NFL Monday

It is so elusive in all of sports and football's no exception. The Colts and Saints have it right now as they ran their records to 12-0 today. Indy was methodical in beating Tennessee and New Orleans needed all of the magic they could muster in beating Washington in OT. The Redskins had the game won... Sign in to see full entry.

I hate to start off with the Steelers again, but wanted to comment on the decision of head coach Mike Tomlin to sit Ben Roethlisberger in tonight's big game against Baltimore. To me, it's the right thing to do. If Ben's head is not clear from last week's concussion, he should sit. That simple. His... Sign in to see full entry.

Stats ae for losers and fantasy league geeks. I've always believed this, but the Pittsburgh Steelers, who happen to be my boys, proved it for the third time this season as they dominated the Kansas City Chiefs statistically only to come up on the short end of a 27-24 OT defeat. Pittsburgh did the... Sign in to see full entry.

I am watching the so called "Rivalry of the Decade" between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. The Pats are leading by ten at the half, but there is still a lot of football left and as we know these games usually go down to the wire. Patriots-Colts is big at the present, because of... Sign in to see full entry.

Every once in a while, I like to throw a little history into my recaps. Though we finally had a week where I had to use the clicker, because we had some good games, this is the one. So here goes. The Washington Redskins were the team of the South for 23 years. In 1960, the Dallas Cowboys were born.... Sign in to see full entry.

With the halfway mark of the NFL season, all of us must agree that the games have been lacking drama. Today, we had four close games, only one of which, Dolphins-Jets came down to the final seconds. The Broncos were knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten rather easily by the Ravens. Indy had a close... Sign in to see full entry.

As a high school football official, I get my schedule well in advance and I can tell you 80% of the games are just flat out dogs. Watching the NFL season this year, I wonder if their officials, game announcers, other media and the fans feel the same way about each weeks slate. I'm telling you, it's... Sign in to see full entry.

As Redd Foxx might have said, the G stands for Growler. In any event, here are the NFL headlines for week six so far: 59-0!!!!! Are the bullies from New England back? Who knows? Today they crushed the Tennesse Titans 59-0 with Tom Brady throwing for 5 TD's in the second quarter. In high school they... Sign in to see full entry.

Five weeks into the NFL season and this is what we have: New York Giants 5-0 Minnesota Vikings 5-0 Indianapolis Colts 5-0 Denver Broncos 5-0 New Orleans Saints 4-0 That's not unusual. This is: Kansas City Chiefs 0-5 Tampa Bay Bucs 0-5 St. Louis Rams 0-5 Tennessee Titans 0-5. I can't ever remember... Sign in to see full entry.

No, not the TV show. I'm talking about the length of an NFL football game. And in today's pro football, you had better be able to manage every one of them. The teams and more important the offenses are so good that unlike in the seventies when I first started watching the game no lead is safe.... Sign in to see full entry.