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Terrance Williams's Catch Was Great, But Tony Romo's Throw Was Better
The best and most important play on Sunday was Tony Romo's hookup with Terrance Williams on a third-and-20, keeping alive a fourth-quarter drive that would end in the Cowboys' go-ahead touchdown against the Seahawks. There had been 55 third-and-at-least-20s to that point in the season, according to ...

Mike Nugent's Missed Field Goal Was The Costliest Play Of Week 6
On the last play of a tied overtime game Mike Nugent missed a chip-shot field goal, which would have won the game for the Bengals. The miss led to the first tie in the NFL this season and was the most detrimental play of the week. According to data from Brian Burke of Advanced Football Analytics...

Victor Cruz's Injury Made Everyone Sad
NFL teams are notoriously cautious about announcing injuries. No matter how obvious a sprain or a tear may seem, they'll wait for a scan to confirm. Not last night. It was mere minutes after Victor Cruz was carted off that the Giants announced he had suffered a torn patella tendon, and that nonexist...

Microphone Defeats Bill Belichick, 1-0
A flimsy microphone frustrated Bill Belichick at Sunday's postgame press conference, edging the Patriots coach out for a 1-0 win....

Ronde Barber Lauds Andy Dalton's Ability To "Suck Off" 290-Pound Guys
Phrasing, Ronde! Phrasing!...

Player Brutally Punched Out Of Rugby Grand Final Surprisingly OK With It
St. Helens halfback Lance Hohaia, forced to leave Saturday's Super League Grand Final after being concussed by a pair of obscene punches from Wigan's Ben Flower just two minutes into the match, was pretty mellow about the whole event afterward and dismissed it as the sort of thing that happens som...

Vontaze Burfict Is Back To Committing Post-Play Misdemeanors
Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, whose college career consisted of spectacular plays punctuated by pugilism (sometimes against his own teammates) and who has at least once in his pro career delivered that most unkind of love taps is again accused of playing the heel after yesterday's game aga...

Not Even His Receivers Knew Aaron Rodgers's Fake Spike Was Coming
It wasn't quite a Dan Marino redux in Miami, as Aaron Rodgers's fake spike, which fooled as many Packers as it did Dolphins, didn't come on the winning touchdown. (It merely put Green Bay in prime position for that on the next play.) But we'll never not stop to appreciate an elegant bit of footb...
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Man In Wheelchair Claims Eagles Fan Stole His Prosthetic Leg At Game [UPDATE]
This is a new one. Sonny Forriest, Jr., an Eagles fan in a wheelchair who sings outside Lincoln Financial Field, says a woman wearing Eagles apparel stole his prosthetic leg Sunday night....

Eagles Fans Screw Up Huge Banner
A for creativity, D for execution....

Mike Zimmer Sounds Fed Up With The Vikings
The Vikings put together a whole lot of nothing in their 17-3 home loss to the Lions this afternoon, and head coach Mike Zimmer has had enough. "I'm extremely disappointed about this loss," he said. "I can handle getting beat. I can't handle getting our butts whipped." ...

Gronk On Patriots' Offensive Line: They "Should Get Laid Tonight"
Gigantic talking muscle Rob Gronkowski spoke with Tony Siragusa after the Patriots' win over the Bills, and he wanted everyone watching to know that the Patriots' offensive line played like sexy, sexy men today. They did give Tom Brady enough time to find his receivers, while allowing only two sacks...

Disgraced, Soon-To-Be-Former Navajo Nation President Attends 'Skins Game
As part of his campaign to convince you that his team's name isn't racist, Dan Snyder took in today's game with Ben Shelly, president of the Navajo Nation. Once again, Dan probably should have done a little more research....

Seahawks Fans Forced To Watch Entire Panthers-Bengals OT, Are Pissed
Seahawks fans across the Great Northwest found themselves the victim of arcane NFL broadcast rules after Fox selected today's awful Panthers-Bengals game for bonus coverage, only to find it go to overtime and then finish in a tie....

Bengals, Panthers Waste Everyone's Time, Tie
The Bengals and Panthers played four quarters and couldn't find a winner. They played another 15 minutes, but the game ended at 37-37. You know what that means: No one's happy!...

Tony Romo Hobbled By Huge Bobby Wagner Hit
This is a clean hit, though it left Tony Romo in tiny little pieces, all scattered across the CenturyLink Field turf. Somehow they swept enough of them up and glued them together in time for the next Dallas drive, because Romo was back behind center moments later....

Jags' Winless Season Remains Intact After Last-Second Blocked FG
It was almost a sad and beautiful comeback against a team nearly as feeble as they are, but it was ruined by someone's big stupid paw knocking down a long, last-second field goal attempt. ...

Jeremy Hill Did The Ickey Shuffle
You know, that dance from the TV insurance ad. ...

Julius Thomas Declares Scoring Against The Jets Is "So Fucking Easy"
He's not lying; it really is fuckin' easy to score on the New York Jets....

Raiders Fans Egged The Chargers' Bus
The Chargers' team bus was pelted with eggs as it arrived at Oakland's O.co Coliseum this morning, and judging from the accuracy shown in the photos, Raiders fans have vaulted Matt Schaub on the depth chart....