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Super Sunday is the greatest American sports day. Here are some of the biggest moments from the storied history of the Super Bowl.
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Complete set of NFL playoff memories:
NFL’s most shocking game results of 2012
The 2012 calendar year is in the books as football fans look forward to what’s to come in the NFL playoffs and beyond. If 2013 is anything like last year, then we’re in for a treat. So for yourself with these most-stunning moments from the previous 12 months.
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NFL Week 15 picks
Happy holidays! Here are some football picks …
Five-star upset special o’ the week: Broncos over Patriots. The Interwebs would explode from happiness if Tim Tebow led the Broncos to Super Bowl XLVI and played an undefeated Packers team.
Lock of the week: Packers over Chiefs. Yes, I know I picked the Pack as my “Lock of the week” last week, but this isn’t a suicide pool, I reserve the right to choose any team any amount of times I please, especially if it’s the Packers. The Packers — unless, all of a sudden and without any notice, Mike McCarthy turns all Jim Caldwell on us — are likely going to overwhelm a Chiefs team that fired its coach this week and will welcome a new, even-less-experienced-than-the-previous quarterback into the huddle (Dec. 16 update: Kyle Orton will start, not Ricky Stanzi). New coach + inexperienced QB making start / undefeated Packers = well, it doesn’t really add up, but you get the idea that it’s not good for KC.
Thursday’s game
Jaguars at Falcons
The pick: Falcons
Saturday’s game
Cowboys at Buccaneers
The pick: Cowboys
Sunday’s games
Dolphins at Bills
The pick: Dolphins
Seahawks at Bears
The pick: Seahawks
Panthers at Texans
The pick: Texans
Titans at Colts
The pick: Titans
Packers at Chiefs
The pick: Packers
Saints at Vikings
The pick: Saints
Redskins at Giants
The pick: Giants
Bengals at Rams
The pick: Bengals
Lions at Raiders
The pick: Lions
Browns at Cardinals
The pick: Cardinals
Patriots at Broncos
The pick: Broncos
Jets at Eagles
The pick: Eagles
Ravens at Chargers
The pick: Ravens
Monday’s game
Steelers at 49ers
The pick: Steelers
Statistical breakdown
Last week’s record: 11-5
2011 overall record: 139-69 (.668 winning percentage)
Five-star upset special record: 4-10
Lock of the week record: 11-3
NFL Week 10 picks
A lasting remnant of the lockout — a week without byes sandwiched between bye weeks — helps give Week 10 some added punch. Let’s get to it, since this week kicks off with the first of the Thursday nighters …
Five-star upset special o’ the week: Broncos over Chiefs. Hate on Tim Tebow all you want, but he’s 2-3 as a starter and has the Broncos sitting just a game behind the 4-4 logjam of mediocrity atop the AFC West. That might not be saying much, but nobody really expected anything out of Denver this season. However, here we are entering the second half of the season and the Broncos are right in the thick of the race. The Chiefs, meanwhile, are coming off a humbling loss to the previously winless Dolphins.
Lock of the week: Ravens over Seahawks. The Ravens are in the midst of what promises to be an exciting race for the AFC North title. The Ravens currently sit at No. 4 in the AFC playoff picture, with the upstart Bengals leading the division. The Ravens host the Bengals in Week 11, so going into that important game carrying on the momentum from the thrilling win in Pittsburgh last week through the game in Seattle is paramount.
Thursday’s game
Raiders at Chargers
The pick: Chargers
Sunday’s games
Saints at Falcons
The pick: Saints
Titans at Panthers
The pick: Panthers
Steelers at Bengals
The pick: Steelers
Rams at Browns
The pick: Browns
Bills at Cowboys
The pick: Cowboys
Jaguars at Colts
The pick: Jaguars
Broncos at Chiefs
The pick: Broncos
Redskins at Dolphins
The pick: Dolphins
Cardinals at Eagles
The pick: Eagles
Texans at Buccaneers
The pick: Texans
Ravens at Seahawks
The pick: Ravens
Lions at Bears
The pick: Bears
Giants at 49ers
The pick: 49ers
Patriots at Jets
The pick: Jets
Monday’s game
Vikings at Packers
The pick: Packers
Statistical breakdown
Last week’s record:7-7 (d’oh!)
2011 overall record: 84-46 (.646 winning percentage)
Five-star upset special record: 3-6
Lock of the week record: 7-2
NFL Week 4 picks
Football is fun, so let’s just get to the picks …
Five-star upset special o’ the week: Panthers over Bears. It was tempting — very, very tantalizingly tempting — to pick “tha Raidas!” here to push over the Patriots at home at the O.co. However, the Patriots just don’t lose consecutive games, and they figure to be ready for redemption after the historic setback in Buffalo. Instead, we’re picking Cam Newton’s Panthers — fresh off their first win of the season — to collect a second consecutive win and do so at Soldier Field against the Bears. This would be a startling development, but, hey, “any given Sunday,” “that’s why they play the game” and all that jazz helps fuel these “anything can happen” sort of picks. It’s worked so far this season, to the tune of a 2-1 start to the “upset special o’ the week” picks.
Lock of the week presented by the official Twitter page of Murder Killingfield: Packers over Broncos. The Broncos famously upset the Packers in Super Bowl XXXII (some highlights, more lowlights). This is one of the lowest moments in sports fandom for Rhino’s Sports Pub; a horrible, despicable day that still brings a measured amount of sorrow. To be quite frank, there isn’t much love for the Broncos at Rhino’s Sports Pub. That being said, we attempt to be as objective as possible here — while still having a little fun, you know. The Broncos just aren’t that good, and while we’d like to see something in the neighborhood of 41-6 haymaker the Packers unleashed on the Broncos the season before that unfortunate event in San Diego, it’s still hard to imagine the Broncos going into Lambeau Field and coming out with a victory over the defending Super Bowl champions.
Sunday’s games
Panthers at Bears
The pick: Panthers
Bills at Bengals
The pick: Bills
Titans at Browns
The pick: Browns
Lions at Cowboys
The pick: Lions
Steelers at Texans
The pick: Texans
Saints at Jaguars
The pick: Saints
Vikings at Chiefs
The pick: Vikings
49ers at Eagles
The pick: Eagles
Redskins at Rams
The pick: Redskins
Giants at Cardinals
The pick: Giants
Falcons at Seahawks
The pick: Falcons
Broncos at Packers
The pick: Packers
Patriots at Raiders
The pick: Patriots
Dolphins at Chargers
The pick: Chargers
Jets at Ravens
The pick: Ravens
Monday’s game
Colts at Buccaneers
The pick: Buccaneers
Statistical breakdown
Last week’s record: 12-4
2011 overall record: 35-13 (.729 winning percentage)
Five-star upset special record: 2-1
Lock of the week presented by the official Twitter page of Murder Killingfield record: 3-0
Mock draft version 3.1.1: The one in which Dareus is the top overall pick
Please keep in mind that this was put together without the consultation of …
1. NFL scouts
2. NFL pro player personnel people
3. NFL anybody
We’re just matching up player with team based on that team’s most glaring needs.
Everybody and their grandma has Cam Newton at No. 1 to the Carolina Panthers and Marcell Dareus going No. 2 overall to the Denver Broncos. Let’s throw a monkey wrench (great Foo Fighters tune, by the way) into that whole scenario right here. Respect …
1. Carolina Panthers — Marcell Dareus, DT, Alabama
2. Denver Broncos — Robert Quinn, DE, North Carolina
3. Buffalo Bills — Cam Newton, QB, Auburn
4. Cincinnati Bengals — Blaine Gabbert, QB, Missouri
5. Arizona Cardinals — Von Miller, LB, Texas A&M
6. Cleveland Browns — A.J. Green, WR, Georgia
7. San Francisco 49ers — Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU
8. Tennessee Titans — Nick Fairley, DT, Auburn
9. Dallas Cowboys — Tyron Smith, OT, USC
10. Washington Redskins — Julio Jones, WR, Alabama
11. Houston Texans — J.J. Watt, DE, Wisconsin
12. Minnesota Vikings — Cameron Jordan, DE, California
13. Detroit Lions — Prince Amukamara, CB, Nebraska
14. St. Louis Rams — Aldon Smith, DE, Missouri
15. Miami Dolphins — Mike Pouncey, C/G, Florida
16. Jacksonville Jaguars — Ryan Kerrigan, DE, Purdue
17. New England Patriots (from Oakland Raiders) — Da’Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson
18. San Diego Chargers — Akeem Ayers, LB, UCLA
19. New York Giants — Anthony Castonzo, OL, Boston College
20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Adrian Clayborn, DE, Iowa
21. Kansas City Chiefs — Phil Taylor, DL, Baylor
22. Indianapolis Colts — Nate Solder, OL, Colorado
23. Philadelphia Eagles — Jimmy Smith, CB, Colorado
24. New Orleans Saints — Cam Heyward, DT, Ohio State
25. Seattle Seahawks — Corey Liuget, DT, Illinois
26. Baltimore Ravens — Torrey Smith, WR, Maryland
27. Atlanta Falcons — Justin Houston, LB, Georgia
28. New England Patriots — Gabe Carimi, OT, Wisconsin
29. Chicago Bears — Derek Sherrod, OT, Mississippi State
30. New York Jets — Muhammad Wilkerson, DT, Temple
31. Pittsburgh Steelers — Danny Watkins, OT, Baylor
32. Green Bay Packers — Brooks Reed, LB, Arizona
That being said, I’m kinda on board with what NFL.com’s Pat Kirwan projected in his latest mock draft, which had a number of teams late in the first round accepting trades out from teams desperate for quarterback help. That run on the second-tier QBs will come earlier than many are expecting.
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Greatest Super Bowl blowouts
Here’s to hoping that Super Bowl XLV isn’t on this list. Unless, of course, the Green Bay Packers are the victors, then it’s cool. Maybe even encouraged …
1. Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10
2. Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17
3. Super Bowl XXIX: San Francisco 49ers 49, San Diego Chargers 26
4. Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears 46, New England Patriots 10
5. Super Bowl XXXVII: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48, Oakland Raiders 21
Top 10 conference championship games
“Then run it and let’s get the hell out of here.” — Vince Lombardi to Packers QB Bart Starr, moments before Starr scored the game-winning touchdown in the famous “Ice Bowl.”
In the days building up to what is arguably football’s greatest day — conference championship Sunday — it’s appropriate to bust out this list of the top 10 greatest conference championship games played in the Super Bowl era:
My ugliest NFL uniforms power rankings
1. Cincinnati Bengals — There’s nothing this team can do to make their uniforms look good (well, aside from getting a new team nickname and all news colors).
2. Carolina Panthers — Real men don’t wear teal; or goofy-striped pants.
3. Jacksonville Jaguars — Again, teal is so 1993. Maybe moving this team to Los Angeles will help change its image.
4. New England Patriots — The team’s awesome throwback uniforms make its current gear appear even more awful.
5. Denver Broncos — These uniforms weren’t cool when the team made the switch in 1997, and they’re even less cool now. The only redeeming quality of the Broncos’ current look are the helmets, which are quite nice.
NFL Week 2 picks: Let’s try to do better this time
‘Twas the night before the first Sunday of the NFL season …
“So, who’s going to win the Super Bowl?” I was asked as I was about to leave a party.
“The Colts!” I said confidently.
“Please tell me that the Patriots aren’t going to win the Super Bowl,” another person inquired.
“They won’t!” I bombastically proclaimed.
A little more than five minutes of play into Sunday’s action and a bubble screen later, the Patriots scored the first touchdown of the day and, also the first of what would be many scores in a 38-24 rout of the visiting Bengals (yup, the same Bengals team that I predicted would pull off the upset of Week 1. I went so far as to write, and I reluctantly quote, “Is this even really an upset? Well, the game is in Foxborough, and the Patriots are favored to win. However, the Patriots are in decline.”). Oops!
My Super Bowl pick? Well, the Colts were on the wrong end of a 231-yard, three-touchdown rushing performance by then-unheralded back Arian Foster in a 34-24 loss (sometimes, tallies on the scoreboard are not as close as they may appear).
That set the tone for what was a wildly fantastically unpredictable Week 1. Who would have guessed that the Chiefs — perennial pushover for the title contending Chargers — would pull off the week’s biggest upset? Certainly not Rhino’s Sports Pub and Bacon Eatery.
Well, Week 2 could present some more surprises.
Happenings
- Chicago Bears’ long lineage of linebackersBrian Urlacher announced his retirement following 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. Urlacher continued the long and proud lineage of Bears linebackers at a level that will likely land him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This is a look at who he could one day join in Canton. More …RHINO
- My ‘Tecmo Super Bowl’ player power rankings1. Bo Jackson 2. Christian Okoye 3. Bob Nelson 4. QB Eagles 5. David FulcherRHINO
