Rob Gronkowski barely played this season while nursing two separate forearm breaks, but the large ugly cast on his arm isn’t stopping him from returning to the party scene.

This week, Gronk went from New Orleans (the site of this year’s Super Bowl) to Baton Rouge to party with some LSU coeds. Here’s what it looked like:

PARTY GRONK!

Apparently Wes Welker’s wife forgot to add one item to her scathing Ray Lewis rant on Facebook: Cheater.

According to a story in Sports Illustrated’s next issue, Lewis used a banned substance during his recovery from a torn right triceps, and despite that he will be playing in Super Bowl 47.

Mitch Ross, who owns Sports with Alternatives to Steroids (SWATS), claims he spoke with Lewis over the phone after the long-time Baltimore Ravens linebacker suffered the injury during a Week 6 win over the Dallas Cowboys. According to Ross, Lewis requested SWATS products to speed up his recovery, which included holographic stickers for his elbow, a beam-ray light to sleep under, negatively charged water, as well as deer antler pills and deer antler extract to spray under his tongue.

Holographic stickers? Deer antler extract? “Alternatives to Steroids”? That all sounds totally legitimate, don’t you think? Continue reading Ravens’ Ray Lewis Used PEDs to Return in Time for Playoffs »

After the sting from the disappointing end to the New England Patriots’ season has subsided, it’s time to take an objective look at the game for some Positives and Negatives.

Positives

• The run-stopping defense looked excellent in the first half, as they managed to contain the two-headed rushing attack of Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce to 100 yards on the game.
• Wes Welker and Aaron Hernandez had a big day yardage wise, accounting for 200 yards of offense between the two of them. Continue reading Positives and Negatives: Patriots Season Over »

The Pro Bowl is now over, which means all attention turns to the 49ers and Ravens next Sunday in New Orleans. But before that, we have some Pro Bowl predictions to go over. Granted, the sample size of predictions was smaller than other seasons, but the selections were still mostly correct about the NFC winning in a shootout. The big surprise of the game was Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota’s tight end, who secured the MVP victory and a new car as his real prize.

The Pro Bowl gave us a new leader in our standings, but with the Super Bowl coming up, anything can happen. The results from the Pro Bowl round are below, so check them out, and be sure to come back next Sunday for the final set of choices for the Super Bowl. Continue reading 2013 NFL Playoffs Expert Picks: Pro Bowl Results »

The Pro Bowl is here, and it’s once again the best of the AFC against the best of the NFC from delightful Hawaii. In a game with so many different players that don’t get a full 60 minutes of playing time, it can be difficult to predict what will happen, but we’re here to bring you our predictions.

As is usually the case, the predictions have it as a high-scoring affair without much of the offense coming from any particular signal caller. Though Peyton Manning does look to be a decent play for the AFC with Tom Brady out. On the NFC side, it’s tough not to like what Adrian Peterson did this season.

Scoring for our panelists will remain the same from last round, except that we’ll also be making selections for who the MVP of the game will be:

• Picking the game’s winner correctly is worth two points.
• Picking the combined touchdown total of both teams in a game is worth one point if guessed to within one, or two points if guessed exactly right instead.
• Picking the passing yardage for the game’s top passer is worth one point if guessed to within 50, or two points if guessed to within 10 instead, or a whopping five points instead if guessed exactly right.
• Picking the MVP of the game is worth two points.

So now that everything’s been set out, be sure to check below for everyone’s selections. And also be sure to check back later after the Pro Bowl is complete for the results. Continue reading 2013 NFL Playoffs Expert Picks: Pro Bowl »

The Patriots’ 2012 season is over, and once again it’s time to ask the question: Is Tom Brady the best quarterback to ever play the game? There are many ways to rank the greatest QBs ever, most of them subjective, but what follows is an attempt to draw conclusions from the facts in order to rank Brady among the NFL’s all-time great signal-callers.

Super Bowl success

Super Bowl wins certainly cannot be the only measure of a quarterback’s greatness, as attested most prominently by the fact that Dan Marino never won one. When it comes to Super Bowl performances, two QBs stand head and shoulders above the rest: Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana, the only four-time winners, both of whom went 4-0 in championship game appearances. Brady is one of only two signal-callers with five Super Bowl starts, and at 3-2 has a better winning percentage in those games than the other, John Elway (2-3).

Continue reading Is Tom Brady the Best NFL QB Ever? »

To begin, sorry this is late. After going to the game and witnessing this lack of performance first hand, I needed a day to gather the correct thoughts on the latest in our recent gut-wrenching failures. This final notes and observations will be more of a final impression of the season as well as the game.

First Half

- The opening drive was a sign of things to come, yet I doubt anyone knew it at the time. 3rd and 2 from the 42 and not only do the Patriots not convert, but Wes Welker dropped a pass that was catchable. Granted it wasn’t the easiest catch to make, those are the plays that you need to make when you’re playing in the AFC Championship game. Continue reading Notes and Observations from The AFC Championship Game, Ravens Beat Patriots 28-13 »