The Worksheet: The Worksheet: Week 11 We've made it to the final week with teams on bye and there's some firepower that has to find your bench in Week 11 with the Steelers, Saints, Giants and then the Browns off this week. Here's the disclaimer that I encourage that you use the game by game tables and data points in conjunction with your own information and thought process rather than searching … [Read more...]

Tennessee mother can't explain Cam Newton's dancing, so it's his fault A Tennessee mother of a 9-year old girl did this week what lazy sportswriters have been doing for pay for decades: She wrote Cam Newton an open letter, also conveniently sending a copy to the Charlotte Observer so that the Carolina Panthers nation that supports Newton can see why she’s so darned upset. Newton, you see, … [Read more...]

NFL sees record number of long pass TDs: good offense or terrible defense? You probably already know this if you've checked your fantasy scores, but the NFL recorded a record number of 75-plus-yard passing touchdowns on Sunday—six, to be exact. (Hopefully some were for your team and none for your opponent's.) Big plays are dramatic, big plays ignite or deflate the crowd, big plays get the … [Read more...]

Bengals no longer undefeated after terrible performance in Texans loss This is why it's so hard to go deep into a season with an undefeated record. It's why we need to appreciate what the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots have done. There are no easy games in the NFL. There are no McNeese States on the schedule. If you're off in the NFL, you're going to lose. There's not that big … [Read more...]

Andy Dalton not happy with J.J. Watt's 'Red Ryder BB gun' comment J.J. Watt's postgame comment about Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was surprising enough that ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters let out a "Wow!" as soon as he said it. "Our goal was to come in here and make the 'Red Rifle' look like a Red Ryder BB gun, and I think we did that," the Houston Texans star defensive … [Read more...]

Patriots OT Nate Solder, cancer survivor, says infant son has cancer New England Patriots offensive tackle Nate Solder played the entire 2014 season after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. He survived it, after it was detected early on, just to have his family get another dose of crushing news. Solder revealed that his infant son Hudson was diagnosed last month with a Wilms' tumor in … [Read more...]

The Morning After: Julian Edelman's Bad Break Julian Edelman’s transformation from secret weapon to star has been gradual. The former two-way player was allowed to hit free agency not once, but twice by the team whose receiver corps he now leads. He spent four days on the open market in 2014 before the Pats finally signed him to a four-year, $17 million contract. 323 days later, he caught … [Read more...]

Saints' Sean Payton can make Rob Ryan his scapegoat if he wants to Our Sunday suspicions haven't yet turned into Monday reality. But despite what Sean Payton said about Rob Ryan, there's an endgame for the New Orleans Saints head coach where Ryan isn't in the picture. We wrote after the Saints' 47-14 loss to the Washington Redskins — a team that had not scored that many points in a decade — … [Read more...]

Giants' Victor Cruz announces he will undergo season-ending surgery   More injury news this Monday morning, this time from New York GIants' receiver Victor Cruz: he's undergoing season-ending calf surgery. Cruz, who tore the patellar tendon in his right knee last October, suffered a calf injury during training camp and has not played this season. In a video posted on UNINTERRUPTED, Cruz … [Read more...]

Titans not fans of Carolina's Cam Newton, dancing man Few quarterbacks in the NFL celebrate big plays like the Carolina Panthers' Cam Newton. You might get an exaggerated first-down signal from Tom Brady in a big moment, or Peyton Manning's fist pump, but Newton does more. And for the Tennessee Titans, Newton's more on Sunday was too much. After stretching over the goal line for a 2-yard … [Read more...]