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Throughout all this talk of an undefeated season and greatest team of all time, the Indianapolis Colts maintained the position that they were not interested in immortality and just wanted to win another championship. á Of course you want to win another championship. But newsflashàthereÆs a new champion every year. Getting to be 19-0 is an accomplishment unmatched. á Now, maybe they were taking into account what happened to the 18-0 Patriots in 2007. ...

Earlier this season, I compared the New York Giants to last seasonÆs Dallas Cowboysùa team with great expectations that got off to a hot start and then plummeted. á With yesterdayÆs home loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Giants proved that assumption in more ways than one. Not only will they miss the playoffs, but they were embarrassedáin their final game in Giants Stadiumájust asáthe Cowboys were against the Ravens in Texas ...

As early as even 2006, the media had already dubbed the New England Patriots the team of the decade. After all, they had won three Super Bowls earlier in the decade and pretty much the only way they could be usurped is if a team basically won three of the last four Super Bowls of this decade. á But the Indianapolis Colts are a unique case. If they can pull off the ...

We shouldnÆt be surprised to learn that Brett Favre has been changing plays and giving orders for the Minnesota Vikings. After all, what kind of impression of leadership is left on a team when the head coach picks up the star player from the airport? I would be surprised if head coach Brad Childress ISNÆT picking up his dry cleaning and delivering his lunch. á Childress really has no choice in the ...

Okay, so they won't win the division which means the last game at Giants Stadium WILL be the last scheduled game against Carolina on December 27. And yes, right now the G-men are on the outside looking in. But the sweep of division rival Dallas will be the key to them returning to the playoffs for a fifth straight year. The Dallas Cowboys play the Saints this week in New Orleans, ...

Being a placekicker in the NFL is a strange job. YouÆre pretty much either a hero, or a goat. There is no in between. And if a kicker becomes a hero, it is quickly forgotten and credited to the quarterback who got him in the position to kick it. á It used to be that positional players would double as kickers. But as the two-way player ended, new breeds of ôathletesö entered ...

Believe it or not, this article is not to hate on the ineptitude of these two Pop Warner teams (OK, maybe I just screwed that one up). Nor is it to mock the Detroit Lions for losing the first toilet bowl, granting the Rams their first "win." á And Brady Quinn, I know you want to be like Brett Favre, but that doesnÆt mean throwing a low block and getting fined ...

Fired for the second time (third if you count not being offered the position after being an interim in Detroit) Dick Jauron was named Coach of the Year in 2001. That was his third season coaching the Chicago Bears in which he led them to a 13-3 record after seasons of 6-10 and 5-11, respectively. After that 13-3 season, Jauron never posted another winning seasonùor even an 8-8 seasonùfor the ...

This past summer, Raiders coach Tom Cable faced allegations for assault on a former assistant coach. Apparently he has upgraded now over beating up women, as we've learned he's done in his past. Maybe the women were just warm up for him to get tough enough to fight a man (even if it's just an Assistant Head Coach.) In light of news of theseáfurther assaults, many women's groups are calling for ...

This past Sunday saw Falcons coach Mike Smith get in the face of former Falcons player and current Redskin Deangelo Hall on the sidelines after a play. After the game, Hall seemed ready for round two, saying that Smith was talking (bleep) and if he was ready to continue, he knew where to find Hall. Not to take sides in any of this, but since Smith's team was ...