In a clash of two high profile franchises marred by distracting off-field revelations and disastrous on-field weather conditions, the Jets dominated the early going and forced Minnesota into a pathetic first half effort filled with mental mistakes and ugly execution, only to watch those very same Vikings turn 180 degrees in the second half and stride toward a classic comeback that wasn’t meant to be, ultimately falling a single pass short of heroics as New York staved off a complete [...]

Atlanta Falcons  27 at New Orleans Saints  24 In a game that wouldn’t end because the kickers wouldn’t let it, Garrett Hartley hit a 32 yard field goal to push the game into overtime only to miss a 29 yard chip-shot in the extra period, gifting the win to the Falcons and allowing Atlanta to outlast New Orleans and officially end the Super Bowl champs’ honeymoon period. While the blame for the loss surely rests squarely on the shoulders of the New [...]

@ A marquee match-up featuring two of the most potentially explosive offenses in the NFL actually started out as a slow, sloppy slug-fest but slowly progressed as new life was injected into the Eagles and both offenses started clicking later in the game. Kevin Kolb’s debut as the man in the post-McNabb era of Philadelphia started out rough and ended up rougher as a lackluster 5 for 10 effort saw him develop more chemistry with the ground than with his top offensive weapons.  [...]

The Superbowl is set and the champions of each Conference have been crowned after the Colts soundly defeated the upstart Jets and the Vikings soundly defeated themselves, leaving us the high fly acts of Indianapolis and New Orleans in the Big Show showdown. New York 17 at Indianapolis 30 Review: The Jets came out and stuck with the gameplan in the first half, pounding the ball at the Colts undersized defensive line and taking deep shots over the top when Indy started stacking the box.  Mark Sanchez played [...]

In a round full of blow-outs where every game save one was decided by half time, the true elite of the NFL stepped up their game and established themselves as a clear cut above their overmatched and overwhelmed counterparts en route to the NFL’s own version of the final four.  Now, only the Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, and New York Jets are still standing with a shot to stamp their one-way ticket to the Super Bowl in Miami on February 7th. New York [...]

New York 24 at Cincinatti 14 Review:  Shayne Graham’s letdowns, Darrell Revis’ blanket-coverage, and Shonn Greene’s continued emergence all combined to compell the Jets to a rough-and-tumble road playoff victory.  Carson Palmer struggled to find open receivers as the Jets took away their only true playmaking wideout and Cedric Benson’s notable 169 yard, 1 touchdown effort went to waste as Cincinnati’s’s season ends after back to back home losses against the same New York Jets squad.  With Graham missing two chip-shot [...]

Now that the 2009 NFL season is officially over for all of the non-playoff contending teams, the financial backers of the multi-million dollar Los Angeles Stadium Project have amped up their efforts to recruit, bid for, and relocate an NFL franchise to the Los Angeles area. Majestic Realty’s managing partner John Semcken came out recently with a statement specifically identifying their first two targets in this new invigorated relocation campaign:  The Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both of these teams [...]

A supremely talented but often disturbed football player who had recently gotten his life back on track after multiple miscues early in his career was lost to us recently as Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry passed away after sustaining massive head injuries during a fall from a truck while involved in a domestic dispute. Henry was infamous for his early career run-ins with the law and mulitple arrests that almost cost him his future in football and actually led to NFL imposed disciplinarly action [...]

New England 27 at Houston 34 Review: The Houston Texans eeked out a victory, secured their first winning season in franchise history, and gave themselves a shot at a playoff berth by coming up with a furious finish in the fourth quarter against the New England Patriots reserves.  The Pats watched in horror as their most reliable, tried-and-true wide receiver Wes Welker tumbled into a heap while making a sharp cut after his first catch of the game early in [...]

Denver 27 at Philadelphia 30 Review: A game between two playoff contenders that started out sloppy turned into a scoring contest that Philadelphia was fortunate enough to hold on and win. After trading turnovers in the first quarter, the Eagles went on to score on their next four straight possessions to build a double digit half-time lead. Denver responded by forcing a turnover to start the second half then dominating the third quarter on the back of their pressure defense [...]