9 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Wild Card Weekend Edition: The Absolutely Worst of a NFL
The NFL Playoffs are upon us, the annual celebration of the best of the NFL. The eight division champions and four wild-card teams have conquered weeks of training camp, four preseason games and 17 weeks of relentless regular-season competition.
The eight teams playing this Wild Card Weekend have come out on...
8 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Lions take jump brazen finale playoff drought
DETROIT (AP)—The Detroit Lions have taken a leap forward by ending an 11-season playoff drought. They have work...
6 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Staying or going pro? College football stars decide
Ball announced his decision Thursday and said NFL evaluators told him he'd likely be a third-round pick in April's draft.
"I'm just listening to my heart," Ball said. "I know for a fact I will come into this season better. No one knows...
5 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
NFL Wild Card Predictions 2012: Who Will Win on Saturday and Sunday
Wild Card weekend is finally upon us, and the first slate of games contains some extremely appealing matchups. As New England, Baltimore, Green Bay and San Francisco eagerly await their opponents, the other eight qualified teams will eagerly strive to survive another week.
In the AFC, Pittsburgh...
4 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
NFL’s 4 furious cards distant from prolonged shots
They are supposed to be the ultimate long shots.
But with the NFL playoffs looming, recent history suggests the four teams in the field that did not win their division titles — the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals— have legitimate reason to believe.
Three of the last six...
3 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Don Banks: NFL 2012 playoff primer
Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we break down the NFL's 12-team playoff field from as many angles as occur to us...
...3 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Green Bay’s Matt Flynn could be starter on opposite group subsequent year
GREEN BAY, Wis.— Matt Flynn’s teammates just assume he is headed elsewhere after the season, most likely as a candidate to start for a quarterback-starved team in another NFL city.And that was even before Flynn’s jaw-dropping performance for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
With Aaron Rodgers resting for the playoffs...
29 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Cincinnati Bengals’ receiver Green astounded to make Pro Bowl as rookie
CINCINNATI - A.J. Green didn't think he'd make the Pro Bowl as a rookie. His incredible catches were too much to ignore.
The Cincinnati Bengals' first-round draft pick is one of three rookies to be voted to the Pro Bowl, along with Denver linebacker Von Miller and Arizona cornerback Patrick Peterson,...
26 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
NFL: Green Bay Packer bind tip seed for NFC playoffs
Aaron Rodgers threw five touchdown passes for the first time in his career to help the host Green Bay Packers nail down the No. 1 seed in the NFC and claim another round of bragging rights in the NFL's most storied rivalry by knocking the Chicago Bears out...
