Football Analysis

After their 24-23 win over Arizona, I was flabbergasted. I went from an emotional low (the entire game) to an emotional high (Hester?s punt return). I had no idea whether to cry for joy because my Bears won or to cry because my Bears were exposed like they were against the Carolina Panthers last year? After pondering my thoughts, I found the Bears are and will only be Super Bowl contenders because of the NFL?s MVP, Brian Urlacher. Read more »

While the American sporting world spent days yapping about Kenny Rogers? dirty hand --and sportswriters everywhere clamored to unearth the ghastliest puns they could that incorporated the word ?gate??the rest of us were contemplating the NFL. In this league, Week 7 delivered a nice handful of juicy storylines: confounding upsets, huge game-winning field goals, and the continually thinning ranks at the quarterback position. Read more »

Week 8 is a critical halfway point; we?ll know a lot more about the playoff picture after next Monday and we have predictions for the Colts at Denver, Rams at Chargers, Ravens at Saints, Cowboys at Panthers and all the other big games. Read more »

After his awkwardly successful visit to the Monday Night Football broadcast booth during the San Diego Chargers route of the lowly Oakland Raiders, Governor Schwarzenegger is seriously considering hanging up politics and becoming a part of the Monday Night crew. Read more »

Leon Washington is averaging 4.9 yds per carry which would put him third on the all-time list if he could keep it up. Only twelve or thirteen years left for him on that front. See who else made the list.. Read more »

Three games were decided on field goals in the NFL this weekend. Hear about the rest of the league highs and it's many lows, including Andrew's many fantasy shortcomings. Read more »

The Eagles have done a lot right on both offense and defense, but mental mistakes have cost them three victories in this young season. Mistakes like the ones they made against New York, New Orleans and Tampa Bay will not earn them a playoff spot come winter, but if McNabb continues his torrid pace he'll give the Eagles a chance to win every game, no matter who the opponent. T.O. may be out of The City of Brotherly Love, but the drama continues. Read more »

If Curtis Martin is able to run even one more single play for the Jets, it will be just another thing that this third round draft pick out of the University of Pittsburgh has done which he wasn?t supposed to. Read more »

With the way San Diego is playing right now, I can?t see anyone but the Bolts and the Colts in the conference title game come January. Just a hunch. Could be wrong. I feel I?m pretty right on about my Top-Team Rankings this week, though. I thought pretty hard about it, for at least 15 minutes. Read more »

Lining up Matt Schaub behind center with both Warrick Dunn and Michael Vick in the backfield is the only way the Falcons will maximize the value of their assets. Let?s say split back formation. Alge Crumpler is on Vick?s side, the left side, since Vick is left handed. Michael Jenkins and Ashley Lelie are on either side of the ball, spread out. Read more »

Late October marks the time when the outdoor teams from the north really start to get significant weather advantages. My football forecast remained strong in Week 6, going 9-4. If you take into account my caveat on the Giants, it was 10-3. Read more »

After last week?s depressing loss at home to the Tennessee Titans, it has even caused ?The Fun Bunch,? to turn well, not so fun! But I ask you all one question. Why are we really upset? Losing at home to a 0-5 team with a rookie quarterback and giving up a career high in rushing to a mediocre running back is exactly Washington?s specialty. Believe it or not though, this season is not quite over, but I can give you the exact recipe that has gotten us to this point. Read more »

If you enjoyed the competition last week, when several games where decided by single-digits, then you must have loved what week six in the NFL provided for you. Eight games were decided by less than three points, and several NFL stars exploded for career days in both winning and losing efforts. Read more »

To the victims of overzealous preseason hype, to Adrian Peterson, to the Trojans, to the Heisman Trophy, to the state of Virginia, to the Big East unbeatens and finally to Indiana's Terry Hoeppner; this week's edition is for and about you. Read more »

With Peyton Manning and Tom Brady sitting with byes, Marc Bulger, Matt Hasselbeck and Philip Rivers picked up the fantasy slack. LaDanian Tomlinson had four rushing touchdowns, while Wille Parker had two. Finally, at receiver, Torry Holt, Steve Smith and Joe Horn stole the headlines. Read more »

As the New York Jets recover from their worst loss in 20 years, they find themselves preparing for a critical division contest against the underachieving Miami Dolphins. Among the intriguing sub-plots in this annual rivalry is the relationship between the two head coaches. It wasn?t so long ago when Jets Head Coach Eric Mangini was bringing coffee or driving Miami Head Coach Nick Saban. Read more »

I know what you?re thinking. And you?re wrong: Arnaz Battle is not going to help you turn your fantasy season around. Brian English lets you know what else you might be wrong about on your Fantasy Football team. Read more »

1. Bears 2. Colts 3. Chargers 4. Eagles 5. Broncos Read more »

Last week was a weatherman?s dream: 11 correct, 3 wrong, including two forecasts that came within 2 points of being perfect. Jim Cantore would be proud. If you?re local TV weatherman was right 11 out of 14 days, you?d be amazed and impressed. Read more »

The Raiders, Titans, Lions and Buccaneers are positioning themselves to have one of the first few picks in the 2007 NFL Draft. In our first mock, Jeff Risdon previews the first 32 college players he expects to be selected. Read more »