My wife tells me that, in some of my recent weekly updates, I’ve gotten so bogged down with various football facts and figures that my writing talent is lost amidst all the flotsam and jetsam. That’s a nice way of saying...
For this week’s update, I would greatly appreciate your patience while we revisit a familiar theme–Nobody Knows Nothin’ Bout Nothin’. And this year, the team we know nothin’ bout the most is the New York Jets. You’ve heard that life is...
So here’s Week 8 in a nutshell. With his two pick-sixes, New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith scored more points for the Bengals than for his own team. With the world’s ugliest two-game win streak, the now 2 – 6...
I have a confession to make. I am a Minnesota Vikings fan. My sister just groaned because she thinks this is going to be another of my NFL recaps I’ve been posting the past few weeks. It’s not so bear with...
There’s never a bad time for a reference to a classic Christmas movie. As Bill Murray said in Scrooged, “What the hell is going on here?” We’re now three weeks into the 2013 NFL season. By all accounts, the NFC was...
Were we seeing this much sloppy play at this time last year? I’m sure we were. We just didn’t notice because we were all so focused on the overwhelming incompetence of the infamous replacement officials. Under the current collective bargaining agreement,...
I hope you’ve been enjoying these blog posts. I’ve done some different things and covered a lot of territory. That’s about to change. For the next four months or so, I doubt I’ll cover much more than a hundred yards. That’s...