The Student of the GameGoing Beyond the Stats

All things being equal in the previous September, the New York Giants playing against the Washington Redskins would lead the mind to the kind of domination and cruelty by the ‘G-men’ against the ‘Skins that can be implied in the phrase ‘Cowboys and Indians’ (more than when Washington is playing the actual NFL Cowboys from Dallas).

The playoffs becomes a scrum for teams clinging to hope. Who will prevail? The SoTG and Weasel analyze . . .

The atmosphere was one of the most paradoxical one could imagine with stories intensifying the match-up of the first 2009 sell-out of Jacksonville’s All-Tell Stadium between the Indianapolis Colts and the hosting Jaguars. The Jags fighting against the ‘Collapse of the Cats’ as conjectured by critics killing them in the media by constantly clamoring over close calls against crappy competitors combined with the concept of clashing against the cunning Colts who are competing to cultivate their calamity-free season.

The SoTG and Weasel sift through all the action. Apologies for the late posting. The server's being cranky again . . . not a fan of Amazon's S3 service

Upsets!?!?!? Playoff Picture!?!?!? NFL Revenue Sharing?!?!?!?! These and other questions will be answer by this episode by the SoTG and Weasel.

Despite all the disappointments during Turkey Day football and ups and downs of Sunday match-ups, all I heard about over Thanksgiving was this Monday’s game featuring the New Orleans Saints vs. the New England Patriots (in fairness I was in New Orleans with my fiancée’s family). Bias aside, as the talk of the NFL, it was the billed as the battle of 2 NFL offensive juggernaughts where the score was predicted to be around 49-48 by analysts everywhere . . . until it all went horribly wrong.

Week 12 and Turkey galore as Weasel and the SoTG watch another week determine the playoff fate of the NFL.

The chefs for the feast of retribution would be the players who set up their team to use this Thanksgiving Thursday night game to get their respective teams back in the race for the lead in their particular divisions. The New York Giants having bounced a struggling Atlanta Falcons team in overtime last week after losing 4 straight and the Denver Broncos losing their last four with the latest being a beat down by their AFC West rival San Diego Chargers; both teams were desperate for a springboard to get back into the playoff battle.

It's week 11 . . . do you know where YOUR NFL coverage is . . . we've got it right here!! Weasel and the SoTG give you nine games of Sunday action.