NFL Monday

Today's Super Bowl between the Pittsburhg Steelers and Green Bay Packers was a case of football justice. The Packers won 31-25 by capitalizing on Steeler mistakes and just plain outplaying them. Green Bay built an insurmountable 18 point lead in the first half and despite injuries to key personnel... Sign in to see full entry.

AFC-NFC championship games. Outdoors. Cold weather. Grass fields. Defense. Just as it should be. The AFC and NFC championship games played in Pittsburgh and Chicago came down to defense despite what the scores indicated. The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers came up with big defensive plays... Sign in to see full entry.

We had four rematches in the NFL playoffs this weekend. And with the exception of the Baltimore Ravens losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team which lost the last meeting won the one which matters most. And the Ravens were ahead 21-7 at halftime before losing. The Ravens-Steelers game was... Sign in to see full entry.

It doesn't matter who or where you play in the NFL playoffs. The field is still 100 yards long and you can only play 11 men at a time. That's why I don't believe in upsets. Now, did I think that the Seattle Seahawks would beat the defending world champion New Orleans Saints Saturday night? No. Am I... Sign in to see full entry.

The NFL made the final week of the season meaningful again. By matching divisional rivals they made almost every team have to play their starters, because playoff spots and seeding were at stake. And they set it up so all of the teams in contention did not know if they were eliminated or where they... Sign in to see full entry.

CANCELED?! POSTPONED?! BECAUSE OF SNOW?! AN NFL GAME?! Believe it or not, yes. The Sunday night game between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field was postponed to Tuesday night, because of the snowy conditions that we are experiencing on the east coast. It is the... Sign in to see full entry.

So my nephew texts me saying that he's on his way back form New York and has no access to what's going on in the NFL. This was around 3:15 or 3:30. I text back that the Redskins are down to Dallas by 16, the Colts have the Jags by ten, the Ravens lead the Saints by a touchdown and the Giants are... Sign in to see full entry.

Here is the truth about sports. You can plan for every possibility, every contingency. But there is no way that you can take into account one intangible. Luck. Because of the limited number of games, there is no sport in which luck plays a bigger part than football. Hall of fame coach Bill Walsh... Sign in to see full entry.

STEELERS-RAVENS! That's all this weekend was about for me. It was the only game that mattered. So if you want to read about Brett Favre, Jets-Patriots, Peyton Manning or anything else around the NFL you'll haveto find another post. The Steelers and the Ravens met for the second time in their... Sign in to see full entry.

So what's better? Going to a pro football game or staying at home and watching on television. Here in Maryland, we have two profesional football stadiums, FeDex Field in Landover and MB@T Bank in Baltimore, which are about thiry miles apart. I have been to both, but only to FeDex for a pro game. The... Sign in to see full entry.