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The Chicago Bears and veteran middle linebacker Brian Urlacher are going their separate ways. It will be a devastating blow to the team’s defense. Well, it will be if they don’t replace him and use only 10 players when the other team has the football. Here is the team’s release from Wednesday (March 20): The [...]
Monday meanderings (day after the Super Bowl edition): There are those who believe the Monday after the Super Bowl should be a holiday with the possibility of combining it with President’s Day. Of course, the risk in such a move is that some folks might be too hung over to go out and buy a [...]
The odds are — if you’re going to a Super Bowl gathering Sunday (and quite possibly even if you aren’t) — you will have some sort of betting interest in the 47th contest that sports Roman numerals. Speaking of odds (gee, what a coincidence), here are some from the fine folks at Bodogc(www.Bodog.ca). But before [...]
Monday meanderings: OK, somebody find a Brazilian supermodel for Joe Flacco. The Baltimore Ravens quarterback outplayed his New England Patriots counterpart Tom Brady in a 28-13 victory in the AFC title game Sunday (Jan. 20). Meaning Brady will have more time to spend with wife/supermodel Gisele Bundchen and their family. Uh, never mind about Flacco. [...]
Weekend wondering: Wondering whether it’s better not to make the NFL postseason or be eliminated in the first round the way the Minnesota Vikings were Saturday (Jan. 5) with a 24-10 loss to the Packers in Green Bay? Uh, you might want to ask recently fired Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith — who did not [...]
If it’s Sunday (which seems reasonable in that yesterday was Saturday and tomorrow is scheduled to be Monday — well, assuming you are reading this on Nov. 11 or a subsequent Sunday), then it’s time for more NFL picks and pics from the delightful Jaime Edmondson. You can follow Jaime on Twitter. To do so, [...]
This time change thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. You gain an hour of sleep because you turn the clocks back? Well, that does work in theory but falls apart big-time when you stay up a couple of hours later than usual. Some of us will look forward to springing forward in a [...]
From the NFL’s department of information and no-team-is-out-of-postseason-contention-until-it-is-mathematically-eliminated comes this tidbit: By the end of Week 2, at least 20 clubs will be 1-1 or 0-2. Since 2002, 70 of the 120 playoff teams (58.3 percent) began the year either 1-1 or 0-2, including the Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants in 2011. Meaning [...]
If Shea McClellin is half as good on the football field as he was at his first Chicago autograph signing, the Bears’ No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft will be a formidable force for the foreseeable future (yeah, some of us are alliteration aficionados). The defensive end/linebacker/just get him in the game from Boise [...]
For those who are eagerly awaiting the NFL draft (and even for those who are not and/or who are reading this after the annual event occurs), here are some miscellaneous draft odds, courtesy of the fine folks from Bovada www.Bovada.lv; Twitter: @BovadaLV) — and, of course, we could not run something NFL-related without having our [...]