The NFL wants nothing to do with Ray Rice. He’s toxic now, and for good reason. And because they’re a good business partner, the CFL won’t take him either. Nobody’s complaining, aside from maybe Rice himself (not publicly, mind you) and the few Rice apologists left on that burning bandwagon. But talented NFL players have […]

A weekly TGS staple is back, ready to mock the NFL each and every Tuesday morning. The premise is pretty self-explanatory, so let’s get right to our first review of the stupidest things to take place throughout the league this past weekend. The stupidest quarterback decision Um, Tony Romo. See that defender who fell in […]

They say absolute power corrupts absolutely, and now it’s absolutely certain that Roger Goodell should be removed as commissioner of the National Football League. Whether Goodell leaves the commissioner’s office via voluntary means or the owners of the NFL make him leave really makes no difference.  Regardless of how it happens, it’s time for Goodell […]

Ray Rice is a horrible, filthy human. That cannot be debated. He deserved nothing more than your disgust before today. At least now we won’t have to endure his first regular-season appearance in Baltimore, when he would have heard cheers again, just as he did during the preseason and training camp. The Ravens released Rice […]

Burning, inferno wreckage was a common theme throughout the first Sunday of this shiny new NFL season. But how we arrived there was either entertaining or horribly depressing, depending on your fan affiliations. Let’s trudge through the sewage of zany numbers together, beginning with a lot of horrible coming your way from America’s team that’s […]

Every week bones break and muscles rip around the NFL. We’ll take a look at the most significant injuries, and what happens next. This is why we can’t have nice things Jadeveon Clowney was supposed to be a freak-ish being, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. And he’ll be that guy, but only […]

The Seattle Seahawks have a daunting, highly physical, and downright painful defense. This is not new or shocking information. Their success that ended in a championship last year is grounded in a unique blend of speed and power, especially in the secondary, where all four starters are large, and play large. But it would be […]

“Upon further review” is a recurring segment in which This Given Sunday analyzes quirks and fascinating tidbits from the NFL’s history books. Tonight, the NFL will open its season in prime time on a Thursday evening for the 13th consecutive year. It seems we’ve stumbled into a nice tradition, with the defending Super Bowl champion […]