Football Analysis

The New Orleans Saints are 1-1 after losing a winnable game in Washington. There are a number of things that stand out as problematic yet solvable before they enter an eight-game stretch against just one 2007 playoff team where they must go at least 5-3. Read more »

Jay Cutler, Reggie Bush, Anquan Boldin and Jason Witten are the current FIC leaders at their respective positions, but Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson and Calvin Johnson aren't far behind. Read more »

The New York Giants haven?t been truly challenged through the first two weeks of the season, building early leads in both games before putting things out of reach in the final fifteen minutes. Read more »

A number of seemingly insurmountable leads were overcome in Week Two, and a number of interesting decisions were made in the process. Read more »

Two Greg Olsen fumbles, Jonathan Stewart, and the bad karma that followed a Lance Briggs' hit were more than enough to allow the Bears to squander a 17-3 third quarter lead in Carolina. Read more »

Following Week 1's excruciating loss on Monday night against the Broncos, it looked mathematical that the Raiders would finish the season with at least 10 losses for the sixth consecutive year. Read more »

The Eagles, Steelers, Broncos, Titans and Giants are in the top-five after Week 2. Read more »

Thumbs up to Mike Shanahan, 'The Express', while Thumbs down to the NFL schedule makers, NCAA pollsters and much much more. Read more »

Case Kenum of Houston, Shun White of Navy and Dante Love of Ball State are the FIC leaders, but where is Joe McKnight after USC's impressive win against Ohio State? Read more »

If the Cardinals beat the Dolphins this Sunday they will start the 2008 season with a 2-0 record ? something that they haven?t done in seventeen years. Read more »

Do we believe what we saw in Week 1 or all of the ideas that developed during the camp in preseason? That and two big games between rivals in the AFC and NFC East. Read more »

Scoreboards sometimes lie and certainly never tell the entire story. The Trench Counter is a single objective statistic that sheds light on which team controls a football game. Read more »

Three areas are clear for the Titans after Week 1: Chris Johnson is legit, their defense is brilliant, and Vince Young has not significantly improved. The third question is obviously the topic of the week with his erratic behavior, and the performance of a former Vanderbilt QB further complicates things. Read more »

For all the help Randy Moss can provide Matt Cassel, he can?t revert to his old self. Moss has never handled adversity well in the past, and this season could become a trying one. Read more »

The Colts don?t lose by double digits at home, and they don?t lose in September or October? until this past Sunday. More troublesome than Peyton Manning were the Colts? simultaneous inabilities to run the ball and stop the run. Read more »

Michael Turner came out of Week 1 as the overall season FIC leader, while Donovan McNabb leads quarterbacks, rookie Eddie Royal is top amongst wide receivers and the clutch Dante Rosario leads at the tight end position. Read more »

The NFC East sent three teams to the playoffs in 2007, and after one week of action the division is looking like one of the strongest in the NFL once again. Read more »

Week One of the NFL season was a filled with highs and lows across the board, while a number of rookies stole the show during Kickoff Weekend. Read more »

The Bears pulled off a compelling upset at Lucas Oil Stadium in Week One's Sunday night match-up, and although there is promise in many parts of Lovie Smith's club, the optimism must be guarded. Read more »

Thumbs up to Joe Flacco, Matt Ryan, and Roscoe Parrish while thumbs down goes to the hypesters of the Texans and Browns and much much more. Read more »