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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…