December 2008

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Week 17

December 29, 2008

Teams on the Good this week generally fit one of two categories: they either won games they had to win or they won so overwhelmingly they could not be denied. There are two exceptions that played very well against teams in the playoff hunt when they could have just shrugged their shoulders and packed up [...]

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Week 16

December 23, 2008

Overall, there was a lot more bad than good this week. Some of the bad performances resulted in wins and will not be discussed here. But several teams had chances to help their playoff chances or make other statements and stepped out for a smoke, instead. Honorable Mention this week goes to the Falcons and [...]

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Week 15

December 16, 2008

The Good Atlanta – This performance is easy to overlook. For the Falcons to edge the Bucs at home on an overtime field goal does not cause the earth to spin backwards. Even the fact that they rang up 375 yards against the Tampa defense leaves the earth’s rotation unaffected since it happened over nearly [...]

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, week 14 edition

December 9, 2008

Some playoff contenders stepped up, some stepped aside and a few others played as expected and probably didn’t make this week’s GBU. The Bears and Dolphins get honorable mention. Since we already have ten Good performances, the cut had to come somewhere. The Good Arizona – Pounding on the Rams at home is no great [...]

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Week 13

December 2, 2008

The Good Baltimore – The Ravens put on a clinic on what good teams should do when playing bad ones, even on the road. The Ravens racked up roughly three times the offense of the Bengals, held the ball almost 18 minutes longer and did not turn the ball over. They controlled the second half, [...]