Be Excellent To Each Other

Steelers/Vikings... What a game that could be...

(Although probably still better than the 49ers/Jaguars game later)

Manning be on the warpath, yo!

Really looking forward to this. Never watched a game in its entirety. No idea on the rules, mind...

Feels a bit odd to be watching from home.

But the line ups this year were not exactly inspiring.

And at a sensible hour.

I took one of the short breaks to get in the spirit of the thing and have put on my Team USA Rugby world cup shirt. Felt more appropriate than my Braves shirt.

I'm really enjoying this. I should watch more games someday.

We should deffo have a Beex Superbowl Party

Manning and the Broncos should turn up the difficulty to 'All-Madden', they appear to be on 'Rookie' at the moment.

52 points, 4 passing TDs, 1 rushing TD, 1FG, 1 Kickoff return TD, 1 Blocked punt return TD.

I don't want to worry you, but the Browns currently have a winning record (3-2) and are in the lead in their division.

Well, the universe had a good run, but it had to end sometime.

This Broncos cowboys game is ridiculous.

99 points scored, Denver win in regulation! Den 51-48 Dal! Phew! Talk about a shootout.

Next week. The Broncos take on... DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUN! Jax.

Denver scored 51 points in their game on Sunday, their next opponents Jacksonville have scored 51 points all season.

The Vegas line for the Den-Jax matchup opened at Jax +28. This ties the largest spread ever. Vegas is spotting the Jaguars four touchdowns.

Now here's a blast (or blasts) from the past. Following the Raiders releasing perennial back up casualty Matt Flynn yesterday they will be interviewing Pat White and David Carr for a back up spot. David Carr? The man who had all his talent beaten out of him while at Houston and who has attempted a grand total of 39 passes since the end of the 2007 season. Having said that Pat White hasn't taken a snap since being cut by the Dolphins since 2010.

You've gotta think that the Broncos will take their foot off the gas at some point. Combine that with their suspect D and +28 seems generous.

Classic trap game

...Oh who am I kidding? It's going to be a massacre. I'm actually disappointed that it's not the second game on Sky this Sunday so we can revel in the slaughter.

What on earth has happened to Eli manning?

Clearly Peyton absorbed all of Eli's talent in some sort of dark voodoo ritual. Or the Giants are just shit.

We now have the nfl on fox here.. And see, to get a lot of saints game. Go saints!

If you are a fan of bad football, then you must watch the Monday Night Football high?lights tonight on Eurosport.

Terrible passing, running, special teams (including a defensive tackle returning a kickoff), it had it all. Excellent fun all round.

It was horrifying. I gave up at 4 am because it was the worst game of Throwball I've ever seen.

But it did give us this...

I don't get what the Vikings were thinking. Take Josh Freeman, throw him on the field after 12 days. Ponder is terrible, but at least he should know what routes his WRs are running. Then they had Freeman throw 50 times.

Yes, excellent game plan wasn't it? I loved the way Gruden was finding so many ways to say "WTF are the Vikings doing?"

Do any of the throwball fans watch the league?

Season 5 is airing now I find it quite interesting when they are talking about games that have just happened for some reason.

Well that's strange, the Rams have just tried to woo Favre out of retirement

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/ ... t-qb-depth

Channel 4 are showing 49ers v Jacksonville Jaguars from Wembley this afternoon.

I need to actually go and watch a game if I'm ever to get a grip on what's going on. Jolly good fun though, and we really need to switch to 'Jerusalem' or 'Land of Hope & Glory' for these events. 'God save the Queen' was even more of a dirge than usual.

Thank you Wikipedia for helping me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_o ... n_football

I still think scrums are better than scrims.

On Danny Baker's programme a few weeks ago they had a Football (Association) historian on. The term 'scrimmage' comes from the line of footballers who would effectively form a 'flying wedge' formation in front of the player with the ball. From his description of football in the mid 1800's it seems it would look more like American football than the Football that was eventually codified in the Laws of Association Football.

...Also.

Am I the only person who thinks a London franchise is a really bad idea?

No.

Thanks for that. It kind of makes sense as the 'point of departure' between rugby, football, and other games happened around 150 years ago.

I knew that I couldn't be the only one....but you'd think it was a unanimous decision if you only listened to the UK based media (of course they have everything to gain from more London NFL games and / or a London NFL franchise).

They seem to be showing an awful lot of broncos here on the telly, their offence is unstoppable at the moment.

Bloody hell! Megatron is a bit good, ain't he?

Jesus what a complete arsehole:

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sp ... llies.html

Oh my! Bengals. Oh my.

Heh. Bungles.

Classic Bengals.

Holy shit! Jacksonville have won!!!!!

If you have access to Sky then stick on the Philadelphia game (Sky Sports 3). They are playing in at least 3 inches of snow and it is hysterical.

Indeed. The snow collecting capabilities of helmets proved to cause some amusement round these parts.

Absolutely hilarious. Nobody can catch, kick or tackle! The fourth quarter scores around the league are amazing.

Indeed...Best endings evah!

Matt Prater hits an all-time NFL record field goal : 64 yards.

The Bengals are crazy. We have seen classic Bungles debacles, we have seen amazeballs.

Mind you, the season as a whole has been mental.

The Arizona Cardinals' logo looks like an Angry Bird.