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NFL Power Rankings through Season’s End

By ⋅ January 5, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The regular season has come and gone, the playoff field is finally set, but none of it matters compared to where these teams stack up to finish the season. So I lay it on myself to lay it on you, my faithful SoB readers: I bring you THE FINAL NFL POWER RANKINGS OF THE 2011 [...]

Michael Vick’s Fantasy Value

By ⋅ August 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Michael Vick is coming off a tremendous fantasy season in 2010, but where should he be drafted in 2011, and why? Vick is coming off a year with over 3,000 passing yards, 676 rushing yards, and 30 total touchdowns in 12 games. Despite the numbers and the “wow” factor Vick possesses, there is absolutely no [...]

Coming Up Short: Woodhead Out of Running for Madden ’12 Cover

By ⋅ April 11, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

It would have been a supersized upset if New England Patriots runningback Danny Woodhead could have beaten out Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the “Madden ’12″ cover vote. Unfortunately, the mountain was too high to climb for Woodhead. Rodgers earned 56% of the voting, thus eliminating the Pats RB from the competition. The pint-sized Patriot [...]

Super Bowl XLV Wrap-Up: Final Musings and Rantings

By ⋅ February 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Rest easy, Roger Gooddell: Your Super Bowl champions aren’t a pack of cheaters. They’re not a bunch of bullies, either. Your Super Bowl MVP isn’t an accused rapist, a dog murderer or a penis-texter. Though your season was plagued with publicity nightmares as varied as a concussion epidemic, a second illegal surveillance accusation and a [...]

Who Will Win the Super Bowl?

By ⋅ February 6, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

In recent years, the grand majority of Super Bowl predictions have always favored the same team. The New England Patriots were heavily picked against in their first Super Bowl appearance following the 2001 season, then were heavily favored in their next three. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were heavily favored over the Oakland Raiders in 2002, [...]

Patriots Fans Should Wear Cheeseheads on Super Bowl Sunday

By ⋅ February 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If Aaron Rodgers wins the Super Bowl, he will most certainly take his place in the uppermost echelon of quarterbacks. When ESPN and the NFL Network endlessly debate the best quarterback in the game, he will be considered with established greats like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. Patriots fans should not feel threatened [...]

How Does Ben Roethlisberger Compare?

By ⋅ January 27, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV?  It’s not what anyone expected heading into the playoffs and is definitely not what we hoped for, but we’re all going to watch it anyway.  The stage has been set for a colossal battle between two great quarterbacks, Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburg Steelers, [...]

The Birth of a Sanchize

By ⋅ January 18, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If the aftermath of Sunday’s demoralizing defeat (no pun intended, I’m not Wes Welker) at the hands of Rex Ryan’s Jets, everyone in New England did what we always do, and immediately started looking for someone to blame. Brady was too flat, we said. Belichick got outcoached. To accept a loss to our (former) little [...]

A Tale of Two Franchises

By ⋅ December 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

When it comes to winning championships, there is little comparison between the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers. The Packers, founded in 1919, predate the Patriots by 40 years, and the Packers won six NFL titles during that time, including three-peating from 1929-1931. Then came the 60s, a decade in which the Packers [...]

Patriots Keys to Victory: Week 15 vs. Packers

By ⋅ December 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

After blowing out the NFC North division-leading Bears 36-7 in Chicago, the New England Patriots (11-2) now appear unbeatable.  Sunday’s victory marked the second time in as many weeks the Pats have dismantled a division leader. Barring a complete catastrophe, New England will without-a-doubt clinch the number one-seed in the AFC heading into the playoffs. [...]

Patriots-Packers Preview

By ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Both the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots carry the burden of history on their shoulders. The Packers used to be one of the great franchises in sports history. They’ve won a combined 12 NFL (pre AFL-merger) and Super Bowl championships. They’ve produced Hall of Famers with names like Curly Lambeau, Bart Starr, [...]

A Patriots-Packers Retrospective

By ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers have played nine times since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Counting Super Bowl XXXI, the Packers have won five games. The two teams are split 2-2 for games played in Foxborough. Let’s look back at all nine match-ups, ranked semi-arbitrarily by order of importance and quality. 9) [...]

The Couch Potato Report: NFL, PGA, MLB, VMAs, and More Fun with Acronyms

By ⋅ September 11, 2010 ⋅ One comment

For weeks, writing this article was a challenge. The summer months brought little in the ways of big sporting events, making it difficult to hype up a lackluster docket of weekend TV each and every Friday. But now… problem solved. The NFL kicks off its 2010 season this weekend, and I for one am here [...]

NFC North Fantasy Preview

By ⋅ August 15, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Our fourth divisional fantasy preview takes us to the NFC North, a division that features heated rivalries and is filled with top notch fantasy talent. Last season, the Vikings earned the top spot in this foursome, coming ever-so-close to a Super Bowl appearance, instead losing in overtime of the NFC title game at the hands [...]

TGIF: Fantasy Football Draft, 2010

By ⋅ January 9, 2010 ⋅ One comment

With the conclusion of the 2009 season, it is time to start looking ahead to the future. Although it may be too early to accurately project what the first round of the draft will be next season, it is still fun to think about. I have gotten into the habit of making my prediction for [...]

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