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New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith


by Alan Matthews - 11/28/2014

OK, don't laugh, but I think there is a chance that the Miami Dolphins can win their first AFC East title since 2008. Yes, I'm well aware that the Dolphins (6-5) entered Week 13 three games behind New England in the division. Not saying I would bet on Miami winning the East.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees


by Alan Matthews - 11/21/2014

OK, let's talk about my favorite two divisions in the NFL this season, the Ravens' AFC North and Saints' NFC South. I say favorite because all four teams in each could still win the division. Yes, even the 2-8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren't dead in the South.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger


by Alan Matthews - 11/14/2014

How much fun is the AFC North? Entering Week 11, every team in the North had a winning record. It's the first division in which every team is at least two games above .500 at any point in a season since the 1935 NFL Western Division. That stat totally shocks me.

Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Mark Sanchez


by Alan Matthews - 11/7/2014

How many teams could you realistically say that could still win a division title after losing their starting quarterback halfway through the season? Seriously. Denver? Please. New England? Nope. Indianapolis? One of NFL's worst teams without Andrew Luck. The Packers without Aaron Rodgers? OK, they did last season, but that's just because the rest of the NFC North was so average. The Saints without Drew Brees are the Rams. The Steelers without Big Ben are the Titans. Maybe teams like Seattle or San Francisco could do it because they have strong running games and very good defenses.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning


by Alan Matthews - 10/31/2014

Monday night's game will determine if Giants coach Tom Coughlin will be back as the team's coach next season. At least that's my opinion. New York has missed the playoffs two straight years and four of the past five. Coughlin is the NFL's oldest coach and longest-tenured in the NFC. If New York loses at home off a bye week to fall to 3-5, I think the playoffs are a huge long shot and Coughlin will be out. After all, think about the Giants likely have to go against for a wild-card spot (no shot at NFC East title): Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas/Philadelphia (whichever doesn't win the East) and Green Bay/Detroit (whichever doesn't win the North). Good luck with that.

Dallas Cowboys Running Back DeMarco Murray


by Alan Matthews - 10/24/2014

Redskins-Cowboys on “Monday Night Football”? Yeah, you have heard that record before. This is the 16th time the NFC East rivals will meet under the Monday night lights. The only rivalry that has been staged more on MNF is Raiders-Broncos with 17, and the Raiders probably aren't going to be on MNF for several years, so that could be passed by 2016.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger


by Alan Matthews - 10/16/2014

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a family-run organization, and the Rooneys have made the franchise one of the most stable in the NFL. For example, the Steelers have had just three head coaches since the 1970 merger: Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin. All have been successful. However, I wonder if Monday could be the beginning of the end for Tomlin should Pittsburgh lose.

St. Louis Rams quarterback Austin Davis


by Alan Matthews - 10/9/2014

We all know that entering Week 6 the Thursday night games have been an abomination to watch so far. The Monday night games, outside of perhaps two (Chargers-Cardinals and Eagles-Colts) haven't been a heck of a lot better. Alas, I'm not sure that changes this week in what appears to be a mismatch between San Francisco and St. Louis.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson


by Alan Matthews - 10/3/2014

Did the course of the Washington Redskins' history, shoot maybe even NFL history, change a bit the last time the Seahawks and Redskins played? That was in the wild-card round of the 2012 season. Washington was the NFC East champion led by a spectacular rookie quarterback named Robert Griffin III, who would win Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. However, he played the game on an iffy knee and would eventually tear his ACL in Washington's 24-14 loss. Of course, Griffin III hasn't been able to stay healthy since. Really, that win also was the signal of the start of Seattle's juggernaut as well.

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles


by Alan Matthews - 9/26/2014

The first four Thursday night games of the NFL season have been duds, with each a blowout. Thankfully, all three Monday night games (OK, I'm not counting the early one in the Week 1 doubleheader) have been very entertaining and down to the wire. Let's hope that continues this week as New England visits Kansas City. It could be the start of a wild 24 hours in that town with the Royals likely to play in the AL Wild-Card Game on Tuesday night.

Geno Smith, New York Jets quarterback


by Alan Matthews - 9/19/2014

When seeing the Bears would play the Jets in the 2014 season, you just knew it was going to be a prime-time game with the NFL's two biggest media markets facing off (since L.A. still doesn't have a team). I am fascinated to see how these teams react in Monday night's game. Chicago is coming off an incredible high in last week's big upset in San Francisco, while the Jets are probably still kicking themselves for blowing a great upset chance in Green Bay.

Philadelphia Eagles QB Nick Foles


by Alan Matthews - 9/12/2014

Well, you have to figure that Eagles coach Chip Kelly knows as well as anyone how to try and defend Colts quarterback Andrew Luck -- not that anyone has had much success at it yet. Of course, Kelly's Oregon Ducks and Luck's Stanford Cardinal faced off three times during Luck's career on The Farm, with Oregon winning the final two meetings.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning


by Alan Matthews - 9/5/2014

I'm sure New York Giants fans already have booked airfare and hotel rooms to the greater Phoenix area for the first weekend of February. That, of course, is where Super Bowl XLIX will be played. Fans of Big Blue are giddy because the Giants were 5-0 this preseason, the team's first unbeaten preseason since 2006. I can't tell you how little that means. Last year, for example, the Redskins were unbeaten when it didn't count and won three when it did.

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez


by Alan Matthews - 12/20/2013

When the NFL schedule was released in the spring, the "Monday Night Football" finale between the Falcons and 49ers looked like one of the games of the year. It was to be a rematch of the 2012 NFC Championship Game -- won in thrilling fashion by the Niners at the Georgia Dome -- as well as the final regular-season game at historic but ancient Candlestick Park. One of those is still true.

Detroit Lions' Calvin Johnson


by Alan Matthews - 12/12/2013

The Monday Night Football schedule stunk for the first eight weeks or so but has rallied nicely of late, and the penultimate MNF game of the season this week, Ravens at Lions, is arguably the most intriguing matchup of Week 15. Enjoy it because the finale next week, Falcons at Niners, should be a blowout.

Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys


by Alan Matthews - 12/5/2013

In my opinion, if you were to rank the most popular teams in the NFL since the advent of the Super Bowl, the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys might be Nos. 1-2. I think the only team that might squeeze out one of the two would be Green Bay, but it's close. The Bears had perhaps the most popular team in league history, the 1985 “Super Bowl Shuffle” champions. Dallas is of course known as “America's Team”.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees


by Alan Matthews - 11/29/2013

For all the bad football we have been subjected to this season on "Monday Night Football" -- and there is some talk that there could be games flexed to MNF in a season or two -- it all gets forgotten this week when Seattle hosts New Orleans. I fully expect this to be a preview of the NFC Championship Game. Where that is held likely will be determined by Monday's winner.

San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore


by Alan Matthews - 11/21/2013

Around this time last season in the NFL, we were supposedly witnessing an offensive revolution. The read-option was tearing up opposing defenses. And the two best dual-threat QBs were Washington's Robert Griffin III and San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick, both first-year starters. RGIII would lead Washington to a season-ending seven-game win streak and its first NFC East title in 12 years. Griffin became one of the league's most popular players and beat a stellar class for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith


by Alan Matthews - 11/14/2013

Now we are talking! After being subjected to a pretty lousy “Monday Night Football” schedule all season, we get a potential Super Bowl preview this week when red-hot Carolina and its dominant defense hosts New England. That potential Super Bowl matchup is +8000 on Sportsbook.ag. Yes, it's true that neither is likely to be the top seed in its conference, but if you have noticed, top seeds aren't exactly making a lot of Super Bowls lately, much less winning them (last: 2009 Saints).

Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill


by Alan Matthews - 11/7/2013

Sad to say, I've never played professional sports. I have played in high school and college, so I'm familiar with what goes on in a locker room. I've been the victim of pranks/hazing and certainly helped put the occasional freshman in line as well. Frankly, what the Miami Dolphins' Richie Incognito apparently did to Jonathan Martin sounds tame compared to what I had to endure as a fraternity pledge.

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