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Better Times For The Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are an interesting team. With so much attention being focused on the New England Patriots and the new and improved New York Jets (not to mention the defending AFC East champion Miami Dolphins – oh yeah, remember them?), the Buffalo Bills are being overlooked.

Trent Edwards is still a quarterback looking to “find himself” and prove he is one of the top quarterbacks in the league.

Trent Edwards looked polished and composed as the team’s quarterback, and seems to be more of a legitimate, reliable option with each passing week. Having thrown for 230 yards with 21 completions in 31 attempts, his 2 TD passes on just one interception were enough to win the Bills the football game.

The Bills play in one of the toughest divisions in football, the AFC East. The New York Jets are off to a fast start and the New England Patriots have Tom Brady.

If the Buffalos Bills are going to make any noise they must be more consistent on offense. As of now, they are in the lower half of the league in total yards and passing yards.  Read more...

Clear Improvements By The Detroit Lions

Many people thought it couldn’t be done — that is the dreaded 0-16 record the Lions suffered in 08′. Accumulating an 0-16 record was less likely than going 16-0, which the New England Patriots accomplished in 07′ just a year prior.

The Detroit Lions from 99′ — 08′ compiled an astonishing record of 48-112. If the Detroit Lions were in a European soccer league they would have been demoted to another level — or even disbanded the team and redistribute the players perhaps.

The most important position in football is the quarterback, the Lions are hoping QB Matthew Stafford will help the Lions reach a 8-8 or 7-9 record — which by Lions standards that would be a great season.

The offense of the Lions ranks in the middle of the leagues teams, the defense is among the lower half in all major categories. The division the Lions play in, The NFC North, doesn’t do them any good — the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears are all improved from last season.

The Lions offense must not give away games and hand the opposing teams many turnovers. Rookie QB’s turn the ball over often throwing interceptions, Matthew Stafford must stay calm and make smart decisions, easier said the done obviously.  Read more...

Are The Denver Broncos A Real Contender?

Wow! After a disappointing 2008 campaign and one of the worst defensive performances around, the Broncos were looking pretty dreadful. On top of this, their star quarterback, Jay Cutler, demanded a trade, and their star wide receiver, Brandon Marshall, refused to play.

The 2008 season was a disappointment – while the Broncos have started out well, their strength of schedule is one of the most difficult in the league. If the Broncos go 8-8 it will be a miracle. As good as the 09′ season started for the Broncos, it can sink just as fast.

Denver Broncos Coach McDaniel is the youngest coach in the NFL, and his lack of experience hasn’t seemed to matter so far. The Broncos have looked great through two weeks. Even Broncos fans weren’t happy with the new coach in town.

WR Brandon Marshall was very close to leaving the team as well. While Marshall may be immature to an extent, there is no denying his on-field ability. No coach wants to lose their best two players before the team even takes the field.  Read more...

My Changed NFL Season Life

It has finally started. NFL 2009.

In principle it began last week on the smurf turf in Boise, ID in a contest predestined to be known for what happened after the blunt Blount party -more than anything that occurred in the course of the 60 minutes of the game.

And presently the Steelers – seeking to become the 1st franchise since the Pats to do it again – began their title defense with a gratifying win over the Titans to launch the 2009 football season.

I understand I’m not as prolific throughout NFL season. All at once, I’m only accomplishing stuff in between commercials, if at all, on weekends, plus Thursday nights, Friday nights, and Monday nights.

Then add in fantasy football – which drastically decreases the amount of time I would otherwise be functional, writing, or doing something prolific-and more time than I am willing to confess will be devoted to this sport.

This time of year, I surely do not eat as healthy.

Wednesday night, I ate fish with mixed vegetables and went for a swim after a six mile jog.  Read more...

Trouble Spells For NFL As Owners And Players Hit A Deadlock

Will we be watching NFL football in 2011? Can the nation of America really go an entire year without its beloved and treasured sport? What would Sundays be without a full day’s worth of games, but is this really a possibility or a bunch of empty threats? Hard to say. The NFL may go on strike in 2011 because of disagreement between owners and players. Sounds like nothing new as we’ve seen this before, but things really do in fact look pretty serious this time around for a number of different reasons.

There’s a collective bargaining agreement in place currently, but the owners have decided to back out from it. An uncapped season is the first step toward strike, and this is being put in place for 2010-2011. Unless there’s an agreement, we’re going to see an NFL strike next year.

The potential strike, if it happens, will be caused by what owners see as unfair salaries going to players. Specifically, owners want a different rookie wage scale, so that they can give new players less lucrative contracts in case the player doesn’t work out.  Read more...

The Fight To The Conference Championship Amongst NBA Eastern Conference Teams

The basketball season this year has been quite thrilling to watch as there is never a dull moment and that tends to make you always want to keep tabs on every team. There are so many first-time teams that have emerged, while, to the contrary, many teams that are usually at the top have become vulnerable, which ultimately means that the postseason is not set in stone and no one can predict just who is going to be at the top.

You just never know what could happen over the course of the playoffs, even though the Lakers are favored to come out on top in the Western Conference. Right now, the action in the Eastern Conference is pretty great to watch.

Are you wondering just what Eastern teams are going to go all the way to the NBA finals? Let’s talk about the three teams that have the best chance of doing this.

First, there are the Orlando Magic. You may be wondering why they’re mentioned first here, because they don’t have the best record in the Eastern Conference by any means, as they’ve won seven less games than Cleveland has. However, they have the second best record in the East and they did make the NBA finals last season.  Read more...

The Most Substantial Occurrences During The Indy and New Orleans Super Bowl

This year’s Super Bowl was definitely one that kept all the fans of the game watching it and getting so much out of it, just like the last two Super Bowl games were. That is so refreshing when you think about the games that took place in prior years before these three and how they were just disappointing to the fans.

Now, the Indianapolis Colts were heavily favored to come away with the victory at the Super Bowl, but, much to everyone’s surprise, the New Orleans Saints won instead. This was largely due to the fantastic way that Drew Brees and the rest of the Saint’s offense performed in the game; however, their defense did equally as well when dealing with the Colt’s quarterback, Peyton Manning.

Let’s take a look at a few of the top stories from Super Bowl XLIV. If you missed out on the game, here are the things you should know about.

He started off a little shaky, but once that passed, Drew Brees had an almost perfect game. He began it by only getting three completions from the first seven attempts, but then he went on to complete 29 out of the next 32 attempts. He finished the game with an impressive total of 32 completions out of 39 attempts with 288 yards, no turnovers and 2 touchdown passes.  Read more...

Key Moments From The 09-10 NBA Year

The plot in the world of basketball this season has been so twisted, so convoluted in terms of performances of some players as well as some of the news about particular players, it has made it an exciting game to follow.

In this article, I intend to look at both the good and the bad, the highlights and the lowlights of the 09 to 10 season.

Two teams seem to have appeared from nowhere and stand out due to the fact that last season they were nobodies but this season they have become very successful and are building themselves a decent reputation with every game they play.

The first of the two teams to mention is the Oklahoma City Thunder. No one imagined that they might become this successful in such a short space of time. The team can thank Kevin Durant for helping them to rise out so quickly from being one of the worst teams to being a successful team this season.

The Memphis Grizzlies may be an even bigger surprise. While people knew that the Thunder had the potential to be a good team, everyone had written off Memphis entering the season.  Read more...

The Key Moments That Have Occurred During The 09-10 NBA Season

The plot in the world of basketball this season has been so twisted, so convoluted in terms of performances of some players as well as some of the news about particular players, it has made it an exciting game to follow.

Let’s look at some of the highlights of the 09-10 basketball season thus far. We’ll cover some good, as well as some bad here.

Two teams seem to have appeared from nowhere and stand out due to the fact that last season they were nobodies but this season they have become very successful and are building themselves a decent reputation with every game they play.

Thanks to Kevin Durant the Oklahoma City Thunder team have shot to a fast success, a success that people didn’t think was impossible but also didn’t think that would happen so fast. They have shot from being one of the lowest to one of the highest-ranking teams this season.

The Memphis Grizzlies may be an even bigger surprise. While people knew that the Thunder had the potential to be a good team, everyone had written off Memphis entering the season.  Read more...

The Most Impressive Of The 09-10 NBA Rookies

This season has shown us some really good NBA rookies who have definitely started out their careers on the right note. The norm is usually that it can be a lot of seasons down the road until a rookie will do really well, with a bumpy start and many things to learn about this league along the way.

This season, we’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy the presence of some exceptional rookies who have the poise and demeanor of veteran players. This bodes really well for their long term potential.

So let’s review some of them who are at the top of the list for the NBA rookie of the year right now. Here are the ones who have the best chance.

The most obvious choice thirty or sixty days ago might have been Brandon Jennings. He started the season extraordinarily well and really hit a high by scoring 55 points in a game in November.

The down side is that because Jennings has only been doing about 30% over this last month, he is not in the running at the present time.  Read more...