The Chicago Bears know how to make a Super Bowl memorable. They're making this one historic long before it's played. Dissed all season long, Rex Grossman and Co. are heading to the big game for the first time since 1985 after rolling over the New Orleans Saints 39-14 Sunday, and Da Coach leading them there makes it all the more special.
Going .500 gets fans upset, coaches in trouble and players released — except in this year's NFC, where a break-even mark is looking playoff-worthy. And a winning record makes you a Super Bowl contender.
If the Eagles could have pulled off the greatest upset in NFL history Sunday night they would have been sitting by themselves in the NFC's second wild-card spot, just one game behind the Giants for the top wild-card spot.
He was once the backup tight end in New York. Deemed at best serviceable he became a free agent last season and tested the waters.
NFC playoff contenders and pretenders.
The season isn't exactly at the halfway point, but with seven games down and nine to go, the Cowboys have made it to their bye week with a 6-1 record, the best in the NFC.
The Cowboys are the only team in the NFC with six wins, and currently share a half-game lead over the idle Packers (5-1) for the top record in the conference.
With more strict rules concerning the performance enhancing substances policy in the NFL, Wade Wilson (Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Coach) returns this week after a 5 game suspension.
I find it most interesting that T.O. hasn't make a commotion with his mouth this year. At least not yet. And that he doesn't get right up in Tony Romo's face when he makes a mistake.
I've always been a Dallas Cowboys fan. OK, not just a fan, but an absolute fanatic. Not to the point to where I can recite statistics from the beginning days, but more along the lines of being a truly devoted fan, no matter what.
Some team will get hot. Some team always gets hot and separates itself from the NFC pack. But good luck this season guessing which one it will be. At this point, you can't even rule out the Redskins, 5-11 stragglers a year ago.
TheSportsWatchers.com lays out the NFC and AFC Playoff Predictions.
It's now 1:53 on Monday afternoon, the day Giants defensive end Michael Strahan was scheduled to return to New York, but guess what? There is no number 92.
In fact, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Henry was about to be jailed because he couldn't come up with $9,800 he owed in child support, so he borrowed the money from his former team, the Titans, to pay it.
Baltimore - Michael Strahan will likely inform the Giants this week that he's returning to play this season and could re-join the team by as early as Saturday, when the Giants play the Jets in a preseason game at Giants Stadium, according to a person with knowledge of the situa …
The pace of the Michael Vick case seems to be picking up steam; according to sources knowledgeable of the case and its inner workings and reported by Bill Rankin and D.
CONFERENCE - Tom Brady's Pats and Peyton Manning's Colts face each other once again in the AFC championship and the Saints look to upset the Bears in Chicago.
DIVISIONAL - Baltimore's stout defense versus Indy's high powered offense, the feel good Saints take on the streaking Eagles, and the AFC leading Chargers face the almighty New England Patriots. And Seattle and Chicago play, too.
WILD CARD - With the NFL playoffs about to dawn upon us this week, I'll start my weekly series of picks in an attempt to predict each matchup in this Wild Card Weekend, and every week all the way to the Superbowl.
The two NFC Wild Card Play-off games are this weekend. The Cowboys travel to Seattle for Saturday's game and the Giants visit Philadelphia on Sunday. Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks Saturday January 6, 2007 8:00 pm ET, NBC Seahawks favored by 3 points.
Left for dead when starting QB Donovan McNabb suffered a knee injury that ended his season Nov. 19 in a loss to Tennessee, the Eagles rallied to win their last five games of the season.
Remaining NFL Teams alive for the playoff hunt and what they need to secure a berth.
With Super Bowl XLI in Miami less than eight weeks away, the big day is closer than you think. So close that we're starting to make out the faint outlines of the Super pairing taking shape. Here are 13 juicy Super Bowl matchups we'd love to see:
Philadelphia has completed a league-high 20 pass plays for 30 yards or more, 10 going for touchdowns. The Colts have 13 such pass plays, two for TDs. The Eagles also have no equal with eight pass plays for 50 yards or more.
Mobile phone are closer to becoming smart wallets, following agreement among mobile operators on an approach to near field communications (NFC). NFC is a short-range wireless technology like RFID tags, which are used to track stock by retailers.
We are through week 9 of the NFL season and all teams have played half their schedules. No more bye weeks for any team.
DOC DARCHE Yeah I know he's out on IR with a hip injury but he could be back if the seahawks make the playoffs. Anyway he's a really stand-up guy and here's too hoping he heals up soon