NFL things we learned this weekend

Monday, January 7th, 2013

Excitement was nearly non-existent in this year's NFL Wild Card round, which featured four fairly dull games. Even the expected awesome showdown between rookie sensations Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson turned out to be a dud when we ended up with half a RG3 in the second half. However, an ...

A banner day for backup coaches in NFL

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

It wasn't such a good day for backup quarterbacks in the NFL. (See: Cousins, Kirk and Hasselbeck, Matt.) Backup coaches, on the other hand, had the best day ever. Both teams who played without their head coaches on Sunday won, an event that may be a first in league history. While it's ...

Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Since Peyton Manning hasn't been in the news much lately, I thought it might be a good idea for someone to provide an update. OK, so despite every talking head in the country having already shared their two cents on Manning's future and what the Colts should do with the first ...

Jim Irsay Begs To Differ

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who has come across like a massive tool throughout this whole Peyton Manning saga, just tweeted about his veteran quarterback's health at 1:25 a.m. eastern time. Irsay had the following to say regarding reports that Manning had been cleared to resume his football career: "Peyton has ...

Peyton Manning Cleared to Resume Playing

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has been medically cleared by two doctors - including the man who performed the most recent surgery on the signal-caller's neck - to resume his NFL career. Dr. Robert Watkins was one of two men who evaluated Manning and decided he could go back to playing ...

Colts Apparently Serious About Keeping Manning

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Prior to Thursday's game, Colts owner Jim Irsay told the NFL Network that the only way Peyton Manning wouldn't play for the Colts next year is if he does not recover from the neck injury that has kept him out all season. Irsay's Colts then showed he wasn't joking with an ...

Who Is The NFL Chumpstain Of The Week?

Monday, October 24th, 2011

If Week 7 of the NFL season could be summed up in one phrase, it would be this: Holy crap, that was awful. How does one even go about picking the week's worst performance? Given the tallness of the task, we'll list all of the potential candidates and let you the reader ...