The San Diego Chargers success versus Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts continued Saturday night in the Wild Card round of the 2009 NFL Playoffs. Led by Darren Sproles and a surprising impact performance from San Diego punter Mike Scifres...
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are facing off against the San Diego Chargers in a rematch from a November 18 game that saw the Steelers beat the Chargers 11-10. It was a sloppy game that saw the Steelers dominate the Chargers in all the statistical categories in a game that shouldn't have been as close as it turned out to be.Pittsburgh's offense rolled up 410 yards against the San Diego defense, while the San Diego offense could only muster up 213 yards against the Steelers. The Steelers Big 3 carried the day, with Ben Roethlisberger rolling out 308 yards passing, Willie Parker racking up 115 yards rushing, and Hines Ward pulling down 11 catches for 124 yards.It should have and could have been a blowout. Unfortunately for the Steelers, they led the Chargers in one other important categories, and that was penalties. The Steelers rolled out 13 penalties to the tune of...
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The Oakland Raiders have contacted Giants Offensive Coordinator Kevin Gilbride regarding the teams' coaching opening. Former Raider coach Tom Cable could not save his job by winning two games at the end of the season over an 8 win and a 9 win team respectively. Four of the five Raider wins came over non-losing teams, which certainly did not go unnoticed by Al Davis. My question is this: is the Raiders firing their head coach no longer news worthy? Tom Cable's dismissal was basically unreported by the national media. Gilbride has done a good job, and makes a lot of sense for the team that the Raiders want to be. Bill Parcells will be staying with the Miami Dolphins, according to Wayne Huizenga. Reports from ESPN's Chris Mortensen, among others, referred to a clause in Parcells' deal with the Dolphins that he could opt out of his contract and receive...
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Chargers vs. Steelers in November, photo by Rich Campbell
The Baltimore Ravens just defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-9, earning them a ticket to Nashville and sending the Bolts to face the number one defense in the NFL, The Pittsburgh Steelers.As some of you may remember, I was at the game in Pittsburgh on November 16th. It was a game I felt the Chargers should have won and did not, largely due to what I consider to be the low point of an exciting but inconsistent year from Philip Rivers.I feel that San Diego can be effective on defense against Ben Roethlisberger and the Steeler offense. We held them to a season low last game and I feel that a similar performance is very possible. L.T. may not improve. If his injury really is a detached tendon, another week isn't going to do it...he'll need surgery. Obviously, Darren Sproles is effective, but I hope that Michael Bennet gets plenty of...
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January 2008: 17 rushes for 50 yards. 2.94 yards per carry. 4 first downs rushing.January 2009: 20 rushes for 56 yards. 2.80 yards per carry. 5 first downs rushing.The Colts lost to the San Diego Chargers in the playoffs for the second year in a row. In those two games the Colts have run 37 times for just 106 yards. Remember the "old" days when the pass would set up the run and then the run would set up play action? Reasons, not excuses.DZ COMMENTS: Bob Kravitz's report card is conveniently not functioning right now. What it said before it strangely disappeared was that he thought the line played "pretty well" other than the one sack. He apparently doesn't actually watch football games. ...
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Knowing the outcome of Saturday's games makes this a bit tougher to do, because I have to act like I don't know the outcomes of those games to rank the 12 teams pre playoffs. It would be easy to put Atlanta or Indy on bottom, but I had both teams reaching the round of eight. So, with that in mind, here's how MVN saw the Playoff Power Poll as of yesterday.1. Pittsburgh SteelersThe Steelers never led the MVN Power Rankings in any week but they are the most battle-tested, injury resistant team in the post season. Ben Roethlisberger had his best month in December, and figures to play in the AFC Divisional round coming off a concussion, but even if backup Byron Leftwich has to play, the Steelers might be in even better hands.2. Tennessee TitansHard to say how effective DT Albert Haynesworth and DE Kyle Vanden Bosch will be...
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After a few hours sleep, not much has changed. Gijon Robinson still hasn't blocked Dobbins.Hunter Smith's last punt still hasn't had any hang time.Tim Jennings still got grabby.The Colts still got beat by a punter.The spin doctors are already out there, writing cowardly hatchet jobs ripping the Colts character and impugning their coach. Let me simply ask every one who watched that game:Did it look like the Colts were unprepared? Did it look like they didn't play incredibly hard?And now the most important question: Do you honestly think they looked like the better team?Much has/will be made of Indy's "postseason" failures. Most of this is by simpletons who will attempt to either assuage their pain or earn their fortune by ripping on the biggest and brightest stars the Colts have. They'll forget things like the fact that Dungy has outcoached his Pythagorean win total more than any coach in the...
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We are in Nate Kaeding's range now. Be careful boys, but remember the New York game a few years ago... DO NOT SETTLE!!!!! AND THEY DON"T!!!! CHARGERS WIN!!!! DARREN SPROLES!!! TOUCHDOWN!!!!...
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The Oakland Raiders have contacted Giants Offensive Coordinator Kevin Gilbride regarding the teams' coaching opening. Former Raider coach Tom Cable could not save his job by winning two games at the end of the season over an 8 win and a 9 win team respectively. Four of the five Raider wins came over non-losing teams, which certainly did not go unnoticed by Al Davis. My question is this: is the Raiders firing their head coach no longer news worthy? Tom Cable's dismissal was basically unreported by the national media. Gilbride has done a good job, and makes a lot of sense for the team that the Raiders want to be. Bill Parcells will be staying with the Miami Dolphins, according to Wayne Huizenga. Reports from ESPN's Chris Mortensen, among others, referred to a clause in Parcells' deal with the Dolphins that he could opt out of his contract and receive...Read more
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Knowing the outcome of Saturday's games makes this a bit tougher to do, because I have to act like I don't know the outcomes of those games to rank the 12 teams pre playoffs. It would be easy to put Atlanta or Indy on bottom, but I had both teams reaching the round of eight. So, with that in mind, here's how MVN saw the Playoff Power Poll as of yesterday.1. Pittsburgh SteelersThe Steelers never led the MVN Power Rankings in any week but they are the most battle-tested, injury resistant team in the post season. Ben Roethlisberger had his best month in December, and figures to play in the AFC Divisional round coming off a concussion, but even if backup Byron Leftwich has to play, the Steelers might be in even better hands.2. Tennessee TitansHard to say how effective DT Albert Haynesworth and DE Kyle Vanden Bosch will be...Read more
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To preview the four games slated for this weekend's Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs, MVN asked a variety of bloggers who cover the teams involved to chime in with a few quick thoughts on their game and a prediction...Atlanta at Arizona:Saturday's late game marks the return to the playoffs for two teams that have been suffering from postseason drought. The 11-5 Atlanta Falcons have not seen a week 18 game since 2004 and the 9-7 Arizona Cardinals haven't been past the regular season since 1998. While the Cards come in as NFC West Division Champs, don't think for a second that they are the stronger team. Limping past Seattle this past Sunday after being slaughtered by the Patriots the prior week, the Cards aren't the team to be reckoned with this Wild Card weekend. That distinction goes to the NFC's hottest team, the Falcons. Riding a three game...Read more
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The regular season may not be over just yet, but it has already produced plenty of classic games. I had the pleasure of picking ten games that might show up again on NFL Classics in the future. All games had to be heavily competitive to be considered, but bonuses were given to games with great storylines, great endings, and really critical results. Here are the top ten games from the first 16 weeks of the regular season:Number 10 (October 26)Giants defeat Steelers 21-14At the time of this game, whether or not the NFC had overtaken the AFC was very much in the air. The Eagles had taken care of the Steelers at home earlier this season, but the Steelers were hosting the Giants in this one. The Giants controlled much of the action in the first half, but the Steelers came out and scored in the second half, and led...Read more
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Since many fantasy football leagues will end for this season with tonight's game, I will give you my top ten breakout players for 2008. These players were probably a bargain on draft day in most leagues, whether traditional draft or auction style, or could have been had early in the season on the waiver wire and ultimately paid nice dividends. Note: All stats are through Week 16, except for Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers, who has yet to play his Week 16 game. 1. Michael Turner, Atlanta Falcons- Turner got a chance to start for the Falcons this year after spending his first few NFL seasons in San Diego behind LaDainian Tomlinson, and became a star. He has 1,491 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns, both good for second in the NFL. Turner has been an important player in the Falcons' turnaround this season, and was probably a key catalyst to at least a few...Read more
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1. Tennessee Titans (12-2) The Titans hold the top spot at least one more week through the loss, but they will have to beat Pittsburgh at home without Albert Haynesworth and Kyle VandenBosch to hold it any further. Good luck guys.2. Philadelphia Eagles (8-5-1)The Eagles jump up to number two this week behind the strength of a third consecutive win, and the Steelers knocking off the Ravens, who beat the Eagles back when this was a team in turmoil. 3. Pittsburgh Steelers (11-3) Do the Steelers have the greatest defense of all time? Only a championship would validate this. The offense apparently isn't going to assist them until the final two minutes of every game.4. Baltimore Ravens (9-5) The Ravens aren't going to fall too far, falling victim to the "Tuck Rule curse". They should have taken care of business in Pittsburgh, and then it wouldn't have come down to...Read more
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It's because of the way that the pro bowl selection process works that makes snubs inevitable. The fans get one third of the vote. The players get one third of the vote. And the coaches get one third of the vote. Herein lies the problem: no one knows anything. The coaches and players are too busy watching film on their opponents to be able to accurately grade players on teams they don't play. Same with the players. And don't get me started on the fans: who if they would have had their way would have sent Redskins K Shaun Suisham to Honolulu, and he's one of the larger reasons the Redskins have lost 5 out of their last 6 games.With all that out of the way, the selection trio from hell actually did a relatively good job this year. But they still inexcusably omitted some overqualified players in order to...Read more
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The big winner in the NFL this week has to be the Denver Broncos. At an incredibly unimpressive 7-5, the Broncos appear to have the AFC East well in-hand. They upset a pretty overrated Jets squad as the Chargers fell to the Falcons to drop three games back in the division. The Falcons moved to 8-4, which actually puts them at third place in their own division, and still on the outside looking in when talking about the NFC playoff picture. The Chargers play three of their final four games in the division, so they could win out against incredibly poor competition and win the thing, but if the past is any indicator, they'll choke against the Raiders this week, and Mike Shannahan will be able to rest his starters at 7-6.But the MVN Power Rankings are oblivious to all this, and still argue that the Chargers are better than...Read more
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