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Cutler Absence Dominates NFL Talk
NFL The Packers and Steelers made it to the Super Bowl, right? The reaction to Chicago Bears’ quarterback Jay Cutler’s injury has deflected the headlines away from the big game, and the NFL community ...
2 years ago by Patrick Snow Tags: NFL

Defense Wins Championships
NFL The winning quarterbacks combined for four interceptions and no touchdown passes; the two winning offenses combined for zero second-half points; and both teams needed a defensive touchdown t...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

America's Game
NFL After 256 NFL regular season games and 10 playoff contests, Super Sunday is nearly here. It’s time to break out the Terrible Towels and Cheeseheads, because the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Pac...
2 years ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL

The Steelers are Super Once Again
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2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: NFL

Of all the teams for Dallas to host
NFL Takeaway the NFC East and there probably is not a bigger rival in the NFC for the Dallas Cowboys than the Green Bay Packers. In the AFC there is no question the Pittsburgh Steelers are the Cowboys’ ...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL

From Green Bay To Arlington
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2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Championship Sunday
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush, Rob Doster, Patrick Snow and Braden Gall discuss the matchups for Championship Sunday in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRushG...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

All He Does Is Win Games
NFL By Charean WilliamsWhere there’s Big Ben, there’s a way.Somehow, someway Ben Roethlisberger manages to find a way to win in the postseason. In his seventh season, Roethlisberger already has won tw...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Dynasty Over? Think Again.
NFL By Ralph VacchianoWhen the house fell on the Wicked Witch of the East early in The Wizard of Oz, everybody knew what that meant. She was dead and there was lots of singing and dancing (at least until ...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Rex Roars, Jets Soar
NFL The guy will just not shut up, but maybe that’s part of the master plan. Rex Ryan spent the week leading up to Jets-Patriots sucking up all of the media oxygen, leaving his players free to focus...
2 years ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NFL

Divisional Weekend Reaction
NFL Steelers 31 Ravens 24This one will sting John Harbaugh’s crew for a while. The Ravens turned two early Pittsburgh fumbles into touchdowns and led 21-7 at the half. That would change in the criti...
2 years ago by Patrick Snow Tags: NFL

The Best 'Losing' Team in Football
NFL By Ralph VacchianoThe fact that the Seattle Seahawks were even in the playoffs didn’t sit well in New York and Tampa Bay, where the 10-win Giants and Buccaneers were already dispatched to their ...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Divisional Predictions
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall discuss the matchups for Divisional Weekend in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. Baltimore at Pittsbur...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Folk Enjoying His Hero Status in NY
NFL By Charean WilliamsIt was the moment Nick Folk had been dreaming of since the Cowboys selected him in the sixth round of the 2007 draft: A game-winning kick in a playoff game. But Folk’s 32-yar...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Seattle Surprise
NFL Saints go marching homeThis wasn’t supposed to happen. The Saints were the defending champs, after all. Matt Hasselbeck was supposedly dead and buried. Pete Carroll’s rah-rah shtick was pr...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Wild Card Weekend Reaction
NFL Seahawks 41 Saints 36Really New Orleans? The defense that wreaked havoc by causing turnovers during last season’s Super Bowl run looked clueless in Seattle on Saturday. The Seahawks’ 28th-...
2 years ago by Patrick Snow Tags: NFL

Green With Envy
NFL Packers 21 Eagles 16This one was not a shocker, especially the way Philadelphia limped to the finish. Michael Vick was the story of the NFL through November, but more turnovers and sacks started to pi...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Jerry's New Toy
NFL By Charean WilliamsJason Garrett is moving down the hallway, into a new office at Valley Ranch once occupied by Tom Landry and later Jimmy Johnson. It’s something Garrett has prepared for his wh...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Wild Card Weekend
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall discuss the matchups for Wildcard Weekend in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. New Orleans at SeattleS...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Athlon Interview with Rich McKay
NFL As the son of John McKay, the legendary football coach at USC and the first head coach of the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Rich McKay grew up around the game. He was a high school quarterback in Ca...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL

Big Surprise: Rex Is Talking Super Bowl
NFL By Ralph VacchianoThe toughest talking head coach the NFL has seen in years certainly wasn’t going to back down now. Never mind that his team is only the sixth seed in the AFC and facing an impo...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Lucky No. 7
NFL Seven Is EnoughWhen was the last time that NFL Nation was riveted by a game between two teams with losing records? That’s what it’s come to in the NFC Worst. Last night’s unique win-...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Wild, Wild NFC West
NFL Athlon's Steven Lassan, Nathan Rush and Braden Gall debate five burning questions for Week 17 in the NFL:Follow us on twitter: @AthlonBraden / @AthlonSteven / @AthlonRush1. Who will win the NFC We...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

Shipley Standing Out
NFL By Charean WilliamsJordan Shipley found himself caught between an Ochocinco and a T.O. during his first training camp with the Bengals.“I’m out there, and I’m in between Chad [Ochoci...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Vick "should be executed"? Really? No way.
NFL Might want to rethink this one, bub. I'm guessing there's about 78% of the U.S. prison population deserves toi be executed before Vick. I love dogs. We have two and treat them like part of the...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL

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