Every now and then, I like to re-evaluate the most dysfunctional teams the NFL has to offer. As we near the halfway point of the NFL season, this seems as good a time as any to once again take a look at the worst functioning teams in the league. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Embattled head coach […]

The Panthers are one of the strangest teams in the NFL. When facing outright bad teams, the Carolina Panthers look like one of the best squads in the league. Against competitive teams, it all falls apart for the Panthers. In their three wins, the Panthers’ margin of victory averages out to 26 points per game, […]

Don’t look now, but the Pittsburgh Steelers, who started the season with four straight losses, aren’t dead in the water yet. With their latest victory, a three-point walk off win over the Ravens, the Steelers are back in the AFC North picture, and they’re looking for more. After starting 0-4, the Steelers caught a break […]

The early round of games Sunday afternoon was highlighted by thrilling finishes. The close finishes will always demand our immediate attention, but in the long run, the Buccaneers’ loss to the Atlanta Falcons was one of the most important games of the day. With their win, the Falcons are trying to get themselves back into […]

Today’s battle between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles is more than a game to determine who will be leading the NFC East. It’s also a battle that could decide who carries an advantage into week 17. In a strange twist of fate, the Cowboys will host a week 17 game against the Eagles. […]

Many have been critical of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season, and who can blame us? So far this season, the Bucs have pushed their record to an abysmal mark of 0-5, and the team ran their starting quarterback, Josh Freeman, out of town. Although the team’s quarterback situation has garnered most of our attention, […]

While checking the schedule for this weekend’s games I noticed an interesting scheduling fluke. The Minnesota Vikings, who made it into the playoffs just a season ago, will be visiting the New York Giants, who missed the playoffs last year, but only just. The fluke? ESPN will be televising a game between teams combining for […]

On paper, the Arizona Cardinals are a good football team. They have receivers that can make plays, a defense that can win games without much offensive production, but one thing continues to hold the team back in the post-Kurt Warner era. Quarterback play. When the Cardinals brought in Carson Palmer, it looked like a good […]

Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens visit the Pittsburgh Steelers in a game that means more than the usual clash between the teams. In addition to bragging rights, the winner of the game will keep themselves in the divisional race, and by extension, the playoff race. Now to be clear, the Ravens will maintain touch with the […]

The NFL is, and has always been, a battle of the haves vs. the have nots. While that’s certainly the case in the NFC, the AFC exemplifies that statement to a more extreme point. At the top of the AFC, teams such as the Broncos, Chiefs and Patriots dominate with iron fists. Few teams are […]

Colts owner Jim Irsay’s statements about the Colts of the past and the new model the team has pursued have drawn the ire of many, including Peyton Manning’s current head coach John Fox and former Colts general manager Bill Polian. The media hype surrounding some relatively mundane quotes has spoiled an otherwise exciting homecoming that […]

Few quarterbacks get the second chance that Vikings quarterback Josh Freeman is getting in Minnesota. After being cut by the Tamp Bay Buccaneers, Freeman quickly signed with the quarterback needy Minnesota Vikings, and this weekend, he’ll be the team’s starting quarterback. The decision by head coach Leslie Frazier to start Freeman ends a tumultuous few […]

Jerod Mayo is done playing football this season, at least that’s the word from Yahoo! Sports. Mayo may be done, but make no mistake about it, the Patriots will keep kicking so long as Tom Brady is their quarterback. True, the New England Patriots have suffered more than their fair share of injuries, and that’s […]

Houston Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has served as the head coach for five NFL teams over the course of his career, compiling a record of 82-59. It’s not a terrible mark by any stretch of the imagination, but Phillips has only won one postseason game as a head coach in his. Even worse, Phillips, […]

With six weeks of NFL football now in our rearview mirror, it’s about the time of year we begin considering two looming events, the playoffs and head coaches getting their pink slips. Today, we’ll be focusing on the latter. Although there are a number of terrible teams around the league, some coaches have a “get […]