So, about that contract year breakout for DeSean Jackson… it might be over before it started.  @EaglesInsider: An #Eagles source confirms the @lesbowen report that WR DeSean Jackson will be inactive for today’s game for missing a team mtg. This is stunning news for fantasy owners getting ready for the stretch drive, but fits into […]

This game is a tale of two teams heading in opposite directions. The Bucs are a respectable 4-4 on the season, but they have lost their last two games and are quickly losing ground in the competitive NFC South. The Texans on the other hand are surging, without Andre Johnson and Mario Williams no less. […]

BEST OF THE REST HOUSTON TEXANS (6-3) at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (4-4) Sunday, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS, Direct TV (706), Sirius (Hou 117, TB 136) Who Will Win – The Buccaneers will learn that Albert Haynesworth will be Albert Haynesworth where ever he goes. Andre Johnson will miss the game, but Arian Foster will run […]

DETROIT LIONS (6-2) at CHICAGO BEARS (5-3) Sunday, 4:15 P.M. ET, FOX, Direct TV (711) Sirius (Det 94, Chi 92) Why Watch Chicago barged into the playoff discussion with a win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Now they face everybody’s darling team, the Detroit Lions. The Bears are the defending division champion. The Green Bay Packers […]

NEW YORK GIANTS (6-2) at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (7-1) Sunday, 4:15 P.M. ET, FOX, Direct TV (716), Sirius (NYG 85, 86 SF) Why Watch No, you are not seeing things, football fans. The near-perfect 49ers are vying for home field advantage with the perfect Green Bay Packers. Who saw that coming? Not the NFL who […]

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-3) at NEW YORK JETS (5-3) Sunday, 8:20 P.M. ET, NBC, Sirius (NE 92, NYJ 93), Westwood One Radio Why Watch To witness the changing of the guard. Payton Manning is out. His return is not certain. The top three quarterbacks of the old guard — Drew Brees, Philip Rivers and Tom […]

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (6-3) at ATLANTA FALCONS (5-3) Sunday, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX, Direct TV (712), Sirius (NO 92, Atl 134) Why Watch The Falcons behaved like a kid with a new toy on Christmas morning when they over-focused on rookie wide receiver Julio Jones to start the season while forgetting the other goodies in […]

Now that the Albert Haynesworth experiment has failed and the Ochocinco… whatever it is… is failing as well, it looks like the New England Patriots have lost their grip on not just the AFC East, but their dominance of the AFC as a whole. With a reputation for cutting ties with a player a year […]

PITTSBURGH STEELERS (6-3) at CINCINNATI BENGALS (6-2) Sunday, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS, Direct TV (707), Sirius (Pit 91, Cin 82) Why Watch Can the Cinderella Bengals go two-up on the vaunted Steelers? Are the Steelers still reeling after being swept by the Ravens? Can the broadcaster cajole the NFL to roll the Flex schedule earlier […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY?wmode=Opaque Oakland 24, San Diego 17 – Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes   The Raiders took their seven nation army right into San Diego and kicked some Chargers ass. The Raiders could not have asked for any more out of this game as they dominated both sides of the line and completely outplayed […]

Led by the offensive heroics of Carson Palmer throwing to Denarius Moore, plus Michael Bush on the ground, the Oakland Raiders jumped to a two-touchdown halftime lead and a defensive effort keyed by Kamerion Wimbley’s four sacks and a crucial interception by Matt Giordano helped stave off a rally by Philip Rivers and the San […]

OAKLAND RAIDERS (4-4) at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (4-4) Thursday, 8:20 P.M. ET, NFL Network, Sirius (Oak 92, SD (3) Why Watch Because Nebraska at Penn State is not on until Saturday. Raiders at Chargers is your best shot at witnessing how a team overcomes disaster until then. The scandal at Penn State is rather more […]

For most of us, as of a week ago, Jerry Sandusky’s name was a footnote on the historic status of Penn State University’s legacy of producing quality NFL players. He helped preserve the team’s storied “Linebacker U” mythos, sending countless hard-hitting trenchmen into the pros for a school that has produced five NFL Hall of […]