Roger Goodell is grinning ear-to-ear. Whether you fancy high scoring aerial attacks or hard-nosed defensive battles, 2011′s NFL Thanksgiving Day lineup looks to be the best we’ve seen in years. Sit tight, enjoy (or tolerate) seeing the family, eat ignorant amounts of food and enjoy match-ups between four of the NFL’s premier squads (plus Dallas and Miami!). Read the rest of this entry »

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Like the entire organization as a whole, the New England Patriots’ defense has been under scrutiny for simply being under par. But going into their bye week after a decisive 41-14 MNF clubbing of the Miami Dolphins, they should have a good bit of fire burning since the weather in Foxbourough is not. Read the rest of this entry »

Before we get to the games I gotta vent first.

Screw you Rookwood Tap and, for that matter, screw you all Wrigleyville bars from the heart of the brojects on Clark and Addison. Screw your buffet with the cardboard eggs, death to your pouty waitresses (though I appreciate the fake boobs,) screw you for not having coffee and screw you for having a bathroom attendant at a sports bar. And a special fuck you for playing country music during the commercials. Could I at least get some Black Eyed Peas?

I don’t know if it was my hatred that rubbed off on the Bears or just their own mediocrity coming to the forefront, but the Monsters of the Midway got rolled by the visiting Cardinals. The Cards moved the ball at will against the beaten down Bears D with Larry Fitzgerald serving notice as to why he’s the best wide receiver in the game. He dominated whomever the Bears threw at him in single coverage and, if he wasn’t open, Kurt Warner was finding someone else. With a brutal schedule up ahead, the Bears look headed for under .500 and Lovie Smith looks like he’s on his way out. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m glad the NFL has 32 teams. I appreciate that second-rate cities like Jacksonville and Indianapolis get to enjoy the pride of having their own professional franchise in America’s game. But there are definite downsides. One is that some of the 32 teams are going teams are going to be really, really bad. A painful waste of fans dollars and hours. Read the rest of this entry »