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When I heard that LB Jerod Mayo received 49 of 50 votes for Defensive Player of the Year, I asked two questions: 1. Who got the one vote, then later, 2. Who the hell voted for Keith Rivers?

I won't argue Rivers won't be a good player down the road. In limited playing time, he had 37 tackles with an interception. But to compare a player that only played seven games versus someone who started 16 is illogical. Even if Rivers' number were projected to 16 games he's far behind Mayo's production. Sorry Rivers that you got your jaw broke by Pittsburgh Steelers WR Hines Ward, but that's football.

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It is weekends like the one we just had that make me glad I don’t make actual predictions in my blog. I would have been at best two for four, and maybe even one for four if I had gone with the Dolphins as a sentimental favorite. Showcasing its parity, each day of the NFL’s Wild Card Weekend followed different themes. On Saturday, the home teams pulled out the close victories, while on Sunday the road teams won in a more lop-sided manner. Let’s take a look at the weekend that was in this Wild Card edition of the Final Drive. 

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The playoffs are finally here, and not a moment too soon. After a crazy regular season, twelve teams are left with their eyes on the Super Bowl. Let’s get you ready for this weekend with a wild-card edition of the Opening Drive.

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           Each week, I will look into my (never wrong, just misinformed) crystal ball and give my predictions for that weekend’s games.  I will prognosticate on all the playoff games each week.  Keep in mind, that this is for entertainment purposes only, and that I do not endorse any sort of legal or illegal gambling.  That being said…let’s see what’s in my crystal ball!

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Before previewing the big Vikings/Eagles matchup that will cap off the NFC Wild Card playoff round, I would first like to give my "official" (meaning they are most likely completely wrong!) predictions for the other three wild card games:

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Thin-slicing. It is the act cutting through all extraneous information and getting to the key items that characterize something. Malcolm Gladwell wrote an entertaining and informative book on thin-slicing called

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The crystal ball had a mediocre performance this past week, going a mere 2-2.  We’re not sure what happened, but this is not acceptable.  The crystal ball took its lumps on the Cowboys game, but it may have been predicting with its heart rather than its fortune-telling powers?  Either way, that puts the crystal ball at 33-26-1 for the season.  That’s seven games over .500 (.558 to be exact).  Hopefully the crystal ball will perform better in the playoffs!  Let’s take a look back, and review what happened last week.

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Regardless of what happens on Sunday, this was a successful season. I really want a birth in the playoffs, but if the chips don't fall in New England's favor and they are on the outside looking in, then that's just how it is. It wasn't meant to be.

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On this Christmas Eve, coaches, players, and fans draw one day closer to the final week of the NFL 2008-2009 season. 

The Jacksonville Jaguars have fit the "playing for pride" bill quite well in the past couple weeks, knocking off an unlucky Green Bay Packers team, at home, and giving the 11-4 Colts everything they could handle before ending up on the losing end of some fourth quarter Peyton Manning heroics, 31-24, finishing the game with the ball on the Indy seven-yard line. Against the Colts, QB David Garrard was brilliant for three quarters, throwing for 329 yards through the air and a touchdown (and also running for one), WR Dennis Northcutt had another good game with 101 yards and a receiving touchdown, and Maurice Jones-Drew continued his late season push to be "the guy" next year with 91 yards rushing. The defense, on the other hand, played forgettably against Indianpolis's traditional offensive machine. This Sunday, the Jags travel to another cold weather city, Baltimore, for one last game that means...well, nothing. 

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Check out my last post which was used in ESPN.com's The Sports Guy's (or Bill Simmons) latest article! You can view his article by clicking this link.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/081219

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 To show what the NFL is truly all about I have put this together to prove that besides Detroit, parity rules the NFL every week.

THESE ARE MY NFL RANKINGS.

1 Kansas City (beat Oakland)

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I would like to thank the Minnesota Vikings for putting the boots to the Arizona Cardinals, with their back-up quarterback, to the tune of 35-14. As if the Cards didn't have reason enough to win this Sunday. They're still jockeying for playoff positioning. Now they are hungry to bounce back from Sunday's butt-kicking.

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I may be the only one saying it, but the era of Shanahan must come to an end.

Yes, I am aware of the Bronco Country reverence toward Mr. Shanahan, but at this point, he is without excuse.

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Let’s assess the situation at linebacker. The starter is hurt. His back-up was knocked out of Sunday’s game making a tackle and didn’t return to the field. His back-up, a third round rookie, is already on injured reserve. As insurance, the Patriots bring back an oft-injured player they cut in the off-season because his declining productivity wasn’t worth the salary.

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As bad as that loss to the Steelers was, I hope for a rematch.

 

Yes, Pittsburgh out-everythinged the Patriots on Sunday. It was a completely convincing win. The Steelers showed why they rank first in a handful of defensive categories. We saw first hand why they are the best team in the AFC.

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The local airwaves today were full of speculation about the Ravens' chances on wresting the division title from the Steelers. Frankly, I don't see it happening. If we get in, it's going to be as a wild card --- in fact, there's an outside chance that a 12-4 record will be rewarded with the number 6 seed, while the Broncos win the AFC West at 8-8. But there's no point in bellyaching about that --- in 2003 the 12-4 Titans visited the 10-6 Ravens in the first round of the playoffs, and we all know how that one turned out.

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Get ready for the Fantasy football playoffs. This week, we will have analysis by position-wide receivers, quarterbacks, running backs, etc.

     Don't forget,  I am taking an informal poll in this post election era for your favorite "Fantasy Sportsgirl". In the comment section just place the name of the girl that you have enjoyed the most so far during this season. I will try to get more videos from the winner to enhance your experience on this site. The voting will end soon.  As they say in politics-Vote early and vote often.

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For anybody who watched the Colts-Browns game and was confused by the call made just before halftime concerning Peyton Manning's fumble at the 1-yard-line: The rule states that, inside two minutes, if

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People seem to like the New York Jets to beat the Denver Broncos with ease.  I suppose this is a bit of an obvious bet, which is usually a good reason not to bet it. 

 

The Broncos defense is so bad it cannot be counted on to force a single punt all day.  They just got done losing to the Oakland Raiders in Denver, so that certainly does its part in creating a bad image for the Broncos.

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Hey Commish?

         I have Kevin Smith and have been playing him. He is facing Tenn on Turkey Day, Should I plug him in my lineup.  I have Steve Slaton, Fred Taylor, and Tim Hightower.

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Is this game against Miami a must win?

Personally I hate that phrase because it suggests that if a team loses the game, there's no hope for the rest of the season. I don't think that's the case for the Pats. They stand at 6-4 and while one loss hurts their chances of reaching the playoffs, it doesn't completely kills their chances of advancing to the second season.

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       Watch this weeks Fantasy Football injury report by Fantasy Sportsgirl.  After that, you can vote for your favorite Fantasy Sportsgirl of the season to this point by placing their name in our comment section. (Remember to look in the archives for past Fantasy Sportsgirls). Then, watch the end of the UAB vs. University of Arizona basketball game from the other night. This might have been the most jaw-dropping ending to a sporting event that I have ever seen. Tell us what you think.

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Week 11 was one of the more interesting weeks in the NFL this season. A game ended in a 11-10 score for the first time in NFL history, a game ended in a tie and we also saw 'America's Team' get back on track with their star quarterback at the helm. I'll get to that and more as this week's Fallout report kicks off.......riiiiight now!

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The first ever NFL Shankster Rankings. Comments welcome, where did I mess up?


1. NY Giants - Clearly prepared to defend their title the Giants are playing to win.

2. Carolina - Did anyone predict they would be here now?

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     The Coach Gary Kubiak watch is officially on in Houston. Sure, the Houston Texans lost a hard fought battle to the perennially good Indianapolis Colts. The problem, however sad it is, is not that they lost; but the way that Houston is going about their special brand of losing.

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Week 11 is off and running after a nail biter of a game on Thursday night football between the Jets and the Patriots. Last week the Crypt Keeper and I went 2-2 yet again. I've gone 2-2 three consecutive weeks, but no worries my Week 11 picks will prosper like flowers in the Spring time. I've decided to get rid of the Crypt Keeper this week and I've also decided to get rid of all the 'shenanigans' that are usually a part of the weekly predictions like the "classic NFL music" etc..Only for the time being though. So let's see how it works out!

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Division races in the NFL became much clearer in week ten's action. While some teams are completely out of the picture, others have made things very interesting. Let's take a final look at week ten in the 2008 NFL season.

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The Indianapolis Colts got the best of the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 24-20 victory at Heinz Field Sunday evening.  It was poor decision making and play by Pittsburgh’s offense that cost them the game.  The loss drops the Steelers to 6-3, as they are now tied with the Baltimore Ravens for first place in the AFC North.

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From BostonSportz.com:

 A week from right now we’ll know a whole lot about who exactly the 2008 Patriots are. With two division games in five days it's time for the Patriots to show what they’ve got.

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Two teams coming off important primetime wins face off this Sunday in Pittsburgh. The Steelers coming off a dominating win over the Washington Redskins and the Indianapolis Colts who defeated a rival and playoff contender in the New England Patriots. This upcoming game seems much more important to the Indianapolis Colts who don't want to drop below .500 again and need to build on the momentum they gained from beating the Patriots. However, the Steelers have to see this as a big game as well. With a 6-2 record the Steelers are in first place in their division and second only to Tennessee in the AFC. A win would give them a good grip on second place in the AFC as the second half of the season gets underway.

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I can't recall the last time a Patriots loss, especially to the Colts, actually didn't hurt that much.

Sure, I'm disappointed in Jabar Gaffney for dropping what would've been the go-ahead touchdown, and I'm mad that Dave Thomas's penalty basically lost the game for them, and of course this wasn't Belichick's finest coaching game but overall...I'm doing okay today.

Continue reading "Patriots-Colts: Notes on a Win for the LOSers"

You know, it's a good thing that the Patriots will have the Brigham and Women's/Mass General Health Care Center on the grounds of Patriot Place in 2009. If the '09 season is like this year, then the Pats will have a lot of their players as patients.

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I was watching the end of the Sunday Night Football game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts.  I was trying to figure out what to take from the game about the two teams, then John Madden said it perfectly.

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Life ain't fair. As the Patriots lose player after player to injury, the Indianapolis Colts are getting healthy.

RBs Sammy Morris and LaMont Jordan will miss their second game in a row while Indy's Joseph Addai likely returns.

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What a difference a year makes. In 2007 the Colts and Pats were both undefeated, headed into the most hyped NFL game in history that wasn’t a Super Bowl.  Now in 2008, the Colts are below .500 and though the Pats are 5-2 they’re without some of their most key players. Despite the new look and records of both teams, this should still be a fantastic football game in an electric atmosphere and will be the biggest test in young Matt Cassel’s career.

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MID-SEASON NFL ALL-PRO TEAMS

2nd TEAM

QB = Drew Brees (NO): 2563 YDS 15 TD 7 INT 69% CMP 101.6 RTG

RB = Michael Turner (ATL): 655 YDS 6 TD 4.5 YPC, 3 CTH 11 YDS

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Anyone somewhat familiar with college football surely is well aware of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The BCS ranks the top college programs based on a rankings, college polls, and computer selection methods. The top 2 BCS ranked teams at the end of the college season qualify for the right to play in the National Championship. Over the years it has had its fair share of hits (USC vs Texas a couple of years ago) to downright misses (see Miami vs Nebraska) but has always provided the sports world with controversy and something to talk about. Now imagine the BCS being used in the NFL? One can only dream of the madness it could create. The NFL will always have playoffs, the league would die without it, but here is a look at what the NFL BCS rankings could look like following week 8.

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Not sure whats going on with Manning. He is not releasing the ball with same zip or accuracy. I am shocked that he is suffering this bad from a knee aliment. I always enjoyed watching the colt play in the past. Yesterday I believe I spent more time focusing on the Phils then the Colts. I am not sure the deal but besides the Ravens game Peyton has not been the same QB.

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To My faithful blog readers, You all ready know I was 3-1. I had another great weekend. I had 6 games I was looking at and Jags where only one to let me down. I am also giving out my Monday Night Specail. I Like the Colts and the Over. Peyton Manning and Monday Night football, how can you go against him. I like a close game so thinking final 27-20. Colts open up the Titans D.

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A win is a win and that's all you need to know about the NFL in 2008.

For years we've heard Bill Belichick preach this mantra, that it's the National Football League and on any given Sunday any team can beat any team. Though I don't think any of us Patriots fans ever really believed it when we had Brady under center. But that was then and this is 2008.

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It's halfway through the season and I am finally starting my predictions. I am open to some challenges if anyone is interested.

Oakland @ Baltimore - Baltimore  (Joe Flacco throws for 2 TD's and rushes for 1 more.)

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According to NFL.com, this is the injury statuse of key players in Week 8.

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March 21st, 2006 was a sad day for the Patriots Dynasty.

Adam Vinatieri, he of two Super Bowl-winning kicks and countless other clutch Field Goals, including what some call the greatest kick in NFL history in the Snow Bowl against the Oakland Raiders, signed with New England's hated rivals the Indianapolis Colts, leaving Patriots fans dazed in a sea of confusion.

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I don't know whether it's Jacksonville's disappointing start or the thick of a school year underway, but it's been a while since I've written.

After a brutal six-game stretch that included the Colts, Broncos, Titans, Steelers, and a first-place Bills team, the Jaguars actually sit in decent shape with their next three games consisting of 2-4 Cleveland, 0-7 Cincinnati, and 0-6 Detroit (not a bad time for a bye week and the soft part of the schedule, eh?) before hosting a rematch with Division leader, the Tennessee Titans, which already sounds like the type of game that could change a season if everything goes well. 

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             Here is this week's NFL game picks by Fantasy Sportsgirl. Will the Colts beat the Packers? What about Cleveland and the Redskins? What will happen to the Cowboys? You can read the experts picks, but I get my in formation in prettier packages. I love ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS Sportsline, Sports Illustrated, and all the others, but when all is said and done-more is said than done. As for the Fantasy Sportsgirls - when all is seen and heard, more is seen than heard. Take a look at Sportsgirls picks for this week.  After watching, feel free to post comments and other suggestions.

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      4th and Goal

      A few seconds left in the game

      Houston down

      What does the offensive guru call?-A fade to the dominating Andre Johnson?-A run with rookie sensation Steve Slaton?-A pass over the middle to big Owen Daniels? No,a quarterback draw with slow footed Matt Schaub. GREAT CALL!

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After 5 weeks of sub par performances by the defense and not so much better performances by the offense, in week 6 the colts that we have seen over the past few years came to life; and looked like the

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Have the mighty fallen? It's too early to say. Maybe they tripped and skinned their knees.

The three best teams in the AFC last year are struggling. The Indianapolis Colts are just .500 as injuries to key players has Indy stumbling thus far. The two other powers face off tonight in primetime, though both teams are looking up at division leaders instead of their typical spot on top.

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With the red river rivarly, missouri vs osu, florida vs lsu, penn state vs wisconsin it looks to be another weekend in college football that can shake up the polls and potenial bcs games. With the new

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       Sean Salisbury offers his fantasy football preview for week 6 of the NFL. Check this out every week at my blog.

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I know, you're thinking I made that title up as a joke but it's not. It's straight from the words of an NFL coach to the venerable Peter King. From King's MMQB Tuesday Edition:

...another coach told me, they've got to loosen up the defense more by finding Reggie Wayne downfield. "The same way Cassel hit Randy Moss Sunday [in San Francisco] is the way Peyton's got to go,'' the coach said.

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So I normally title my Monday blog: Monday Mourning due to being hungover from a full day of drinking and watching sports, hence the “mourning” because I have to get up, go to work, puke in the bathroom, and subsequently fall asleep in all of my meetings and get absolutely no work done. But today is different, mainly due to the fact that CBS’s and Fox’s regional coverage of NFL games in my area was HORRIBLE. Games that had a spread of +11 with no fantasy implications at all were being aired, so I went and watched polo (you know, the sport where guys on horses trot around and whack a ball with mallets). I had never been to a polo game before but we decided to go due to the possibility of attractive females (there are always beautiful women at horse events). We mingled with a few and made up some elaborate lies that we were just checking out the competition and had our horses stabled a few miles away. We were obviously out of place, with our cheers of “nice pass man!” and “shoooooot it!” but we wholeheartedly plan on attending it every Sunday for the rest of the season – pending what NFL games are on of course.

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After Saturdays game against Ole Miss we have to ask our self is Chris Smelly as bad as we all thought. He throw for a season high 337 yards and a career high 3 TD's. Including a maybe career and season changing drive late in the 4th quarter. He led the Gamecock on and 95 yard drive and score that looked more like a SEC 1st team QB than a Gamecock QB on the verge of being benched. A drive like that can propell a team to win after win because they believe in the 1 under center. Just like last year when they lost the heart-breaker to Vandy and never recovered, maybe this will work in the same kind of way. If he continues to play like this the sky is the limit for the gamecocks who's d will always give them a chance. Even though the gave  up a season high 361 yards and fell from number 1 in the country on D to 6 ( that's still awesome). E. Cook is definitely a first round draft pick with an Erie playing style thats just like Bob Sanders of the Indianapolis Colts, he did it again Stopping the Rebels ball handlers 14 times and had a 52 yard fumble recovery and run. He is the hurt and sole of the D and I would hate to run cross the middle with Bob I mean E. on the other side. Jason Barnes had his comeing out party with 7 rec. for 76 yards with is great we might be looking at a core of WR that will actually make big plays with Kenny coming back and Jared Cook doing his thing maybe just maybe they will have Wide Receivers that do just that. Church

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First off, I want to introduce myself. My name is Jake, I live in Houston. I'm glad I found this place. I've read a lot of bloggers material today from predictions to their favorite teams' rants, it's great. I enjoyed it. Sports, baby sports!

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 (Bold designates predicted winner)

Tennessee @ Baltimore
Kansas City @ Carolina
Chicago @ Detroit
Atlanta @ Green Bay
Indianapolis @ Houston
San Diego @ Miami

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We have another major NFC East divisonal game to examine, an AFC South game that no one expected to be as important as it is, and a couple of undefeated teams trying to stay on track against solid opponents

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The Crying Game

The Terrell Owens story

Hello NFL fans,

Well here we are, week four of the third year with his last team. This will be his last team, I truly believe that. If I were an owner I would rather get a letter full of anthrax and then imprisoned IN Cuba to spend the rest of my days. The continuous onslaught of reporters and fans condemning my name and wanting my head on a stick would be too much for me to bare.

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With the MLB playoffs set to begin, there is a subtle difference in the air compared to start of any other postseason. In the NHL, fans can potentially look forward to a great Canadians/Bruins series that is not only exciting, but has a historical kick to it. Likewise basketball fans always have the chance to see if the Suns can finally get past the Spurs and football fans love seeing the rivalry of the Eagles Vs the City of Philadelphia when the Eagles so much as get tackled for a loss.

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While last week I went 10 for 16 (honestly who saw the Dolphins beating the patriots with or without Brady), I am only 22 for 45 on the season.  So I may be no Nostrodomus but each week I seem to be getting better and better at these projections, so lets see what I can do this week…

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              The economic “crisis" is not that complicated. The stock market always wants positive press to continue its trading

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Browns @ Bengals: Bengals
Battle of the beatens! Bengals looked better vs the G-Men last week

Packers @ Bucs: Packers
Still haven't lost my trust in Rogers and Co. after there loss to the Boys. I'm interested to see how much the Bucs will throw this week

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With a disappointing last-second loss to the Jaguars (21-23), the Colts enter their bye week with a losing record (2-1) for the first time since 1998 - Manning's 3-13 rookie season. There aren't many good things that can be said about last week's game with Manning throwing 2 interceptions, and the defense giving up 236 rushing yards to Jacksonville's Fred Taylor and M. Jones-Drew. The only redeeming factor was the final 77-yard drive led by Manning and ending with Addai's 2-yard touchdown. 

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This is an ongoing record of the funniest sports' quotes from the major and local sports talk shows like ATH, PTI, Jim Rome, etc.  I missed a few during Hurricane Ike and could use your help. Feel free to contribute some of you own from TV and radio or comment on the ones you see here. Your new quotes will be integrated daily as part of the ongoing record.  To post a quote or make a comment just follow the comment link at the bottom.

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Your favorite method of getting your football returns this week . The popular video series can be found at my blog.

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So as you probably know by now, week 4 is the Colts bye week. Your fantasy football team will be defined by your play when you have star players on their bye week. Hopefully you planned for bye weeks when you drafted your team and are able to just substitute in players fr