0 comments by Shane Clemons on 9/30/2012
The San Francisco 49ers are a good football team, but that's no excuse for laying a goose egg on offense. That's exactly what the New York Jets did earlier today when they were whipped in every phase of the game by the 49ers, losing by a score of 34-0. There's two big story lines in […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
There are a number of teams shocking the nation to this point. The Cardinals are undefeated, the Seahawks have only dropped one game, and the Saints and Packers have a combined one win between them. Still, the Vikings may take the cake. A season ago, the Vikings were nothing short of awful. Christian Ponder was […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons on 9/28/2012
There are a number of enticing games as we enter week four of the NFL season. Still, the most intriguing game of the week involves a 1-2 team and an 0-3 team. That game, of course, is Sunday when the New Orleans Saints travel to Green Bay in what could become their last stand for […]
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0 comments by Shane Clemons on 9/27/2012
They are the story of the league, at least in terms of an on on the field product around the league. While everyone obsesses about the replacement officials and the integrity of the game, the Cardinals have gone out there and won their first three games of the season. In convincing fashion no less. Seattle, […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
It's never a good thing when the focus of a sports game is on the officials rather than the players and/or the teams, and that's been the case far too often three weeks into the 2012 NFL season. It'll likely be the case again Thursday night, when the Baltimore Ravens host the Cincinnati Bengals, but […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
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 4. Fred Jackson If you handcuffed C.J. Spiller to Jackson, you got lucky. Now, the tables have turned. Spiller's hurt and Jackson's status is up in the air. Jackson wasn't […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons on 9/26/2012
The NFL's lockout of its officials has come to annoy us all. Here's what the staffers here at TGS think about the whole conundrum. Brad Gagnon) Let me start by stating the obvious: The NFL should be extremely embarrassed by this entire ordeal. That on principle alone they've jeopardized not only the integrity of the game […]
0 comments by Anthony Brown
Your loud voices r heard about getting Refs back. We're desperately trying 2 get it done! We want a deal that improves officiating overall. — Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay)
0 comments by Lawrence Dushenski
Nothing is clear in the early weeks of the season. Super Bowl contenders are below .500, teams destined for last place are unbeaten and we have spent more time talking about the officiating than the actual on-field product. But we have learnt a few things, and therefore we are allowed to extrapolate and make sweeping […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons on 9/25/2012
Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" may be the best song ever made, but the above parody music video comes in at a very close second best. The NFL replacement refs have been nothing short of terrible, and it seems as if they're getting worse week in and week out. It's great that we can […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
Week three in the NFL was nothing short of spectacular there were a number of surprises coupled with questionable calls from the replacement officials. The Seahawks beat the Packers on a last second hail Mary that was simultaneously caught by a receiver and a defender. The Lions overcame a 14 point deficit with under two […]
0 comments by Anthony Brown
Game calls by replacement officials are so bad that it is moving the betting line on NFL games, and on the odds teams will make the post season. Kevin Bradley, Sportsbook Manager for bovada.lv, released this statememt on last night’s refereeing debacle in the Seattle Seahawks – Green Bay Packers game: "Never have I seen such […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
Week 3 was a wild and crazy week full of breakout performances and crazy upsets. I guess it’s safe to expect the unexpected week in and week out in the NFL. With that being said it’s time to take the rust off the old jukebox and find out who are week 3 NFL Rock stars […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
Three weeks in and Houston, Atlanta and Arizona are the only unbeaten teams left. Oh, and New Orleans is one of only two winless franchises. Just as we all expected, right? How do you not love this league? I usually stray from the standings pretty dramatically here, but I actually believe that those three […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons on 9/24/2012
After defeating his old team, Kevin Kolb helped the Arizona Cardinals advance to 3-0 on the season—something that hasn’t happened since 1974, before the team was even in Arizona. With thousands of fans celebrating after the game, Glendale was buzzing; the energy was contagious. Despite all of this, during the postgame conference, head coach Ken Whisenhunt […]
