The Steelers have been able to put together a 4-2 record through six games. It hasn’t always been pretty, but they’ve been able to get the job. The Steeler should be able to push their current record to five wins this weekend against the Arizona Cardinals, but from there, it gets a little bit more […]

For his part, Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson likes his place in NFL history. He is already calling the Raiders’ trade of two 1st round picks (conditional on a playoff win this year) for Carson Palmer “the greatest trade in football.” I’m not sure about that but it certainly ranks among the riskiest. Here’s a […]

NFL.com’s Jason LaCanfora, citing team sources, reported that the Minnesota Vikings would name rookie first round 2011 NFL Draft pick Christian Ponder as starting quarterback. The move was expected of the 1-5 Vikings after their slow start. Head coach Leslie Frazier welcomed veteran quarterback Donovan McNabb to the team in an effort to squeeze one […]

Notes from Will: Biggest Fallers: The Texans (-5). Still falling, and looking like a shell of themselves. Something needs to happen here, or this could get ugly. Biggest Risers: The Cowboys (+5). Rob Ryan’s defense is for real, and Tony Romo is doing enough to keep them in games. Even though they didn’t win, it […]

  It was hard to tell in the first quarter who was the struggling team, the winless Miami Dolphins or the New York Jets riding a three game losing streak. Miami drew first blood with two first-quarter field goals separated by a 100-yard interception return by Jets DB Darrelle Revis. The Jets sloughed through four […]

Give Mike Shanahan credit for one thing. His timing for benching quarterbacks has improved. Shanahan pulled Rex Grossman in the fourth quarter of the Washington Redskins-Philadelphia Eagles game after Grossman threw his fourth interception. Last season, Shanahan benched Donovan McNabb for Grossman with about two minutes to go with Washington trailing the nascent Detroit Lions. […]

The NFL is as competitive now as it ever was, and there’s nothing that illustrates this better than the AFC South. After 6 weeks of play, jut 3 wins separate the division leading Titans (3-2) from the winless Colts (0-6). There are many factors that you can point to that can explain such a tight […]

For those of you that watched the Bears take on the Vikings on Sunday Night Football, you can attest to the fact that this game was never much of a contest. In terms of dominating a game from start to finish, it doesn’t get much better than the way the Bears manhandled the Vikings. The […]

The Donovan McNabb era in Minnesota may already be over. The Vikings’ pocket-warmer for rookie Christian Ponder has been benched — very publicly, on Sunday Night Football — midway through the third quarter of an awful blowout in Chicago. Clearly Leslie Frazier was displeased with McNabb’s inability to set and hold his own blocks, his […]

New England vs. Dallas This was supposed to be an old fashioned, All-American shootout. Tom Brady and Tony Romo. The porous Patriots defense against a frustrating, yet talented Cowboys attack. Brady was going to set up and dissect Dallas. But none of that ended up happening. It took a miraculous comeback in the final minutes […]

Carolina Panthers 17, Atlanta Falcons 31 Neither one of these teams have booked trips to the Super Bowl, but it was a make or break game for the Falcons, and they delivered with a win. Still, it’s a long, hard road for the Falcons to get back to the top of the extremely competitive NFC […]