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It’s Christmas Eve, so we thought we’d do something really different, really cool. Really original. So we bring you the Goal-Line Stand’s Christmas list for the top 10 teams in football -- something that surely has never been done before. But it’s been a tough year for St. Nick’s pocketbook, too. So...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-24-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Carolina Panthers
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In one of the strangest anomalies in NFL history, the league could have two 8-8 playoff teams while an 11-win team is left out of the picture. Every NFL season is predictably unpredictable; screwed beyond anyone’s prognostications. But this one has been especially capricious. It’s just … weird. That...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-22-2008
Filed under: Matt Cassel, New York Giants, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Rear-view Monday, Peyton Manning, Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Kurt Warner, Derrick Mason
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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...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-21-2008
Filed under: New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Sunday's Best, Albert Haynesworth, Jason Jones
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In case you missed it, we delivered our Pro Bowl rosters to loyal readers on Tuesday , hours before the actual rosters were released by the league. There were, of course, some shockers. Not surprisingly, it was the rookies and sophomores who got screwed. Eight guys who should be on the AFC team, but...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-17-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Carolina Panthers
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Obligatory Sports Babe This is a random New England Patriots cheerleader. I don't exactly know who she is, nor-- frankly-- do I care. What I do know is that I found her picture in a gallery at Uncoached , where they've taken on the noble task of trying to determine which Boston cheerleading squad...
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This should come as no big surprise because the trend has been emerging for years, but let’s just reemphasize the importance of dual running backs. Whether you want to call them Thunder and Lightning or Smash and Dash or Earth Wind and Fire or Wash and Wear or whatever, multi-back systems have truly...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-10-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers
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The NFL prides itself on its balanced schedule, and, for the most part, the league’s nailed it. If anyone has the right to complain, look for them to come from the west coast. We’ve been over this before: “Seattle has had to travel across the country 72 times this season, and they’ve only played eight...
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The Minnesota Vikings are heating up. After a slow start, Minnesota’s won back-to-back games by a combined score of 64-26. Adrian Peterson’s rolling and the defence has finally smoothed out the rough edges after stumbling earlier. The Vikes haven’t been outplayed once this season at home (they lost to...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-03-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kevin Williams, Roger Goodell, Tennessee Titans: Pittsburgh Steelers, Pat Williams
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Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today I want to be a part of it - New York, New York These vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray Right through the very heart of it - New York, New York I wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep And find I'm king of the hill - top of the heap These...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-26-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Frank Sinatra
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You have to wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Donovan McNabb. Yeah, he’ll get his starting job back on Thursday night when the Eagles take on the Cardinals. And, sure, Kevin Kolb was just as ineffective in relief of McNabb in Sunday’s debacle in Baltimore. But this Philly season, like so...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-24-2008
Filed under: Terrell Owens, Donovan McNabb, Matt Cassel, New England Patriots, Rear-view Monday, Philadelphia Eagles, Tony Romo
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After spending three weeks atop our weekly rankings of the best 10 teams in football, the Tennessee Titans are handing their crown back this week. Sorry, Titans. We don’t mean any disrespect. But as Sean famously told Will : “It’s not your fault.” It’s not your fault, because one week after proving you...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-19-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Good Will Hunting
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Picking games this year has been a struggle for us here at the Goal-Line Stand. Just ask our new friend Lars . Last Thursday, we tried to right that trend by picking the Browns to beat the Broncos for the following reasons: "...seal brown and burnt orange are our favourite colours. Because 'C'...
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They say it’s become an offensive league, all about deep balls and spread formations. But here’s something for you: Nine of the 10 teams in this week’s edition of The Ten are ranked higher defensively than offensively. At least seven (all but the Patriots, Jets and Falcons) would be considered defensive...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-12-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, defence
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Normally, I'd prefer just to link to something like this, because I don't really have anything to add to what's in the original Deadspin post . But... well... why should they have all the fun provoking the ire of this tool? So... here's the hilarious letter that Deadspin, Gawker's...
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Obligatory Sports Babe This is Caitlin Davis, formerly the youngest cheerleader in the NFL. Now the most fired for having her picture show up on Facebook next to a passed out person covered in drawings of penises and the odd swastika cheerleader in the NFL. Worst Family Tradition Ever A woman named Marguerite...
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Andrew Stoeten
on 11-06-2008
Filed under: New York Yankees, Barack Obama, Chicago Blackhawks, Steve Young, The Simpsons, James Bond, WNBA, New England Patriots, Mark Messier, Cristiano Ronaldo
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Divide 17 by 2 and you get 8.5. If there’s a midway point of the NFL season, it’s right in between the eighth and ninth week. Coincidentally, that’s where we’re at today, which makes it all the more fitting that we bring you our midseason awards. MVP: Albert Haynesworth, Titans How smart do the Titans...
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Brad Gagnon
on 10-29-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Philadelphia Eagles, Albert Haynesworth, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Drew Brees, Chris Johnson
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The first thing that came to mind when we heard there were complications with Tom Brady’s surgery was, “What are the odds?” I mean, of the countless routine knee surgeries done on athletes every week, it’s rare we ever don’t read “underwent successful surgery” and move on. In fact, initial reports on...
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We classify teams in several ways: great, good, average, bad, and horrible. This year, we aren’t having problems finding horrible teams. The Bengals, Chiefs and Lions get the job done. There is no shortage of bad teams. The 49ers, Raiders and Vikings come to mind. Average teams? Please. The Bears, Broncos...
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Brad Gagnon
on 10-22-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Yeah, we heard about the injury in the Chiefs-Patriots game on Sunday, but we’re not convinced it’ll make that big a difference. I mean, it’s just a quarterback. It’s not like these guys were really contenders this year anyway, right? I’m sure Damon Huard will be able to step in and have every bit as...
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The Giants were on top of the football world in February, but at the Super Bowl parade, they waved goodbye to the top spot in The Ten. Well, here we are. When we last left these rankings for the eyes of the world , the New England Patriots were the undisputed kings on our list of the NFL’s 10 best...
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Brad Gagnon
on 09-04-2008
Filed under: The Ten, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots