Love hate relationships correlate with NFL Placekickers. Make or miss, they never know if they are going to be kissed or killed.
In the Oakland Raiders case, they decided to form a marriage with kicker Sebastian Janikowski. Instead of an extravagant ring Janikowski received a hefty four-year, $16 million contract with $9 million guaranteed making him [...]

First off, lets give both teams their just due for getting there amidst tough competition. That out of the way, It doesn’t matter weather the better team won or not, and my contemporaries in “big” media should stop blaming everyone and everything else but Peyton Manning for the interception with just over 3 minutes to [...]

This year’s annual Mardi Gras celebration isn’t set to begin until Tuesday of next week, but New Orleans’ beloved Saints have already touched off an early Bourbon Street bash which might last until then.
With a stunning 31-17 upset victory over the Indianapolis Colts (16-3) in Super Bowl XLIV, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on [...]

Heading into South Florida and Super Bowl XLIV, many folks would have guessed that one of the quarterbacks would have melted down the stretch and not come through when it counted. That’s part of the game, right? But how many of them would have said that Peyton Manning – the 2009 NFL MVP – would [...]

It’s been a great pleasure of mine to have been able to watch this game in many places in the past. In my home, out at parties with others, at sports bars, and live in person as both a fan and a member of the credentialed media.  As someone who has seen every super bowl [...]

I have been listening for two weeks how the Colts have this one wrapped up by about 25 points. Even though I’m picking Indy to win, not so fast on the blow out people. This is going to be closer then any one imagines, at least for the first three quarters.
Both teams are powerhouse offenses, [...]

Despite the roller-coaster ride of the 2009 season we should not be surprised to find what were arguably the two best teams in the NFL this past season. Both the Saints and Colts started out on a record setting pace with each team winning their first 13 games this season (the Colts won their first [...]

From die-hard football fans to the ones who only watch to see if their pool numbers come out, we have all been spoiled with the last two Super Bowls. Close, exciting games that have gone down to the wire. First, the Giants do the unthinkable and take out the undefeated Patriots with a late touchdown, [...]

The field is down to two from 32. In two weeks, we will know who is going to be king of the football world – at least for this year. In two games that were hyped for a week, similar circumstances prevailed in the end., and both involved the superstar quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Brett [...]

The NFL Divisional round is behind us and although this weekend was not as exciting as the last, just try and tell that to the fans of the teams still alive in the hunt for the Lombardi Trophy. Three of the four favorites and home teams prevailed, sans the San Diego Chargers.
On Saturday, the New [...]