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Jaguars Mascot Loses Bet, Takes 40 Paintballs To The Chest
For some reason, Jaxson DeVille keeps making bets with the mascots of opposing teams. Last week, he and the Indianapolis Colts' mascot decided that whoever's team lost Sunday's game would have to withstand a barrage of paintballs equal to the total number of points scored in the game. The Jags lost...
Infographic Of Mariano Rivera's Career
The most talented Craig Robinson looks at Mariano Rivera's career....
Chart: Eli Manning Has Started 150 Consecutive Games; We Are Old
Eli Manning made his 150th consecutive start for the Giants this Sunday, completing 18 of 37 passes for 217 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. The excellent New York Times graphics team has put Manning's feat of longevity into historical context, creating an interactive chart that chronicle...
Jaguars-Broncos Could Have The Largest Point Spread In NFL History
Four games are plenty of evidence to make these sweeping statements: the Broncos are very, very good, and the Jaguars are very, very bad. In Week 6, Jacksonville travels to Denver, and oddsmakers are expecting the matchup to challenge the all-time record for largest point spread....
Texans Fans Engage In Very Sad Matt Schaub Jersey-Burning Ritual
These Texans fans are not too happy with Matt Schaub after he crapped yesterday's game away with a back-breaking pick-six. They are also not very good at being financially responsible or lighting things on fire....
Nat Moore's Helicopter Catch
Leave it to Dave Tompkins to give us something surprising like this Grantland piece on Nat Moore, NFL wide receiver and Miami Bass pioneer:...
Cris Collinsworth Does Not Remember Odin Lloyd
While waxing on Aqib Talib (who merely shot at someone), Collinsworth apparently had a short-term memory lapse. "When they come in, they play for the Patriots, whatever their issues may have been before, they disappear." The Patriot Way is back in business!...
Bob Kraft And Money Mayweather, Chilling: Your Pats-Falcons Roundup
Patriots 30, Falcons 23: At one point, New England held a 30-13 lead. Bob Kraft thought the game was over, gleefully taking photos with Floyd Mayweather in his box seats. But Atlanta rallied back and came extremely close to a 17-point comeback in under six minutes. ...
Chip Kelly Emotional Overload: Your Week 4 Late Games Roundup
Broncos 52, Eagles 20: Who can stop the Broncos this season? Denver didn't care how quickly Chip Kelly and the Eagles ran plays; the Broncos scored 38 straight points over three quarters. Peyton Manning threw for four touchdowns and 327 yards. This game was decided early, and the Broncos look near-i...
Through Four Games, The Broncos Have Been Better Than The 2007 Pats
The 4-0 Broncos are annihilating right now; that's not news to anyone. The eye-popping part, though, is how they're beating teams at a pace significantly surpassing the 2007 Patriots, a team that also dropped huge amounts of points on opponents in the regular season....
Geno Smith Presents His Take On The Buttfumble
It's not as iconic as the original, but it is just as mortifying. This was Smith's fourth turnover of the day, and it put the Titans ahead 31-6. ...
This Was Not The Best Sideline Report Of Pam Oliver's Career
Hey, at least she gritted her way through it....
Jake Locker Carted Off With Serious Hip Injury
Jake Locker's excellent game against the Jets was painfully cut short with a hip injury in the third quarter....
Knowshon Moreno Celebrated His TD With Some Rock-Paper-Scissors
After last week's Broncos-Raiders game, Ronnie Hillman told reporters that the Broncos' running backs played rock-paper-scissors to decide who—out of the committee of Hillman, Montee Ball, and Knowshon Moreno—would get a goal-line carry. Knowshon Moreno apparently won this time around....
The Jets Are Jetsing Really Hard Right Now
So, how about those 2-1 Jets? Showing a little bit of promise early in this season, aren't they? Not so much....
Matt Flynn Giveth, And Matt Flynn Taketh Away
The Raiders pulled out to a quick 14-0 lead with a blocked punt TD and Matt Flynn's touchdown pass to tight end Mychal Rivera. That's good! But on Oakland's first drive of the second quarter, Flynn threw a pass straight to rookie corner David Amerson, who easily ran it back. That's bad....