January 31, 2011
The votes are in. Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu – along with his bountiful head of hair – has been chosen as the year’s best defensive player. Polamalu won The Associated Press 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award tonight, and arguably earned the honor. Despite missing two games with an Achilles injury, Polamalu [...]
January 31, 2011
In a bit of surprising news, the Cincinnati Bengals have made their first major change of the offseason by canning their long-tenured offensive coordinator. According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, the Bengals fired Bob Bratkowski today, ending his 10-year run with the team. When head coach Marvin Lewis was retained by the organization, it was assumed [...]
NFL Conference Championships: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
January 26, 2011The Conference Championships were, in the end, two pretty good games. But an accurate assessment probably focuses more on what the teams didn’t do than what they did. Both winners put together impressive opening drives and had their way in the first half of their respective games. Then both failed to put those games away [...]