
End zone: the area on either end of an American football field. See also: a place on the field the Chargers never saw in Foxboro.
No LT meant no win for San Diego yesterday in the AFC Championship against the New England Patriots. Four times the Bolts got into position to reach the promised land but […]
Freezing temperatures. Lambeau Field. A championship title on the line. Sounds like the making of a great movie about Vince Lombardi, but the tale told last night in Green Bay didn’t have the feel-good ending the Packer fans huddled for warmth wanted to see.
In a 23-20 overtime loss, Brett Favre threw two interceptions, including a […]
The only thing better than watching playoff football games is watching playoff football games that end with upsets, and what a bonus when you get two in the same day.
No one gave much of a chance to the San Diego Chargers on the road against the defending Super Bowl champion Colts, but two tipped balls […]
The only thing I like better than watching the NFL playoffs is watching NFL playoff games being played in the snow. And Sweet Jebus do they have a lot of snow up there in Green Bay; you could hardly see the field from the stands at times during that snowstorm.
Mike Holmgren can’t very well blame […]
Three cheers for Eli. Manning the Lesser finally got over the hump with his first post-season victory today, beating the Buccaneers on the road 24-14. Lil’ Eli played a good game throwing for two touchdowns and no interceptions, but let’s give credit also to his receivers who actually caught some passes, his running backs and […]
The Seattle Seahawks are packing their bags for Green Bay after overpowering the Washington Redskins 35-14. Matt Hasselbeck, though, should be riding in the back of the plane considering he threw two picks and did just about everything else to lose the game for Seattle.
Riding shotgun on the way to Lambeau Field — and getting […]
One last time!
Seattle 41, Atlanta 44
Game ball goes to: What a job interim head coach Emmitt Thomas did getting this sad sack team to play a game. Chris Redman threw four touchdowns, two of them to Alge Crumpler.
Key his Escalade: Yes yes, resting your players is the prudent thing, but allowing the Falcons to score […]
NY Giants 38, Buffalo 21
Game ball goes to: Running tandem of Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs rolled up 296 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Now that’s one way to solve the Eli question.
Key his Escalade: Trent Edwards threw three costly interceptions.
Green Bay 7, Chicago 35
Game ball goes to: Adrian “Not Every Day” […]
Seattle 10, Carolina 13
Game ball goes to: DeAngelo Williams had just 61 yards rushing, but 35 of those yards came on the winning touchdown play.
Key his Escalade: The Seahawks were a dismal three of 12 on third down conversions.
Buffalo 0, Cleveland 8
Game ball goes to: Phil Dawson hit two screwball field goals in the […]
Miami 17, Buffalo 38
Game ball goes to: Trent Edwards threw for only 165 yards but four of his passes were for touchdowns.
Key his Escalade: The Dolphins run defense got gashed for 224 yards.
St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 19
Game ball goes to: Rudi Johnson rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown.
Key his Escalade: Brock Berlin? Oh, […]
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