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Lost NFL Conversations: Buffalo Bills
Image courtesy of Rick Kimpel/Flickr . Every year my buddy Ben and I talk football when the Super Bowl is long since over. We talk about the schedule ahead, the free agent market, the draft,...
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Was the Pro Bowl Mark Ingram's Dallas Audition?
Image courtesy of Tom Pumphret/Flickr. The Pro Bowl is over, and the NFL again succeeded and putting on a display of athleticism while making the game close and entertaining for the fans to watch. Turnovers,...
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By the Numbers: Russell Wilson and Tom Brady
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Recently I wrote an article on how the quarterback position was overvalued when it came to evaluating wins and losses in a Super Bowl. It was the collection of...
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Cradling Deflated Balls: Are the Patriots Wrongly Getting the Shaft?
Image courtesy of Brian J. McDermott/Flickr . Due to a slight brush of referee dissatisfaction, all eyes are now on Tom Brady ’s balls. During the AFC Championship game last Sunday evening, the New England...
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The 2015 Pro Bowl Breakdown
The latest installment of the NFL Pro Bowl draft happened on January 21, with a few adjustments over previous years. Teams were allotted a specific number of roster spots per position, and so players were...
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The New England Patriots and the Deflation Allegations
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . It has been widely reported that during the AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts that 11 of the 12 game balls were deflated....
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Ray Rice and the Inequity of Video Evidence
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a video worth? Let’s see, 25 frames a second multiplied by the length of the video and you'd have your...
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NFL Announces Veteran, Free Agent Combine
Image courtesy of NFL. In March of 2015, a combine will take center stage on NFL Network. One might say, “The rookie combine is in April, so what is this all about?” That person would...
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Sonny's NFL Picks: Conference Championship Weekend
Photo courtesy of Mike Morbeck/Flickr Isn’t it ironic that just last week when I was making my Divisional Round picks I discussed pickling the beast that is the NFL Playoffs—a reference to The Sandlot —and...
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Steve's Weekly NFL Bettor's Guide: Championship Weekend Edition
Image courtesy of Anthony Quintano/Flickr . The Colts are pretty good. That vast understatement was one thing made clear last week when Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning 's old team went to Denver and beat...
