Arizona and San Diego proved the regular season means one thing during NFL playoff action on Saturday. It means nothing. The Cardinals, who dropped four of their final six regular-season games, bested Atlanta – which entered the game as one of the league’s hottest teams and slightly favored – 30-24 before a loud crowd at [...]
Hired to be fired
Monday was not a good day to be a head coach in the National Football League. A trio of coaches were fired after disappointing ends to their respective 2008 seasons. Not surprisingly, Cleveland dismissed Romeo Crennel and Detroit dumped Rod Marinelli. Crennel was booted after the punchless Browns finished 4-12. In Crennel’s defense, though, the offensive futility [...]
What a turnaround
Last season, the Miami Dolphins won just one game and were the laughingstock of the National Football League. After their 24-17 win over the New York Jets on Sunday, Miami shed that label for another – 2008 American Football Conference Eastern Division champions. Ironically, the Dolphins accomplished this feat with Chad Pennington at quarterback. That’s [...]
All about pride
Supposedly, several NFL teams had little or nothing to play for this past Sunday – a playoff berth, for example. But many of those squads displayed a fair amount of pride. In some cases against opponents jockeying for spots in the postseason. Take Seattle for example. The Seahawks knocked off the New York Jets in [...]
Both ends of the spectrum
There has truly been a changing of the guard in the National Football Conference’s Western Division. Arizona has risen from the basement to claim the Cardinal franchise’s first division championship in over three decades – albeit in a division in which the other three teams are below .500. Seattle – just three seasons removed from [...]
