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Happy Holidays! Because of those aforementioned holidays, I gotta be brief.  Having only two divisional games to cover certainly helps that.   Steelers 17, Ravens 34 In getting their proverbial black and gold monkey off their collective backs, the Ravens reestablished themselves as a possible Super Bowl contender. In the game’s key sequence, Ravens QB…

It was a busy week in the AFC North, where the playoff seeding picture got decidedly murkier, setting up another meaningful late season tilt between the Ravens and Steelers. Is there any other kind?   Ravens 35, Giants 14 Thanks to a gigantic talent discrepancy, the Ravens played a loose, undisciplined game and still won…

The Simpsons did it. After last week’s slate of games, it’s quite clear – the Bengals need Simpsons-themed framing to win NFL games these days. Courtesy of the folks at ESPN/Disney, fans were treated to a digital rendering of the game, set in beloved Springfield USA, complete with the tire fire and remains of a…

Little pressed for time this morning, so let’s skip my pithy statement and get right to it.   Steelers 44, Bengals 38 In a classic NFL “track meet”, the Steelers managed just enough defense to keep the Bengals offense at bay, while the Bengals defense barely registered. Steelers QB Russell Wilson (29-38, 414 yards, 3…

It’s Thanksgiving Week! Eat, drink, etc.  Hopefully you’ll have some time to gather in front of the television to perform the annual ritual of sleeping off a food hangover while “watching” NFL football.  This year’s games aren’t particularly exciting, unless you happen to be a fan of those (unfortunate) squads doomed to play. Try to…

Gimmicks don’t always draw crowds, even in the NFL. The Week 14 Monday night NFL game will remain Bengals / Cowboys, courtesy of the Simpsons. The NFL has informed us that due to the extensive production of their alternate Simpsons broadcast and work performed already, the game is excluded from being (mercifully) flexed to a…

There are constants in the NFL universe. The Ravens and Steelers are preparing to face each other this week in Pittsburgh in perhaps their most meaningful game in a decade.  The Steelers, at 7-2, lead the division despite a notable QB change and some injury issues; a testament to the job thus far by head…

Given the events of the last 24 hours (years!), it’s a little tough to crank out a pithy preamble today.  Or an article at all.  I’ll give it a try, because you all deserve that much.   Football was played last week.  Some teams won.  Others lost. Here’s what happened.   Broncos 10, Ravens 41…

It’s the last runup to Election Day, and right now, the AFC North is every bit as jumbled as the current race for POTUS. The top of the standings show Pittsburgh with a one-game lead, yet most pundits are predicting the Ravens, despite their obvious defensive problems, will ultimately prevail in the division race.  The…

The midpoint of the NFL season is just a couple of weeks away.  What have we learned thus far? the Steelers will go as far as their defense – not their QB – takes them the Bengals need depth, especially on defense the Ravens need their defense to improve or their dreams of a title…