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New England Patriots Report Card: Week 8

By ⋅ November 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t know why, but football players more than any other athlete legitimately rally around negative press. So when the media almost universally gave Sunday’s New England Patriots-Pittsburgh Steelers game to the visiting Patriots, a Steelers victory became a near-guarantee. And the Steelers won in truly convincing fashion, doubling up the Patriots in both total [...]

First Half Recap: Patriots Defense Struggling

By ⋅ October 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It took just one drive to see what the Pittsburgh Steelers game plan would be against the Patriots on Sunday evening. Throw and throw often. So far it has worked as the Steelers are ahead of New England 17-10. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed for a career-high 32 passing attempts, completing 23 of them for [...]

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 [...]

Poll Results: The Average Fan Just Doesn’t like Tom Brady

By ⋅ February 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Nearly a week and a half into the elongated Super Bowl discussion and one of the many pointless, yet entertaining, topics has risen. The Hollywood Reporter, conducted a poll consisting of Americans, asking which player do you dislike the most. Breathe. Ready? By no surprise, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was ranked in the [...]

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, [...]

Fantasy Fast Forward: NFL Week 13

By ⋅ December 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome to Week 13 of the NFL season. By this point, you and your fantasy team fall into one of three categories… you either A) have clinched a playoff spot and are sitting pretty, just waiting for the fun to begin, B) have fallen out of contention and have turned your focus to Christmas shopping, [...]

PATS on the Back: Week 10 vs. Steelers

By ⋅ November 15, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

What a difference a week makes. Just seven days previously, the Patriots completely laid an egg in Cleveland, getting their butts handed to them in their worst loss in a real long time. This week, they looked to rebound in Pittsburgh against the mighty Steelers… no easy task, to be sure. But the Pats made [...]

Gronkowski’s 3 TDs Lead Way as Patriots Win Big in Pittsburgh

By ⋅ November 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Generally speaking, opposing teams rarely want to play the New England Patriots. But opposing teams never want to play the Patriots after a loss, when the Patriots are 24-2 since 2003. Unfortunately, that was the exact scenario the Pittsburgh Steelers found themselves in Sunday night at Heinz Field. Add to it Tom Brady’s 4-1 record [...]

Fantasy Fast Forward: NFL Week 7

By ⋅ October 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Maybe I missed the memo, but it seems like it’s a requirement this week that every article written that has to do with the NFL, has to make mention of the “devastating” hits to the head from Week 6. So I’ll oblige… after all, who am I to buck authority? And maybe I’m just being [...]

AFC North Fantasy Preview

By ⋅ August 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Into the second week of August we go, where NFL teams will all finally see action this coming weekend to open their preseason slate of meaningless games. We got our first taste of football season with Sunday night’s Hall of Fame game, which featured the Dallas Cowboys topping the AFC North’s defending divisional champs, the [...]

Roethlisberger Suspended Six Games By NFL

By ⋅ April 21, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has announced that embattled Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be suspended for the first six games of the regular season. Some behavioral evaluation by medical experts will also be required. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the last few months, Roethlisberger was accused of [...]

The Law Doesn’t Care About Roethlisberger, But Does the NFL?

By ⋅ April 16, 2010 ⋅ One comment

After his nth rape case has been dismissed, Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is now awaiting word from the NFL and the Steelers, who are planning a joint punishment of some sort against Roethlisberger, or at least that’s what they’re telling the media. Keep in mind, the league’s conduct policy does not necessitate charges be filed [...]

Ben Roethlisberger Avoids Charges, Suspension Likely

By ⋅ April 13, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was declared innocent Monday afternoon, after he faced charges accusing him of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old female college student. He may not be totally off the hook, however. According to sources within the Steelers organization, the team will likely suspend Roethlisberger for 1 or 2 games this season. ESPN.com’s Chris Mortensen believes [...]

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