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Kansas City Chiefs – Ugly Wins Count Too
One of the greatest makeups of good teams is being able to pick up wins even when they’re not playing well. The Kansas City Chiefs, on a very ordinary day from Alex Smith and Jamaal Charles on the ground, still made enough plays on both ends of the field to surprise the Dallas Cowboys with a 17-16 win.
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Baltimore Ravens – At Least the Defense is Working Again
With the weight of the Super Bowl ring and a huge contract being a burden on him, Joe Flacco has struggled early on in the season to bring his usual brilliance to the quarterback position for the Baltimore Ravens. Luckily for him, the defense is doing just about enough to make him look less awful than he’s actually been so far.
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Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Not Satisfied With Records Alone
The only way for Aaron Rodgers to be completely happy about his own and his team’s performance is if the Green Bay Packers go all the way to the Super Bowl and win it, so as he sets passing records and puts the rest of his teammates on the right track, don’t expect him to gloat about it.
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Denver Broncos – Peyton Manning Proves Who the Better Brother Is
Playing on the better team certainly helped, but if there was any question about who is the better quarterback, Peyton Manning or Eli Manning, the performance put on by the Denver Broncos for a second consecutive week erased any shred of doubt anyone had.
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Seattle Seahawks – Making Colin Kaepernick Look Like a Flop
Quarterbacks have bad days from time to time, and Colin Kaepernick was certainly experiencing a nightmarish one as the Seattle Seahawks ran all over him and his team en route to their second consecutive win and asserting their dominance in the NFC West, for now.
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2013 NFL Season, Week 2 – Steelers vs Bengals Predictions
While the Cincinnati Bengals were very close to coming away with the win in their season debut, the Pittsburgh Steelers looked terrible in about every possibly way, bringing the two AFC North rivals with big aspirations to a matchup that has the feeling of a ‘must-win’ to it.
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2013 NFL Season – Undefeated Teams After Week 2
After almost everyone has played their two games in the NFL season, we’re left with eight teams that are still undefeated: Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC; The New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC.
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The Ultimate Champions League Babe Gallery
The UEFA Champions League is very serious business, but there’s more than just football to it, obviously. So taking a stroll through a gallery with some of the teams’ hottest fans isn’t a bad way to get ready for the beginning of the most prestigious club football competition in the world.
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Real Madrid – Gareth Bale is the Answer to a Predictable Cristiano Ronaldo
Despite all the money, stars, Galacticos and big names, Real Madrid have been a one-man team for the last few years. Relying completely on Cristiano Ronaldo is something that hasn’t won the club too many titles since his arrival, and Gareth Bale is supposed to end that unhealthy dependency.
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2022 World Cup – Qatar, FIFA and Winter Make No Sense
On one end of the spectrum? FIFA, Sepp Blatter and the chosen hosts of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar. On the other end? Almost everyone else, from the losing bidders, the top European leagues, Fox Spots and many many more, trying to make sure that the World Cup takes place in the summer, as it should, and preferably in a different country.