New England Patriots pummeling Cincinnati Bengals
September 12, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, AFC North, Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots
Well, so much for the Cincinnati Bengals vaunted passing attack with Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens going up against a very young New England Patriots secondary. The New England Patriots are heading towards halftime with a 24 point lead over the Cincinnati Bengals. Patriots WR Wes Welker, who told the media he wasn’t feeling right [...]
Week 1 Preview and Picks
September 11, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, AFC North, AFC South, AFC West, Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panters, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Tigers, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Latest News, Miami Dolphins, NFC, NFC East, NFC South, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets, North, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins, West
Finally. We head into the NFL regular season week 1. Football fans have been waiting for this day since February 8th. What great matchups with the reloaded Cincinnati Bengals against the New England Patriots. The Indianapolis Colts squaring off with the Houston Texans. The Kevin Kolb led Philadelphia Eagles welcoming the Green Bay Packers. Dallas [...]
New England Patriots will not make the playoffs in 2010
September 11, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, AFC North, AFC South, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Latest News, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, NFC, New England Patriots, New York Jets, North, Pittsburgh Steelers
The New England Patriots will not make the playoffs in 2010. Someone had to say it. The aura surrounding Foxboro is fading. Yes Tom Brady just signed his new deal, making him the highest paid quarterback-for now. But plain and simple, the New England Patriots are simply an average team with an extraordinary quarterback. Too [...]
Washington Redskins, New England Patriots are the worst
September 10, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, AFC North, Baltimore Ravens, Latest News, NFC, NFC East, New England Patriots, Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins and the New England Patriots are the worst, as far as gameday traffic. Washington Redskins fans who attend the home games most likely already realized this, but in a study conducted by GPS device maker TomTom, fans attending Washington Redskins games see a 57% reduction in speed when traveling around the stadium. [...]
BREAKING-Patriots Tom Brady involved in car accident
September 9, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, Latest News, New England Patriots
WEEI-AM is reporting this morning that New England Patriots QB Tom Brady was involved in a car accident this morning. The radio station is reporting that Tom Brady appeared “shaken” after the accident but was walking around. As expected, the WEEI website is being hammer with hits and it’s impossible to log in at the [...]
Patriots and Tom Brady close to deal?
September 7, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, AFC South, Indianapolis Colts, Latest News, Minnesota Vikings, NFC, New England Patriots, North
It is being reported this morning by WEEI, the Boston Herald and PFT.com that the New England Patriots and Tom Brady are close to reaching an agreement on a contract extension. The figures being thrown around are 58 million for 3 years. Gee, that figure is somewhat close to the deal Brett Favre just signed. [...]
Preseason wraps up, what did NFL fans learn?
September 5, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, AFC South, Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panters, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Tigers, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Latest News, Minnesota Vikings, NFC, NFC South, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins, West
The 5 weeks for preseason are over with, the wrangling for fantasy football sleepers are over, and now we are 4 days from putting toe to leather to kick off the NFL season, what did fans actually learn this preseason? Oh, there was a lot to be learned this preseason. 1.-Overpaid players which produce little [...]
Seahawks Say No, Leinart to Bengals?
September 5, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, AFC North, AFC South, Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Latest News, NFC, NFC East, NFC South, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, West
QB Matt Leinart was released by the Arizona Cardinals and now the Leinart where will he end up sweepstakes in underway. Place your bets, round and round he goes, where he ends up, nobody knows. One place he won’t end up is with the Seattle Seahawks. Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks have decided that [...]
Has Rams Sam Bradford earned a starting spot now?
September 3, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, Detroit Tigers, Latest News, NFC, New England Patriots, North, St. Louis Rams, West
The St. Louis Rams selected Sam Bradford with the first overall pick in this years draft, has Sam Bradford done enough in this pre-season to earn the starting quarterback spot for the St. Louis Rams now? Rams fans had to be wondering if the team had made the right move and if the 50 million [...]
Obvious there IS a double standard for Vikings Favre?
September 2, 2010 by ericschmidt
Filed under AFC, AFC East, Latest News, Minnesota Vikings, NFC, New England Patriots, New York Jets, North
Back in August, I wrote in this column, my opinions on how the media has a way of treating Brett Favre different from every other player. First, there were allegations of Favre sending pictures of Favre Jr. to a female who worked for the Jets when he played for the New York Jets in 2008. [...]