0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/27/2012
The top three teams on our latest list of the NFL's hottest and most powerful squads are quarterbacked by men who have a combined five Super Bowl titles and eight Super Bowl appearances. Beyond that, seven of the next nine teams have starting quarterbacks that have never won a playoff game. Five have never even […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/24/2012
We wrap up the 16th Sunday of the NFL season by looking at a handful of players who exceeded expectations and a handful who failed to deliver. Surprises Bernard Pierce, Ravens: The rookie third-round pick had never gone over 53 yards in a game until Sunday. Against the Giants, he outperformed Ray Rice, posting 123 […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/20/2012
This Given Sunday is examining the biggest injury questions before each week of the NFL season. Here are the top-five health-related storylines entering Week 16. Robert Griffin III All signs point to Griffin playing this week despite an injured knee, but that was also the case at this time last week and Griffin ended up […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/18/2012
No, I'm not referring to that dandy of a game between the Jets and Titans Monday night. Rather, I'm going back 24 hours to what was likely the game of the year between the 49ers and the Patriots at Foxboro. Despite the fact that the next five teams on our list won in impressive fashion, […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/17/2012
We wrap up the 15th Sunday of the NFL season by looking at a handful of players who exceeded expectations and a handful who failed to deliver. Surprises Kirk Cousins, Redskins: In for the injured Robert Griffin III, the rookie fourth-round pick didn't look like he was making his first career start in Cleveland. The […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/13/2012
This Given Sunday is examining the biggest injury questions before each week of the NFL season. Here are the top-five health-related storylines entering Week 15. Robert Griffin III Griffin practiced on a limited basis Wednesday despite suffering a scary knee injury in Week 14, so there's probably at least a 50 percent chance he makes […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/12/2012
From the very start of his exceptional career, Adrian Peterson has been compared to Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson. And now, as Peterson is shocking the football world with his best season yet less than a year after blowing out his knee, AP is setting his sights on Dickerson's most celebrated record. Rather […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/11/2012
You can sense that things are shifting atop the power grid of NFL teams, with the familiar juggernauts like the Patriots and Packers and 49ers picking up steam, while early heavy hitters like Houston and Atlanta begin to slip up. 1. San Francisco 49ers (9-3-1, 3rd last week): If not for the Rams this wouldn't […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/10/2012
We wrap up the 14th Sunday of the NFL season by looking at a handful of players who exceeded expectations and a handful who failed to deliver. Surprises Kirk Cousins, Redskins: Anything would have been a surprise from Cousins, since he's Robert Griffin III's backup. But few expected him to perform that well in crunch […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/6/2012
This Given Sunday is examining the biggest injury questions before each week of the NFL season. Here are the top-five health-related storylines entering Week 14. Ben Roethlisberger All signs point to Big Ben returning to the Steelers' lineup after missing three games with that shoulder injury. He "made all the necessary throws" in Wednesday's practice, […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/5/2012
It was only a matter of time. With single-season passing records falling and falling again on what seems to be an annual basis, it was impossible to imagine Jerry Rice's single-season receiving yardage mark of 1,848 holding up during an era in which passing has become more prevalent than ever before. After all, people are […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/4/2012
A lot has changed in this league over the last decade or so, but one thing remains the same: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are constantly in contention in December. And while Manning is in a new home now, that's again the case this year. You could argue that despite some serious concerns Brady's Patriots […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 12/3/2012
We wrap up the 13th Sunday of the NFL season by looking at a handful of players who exceeded expectations and a handful who failed to deliver. Surprises Russell Wilson, Seahawks: I know Wilson shouldn't surprise me anymore, but the guy led an unbelievable 97-yard touchdown drive in the final minutes against a great Bears […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 11/29/2012
This Given Sunday is examining the biggest injury questions before each week of the NFL season. Here are the top-five health-related storylines entering Week 13. Ben Roethlisberger The odds still appear to favor Big Ben sitting out at least one more week with that rib injury, but he's a tough dude and this is a […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 11/28/2012
Jason Babin is a free man this morning, which in the pass-rush-happy NFL is kind of a big deal. Babin is less than a year removed from an 18-sack season and could be a valuable addition to defenses league-wide. Between now and the end of next season, the 32-year-old Babin is due a reasonable $6 […]
