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What Colin Kaepernick, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Russell Wilson do and do not show us about building NFL franchises

The AFC and NFC Conference Championships are set, which means a couple of different things — for one, most of America will be watching TV for a good portion of Sunday (more than 55 million people watched the 2010 and… Continue Reading

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A Packers fan, Jon Niemuth, is the reason it’s impossible to beat the Seattle Seahawks at home

The Seahawks lost once at home this season — to the Cardinals — but before that, they hadn’t lost at home since Christmas Eve 2011 (to the 49ers, and that was only by two points). When they beat the Saints… Continue Reading

Few things are as glorious as snowy, cold-weather football (er, via the TV), so bask in Packers-49ers and Bengals-Chargers this weekend

Two quick points before I get going with this: 1. I read an interesting article on Fast Company the other day about why things go viral; I’ve talked about this too, in the past. In short form — I didn’t want to write… Continue Reading

Why can’t it be Philip Rivers’ year?

Don’t look now, but the San Diego Chargers have won four games in a row. They enter the AFC Playoffs as the six-seed, and they need to travel to Cincinnati — where there might be snow — and Cincinnati is… Continue Reading

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This whole Black Monday coach-firing stuff has insane repercussions; remember January 2010?

There’s a chance that 10 NFL head coaches could get fired tomorrow (or sometime tonight); apparently Rod Chudzinski (Browns) and Jim Schwartz (Lions) have already been fired, per various Internet reports. Then there’s this… Black Monday coming up pic.twitter.com/xppu7QYwF5 —… Continue Reading

Luke Kuechly draws Clark Kent comparisons, whereas potentially Ray Lewis comparisons are more legitimate

That video above is Carolina Panthers LB Luke Kuechly, WR Steve Smith and LB Thomas Davis in a dance-off with teachers as a result of the NFL Play 60 campaign. Kuechly is known to some teammates as Clark Kent, and… Continue Reading

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We all think it could be a Seahawks-Broncos Super Bowl, but history hasn’t favored No. 1 seeds

Here’s the current NFL playoff picture, although a lot can change in these last three weeks: on the AFC side, DEN and NE get byes; on the NFC side, SEA and NO do. Seattle seems like a pretty solid lock… Continue Reading

Are NFL kickers getting better, and if so, why?

On Monday night, ’twas a tale of two cities in the NFL — the Baltimore Ravens won (and put themselves in decent position to be a 3, 4, or 6 seed in the AFC Playoffs, depending on what happens with… Continue Reading