All Hail The Dysfunctional Chargers

Drew Brees, Michael Turner and Darren Sproles. What do these men have in common? Well in a day and age when football has the least player movement amongst the major professional sports leagues, Brees, Sproles and Turner were allowed to walk away from the San Diego Chargers for next to nothing in terms of compensation.  […]

Dysfunctional Teams Of The NFL

New York Jets The Jets and Rex Ryan are currently the laughing stock of the NFL, and they’ve won the honor of the most dysfunctional team in the NFL. If I were team owner Woody Johnson, I would have fired Ryan the instant I heard he cried while begging the team to come together as […]

Why The Buccaneers Had To Put Raheem Morris To The Sword

Even in his last days, count Raheem Morris among those who believed he should stick around for at least one more year with the Bucs:  “You don’t go from being a coach of a year candidate to being the worst coach in the league to get fired within a year. It’s about us. It’s a […]

Raheem Morris Dismissed; Staff Also Fired

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have relieved head coach Raheem Morris of his position according to the team’s web site. Jason La Canfora is also reporting that the team has dismissed the rest of the coaching staff as well. Morris was dismissed after 3 seasons as the Bucs’ top man following a dismal 4-12 campaign that […]

First To Fall: Coach Spagnuolo and GM Devaney Fired By The Rams

In the first of a long and bloody parade of day-after coaching exits, the St Louis Rams (and by “the Rams” I mean owner Stan Kroenke) have decided to completely clean house by firing Coach Steve Spagnuolo and GM Billy Devaney. You can praise the effort that Spagnuolo’s team gave until the end, and you […]

2012 New Year’s Resolutions For All 32 NFL Teams

It’s time for that time-honored tradition of swearing change and better things ahead, when all are optimistic about the blank slate before us that is the untouched New Year. Why should the NFL be any different than the rest of the world? (Outside of the obvious, of course.) With 2011 now behind us and 2012 […]

I Know It’s Only Rock N Roll But I Like It! NFL Week 17 Recap

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1AN7S7n8VdM?wmode=Opaque Miami Dolphins 19,New York Jets 17 – The End by the Beatles This game was the end of a great career and the end of one team’s playoffs hopes. While Jason Taylor will be remembered as one of the greatest Miami Dolphins of all time and a potential hall of famer, Rex Ryan will be remembered […]

NFL Reactor: Giants Headin’ To The Playoffs

The NFL regular season is now officially over, but it didn’t go out with a whimper. In the game of the week, we got a de-facto playoff game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. When the dust settled, the Giants were victorious thanks largely to Eli Manning. The Giants jumped out of […]

NFL Reactor: Denver Loses; Still Claims AFC West Title

Kansas City Chiefs 7, Denver Broncos 3 If you’re a fan of great defense, or terrible offense, this was the game of the day for you. Kansas City was able to establish a first half lead that they never relinquished. Romeo Crennel had his team ready to play once again, and their defense was simply […]

NFL Reactor: Detroit Dukes It Out With Green Bay

Detroit Lions 41, Green Bay Packers 45 Have you heard of Matt Flynn? You’re about to. Flynn, filling in for Aaron Rodgers at quarterback for the Packers, set a franchise record with 6 touchdown throws to top the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field. Oh yeah, he also threw for 480 yards on 31 completions. Flynn, […]

Playing For Pride: Ranking The Motivations Of The NFL’s Also-Rans

Only three of twelve playoff spots are still open, and only a handful of teams have hopes of filling them. For the rest of the NFL, a long lonely winter approaches with only this weekend’s games left to salvage any last shreds of pride. But who’s got that much pride left? And how much does […]

Talk Is Cheap; Just Play The Game

Rex Ryan has become the poster boy in the NFL for trash talk. He’s been predicting a Jets Super Bowl since showing up in New York, and he’s yet to deliver on those prophesies. While it’s still unclear whether anyone is still taking what Ryan says seriously, that doesn’t stop him from rubbing his opponents […]

For Colts and Rams, The Last Game Is The Last Chance to Improve

For many teams playoff seedings, berths and home field advantage. Division titles are on the line in both the NFC and AFC West and the number 1 overall seed in the AFC is on the line. Yet the most anticipated outcome is one involving the NFL’s only two-win teams. For the St. Louis Rams and […]

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