Baltimore Ravens

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…