The Buffalo Bills put together a workmanlike effort to earn their third win of the season on Sunday, defeating the Cleveland Browns 13-6 in a game played in a steady rain. Coach Chan Gailey’s offense featured a heavy dose of the running game, with Fred Jackson gaining 112 yards, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick picking up key … Read More
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NFL – Week Fourteen Predictions
After consecutive weeks of successful predicting of NFL games, the tally slipped a bit last week to 10 correct and 6 wrong. This takes the season record to 116 right and 75 incorrect. Here are the week 13 picks: Indianapolis at Tennessee – the Colts are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first … Read More
NFL – Remembering Don Meredith
It’s a shame that a lot of younger football fans don’t even remember Don Meredith, who passed away on Monday of a stroke, as an original member of the Monday Night Football broadcast team, yet alone his playing career as a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Meredith backed up Eddie LeBaron at QB in Dallas in the … Read More
NFL – Bills Game Review
The Buffalo Bills’ streak of playing competitive football against their opponents came to a resounding halt in Minnesota on Sunday. The Vikings came within a Brett Favre interception of reaching the Super Bowl last season, and their expectations were high coming into this year. Along with the Dallas Cowboys, they have been one of the … Read More
NFL – Week Thirteen Predictions
Week 12 turned out to be the most successful week so far this season as I managed to pick 13 winners out of 16 games, pushing the overall mark for the season so far to 106 games picked correctly and 69 wrong. Here are the week 13 choices: Houston at Philadelphia – this week’s … Read More
Remembering Bill Walsh
On this day in 1931, legendary NFL head coach Bill Walsh was born in Los Angeles, California. I recently read a short biography of Walsh and it reminded me of a fact that seems lost in today’s NFL – that the greatest coaches of all time are the ones that are the best teachers, not … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
Sunday’s Buffalo Bills’ game was similar in a lot of ways to last week’s game in Cincinnati. In the first half the Bills were totally dominated by the Steelers, who methodically marched up and down the field and controlled the clock. The Bills offense was shut out but really had little opportunity to get anything … Read More
NFL – Week Twelve Predictions
Week 11 was a successful one in picking winners as I rebounded to choose 12 winners out of 16 games, pushing the season overall record to 93 correct, and 66 wrong. Here are the week 12 predictions: New England at Detroit – the Lions usually play inspired football on Thanksgiving, but lately, they rarely win. The … Read More
NFL – Classic Thanksgiving Games – Part II
Inaugural Dallas Thanksgiving Game vs. Browns in 1966. Detroit has had the honor of hosting the NFL’s annual Thanksgiving Day game since 1934, but in 1966, the league added a second Turkey Day game, awarding the honor to the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys played the Cleveland Browns in their inaugural game that year, … Read More
NFL – Classic Thanksgiving Games – Part I
Green Bay’s Bart Starr is swallowed up by a swarming Lions’ defense. On Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1962, the NFL staged its’ annual traditional game between the host Detroit Lions and the visiting Green Bay Packers, and the game was one of the most memorable ever played on the holiday. A year later, this … Read More