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Dallas Cowboys – DeMarco Murray the Key to the Tony Romo Enigma
The moment the Dallas Cowboys, their offensive line and DeMarco Murray end their up & down tendencies from the last couple of seasons, there will no longer be a question surrounding Tony Romo and his ability to lead his team into and during the playoffs.
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Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Isn’t Perfect All the Time
The Green Bay Packers either win big or lose close in recent years, and it’s been that way this season. While the fingers are usually pointed at the defense or the running game, Aaron Rodgers is just at fault, especially with their most recent loss, that has them starting with a 1-2 record for the second consecutive season.
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Atlanta Falcons – Steven Jackson Injury Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon
No one expected the Atlanta Falcons to start the season at 1-2, but a combination of problems, which includes protection issues, an inexperienced secondary and an injury to Steven Jackson are all combining for a very disappointing start.
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Denver Broncos – Peyton Manning Playing Like Age & Injuries Mean Nothing
It’s hard to find anything wrong with the way the Denver Broncos have been playing so far, unless you count the garbage time points they’ve allowed as an issue. Reigning supreme over all this relative perfection is Peyton Manning, who might have impossibly gotten better this season.
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2013 NFL Season – Week 3 Power Rankings
After week 3, you get an excellent sense of what’s going on in the league, and realize who is going places and who isn’t at all. The Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks, for example, look like Super Bowl bound teams at this point, as the power rankings suggest that the Cincinnati Bengals, Chicgao Bears and the Indianapolis Colts made the most impression in their wins this weekend.
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Liverpool FC – The Return of Luis Suarez
Considering their most recent result, Luis Suarez coming back might not be the biggest problem solver Liverpool could have asked for, but it’s hard to believe anyone involved with the club isn’t ecstatic about the return from suspension of their best player.
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Manchester United – Nothing to Show Beyond Wayne Rooney & Robin van Persie
While players like Shinji Kagawa, Nani and Javier Hernandez continue to rot on the bench, disappointments like Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia continue to roam the wings. David Moyes has made some perplexing decisions when it comes to his team building and lineup, but hiding behind the talents of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie isn’t going to last forever.
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Cristiano Ronaldo – All 150 League Goals For Real Madrid
Even though Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be forever, in some way, in the shadow of a different player, the things he’s done and especially the number of goals he has scored for Real Madrid since joining the club is incomparable to anything we’ve ever seen from a goalscorer, making it to 150 La Liga goals in 140 matches for the club.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Gets No Love From Raul Baena
It wouldn’t be surprising to find out Lionel Messi has made himself quite a few enemies during his career, as the case of Raul Baena refusing to shake the Barcelona star’s hand before the match against Rayo Vallecano raises a few more questions about how Messi is like behind the scenes.
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Arsenal FC – Mathieu Flamini Trying to Change the ‘Soft’ Image
When it was announced that Mathieu Flamini would be the second signing for Arsenal this summer, few thought that the return of the Frenchman, five years after he left to Italy, would bring the necessary toughness and “badness” this team has been missing for so long.