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  • Sunday’s Best: Thank goodness Brees fell short

    Panthers 33, Saints 31 Games like these are why the NFC South was the coolest division in football this year. In another wild one, New Orleans came back down as many as 20 points, but fell short in the end. The sexy side-story, of course, was Drew Brees’ pursuit of Dan Marino’s single-season passing yards record. And we have to say, we’re relieved that Brees came what amounted to one completed pass short of the mark. A quarterback on a losing team shouldn’t be able to stake claim to such an important...

  • Sunday’s Best: Titans’ D-line depth shows

    One thought from each game. Titans 31, Steelers 14 We kept saying, “Don’t worry about the Titans defensive line!” And nobody listened. Hopefully they will now. People weren’t remembering that Tennessee smothered the Baltimore defence earlier in the season without the services of Albert Haynesworth and Kyle Vanden Bosch for most of the game. In years past, this team needed Haynesworth to win. Now, with rookies Jason Jones and William Hayes in town, the line has enough depth to survive without its...

  • Sunday’s Best: Steelers keep winning

    Steelers 13, Ravens 9 This Pittsburgh team just won’t lose. In Baltimore, after failing to score a touchdown for the first 59 minutes of the game, Ben Roethlisberger led the Steelers down the field and into the end zone for the game-winning score. Pittsburgh has won five in a row, and with Albert Haynesworth down for the Titans, the Steelers can pretty much wrap up home-field throughout the AFC playoffs with a win in Nashville next week. Note: More on the controversial late touchdown in Rear-View...

  • Sunday’s Best: Colts escape, Packers not so lucky

    Colts 10, Browns 6 The Colts have been playing good football for quite a stretch, but they once again got a little lucky on Sunday. Sure, they deserved this one more than the Browns, who have now scored a total of 12 points in their last two home games, but Indy was sluggish in Cleveland, and might not have left town with a win if not for Robert Mathis’ touchdown off a fumble recovery. With a healthy Brady Quinn, the Browns pull off the upset Sunday. Panthers 35, Panthers 31 If the Colts are getting...
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  • Sunday’s Best: The difference Romo makes

    Cowboys 35, 49ers 22 You’ve heard it countless times. MVP = The player who is most valuable to his team. And while Kurt Warner continues to get built up as the leading MVP candidate, it’s important to remember that the two-headed monster of Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald still carries the Cards. Watching the Cowboys’ offence go nuts on the 49ers, we started thinking, Where would Dallas be without Tony Romo? The Cowboys were the best team in football for the season’s first five weeks, losing only...
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  • Sunday’s Best: Why ties suck

    Eagles 13, Bengals 13 We’ve gone on about this before, but the result of the Philly-Cincy game gives us another chance to rant. The NFL should not have ties. Period. You’re already playing an extra quarter; who does it hurt to keep playing into a second quarter? It would only happen once or twice a year, if at all, so why force the whole country (aside from fans of the two teams playing the game) to just hope for anyone to score to avoid throwing a glaring wrench into the uniformity of the standings...

  • Sunday’s Best: The new McCarthyism

    Vikings 28, Packers 27 There’s a disturbing trend making its way through the National Football League, and since Packers head coach Mike McCarthy just became the latest man to fall victim to it, we’ll call it sports’ version of “McCarthyism.” With the Packers trailing and driving in the final minute, the Fox broadcast kept showing us shots of Green Bay’s kicker, Mason Crosby, making good on 60-yarders in the pre-game warm-up. It’s okay if McCarthy has complete confidence that his kicker can knock...

  • Sunday’s Best: Bears and Bucs survive scares

    Titans 19, Packers 16 Sure, the Titans survived by the skin of their teeth, but the Packers exposed some holes in the Tennessee defence. Last week, the Colts defence figured out how to stop the Titans’ rushing attack. This week, Philadelphia found a way to beat Tennessee through the air (even though, you know … the Titans won the game). Sooner or later, a team will combine the strategies of the Colts and Packers, and use that to finally end Tennessee’s tear. We wouldn’t be shocked if the Bears become...
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  • Sunday’s Best: Why Bills fans now hate balloons

    Someone in Buffalo needs to know these two things don't go together Last week, four games were decided in the final 10 seconds. This week, only a few games were still up for grabs in the fourth quarter. But we still can draw some interesting conclusions in our trip around the league. Chargers @ Bills – Balloons prevent Bills fans from being able to watch chunk of game That’s right, balloons. They are supposed to bring happiness and put smiles on our faces, but brought anger to Buffalo Bills fans...

  • Sunday’s Best: Last-minute shockers aplenty

    If NFL games lasted 59 minutes and 48 seconds, things would have been very different today (and not just because each quarter would be 14 minutes and 12 seconds). Here’s a trip around the league. Bears @ Falcons Great finish No. 1. Down six with less than a minute to go, Kyle Orton led the Bears 77 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 17 seconds on the clock. But wait. With only six seconds to work with, Matt Ryan uses five to hit Michael Jenkins for a 26-yard gain. Jenkins steps out of bounds...

  • Sunday's Best: Titans, Colts play comeback

    Titans @ Ravens We watched most of this one, and if we had to give a team an edge, it would be the Ravens. That’s what makes Tennessee’s road win all the more impressive. The Titans just don’t give up points, and although they didn’t score many on Sunday, Kerry Collins led them on a game-winning drive when their backs were against the wall in the fourth quarter. But the real thing to take from this one was the intensity. Cortland Finnegan nearly fought Derrick Mason on a few...
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  • Sunday’s Best: Fins end Pats’ regular-season reign of terror

    Dolphins @ Patriots Are Patriots fans expecting too much? Matt Cassel’s taking a nice chunk of criticism for his lacklustre performances against the Jets and the Fins. This game, of course, hurt the most . But it’s important to remember that Cassel’s made just two NFL starts. Not everybody’s Tom Brady. We’re not shocked that the Patriots had a bad game; there will be more to come. But we are shocked at how great the Dolphins played only a week after getting shellacked in Arizona? Miami’s solid offensive...
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  • Sunday's Best: Broncos send a message

    Chargers @ Broncos Now that is the kind of game we all live for on Sundays. A lot of points between two division rivals culminating in a controversial ending capped by a two-point conversion to win the game. It was so worth a run-on sentence. The Chargers, who are now coming off two heartbreak losses in a row, will surely whine about Jay Cutler’s fumble blown dead that led to the game-winning score late. Regardless, the Broncos have scored 80 points in the first two weeks, and, when you take the...
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