Week 5:  The Detroit Lions Are Growing Into A Legitimate Playoff Team

Week 5: The Detroit Lions Are Growing Into A Legitimate Playoff Team

Monday Morning Musings … Aidan Hutchinson and the Detroit Lions are going to be a force come playoff time. They’re starting to dominate midlevel to bad NFL teams. Yes the final score was 42-24 but the Panthers were never in that game. They came out blazing and were up 14-0 in the 1st and up … Continue reading

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Sean Payton… Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It

Sean Payton… Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It

Tell the truth Tuesday: The NFL is an arena that humbles successful coaches in 2nd tenures in new places. Most forget Hall of Fame Coach Jimmy Johnson’s last game was a 62-7 playoff loss to Jacksonville in ’99. In 1989 Hall of Fame Coach Chuck Noll began 0-2 when he lost the opener at home … Continue reading

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Tacitly Different Negotiations – The Topic of Black Running Back Contract Negotiations

Tacitly Different Negotiations – The Topic of Black Running Back Contract Negotiations

Lets take you back… the Cowboys had just won Super Bowl XXVII and Emmitt Smith had led the NFL in rushing the last 2 seasons. He had to holdout, miss the preseason, the Cowboys started 0-2 and only after Charles Haley threw his helmet into the wall in Jerry Jones direction did they sign Smith … Continue reading

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Legend of The Fall: Weeb Ewbank

Legend of The Fall: Weeb Ewbank

I heard on a few occassions had the Super Bowl trophy not been named after Vince Lombardi it would have been named after Tom Landry. Uhhhhhh… no. Not when George Halas won 7 NFL Championships and then there was this man…. Weeb Ewbank. If you asked who is he don’t ever try to talk football … Continue reading

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Legendary Days: Barry Switzer’s 4th & 1 Nearly Sinks Dallas’ Season and Dynasty

Legendary Days: Barry Switzer’s 4th & 1 Nearly Sinks Dallas’ Season and Dynasty

In the long history of the NFC East one of the most hated rivals are the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles. Their disdain has grown into a feud expressed by players and fans all year around and the advent of social media has taken it to absurd levels. Yet its fun to go back … Continue reading

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Kevin Greene Belongs In The Pro Football Hall of Fame: War Damn Eagle!

Kevin Greene Belongs In The Pro Football Hall of Fame: War Damn Eagle!

Originally Published 3, March 2011 w/ Postscript 10, August 2016  Link to original: Here There are players that come along and break the mold and there are those that totally destroy it.  Enter Kevin Greene, one of my personal favorite players and one of the reason I love football (all sports) in the first place. … Continue reading

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