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He'd have to Pacman Jones a strip club to not make the Hall of Fame. If we've learned one thing, it's that the media loves Brett Favre. They spend a quarter of every Monday Night game talking about him, no matter who's playing.

Don't forget about the "8 games against the NFC and AFC West" part.

Very well said. Couldn't possible agree with the bolded part more than I do.

Do you think they're better than Cleveland, Orlando, or Los Angeles? Or even San Antonio, Denver, or New Orleans? Or, I guess, more importantly... do you think they will be better than those teams come playoff time?

I don't get to watch the Celtics much. What's the problem? Is their age -- in regards to the big three -- showing? I thought, coming into the season, depth would be a bit of an issue. Is that the problem? That's kind of what I gather from them wanting to bring Marbury in. Depth is something that's somewhat fixable, but if they're looking old and tired, that's not as fixable, and one would think it would only get worse. But I think they'll be just fine... no need for a panic move.

Yeah, lol.

I heard about that too... didn't know he ended up resigning. Can nobody take a joke anymore?

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In Chapel Hill? Nice!

All the calls were 'right', it's just that rule sucks. Like I said, that was great, great coverage in my book. But, whatever, Bill Polian's the one who lead the charge to put that rule in place after Ty Law hung all over Marvin Harrison in 2003-ish. It's a s***** rule, and he deserves to lose a game because of it. Watching that game, and the Ravens game today, I started to imagine what it'd be like to cheer for a team that has a defense that's actually capable of stopping somebody...

Getting beat, is my guess. This defense would eat Cassell alive.

What's that, four turnovers? Takes the Broncos about six games to force four turnovers.

Reed is amazing. As for LT... injured toes are a killer for RB's. Hard to get on him and call him a pussy considering he's in his 8th year playing a position where the average career length is 2.5 years. I'm sure LT would love to play through the injuries, but if he can't put weight on that toe he becomes ineffective.

Colts really blew that one with all of the penalties. I really didn't like that holding call on Jennings, though. It was the right call, but I think that five yard rule is terrible. That's great coverage in my book.

Kaeding in to tie it. Nails it. Peyton's got 31 seconds left and two timeouts.

Scifres is a god -- I've never seen a punter have such a huge impact on a football game. Hope the Colts can close this one out!

That's a good point -- I'm not much a Petty fan, so I didn't notice the bastardization, I guess, but it seemed he only played four or five songs so he didn't have to completely cut them down too, too much. Looking it up real quick, Tom Petty only played American Girl, I Won't Back Down, Free Falling, and Running Down a Dream. That's how the Boss should do it... four songs. The River is great, but the beauty of that song is in the story it tells, so I'd hate any attempt to cut it down. I'd gladly take Born in the USA (4:39), Dancing in the Dark (3:59), The Rising (4:50), Born to Run (4:30) -- the song lengths are obviously album versions, but they can be extended to cover the extra time. Unless he decides to squeeze in another. I'd almost guarentee Born in the USA, The Rising, and Born to Run. Since the Rising's about an NYC Firefighter during 9/11 (in addition to being a catchy song), seems like something that one could expect him to play. I don't know, though. If you ever listen to E Street Radio on Sirius/XM, you see that he's not above bastardizing some of his songs when he plays them lives.

It's going to be the best Super Bowl Halftime ever. I'm more excited for the halftime show than I will be for the game. I was fortunate enough to see Springsteen in Orlando last April for my birthday and he's amazing live. I think for Tom Petty last year he only did five or six songs and they were all full songs -- I remember, or at least think I do, because I only like five or six of his songs and he played them and only them it seemed. I expect at least two songs in full... Born to Run and Born in the USA. He'll probably play his new song, Working on a Dream, too. Well, I wouldn't say probably. If he wants to throw in a newer song I'd rather it be "Radio Nowhere". edit: I'd like to see... Born in the USA Dancing in the Dark Badlands The Rising Born to Run ... they could bastardize and shorten the first four if it means playing Born to Run in full.

Yeah, he looks good and he's only going to get better. This game is getting ugly in a hurry... 28-3. Sadly my new favorite team, Air Force, lost today. It was a very good game, though. Their coaches name has come up as a candidate for the Broncos job, since he spent some time in the Broncos organization before leaving with Gary Kubiak when he went to the Texans. I'd rather he stay at Air Force, though. ... edit- 35-3... what a massacre!

I disagree, it is a slam dunk. When Peyton was playing through pain and struggling they were 3-4, and lucky to be 3-4. Since he's starting playing well they've been the best in the league. No brainer, in my opinion.

A very good coach -- still one of the best in the league, in my opinion. I don't think he's willing to give up his power when it comes to personnel. I think they've tried to get him to do that in the past. With Cowher, I guess he doesn't want absolute power, just to bring in guys he can work with. As I said earlier, I kind of want Rex Ryan. Wouldn't complain if they got Cowher, though. You're right, though -- that would be the best case scenario. He turned what should've been a 5 win team, given all of the injuries, into an 8 win team -- unfortunately, he's the man that assembled that 5 win team. :dunno:

I don't need a big named coach -- don't want Cowher or anybody like that. Frankly, I kinda want Rex Ryan, so maybe this team will play some defense. I'd also settle for Jason Garrett.

Just got a text message from ESPN, and saw on the bottomline, that the Broncos fired Mike Shanahan. No link yet. Not sure how I feel... guess it depends on who they bring in. I liked Shanahan... but he hasn't done anything without Elway. Hard to feel too bad for him... there won't be a shortage of teams looking to snatch him up.