Sports MMSR: The Colin Kaepernick edition
Certainly a better crop of NFL games this weekend. Shining through with his shiny, heavily-tattooed bicep was Niners’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who rushed for a record-setting 181 yards to lead his team over the Packers 45-31 and into the NFC Championship game. Kaepernick’s performance was unbelievable. The previous record for a QB running in the [...]
Week 17 NFL preview
Well it’s the end of the long road that is the NFL regular season. There is still lots to play for in week 17 with playoff spots and positioning on the line for many teams, in other games you have players auditioning for other teams that might show an interest in them in the off season [...]
Week 10 NFL winners and losers and the plight of the walrus
As we look around the league at winners and losers this week, we should probably start with this week’s biggest loser in the coaching hot seat sweepstakes–Philadelphia head coach Andy Reid. Reid is the NFL’s longest tenured head coach and he is also the man that stole golfer Craig Stadler’s claim as the sports figure [...]
Week eight NFL winners and losers and the state of the NFC East
The NFC East may be the premiere conference in football in terms of competition and notoriety. All four teams are in major media markets and have a national following, and three of the four have distinguished Superbowl histories. Unfortunately there seems to be something amiss in the NFC East this year with all of its teams [...]
Week six NFL winners and losers
This year’s NFL has proven two things to us. First, the NFL’s new lighter practice schedule makes it more difficult for coaches to sustain consistency week to week with their teams, and as a result parity is more prevalent than ever. The second thing we are quickly learning is the importance of NFL head coaches in [...]
NFL week five winners and losers
This week’s column starts in Kansas City where something absolutely disgusting occurred and out of the chaos a hero stepped up and spoke his mind in a simple but eloquent way that really put the whole thing into perspective. In the fourth quarter of Kansas City’s loss to Baltimore on Sunday QB Matt Cassel was [...]
Week three in review, and a rant
I have to break with my usual format for this column and start off with a rant about the scab officials. I was frustrated enough with this idiocy after Sunday but after the Monday Night debacle that I am calling the Seattle Screwjob this conversation just cannot be avoided. At this point if you took [...]
2012 NFC East preview
2012 NFC East Preview As the marquee division in the NFL, the NFC East has accounted for half of the last 40 NFC representatives to the Super Bowl. Its teams have amassed 12 world championships including last years’ Superbowl winners the NY Giants. This division is always a struggle; en route to their title last [...]