Packers-Cowboys is one of the great matchups in the NFL this season, and I'm excited to call the game featuring a pair of 10-1 teams. This is the first meeting of 10-1 teams since 1990. How do they measure up? Brett Favre has been the best quarterback in the NFC for a long time,... more

It seems like every year the NFL implements a new rule to help offenses. The goal is simple -- more offense equals more points equals more exciting games. Yet every week there are teams that struggle to put points on the board. I don't have a problem with a good defensive battle, but... more

The Patriots and the Colts face off this week in an epic game, but they will only be one half of the Super Bowl puzzle come February. So who will be the team coming out of the NFC? A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that the Cowboys were probably the best team that I have seen in the... more

We are starting to enter the point of the season where we really have to wonder if the New England Patriots are going to be one of the great teams of all-time. What they are doing is simply amazing. Tom Brady has even gotten to the point where he believes that everything he throws... more

Football fans everywhere should thank Nick Folk for making that last-second 53-yard field goal Monday night. Well, everywhere except upstate New York. Folk's back-to-back game-winning field goals did more than just save Tony Romo from a week's worth of Rex Grossman... more

Anybody who watched LaDainian Tomlinson's morose press conference this week is probably asking the same question that Tomlinson is asking himself: What in the world is wrong with the Chargers? One of the favorites to contend for the Super Bowl, San Diego has started the season... more

The Houston Texans made great waves during the 2006 NFL Draft when they bypassed the obvious choice of running back Reggie Bush, whom everyone in the world thought the Texans were taking, and went with defensive end Mario Williams. There was a lot of teeth gnashing by Texans fans as Bush... more

One of my kids' favorite movies is Adam Sandler's The Waterboy. It's the story of a water boy turned linebacker, Bobby Boucher (Sandler), who leads a bad football team to a bowl championship -- all from the defensive side of the field. While the offense struggles to score points,... more