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WHO DAT SAINTS PLAYER?
If you’ve been following the Super Bowl media coverage this week, you must’ve noticed that alot of the stories on the New Orleans Saints have been focused primarily on what the Super Bowl means to the city of New Orleans. Meanwhile, for the Indianapolis Colts, the stories have been centered more around the individual [...]
Continue reading...J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS
18. January 2010
First and foremost, let me thank Nate Kaeding for giving us this game. Of course the Jets played well and all and shut down the vaunted Chargers offense, but if Kaeding was his usual self, then it’s probably the Bolts that are moving on to Indy. It’s been a rough playoffs for kickers huh? Oh [...]
Continue reading...RIP Gaines Adams
18. January 2010
Gaines Adams passed away yesterday. Of course it’s always sad when someone dies but it starts to affect you more when it’s guys who are around your age. I always looked up to professional athletes as heroes because they were so much older than me but now these guys are my age and even younger. [...]
Continue reading...Did Woodson or Revis Deserve the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award?
13. January 2010
QuestionsView Results An interesting debate sparked today after it was announced that Charles Woodson won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. Some WtP guys thought that New York’s own Darrelle Revis should’ve won but a few guys actually came to Woodson’s defense. Here’s how it went (it goes without saying that mature language is [...]
Continue reading...Young and the Rest(less)
8. December 2009
- #1 Alabama v. #2 Texas – not taking anything away from the other undefeated teams (TCU, Cincinnati) I think the BCS did get it right by pitting these two teams against each other. I know I can’t wait for the Shipley/Arenas matchup on the outside. Interesting fact: Other than LSU’s Justin Vincent in 2004, no [...]
Continue reading...The Blind Side: A Review
7. December 2009
The Blind Side begins with footage of LT coming in for a blind side tackle that ended the career of Joe Theismann. It is accompanied by commentary by Sandra Bullock’s character, Leigh Anne, about how LT had forever changed the game and inadvertently changed her life as well. It follows the story of Michael Oher as [...]
Continue reading...Thanksgiving was a Brees
3. December 2009
Fresh off of an another grand Thanksgiving, a year in which I prepared a large majority of the big meal at home, I learned three valuable lessons: 1) The NFL needs to do revise their Thanksgiving Day lineup. 2) As great as the meal is on Thanksgiving, the leftovers consumed on the following days (or hours) are [...]
Continue reading...Anderson’s NFL Week 10 Power 10: Controversial 4th Down Call Keeps Power 10 Intact
17. November 2009
Anderson’s NFL Week 10 Power 10: controversial 4th down call keeps Power 10 intact 1) New Orleans Saints (9-0) – The Saints have been first on my Power 10 over the course of the past few weeks. However, I was strongly considering bumping them down in favor of the Indianapolis Colts given the way [...]
Continue reading...Anderson’s NFL Week 9 Power 10
10. November 2009
Anderson’s NFL Week 9 Power 10 1. New Orleans Saints (8-0) – The Saints just keep finding ways to win regardless of the score. After never trailing in their first 5 games, New Orleans has had to come from behind in their last 3 games played. While Sunday’s deficit against the Carolina Panthers was [...]
Continue reading...Anderson’s Week 6 NFL Power 10
20. October 2009
1) New Orleans Saints (5-0) – Finally, after defeating a team that has been number one on Anderson’s NFL Power 10 throughout this entire NFL season, the New Orleans Saints have leapfrogged into first place. After being tested in Week 4 against the Jets, many wondered how legitimate this Saints team was and how [...]
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