Tag Archives: Ravens

3 Beatdowns and a Little Baby (Keith Brooking)

Welcome to the weekend roundup.  Let’s jump right in.
Cardinals/Saints
Here’s all you need to know about this game:

Not the QB shootout I was hoping for.  The Cardinals couldn’t protect Warner, which kept him from getting the ball in the hands of his talented receivers. Meanwhile, Drew Brees and Reggie Bush put on a pretty good [...]

Big Fat Person Key to Victory

In assessing the first round NFL playoff matchups, ESPN’s Mark Schlereth named fat man Vince Wilfork the key to the Patriots victory, and presumably the one to blame if they lose.  The Patriots hopes to advance to the next round now lie on his broad, fat shoulders.  He must use his tremendous girth to lift [...]

Eye Candy / Eye Rape, Week 9 Edition

It’s time for our weekly football column!  This week’s games were fun to watch, but not for the football being played.  Let’s dive in!

Racist Team Name V Falcons
Any game involving The Unconscionably Racist Team from DC Whose Name I Refuse To Type is automatically eye rape.  They’re terrible, they’re coach is a dead man walking, [...]

Football Players get Hit in the Head A Lot. This is Bad for Them.

Here’s a stat for you: the average life span for a professional football player is 55, 52 if they are a lineman.  Digest that for a bit.  That’s more than 20 years taken off of their life expectancy compared to the rest of the population.  While much of that has to do with linemen being [...]

A Great Excuse to Watch This Clip

David Tyree signed with the Ravens yesterday.  That’s all the excuse I need to re-watch the greatest play in Super Bowl history.

Eye Candy / Eye Rape

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to our weekly NFL wrap-up.  We’re ranking games that you couldn’t turn away from and games that you couldn’t pay me to watch.  There is no in-between.  Let’s get started.
Jets/Dolphins
Wildcat wildcat wildcat wildcat wildcat.  I thought this was going to be a trend in football that died out quickly, like the [...]

Talkin’ Football: The Sport My Jewish Mother Would Never Let Me Play “Because You Could Get Hurt, Boobelah.”

I’m in Chicago this week for the Jewish holiday’s and my 10 year high school reunion, which should be really interesting when I tell them that I do THIS with my life now.  I just got off the phone with my grandmother making plans to pick her up tomorrow for morning services, and was reminded [...]