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Bill Belichick Is Afraid of Peyton Manning

Posted: 17th November 2009 by C Douglas Baker in NFL
The New England PatriotÆs 35-34 loss to the Indianapolis Colts Sunday night was one of the most frustrating, infuriating, painful losses I can remember for a regular season game in a long, long time. I know I more or less said something similar after last yearÆs loss to the Colts, but this is worse because we squandered a mostly wonderful game by Tom Brady and the offense. Frankly, I am ...

Doug Baker’s 2009 NFL Midseason Awards

Posted: 6th November 2009 by C Douglas Baker in NFL
Now itÆs time for me to present my 2009 NFL Midseason Awards. I am sure every player has been anxiously waiting to see if they end up on my list and where. ...

2009 NFL Football Season: Week Eight

Posted: 4th November 2009 by C Douglas Baker in NFL
Week 8 turned out to be a very interesting week even though the New England Patriots were on a bye.á Before delving into the games I watched, I will throw out some random thoughts on this weekÆs NFL action. ò The Arizona Cardinals remain an enigma. They had a nice win over the struggling New York Giants but laid an egg against the lousy Carolina Panthers.á It looks like Arizona fans ...

2009 NFL Football Season: Week Six

Posted: 25th October 2009 by C Douglas Baker in NFL
This is coming really late this week because I was on vacation in Miami and Key West without a computer, but I am posting it anyway. GAMES I WATCHED New England Patriots over Tennessee Titans, 59-0 ôThis probably doesnÆt mean anything in the long run but I will take the easy win.ö û fellow Patriots fan. Before getting too excited about the great performance the Patriots put on against Tennessee let ...

2009 NFL Football Season: Week Four Observations

Posted: 6th October 2009 by C Douglas Baker in NFL
OBSERVATIONS Roughing the Passer Calls: Officials are calling roughing the passer calls closer than ever. The Ravens got tagged for one that was rather questionable against the Patriots, and later the Patriots got tagged for one that was an even worse call on what should have been a sack by the Patriots. Over the first few games IÆve seen very, very touchy calls on roughing the passer. I can only ...

2009 NFL SEASON: INTRODUCTION AND WEEK 1

Posted: 20th September 2009 by C Douglas Baker in NFL
INTRODUCTION One of the more interesting things about Week 1 is that it really seemed like a typical middle of the season week to me.  This, despite the hoopla of it being the opening week of the NFL season and Tom Brady’s return to regular season action.  Week 1 featured a few upsets, a few surprisingly good performances by traditionally not so good teams, and unfortunately some big injuries to key ...