With the class of 2013 enshrined in Canton, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s senior committee Wednesday got started on naming its class of 2014. Ray Guy, the Oakland punter who earned seven Pro Bowl nominations, three First Team...
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When we wrote our first By the Numbers post a year ago, it was intended to become a regular...
Read MoreThe first year of the post Al Davis–era in Oakland ended much the same way as much of the previous decade – with the Raiders on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. After a promising 2011 saw Oakland hit the .500 mark,...
Read MoreI’m not sure if my brother feels this way, but for me, most seasons, there usually is a point where I feel like I’ve started to feel like I’m at least getting a hint for which teams are good, which are bad, which know how to go...
Read MoreThe sense heading into the 2012 season was that if Peyton Manning could come back to anything resembling his earlier years, the Denver Broncos would be in position to have a pretty good season. Manning has answered any doubters...
Read MoreDrew Brees and Roger Goodell far from burying the hatchet New Orleans Saints players indicted and convicted by Commissioner Goodell had their suspensions overturned by Paul Tagliabue, who had been appointed to take another look...
Read MoreWith the gay marriage amendment defeated during the election in Minnesota earlier this month, outspoken Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has found a new topic on which to opine: Ray Guy’s omission from the Pro Football Hall of Fame....
Read MoreAfter two terrible weeks, I at least achieved respectability in week three. I still hit just two of four bets, but I did nail my upset of the week, Kansas City’s win over New Orleans at +330. Tony, on the other hand, has...
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We’ve reached the dog days of the NFL–I consider myself a pretty big fan of the NFL,...
Read MoreAfter a rough decade, back-to-back .500 seasons made it look like the Oakland Raiders may have been heading toward a resurgence. But the death of Al Davis and the firing of Hue Jackson – who was the team’s fifth head coach in...
Read MoreWe’re getting close to learning who the 2012 inductees will be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame this August. Much of the discussion on one of our other Hall of Fame posts revolves around which of the three wide receiver...
Read MoreThe Oakland Raiders have broken ties with Tom Cable, sending the head coach careening to the unemployment line. Really, Al Davis? Really You’re going to hire the guy even though he goes just 4-8 after replacing Lane Kiffin...
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