This past Sunday morning, the NFL has lost one it’s greatest alumni. Reggie White, who played for a total of fifteen years with the Eagles, Packers, and Panthers; passed away from an apparent heart attack at just forty-three years of age. The “Minister of Defense” truly lived up to his calling both in the ministry and on the football field. His legacy will live on both as a servant of the Lord, and one of the NFL’s all-time greats.
For the 11th consecutive year, the Western Conference playoffs will narrowly elude the grasp of the Golden State Warriors. For a fan of any other team, missing the playoffs brings a small element of excitement, because it brings with it a chance at the #1 overall pick in the draft lottery. But for Warriors fans, there is no such feeling. There is only dread, knowing that if the Warriors did indeed win the right to draft first, they would somehow manage to screw it up. However, this general dread of NBA Drafts is becoming an outdated sentiment in the Bay Area, as the Warriors have quietly begun evaluating talent as though they were actually running a team.
I go on vacation and my picks go to hell. How am I supposed to know that the Cards would beat the Rams and that the Dolphins could beat the Patriots? This week is even tougher to pick as there are some races already sewn up and the head coaches might or might not rest their starters. There’s a reason why some of these games aren’t even on the board in Vegas.
Here we go with the Week 16 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
I was sitting around trying to think about a current event to write on. To be quite honest if I had slapped together another Hot Stove article or set of rankings I was going to leap out of my office window. I settled on making a fun-filled list. For all you NBA hardcore followers, please know that I am just having a little fun here.
How far will the Packers go? Tough answer. This article sets the stage for the final two weeks of a very interesting season of NFL football.
By Sean Quinn
IPod’s are hot this Christmas. So is Beyonce. But you’d be hard pressed to find anything hotter right now than the Buffalo Bills. Well, maybe a “Tickle Me Elmo,” but the fact still remains, all anyone in Western New York really wants for the holidays is a playoff spot. And with AFC teams being cleared out of the Bills path like snow off of a Buffalo interstate, every Bills fan has a reason to be tickled about something.
By Jeremy Burnham
I’m not really sure why, but some people are very good college football coaches, but just can’t cut it in the NFL. San Francisco 49ers head coach Dennis Erickson is one of these coaches.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not blaming this whole season on him. Last season? Yes, but not this season. The team was gutted. Jeff Garcia is gone. Terrell Owens also left. Tai Streets, Garrison Hearst? Gone and gone. So the GM brought a bunch of big talent in to replace them right? HA! That would be a no. Not all teams can care that much about winning. Who do you think we are talking about here, the San Francisco 49ers? Oh wait, that’s right, we are. One thing is for sure, these are not the same old Niners. The good old Eddie D days are LONG gone.
What the hell is going on in the NFC West? I was tempted to put that entire division in the cellar. It’s not who plays the best down the stretch, it’s who doesn’t completely stink up the joint that will win that division. At least the NFC Central and the Wild Card races are intriguing. I tried to put everyone based on where they’d end up in their respective conferences. The only exception is Buffalo who I think is a better team than Jax and Baltimore but trail (and will trail) them in the conference.
Well, here we go with the Week 15 Rankings.
Here are the new NBA Power Rankings. The Highest Climb this week belongs to the Chicago Bulls.
The Biggest Decline is the lovable Clippers. Enjoy.
By Alex Fitzsimmons
A quarterback left for dead, a coach ridiculed and scrutinized, and a team with no sense of certainty. That was the state of the San Diego Chargers in the 2003 season. But now, under the commanding helm of breakthrough quarterback Drew Brees, breakout tight end Antonio Gates, and the ever explosive LaDainian Tomlinson, the 2004 Chargers are looking more daunting than ever, and have left young rookie Philip Rivers to swim upstream.