The NFC Divisional Playoffs kick off this weekend with some interesting matchups with potential upsets on the horizon. The New Orleans Saints (13-3) travel to Candlestick Park to take on the surprising San Francisco 49ers (13-3) Saturday January 14 and this game could bring unexpected results. The Saints are full speed ahead but a week [...]
Twice a year the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants meet and the gloves come off and the records get tossed. This time around it works for the Eagles with their losing 3 and 6 record and their many injuries to key players. During the game against the Arizona Cardinals, Michael Vick suffered cracked [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles, dubbed the “Dream Team,” after acquiring Oakland Raiders free agent Nnamdi Asomugha, have failed to impress this season. The Eagles enter this NFC East battle with the New York Giants as they battle the injury bug and cross their fingers that Michael Vick will quarterback the Eagles this weekend. If Vick can’t [...]
The Chicago Bears made it to the playoffs last season, even won a football game (though it was against the Seahawks), but fell to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game, a win away from the Super Bowl. Not bad. Yet most people don’t give the Bears the time of day when it [...]
Preseason football betting can be a real frustrating game. The actual games mean nothing, and there’s been almost no correlation between how a team does in the preseason and how they perform in the regular season. But there are a couple things I like to remember when I’m wagering on pre-season football. Which team’s players [...]
Kansas City Chiefs could be eyeing to take Notre Dame LB Manti Te’o in 2012 NFL Draft. He is a kind of player who has the talent to play all over the field. Significantly, he does the same very well. He can make plays from sideline-to-sideline and he is an extraordinary roamer on the inside [...]
The 2011 NFL season may be in jeopardy with the continuing lockout, but that won’t stop the NFL Draft, which gets started Thursday night. According to various sports betting sites, there is still no consensus on who will be the top picks in the draft, or in NFL Draft Betting Odds, although most feel Cam [...]
Former Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback Ryan Mallett is going to have a busy week as the NFL draft (ESPN, April 28-30) approaches. Mallett, considered by many to be the best pure passer in this year’s NFL draft, will hold a private workout with the Dolphins and have a two-day visit with the Bengals this week. Miami [...]
The NFL has officially locked out its players but an April 6 court date may change that. The hearing is part of the federal antitrust lawsuit filed by players against the league. The NFL players last week filed for an injunction that would prevent the NFL from initiating a lockout, which took effect at midnight [...]
It didn’t take long for Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo to act on his words. The Bears are still reeling from being ousted from the NFL Playoffs in the NFC Championship by their archrival and eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. The team has stated that it will make moves to improve its [...]