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The era of the Sunday Ticket has made it possible for many more people to miss out on the awful moments in the NFL during the 2000s. Sadly, technology is still lagging and too many fans were stuck watching some awful football during the decade.
There were plenty of games to review for the worst of the decade (the entire Lions 2008 season, about 50 Bills games, most NFC West games ...
The NFL easily has the best marketing in sports, and this year they need to.
The speed of the game and the injuries the play causes, the expansion to 32 teams and massive over-coaching have been some factors leading to this being the worst NFL season in modern history.
Only three games last week had a victory margin of seven points or less. The previous week only had two.
The quality of play ...
Trust me, IÆm not very proud of my pun-styled headline, but when it comes to the Tennessee Titans these days, even the coach is making attempts at bad jokes.
Maybe Jeff Fisher was hoping nobody would notice the mustache and he could get a commercial pretending to be Peyton Manning. Maybe Fisher was longing to have Manning return back to the state of Tennessee. Most likely, Jeff Fisher is trying to ...
Who Is the Demon Cursing the Buffalo Bills? None Other Than O.J. Simpson
Posted: 5th October 2009 by Jeff Pencek in NFL
Two thoughts come to my mind when I watch Buffalo Bills games.
I hear other fans complain about Dick Jauron or Trent Edwards or the defense, and I want to show them a scene from the movie Meatballs. Bill Murray is giving a speech near the end of the movie, and he starts yelling, ôIt just doesnÆt matterö and the rest of the campers and team join in and chant along.
As ...
Last year, the NHL received a gift in a captivating Stanley Cup Finals series. Both Pittsburgh and Detroit returned to the Finals and Game 7 had a big event feel and lived up to the hype. The NHL had a fantastic end to the season. Most successful organizations would build on the momentum of such a great event. Unfortunately for hockey fans, the NHL is far from a successful organization. ...
I previously wrote the 10 worst moments of the decade, and after the Patriots loss I was going to go on and write the 100 worst of the decade. The Pats loss shockingly would not make the top 10 most painful moments, which I hope gives an idea to fans of other teams how bad the decade has been.
The idea was to write all of the bad things as a ...
Top 10 Reasons the Philadelphia Eagles Will Not Make the Playoffs
Posted: 13th September 2009 by Jeff Pencek in NFL
In my last article, I analyzed 31 NFL experts and their playoff predictions. Twenty-eight of the 31 experts predict the Philadelphia Eagles to make the playoffs. Ninety percent of the sample of experts thinks that the Eagles will build off their NFC Championship run and additions during the offseason to make another playoff run.
I must be missing something, because I see a very difficult road for the Eagles to ...