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Karma is a concept that goes deeper than the intellectual class of this blog, but let’s humour ourselves for just a minute and try to explain why karma killed the Denver Broncos this season. We won’t get all theoretical on your asses, but the basic premise of karma is that what goes around comes around...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-28-2008
Filed under: Picks, Rear-view Monday, Denver Broncos, Peyton Manning, Adrian Peterson, San Diego Chargers, karma
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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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It’s hard to remember the last time the league was this wide open. Remember back in November, when the Giants were walking to the No. 1 seed in the NFC and the Titans were thinking perfection? It feels like only a few weeks ago the Colts were in turmoil, the Redskins were considered the most efficient...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-15-2008
Filed under: New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Rear-view Monday, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers
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We’re going to do things a little differently this week. The week, for us, has been all about the Bills Toronto Series, so we’ll use this avenue to relay our final, broad thoughts on the series two games in. After that, we’ll get to the week that was throughout the league. Two hundred and fifty days...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-08-2008
Filed under: Rear-view Monday, Buffalo Bills, Bills in Toronto, Ted Rogers, Roger Goodell, Ralph Wilson
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Powered by one of the best defences in NFL history, the Baltimore Ravens have been a powerhouse of this era. But a new head coach and an assemblage of fresh faces have helped the once-offensively shallow Ravens establish a new -- and scary -- identity. Sometimes, change is just necessary. What once worked...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-01-2008
Filed under: Rear-view Monday, Ray Rice, Baltimore Ravens, Willis McGahee, Joe Flacco, Mark Clayton, John Harbaugh
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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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The Detroit Lions played a half-decent game Sunday in Carolina but still fell short of their first victory of 2008. When will win number one come? Based on the result of their week 11 efforts, don’t hold your breath. Just how bad are the Detroit Lions? Can they go 0-16? Just a couple questions surrounding...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-17-2008
Filed under: Donovan McNabb, Rear-view Monday, Rod Marinelli, Detroit Lions, Kurt Warner
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When the Saints and Falcons got together Sunday, you’d have expected the spotlight to be on Drew Brees, who’s well on his way to breaking a 24-year-old passing record. Brees had another huge game, but he wasn’t the best quarterback on the field. Maybe it’s because we’re only 9/16ths of the way to the...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-10-2008
Filed under: Rear-view Monday, Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints, Joe Flacco
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A group of seven players is sacking quarterbacks like never before. With Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record in jeopardy, 2008 is beginning to look like the year of the sack. Approx. 4:50 p.m. ET: Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter takes down Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler two yards short of the...
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Two and a half years after they let him leave for New Orleans , the San Diego Chargers got an up-close look at Drew Brees Sunday. With Brees dominating the league (and the Chargers), you’d have to think the team’s thinking twice about their decision. Three years ago, after the 2005 season, things were...
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Brad Gagnon
on 10-27-2008
Filed under: New York Giants, Rear-view Monday, San Diego Chargers, Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints, Mathias Kiwanuka
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It feels like just yesterday LaDainian Tomlinson was a rookie sensation, single-handedly reviving a San Diego Chargers team that had hit rock bottom. But as quickly as he arrived on the scene, is the guy who stole Lawrence Taylor ’s nickname already disappearing? The 2000 season was rough on the San...
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Brad Gagnon
on 10-20-2008
Filed under: Tennessee Titans, Rear-view Monday, Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers
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The difference 10 seconds makes We couldn’t get enough of this last night in our Sunday’s Best column . Yes, if NFL games were 10 seconds shorter, the Dolphins, Lions, Bears and Redskins would have won yesterday. Yeah, yeah, they play the whole 60 minutes. Blah, blah, blah. That’s not the point. The...
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Brad Gagnon
on 10-13-2008
Filed under: Indianapolis Colts, Rear-view Monday, Dallas Cowboys, Tony Romo
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According to popular folklore, horseshoes have been a source of luck for over 1,000 years. We’re getting maybe the best example this year, with the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts, kings of the AFC South for five of the six years of its existence, usually have no trouble bullying division opponents Houston...
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It’s important not to get too excited in September. I always tell myself that, whether I stick to my guns or not. One team or player can look invincible in the early going, but can become invisible before the leaves have started to change colour. Sure, teams go through transitions all season, but in...
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Brad Gagnon
on 09-29-2008
Filed under: Rear-view Monday, Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Larry Johnson, Albert Haynesworth, Chicago Bears, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals
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Watching the Falcons pummel the Chiefs really sent a message about, well, the Falcons and the Chiefs. But on a broader scale. The game itself was somewhat of a microcosm for the two teams’ last few years. In beating the Chiefs handily and moving to 2-1, the Falcons are showing how quickly they’ve turned...
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Brad Gagnon
on 09-22-2008
Filed under: Rear-view Monday, Matt Ryan, Kansas City Chiefs, Herm Edwards, Atlanta Falcons
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It seems nobody has long-term success under Mike Shanahan. Last year at this point, running back Travis Henry was Denver’s best offensive weapon, with 319 total yards in the first two weeks of the year. Not far behind Henry was wide receiver Javon Walker, who had 17 catches and 220 yards at the same...
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Brad Gagnon
on 09-15-2008
Filed under: Rear-view Monday, NFL Wrap, Eddie Royal, Denver Broncos, Brandon Marshall, Jay Cutler
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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...