Recent NFL Stories

With memories clouded by the alcohol-and-tryptophan-induced fog of our collective Thanksgiving, it may be necessary to rehash some of the details of yesterday’s key NFL holiday matchups.    Generally speaking, all three games featured NFC powerhouses in hot pursuit ...

While you feasted Thursday. . . .   The second annual John Madden Thanksgiving Special featured the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49er reconfirming their dominance while the new Detroit Lions disappointed expectant fans by reverting old losing ways as millions ...

A Turkey Day tradition resumes in Detroit and Dallas, and is topped off by a key divisional tilt in Seattle. Meanwhile, what the NFL hopes becomes a new tradition starts the day after in the league’s first-ever Black Friday game.    Detroit looks to end a more ...

    Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was waiting for Matt Canada’s offense to show a strong pulse. But it stayed too close to flat-lining. So Tomlin did something almost unheard of in Steelers’ history – he pulled the plug in mid-season, firing Canada ...

NFL WEEK 11 Scores, stats, highlights  Thursday’s result Baltimore 34, Cincinnati 20 Sunday’s results Rams 17, Seattle 16 Green Bay 23, Chargers 20 Cleveland 13, Pittsburgh 10 Dallas 33, Carolina 10 Detroit 31, Chicago 26 Houston 21,Arizona 16 Jacksonville ...

We noted in our Week 11 preview that some of pro football’s best teams needed to be weary of trap games. But with seven games decided by a single possession, it was NFL fans who ended up ensnared in yet another Sunday of dramatically unpredictable action.   Interdivisional ...

Former pro quarterback Chase Daniel says NFL teams need to wake up to the importance of backup quarterbacks. As a backup for six teams over 13 seasons, Daniels is an expert on the subject. He was moved to shout out on social media after the Cincinnati Bengals ...

What can Week 11 possibly do for an encore to the madness and drama of Weeks 9 and 10 of the NFL schedule?    Trap games, junior. Trap games.    Whether it be the Texans and rookie sensation C.J. Stroud relaxing after their magnificent road win over Cincinnati, ...

Whatever TNF lead announcer Al Michaels did to piss off the football gods is apparently forgiven.   After a slug of uninspired Thursday games with few playoff implications comes a divisional matchup bristling with many. Perhaps the two hottest teams in the NFL ...

In the “what have you done for me lately” nature of the NFL, we doubted that this Sunday’s slate of games would approach the entertainment value of Week 9.    Week 10 more than held its own.   Sunday produced multiple instant classics, including a remarkable ...