If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 5
With another week done in the NFL, and teams starting to have byes, many teams are still fighting to take control of their divisions and conferences. The Lions and Packers remain unbeaten, while the Rams, Colts and Dolphins remain winless. At this stage, only San Francisco has a multiple-game lead in their division; three other [...]
Former Patriots FB Heath Evans Retires to NFL Network
Former Patriots fullback Heath Evans tweeted Tuesday that he has decided to retire, trading in the helmet and shoulder pads for a necktie and microphone on the NFL Network. Evans played 10 full seasons in the NFL with four separate teams. The Patriots signed him on Nov. 1, 2005, after the Miami Dolphins released him [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 16
Just one week left in the season! Nine of the 12 teams have punched their ticket so far, and as long as the Rams lose or tie in Week 17, a losing team will make the playoffs. The AFC’s road to the Super Bowl goes through Foxboro, and unless the Falcons lose at home to [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 15
Just two weeks to go until the playoffs are completely set. And after a concussion, Brett Favre won’t be there to see them. Both the Patriots and the Falcons have a magic number of one to clinch the #1 seeds in their conferences. And at 6-8, one of the Rams or Seahawks have to win [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 14
Just three weeks left, and Favre and the Vikings are done. And New England is essentially a lock for #1. The Jets, despite doing so poorly, are also pretty well-ensconced in a Wildcard spot, as are the Ravens. The Colts are on the outside looking in, but they do have a home game against Jacksonville [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 13
Just one short month remains in the season, and still, no team has clinched a playoff berth. That’s not a surprise in the NFC West, where it’s still quite possible the division winner will have a losing record. Only in the AFC West does the division leader have a lead more than one game. And [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 12
Things are getting really interesting. The four best teams in the AFC will all face each other next week, A team may win the NFC West with a losing record, something no division has ever experienced before. And defenses are starting to figure out Michael Vick a little bit. And the Colts and Packers are [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 11
We’re six weeks away from knowing who will face who in January, and Chilly won’t be around to see it. Houston fell yet again, and the Jets won late again, the Falcons came up big in St Louis, and the Panthers are the new Rams, thanks to Buffalo’s massive comeback over Cincy. Thanks to New [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 10
With less than two months to go now, the landscape has changed pretty nicely. The Patriots went from contenders to jokes, to contenders again with a defeat of Pittsburgh. Oakland is now in the playoff situation again, somehow. The Cowboys’ coaching change helped them, and hurt the Giants. The Falcons and Jets are back in [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 9
Things have suddenly gotten interesting. The Patriots are no longer the best team around, and the Rams are doing something right. And remember the Saints’ poor start? They’re now half a game out of the best record in the league. Ditto for the packers, and just one game back for the Colts. And three games [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 8
How about this for an ultimate rematch three years in the making. We all remember the day the undefeated season died, when the Giants beat the Patriots in a game in which New England could have tried harder. But they’re the best team in the league again this year, even without Randy Moss. It remains [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 6
The Cowboys may not be in a good position to play in their home stadium in February, but the two Jersey teams are on track to face off at that time and place. The Chiefs are still holding on, and the Patriots, despite technically being the second-best team in football, are relegated to the Wild [...]
If the Playoffs Started Today – NFL Week 4
Who could have ever predicted that the Chiefs would be the last unbeaten team left? Or that the Colts wouldn’t be in the picture at all? Or even in 3rd place in their division for that matter? The Rams have an actual winning streak in place, too. The NFL has been turned upside down for [...]
2010 NFL Predictions: NFC South
The NFC South is interesting as it holds last year’s Super Bowl champion entering its first post-Super Bowl season in franchise history. Add to that a healthy, hungry Atlanta Falcons team coming off of a disappointing season last year, and we’re talking about a division that could hold two threats to go deep in this [...]
The Couch Potato Report: Supersized Edition
Nobody likes a whiner. So I won’t start off this week’s “Couch Potato Report” whining about why there wasn’t a “C.P.R.” last week. I won’t tell you that my awkwardly big feet kicked the switch of my surge protector underneath my computer, powering down my PC and leaving my unsaved, nearly completed article left as [...]
Recent Comments
- mfcurtis on Connelly’s Top Ten: Beckett For Mayor (Kidding – Trade Him!)
- stevea on Connelly’s Top Ten: Beckett For Mayor (Kidding – Trade Him!)
- TimU on Connelly’s Top Ten: Beckett For Mayor (Kidding – Trade Him!)
- TimU on Connelly’s Top Ten: What Can’t Larry Bird Do?
- El Presidente on Connelly’s Top Ten: What Can’t Larry Bird Do?
Blogroll
- BC All Access
- BlogCatalog
- BoSox Injection
- Boston Sports Nation
- Boston Sports Pulse
- Bringing Heat – Red Sox
- Bullpen Brian
- CelticsBlog
- Eat, Drink and Sleep Baseball
- Eat, Drink and Sleep Football
- Green Bandwagon
- Hit The Boards
- KCChiefsFootball.com
- Over The Monster
- Patriots Daily
- Patriots Gab
- Perk is a Beast
- Red’s Army
- Shaver Sports
- Sports of New York
- SportsBlogs.org
- The Bottom Line
- Wicked Pissa Dude Radio
