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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…

As I’m typing this, I’m listening to clips of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones lambasting local media for daring to ask him about myriad faulty decisions he’s made regarding his team’s direction and personnel.  It’s more than a little pathetic and needy, and it shows a marked unwillingness to be held accountable for the Dallas disaster…

Unlike last season, the AFC North doesn’t appear to be the best division in the NFL. No sir.  No way, etc. The Ravens have edged their way back to a winning record, while the Steelers have provided little to retain their divisional lead since a 3-0 start.  The Bengals appear to have real flaws on…

While the nation splits time between the Vice Presidential Debate and the MLB playoffs tonight, it will have largely forgotten the hijinks and drama that was the NFL last weekend.  Week 4 may be the most confusing time to properly judge NFL teams, because team records may or may not reflect the general makeup or…

Week 3 was…interesting in the AFC North. Two teams tried to redeem themselves, but only one succeeded.  One team stuck to their now-formulaic game plan and won.  And two teams lost in embarrassing fashion to some of the worst rosters in the NFL. I believe the youngsters refer to this as “drama”.  And so it…

In the course of an NFL season or a series of them, certain results and statistics can be ignored, as they’re not indicative of a team overall or are considered aberrations or outliers. Not so with the Baltimore Ravens, whose propensity to lose games in the fourth quarter is becoming a trend, and it’s one…

Hi. Still shaking off the offseason rust, but here we are.  Pretty crazy first week of NFL action in the AFC North, filled with highs, lows, and other stuff.  Let’s get to it.   Ravens 20,  Chiefs 27 In an almost-mirror image of last season’s AFC Championship Game, the Ravens came up short despite the…

Well! Just reading the title again is getting me excited. So I promised cuts and rosters, and by gum, I’m going to deliver them.  I’m just going to cater to my internal slacker – let’s call him Lazy Man – and let him find assorted links and things that might or might not interest you…