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booooooooo

hell, go bruins

Good point, except I think Jeff Fisher deserves consideration even if the Titans don't make the playoffs. How about worst coaching job? My ballot goes: 1. Art Shell 2. Tom Coughlin 3. Dennis "the Nutty Professor" Green 4. John Fox

people really are overthinking this MVP thing. Devin Hester? Tony Romo? Jeff Garcia? No, there's a clear choice at MVP, it's Tomlinson. He plays for the best team in the better conference, and has had one of the best years that a running back has ever had. How is this difficult?

Don't forget coaching. The Eagles have one of the two or three best coaching staffs in the league. Andy Reid is a great offensive coach, and actually handing over the play-calling duties to Marty Morningweg (hold your laughter) has made the offense better. Jim Johnson is a great defensive coordinator as well. In the defensive backfield, Sheldon Brown should've made the Pro Bowl in 2004 over Lito, but whoever did the choosing messed up. LJ Smith possibly, but not Westbrook. There isn't a LB in the league that can cover him one-on-one. A safety who's good at pass coverage could handle Westbrook one-on-one. This probably is true, but the Eagles run defense has been much better the past two weeks against some pretty good rushing teams (Giants and Cowboys). That is where the Eagles are most vulnerable, but Jim Johnson has been calling more run blitzes and committing more guys to stopping the run and blitzing the QB. Earlier in the year they couldn't do this because due to injuries, the dime back was starting and the default nickel back was a complete scrub. I don't think the Eagles will win the NFC. But I wrote them off too quickly. They're doing the same thing they did with A.J. Feeley, winning with a quarterback who knows the system and can run it efficiently. The offensive line is just as good, if not better, than the teams that were going to the NFC championship game every year, and the WRs are actually better. The secondary is just as good, as is the defensive line, although the LBs are worse. If the Eagles play like they did against Dallas, they'll be hard to beat.

jeez I REALLY should have been betting on football this year

WTF?!?!?!?

you have a week 17 championship? yuck. yeah can't say I'm thrilled about it... I really have to figure out if Peyton Manning and Shawn Alexander are going to get much playing time.

well it's you and me this week CT... get ready to lose

Would you do Prior for Tejada at this point? I think I would. Baltimore sure wouldn't.

Not that I think the Eagles are an amazing team, but how does watching them go into Dallas and thoroughly outplay the Cowboys make you really want the Bears to play the Eagles? That was one of the best games I've seen the Eagles play this year.

well it's Pink looking like a dominatrix... you know what that means.... NFL on NBC!

Farve won't retire, he'll sit around for a few months and string everyone along, and then announce he's playing sometime around June.

I would guess they're waiting for the results of tonight's games so that they get a game between two teams vying for their playoff lives. The most likely candidates to get moved to Sunday night are probably Atlanta-Philly, Jacksonville-Kansas City (less likely due to less interest in these teams) or New England-Tennessee if Miami loses tonight. If Miami wins tonight, a lot of the drama comes out of the AFC because there's no way Oakland beats the Jets next week, and Denver should beat the Niners also. So, my money's on Philly-Atlanta.

Brennan and Rivers blew up - 560 yds passing for Colt, 300+ yds receiving for Rivers, both bowl and school records. I didn't see if Colt broke the efficiency rating for a single-season. I think he'd be well-served to come back, assuming he wouldn't be a high first round pick this year. A good portion of their offense is back next year. I think he could put up numbers just as good, and with Troy Smith, Quinn, and probably Adrian Peterson gone, he'll likely be a co-favorite for the Heisman with McFadden.

Yeah I was gonna post about the same thing. The NFL punishments for celebrations are too strict, but the college punishments are arbitrary and ridiculous. As they said, the idea behind the rule is to punish players who go out of their way to degrade or humiliate their opponent. How exactly does running through the end zone and then going to high-five some of your own fans degrade the opposition? Second half of this game sure has been fun to watch. Brennan is really accurate with is passes.

8-5-1 so far, methinx

like this saints-giants game isn't bad enough, it's also taking FOREVER. the third quarter just ended!

lmao two consecutive personal fouls on the giants offensive line... coughlin might as well not show up for next week's game. he's done.

jeez the giants and falcons suck... watch some team like green bay or san francisco make the playoffs.

my second feat of strength was disemboweling everyone who dragged political views/discussion into the rivalries forum.

well yao ming broke his leg, my season's over

I don't know what Oakland's record is ATS, but they have to be a cash machine this year. Just bet against them and win. Also, they're a jackpot for fantasy football defense purposes. I played the mediocre Chiefs defense in one of my leagues and piled up a solid 18 points. picked GB and KC in the early games... ST LOUIS (-1) over Washington CLEVELAND (-3) over Tampa Tennessee (+4.5) over BUFFALO New Orleans (+3) over NY GIANTS New England (+3) over JACKSONVILLE Indianapolis (-9.5) over HOUSTON DETROIT (+6) over Chicago ATLANTA (-6.5) over Carolina Baltimore (+3.5) over PITTSBURGH SAN FRANCISCO (-4) over Arizona SEATTLE (+4.5) over San Diego Cincinnati (+3) over DENVER Philly (+7) over DALLAS NY Jets (+2.5) over MIAMI

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I love prospect-for-prospect deals... always so fascinating to see how they turn out, although one usually doesn't know for a few years.