Canadian Super Bowl parties: an analysis
It’s interesting how Super Bowl parties in Canada work. In my experience (limited as it may be), they generally follow a similar pattern. First, the guests arrive and the question is asked: “Who are you going for?” Ninety per cent will declare a side, (in our case, Giants or Patriots) and quickly qualify the statement by saying “…but, I don’t really follow football too closely.” The other 10 per cent give a puzzled look, likely unaware that there is even a football game on.
Giants edge out Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI
Super Bowl 46 was everything it was hyped up to be; a close game that came down to the wire, game changing plays and the birth of legacies.
Super Bowl XLVI preview
The Patriots and Giants meet once again at Super Bowl XLVI in similar fashion to that of 2007; the Patriots are the number one seed and the Giants made it to the big game despite being a wild card. However, in 2007 the Patriots defeated the Giants in the regular season. This past season the Giants defeated the Patriots on a game-winning touchdown.
NFL playoffs: from four down to two
The divisional round of the playoffs, perhaps the most exciting weekend of the NFL playoffs next to the Super Bowl, wrapped up on Sunday January 15, as four teams saw their season come to an end and another four got one step closer to playing for the Lombardi Trophy.
Four remain in the hunt for Lombardi Trophy
The divisional round of the playoffs, perhaps the most exciting weekend of the NFL playoffs next to the Super Bowl, wrapped up Sunday afternoon as four teams saw their season come to an end and another four got one step closer to playing for the Lombardi Trophy.
NFL playoffs: eight teams remain following wild card weekend
It was wildcard weekend in the NFL, which means the NFL playoffs have begun.
NFL Report: Giants give Packers a scare
The New York Giants have ended two 18-game winning streaks in their history, and nearly stopped a third last weekend.
NFL Report: Thanksgiving football
Packers fans had much to be thankful for last Thursday on American Thanksgiving. Packers quarterback (QB) Aaron Rodgers threw for just over 300 yards and two touchdowns as the Green Bay Packers improved to 11-0 on the season.
NFL Report: Tebow wins in an ugly fashion
Two weeks ago the Denver Broncos won despite their quarterback only completing two passes the entire game and rushing for more yards than thrown. This past week Tim Tebow completed less than half the passes he attempted and threw for no touchdowns.
NFL Report: bold or stupid?
Head coaches in the NFL can easily make a name for themselves when calls they’ve made backfire and when they fail to make calls when they should. When you’re inside your own 30-yard line in overtime and it’s fourth-down-and-inches, it is not the time to play hero and call a running back dive play to get the first down. Unfortunately for Falcons fans, head coach Mike Smith wanted to look like a hero.
The 49ers have found their man
The San Francisco 49ers, with Alex Smith at quarterback, are 7-1. No, you are not being punk’d. It’s true; the football club out of northern California have lost only one game this season and are the second best team in the NFC.
Suck for luck: The race for last place and first draft pick in the NFL
The Manning-less Colts 0-8 record indicates just how vital he is to the success of the franchise. Manning, who underwent back surgery in the off season, is out indefinitely and the Colts just can’t seem to find any other way to win ball games.
It’s Tebow time
The first three-quarters of last Sunday’s game are probably three of the worst Tim Tebow will ever play in his career.
Packers alone at the top as Lions fall to 49ers
Prior to the start of the 2011/2012 NFL season, no one would have believed that going into week six the Packers and the Lions would be the only two undefeated teams in the League. Sunday morning, both teams were atop the standings with a 5-0 record.
Eagles dream team becomes a nightmare
If there was a trophy awarded to the biggest spenders in offseason acquisitions, the Philadelphia Eagles would win by a long shot. However, the Eagles have been everything but a winning football team so far this season.
Romo chokes as Lions stay undefeated
What has become the “norm” for the Cowboys occurred again on Sunday as Romo and the Cowboys built a 20-point lead at halftime, only to see it diminish in the second half.
Bills defeat Patriots for the first time since 2003
At the beginning of the season, no one could have predicted the Bills starting with a perfect 3-0 record, with a very good chance of being 4-0 as they head into Cincinnati to play the Bengals the next week. Running back Fred Jackson continues to lead the league in rushing and is a vital part of this offense as a deadly check down option for QB Fitzpatrick.
Another MVP Season for Tom Brady?
Tom Brady showed why he is quite possibly the best quarterback in the world last Monday night, completing 32 passes for 517 yards and four touchdowns, including a 99-yard touchdown strike to Wes Welker.
2011/2012 NFL season preview
Contributor Balraj Dhillon takes a look at teams and players that could make a difference this year, gives an overview of the what we might see this season in the league, and gives his divisional predictions.
Rodgers instrumental as Green Bay takes Super Bowl
In the end, it was the 24th pick overall in the 2005 NFL draft that brought the Lombardi trophy back to Green Bay, not the future Hall of Fame quarterback that spent 16 seasons with the squad.
NFL Week 12
Thursday’s American Thanksgiving served up a veritable feast of NFL football action, complete with a deliciously lopsided victory for an appetizer, a rousing and hard-fought match for the main course, and a little fighting and conflict to round out the weekend nicely.
NFL Week 11 Roundup
Quarterback drama, a record breaking performance by a player on the road to redemption, and a potential Super Bowl preview were on display for NFL fans this week, as the eleventh week of NFL action came to a close Sunday night.
NFL Week Ten
What happens in week 10 to an NFL squad that has taken a beating for the greater part of the season, consistently losing players and fans, and effectively becoming the laughing stock of the entire National Football League? Well, if you are the Dallas Cowboys or Buffalo Bills, you play like your contract is on the line (which it very well could be) and function at such a high level that it is tough to glean any recognition from the team that took to the gridiron last week, compared to the one that dominated this week. And if you are the Miami Dolphins, who lost their first two starting quarterbacks in the game, you end up winning the game with an inexperienced third string player anyway.
NFL Week Nine
Upsets and razor-thin wins abound in week nine matchups that saw the Cleveland Browns upset the New England Patriots, and the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings squeaked by with victories against the Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals respectively. Another theme that was prevalent in week nine action was coaches being on the chopping block in both Dallas and Minnesota, as the once promising teams appear destined for playoff misses this season.
With the New England Patriots team of 2010 being hailed as the team that has returned to the dynasty form of the 2000s, the Pats’ trip to Cleveland was to be nothing more than a minor speed bump on their way to certain Super Bowl victory. However, the Brown’s had other plans, and with the help of rookie quarterback Colt McCoy and third year running back Peyton Hillis, the Brown’s ended up claiming a 34-14 victory at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Hillis was especially effective against a banged-up looking Patriots secondary, rushing for 184 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries.
