Chargers still deciding whether to crush fans’ hopes this week or next
According to team sources, the 7-7 Chargers have yet to decide whether to get blown out by Detroit on Saturday, or defeat the Lions so they can crush their own fans' hopes at the last possible moment with a Week 17 loss to the Raiders.
Carl Weathers’ Week 15 Power Rankings: Drew Brees is the man
Carl Weathers, master thespian and former Oakland Raider, watches every NFL game from his man cave to compile his weekly Power Rankings. Mr. Weathers, despite playing only 8 NFL games, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
Sam Hurd’s drug bust somehow the best Bears news of the last week
With their playoff hopes slipping away, the miserable recent string of events for the Bears was somehow highlighted by backup WR Sam Hurd's drug arrest as the team's best news of the last seven days.
‘I’m glad we lost because now the pressure to go undefeated is off’ say...
In the wake of their first loss in the season to the lowly Chiefs, fans of the Packers have taken to message boards and office water coolers to awkwardly and unconvincingly express their "relief" that the their team "doesn't have to worry about that '16-0' target on their back anymore."
Giants and Jets to decide Christmas Eve game with coin toss
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Met, not a creature was stirring, not a Giant nor a Jet -- In a decision to save one team the embarrassment, Giants and Jets brass have decided to end Christmas Eve’s much-anticipated game after the pre-game coin toss.
Members of the 2008 Detroit Lions celebrate Indianapolis victory on Sunday by uncorking 40...
Among those celebrating were wide receiver Brandon Middleton, quarterback John Kitna, and running back Rudi Johnson, all of whom claimed to look forward to the Colt 45 uncorking every year.
Bears clinch 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th round byes
Following a blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, the Bears have clinched byes in every round of the 2011 playoffs.
