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The First of Three Tests

Zach — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:49:49 +0000

The thing that sucks is that the Jags played at 99% last night, but the Pats played at a full-throttled 100%. The Patriots scored 4 TDs and 1 FG, while the Jags - and here’s the part that sucked last night’s chances at an upset down the drain – scored 2 TDs and 2 FGs. Both QBs were pretty spectacular, but the difference in their successes came in Brady‘s ability to push down the field vertically, instead of of Garrard‘s horizontal tendencies to throw it shallow to either Jones-Drew or Taylor, though he had a couple impressive runs.

Oh well, it’s nothing new…the Patriots won, the Jags couldn’t get the job done. Now, it’s for some real football!

The Colts play the Chargers today at 1PM EST on CBS. If you remember, the Colts had half of their starters out during the last meeting and fell to about 23 points behind at Halftime. Manning threw a personal record 6 INTs to the Bolts and completely took him out of the game. Today, we find our boys are back in Blue. We should be at near strength besides a few sprints to shake off the rust and dust and cobwebs in Marvin‘s knees. Also, it looks like the Chargers may be without one of their best shallow threats and run blockers, TE Antonio Gates, but as of a couple of hours prior to kickoff he is listed as Probable. Cross your fingers!

Go AFC South!

Zach — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:56:42 +0000

The Next Round starts today and here’s the games:

Saturday, 12-Jan

Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers…430pm EST
Jacksonville Jaguars at New England Patriots…800pm EST

Sunday, 13-Jan

San Diego Chargers at Indianapolis Colts…100pm EST
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys…430pm EST

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The four best QBs in the league play today and tomorrow: Brett Favre, Tony Romo, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. It should be interesting to see which QBs fall because four of the better defenses play against them this weekend: Seahawks, Giants, Chargers and Jaguars.

We’re in for a great weekend of football, but we have to root for those Jaguars more than any other team (except for our Colts, of course). The Jags and the Colts are the two teams that can do pull this “upset of the century” off and I think one of them is going to do it, too!

Let’s Give It Up For A Legend!

Zach — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:30:25 +0000

Okay, boys and girls, some more history was made this week (it’s kind of old hat for the NFL this year with so many records being broken) and Brett Favre was the man today. Favre passed legend Dan “It Couldn’t Last Forever” Marino as the all-time leading passer with over 61,362 yards. The play was a simple 7-yard slant pattern to Donald Driver for a first down with 14:37 remaining in the Q4. Both Marino and Favre, upon reaching this outstanding milestone, were in their 17th season in the NFL…and who knows? Will Brett decide another season or bow out in February (as the Green Bay Packers, now 12-2 on the season, are my midseason pick for the NFC rep in the Super Bowl).

Personally, I’m a pretty big Favre fan – as is Michael, Naptown’s other contributor – and I’d really like to see him come back next season. He’s a great competitor, and he’s still got that childish passion for the game! (Just look at the photo above for proof of his passion!) The league will sorely miss this kind of personality should he retire.

Either way, let’s give it up for a legend of football…Brett Favre.

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For a more in-depth look at Brett Favre’s record-breaking, well, record, click here. (ESPN.com)