0 comments by Will Horton on 9/24/2011
Bad ideas come in all shapes and sizes, whether it’s someone in Hollywood deciding to give Taylor Lautner his own “action movie,” or you going against your better instincts when it comes to picking football games against the spread. Often, there’s something so seductive about the bad idea that you can convince yourself it’s not […]
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The Detroit Lions are off to a 2-0 start. A team turning itself around from 6-10 is not unheard of in the parity-ridden NFL. The Lions, however, have defied parity. Since the dawn of the 16-game schedule in 1978, no franchise has won fewer games or had a worse winning percentage than the Lions. This […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 9/23/2011
Deon Grant and the Giants attracted a lot of flak, and even a warning from the league office, for taking a dive to stop a drive by the Rams’ no-huddle offense. Frankly, the idea is time-worn, but the execution was terrible. It was the worst acting we’ve seen from an NFL player since Brian Bosworth […]
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NFL free agency feeds every fan’s hope to see his team improve from pretender to contender. Bring in that one must-have guy your team needs to put them over the top, because you know, every team is only one or two guys short of the Super Bowl. This year, that hope was delayed for months, […]
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Two weeks into the season is time enough for some NFL teams to panic if their early performance is lower than expectations. Here is a quick look at teams that have one cleat on a banana peel and the other on the edge of a cliff. No fair taking potshots at hard luck teams like […]
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In all actuality, NFL.com exploiting Jamaal Charles’ season-ending injury in order to promote fantasy football shouldn’t surprise anyone. The NFL has long operated in hypocrisy. Make a bone-jarring hit? Get fined, but also get on every highlight reel. Make enough big hits? Continue to get fined, but sign a huge contract that makes the fines […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons on 9/22/2011
I re-watched the Green Bay at Carolina game yesterday, and there’s some issues that really set off alarms as the game progressed. Everyone knows what to expect form the Packers, and they didn’t disappoint anyone. They trailed 13-0 early but were able to quickly overcome that deficit. The Panthers aided the Packers with mistake after […]
0 comments by Will Horton
Every week, schemes and circumstances combine to take a fantasy sure thing and turn him into a wasted roster spot. Sometimes these can be foreseen, but sometimes injuries or unexpected matchups conspire to ruin what felt like a perfectly sound lineup decision. The key is to understand why it happened, and know what to do […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
If you live in Miami or Kansas City and your name is Tony Sparano or Todd Haley the temperature on your seat is starting to heat up to around 98 degrees and I’m not talking about the boy band. Were only heading into Week 3 but these two coaches are under the most head of any in the […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 9/21/2011
This will become a regular feature here at This Given Sunday, giving you a quick temperature reading of the NFL, and highlighting some of the best reads from around the network. See something that you’d like to highlight in this column? Hit us up on Twitter at
0 comments by Matt Yoder
You’ve heard all the sayings about rookie quarterbacks starting from Day 1 and all of the bad, scary things that are supposed to happen to them, right? Coming into the 2011 season, a rookie quarterback starting from Day 1 would theoretically be at an even bigger disadvantage due to being locked out of working with […]
0 comments by Will Horton on 9/20/2011
Blaine Gabbert: Ready to start? While everybody is fawning over Cam Newton and Andy Dalton, there is a third rookie quarterback set to be handed the starting gig. After cutting starter David Garrard in the preseason, it was clear that Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio was prepping first round pick Blaine Gabbert to become the […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
Monday Night Football featured two 0-1 teams with thoughts of contending in their division, desperate to not fall into an 0-2 hole. One team came out incredibly motivated, tearing up huge chunks of the field on offense and playing stifling first-half defense. The other team won, though, and woke up today with a big win in […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
Another week down. Here’s how the NFL stands: Notes from Will: Biggest Faller: the Eagles (-8). Hard to drop them this far with as many playmakers as they have, but many teams bumped themselves up and Vick’s injury casts a lot of uncertainty. Biggest risers: the Bills and Panthers (+5). A lot of excitement coupled […]
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What is the big difference between Gene Upshaw and DeMaurice Smith? One was a Hall of Fame NFL player. The other is a lawyer. When an angry, distrusting membership sought to defend income gains of the 2006 extension to the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, they picked high profile Washington lawyer Smith over former players Troy […]
