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Giants: Best Team in the NFL?

One of the big questions coming in to the Monday Night Football game against the Browns (10/13) was whether the Giants truly were the best team in the NFL, since they were one of the two remaining undefeated teams and they were the defending Super Bowl Champions. A win, many speculated would guarantee that they’d [...]

Ed Hochuli Mistake: No Cause for Concern

Ed Hochuli made a pretty big mistake in Week 2, one that might’ve cost the San Diego Chargers their first win on the season. For those who don’t know what I’m referring to, in the San Diego-Denver Week 2 game, Denver was on offense and Jay Cutler received the snap, went to throw the football [...]

NFL Pick ‘Em: Who’s Going to the Playoffs?

Welcome to the NFL Pick ‘Em. Here is where Sports of Boston’s “expert” staff will put their gridiron knowledge to the test.
A couple of us are apparently still bitter about the Super Bowl loss, leaving the Giants out of the playoffs altogether (which I suppose is entirely possible in the tough NFC East).
SoB newcomer Sean [...]

A Legend Walks Away: Brett Favre Retires

In what came as a shock to NFL fans, the Green Bay Packers QB has called it quits.
The Mississippi gunslinger said in a voicemail to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, “I know I can still play, but it’s like I told my wife, I’m just tired mentally. I’m just tired.”
The three-time MVP ruined my 13th birthday [...]

Andre Tippett Elected to the Hall of Fame

Finally some good news: Andre Tippett is going to the Hall of Fame.(Courtesy of NFLhistory.net)

Patriots legendary linebacker Andre Tippett was named to the Hall of Fame Class of 2008 Saturday. He joins Darrel Green, Art Monk, Fred Dean, Gary Zimmerman, and Emmitt Thomas.
Finally, there’s some good news to come before Super Bowl 42. With Spygate [...]

Super Bowl XLII Expert Picks

Predicted scores will be the tie-breaker: First, the number of Patriots points (whichever tied team is closest). Second, the number of Giants points (whichever tied team is closest). Third, if still tied, the number of total points overall (whichever tied team is closest).
The improbable happened…but if it’s any consolation, Chris won our little Expert Picks [...]

AFC/NFC Title Game Expert Picks

We here at Sports of Boston like to refer to ourselves as experts, so we have made our picks for this weekend’s AFC and NFC Championship games.
There you have it. No one saw the Giants going to the Super Bowl, and as a result everyone went 1-1 heading into the final game of the season.
As [...]

NFL Caves - Pats/Giants on NBC, CBS

In an unprecedented move, the NFL today announced that the Patriots-N.Y. Giants game on Saturday, originally scheduled to air exclusively on the NFL Network which only reaches 40% of homes in America, will now be simulcast on NBC and CBS.
The controversial decision will raise eyebrows seeing as the NFL had previously scoffed at moving the [...]

Top 25 NFL Fantasy Stars: Week 7

Greetings folks, hope your weekend (and fantasy team) wasn’t completely ruined by the loss of Ronnie Brown… before we get to the list here’s some quick thoughts from Week 7:
1. Thank you Eagles for listening to me by not kicking to Devin Hester. And sorry that it still didn’t help you.
2. If you can’t put [...]

Top 25 NFL Fantasy Stars: Week 6

Here’s my Week 6 edition of the cream of the crop for fantasy.
Before we get to that, two quick things:
1. Adrian Peterson. Top 10 Back next season. Book it.
2. Devin Hester. WHY DO TEAMS STILL KICK TO THE GREATEST RETURN MAN OF ALL TIME??
Ok, I’m off the soapbox now.
Keep in mind this is just a [...]

Top 25 NFL Fantasy Stars: Week 5

Welcome to the first installment of the Top 25 NFL Fantasy Stars! This feature will highlight the top fantasy performers for that particular week. This is NOT a list of who the “best” players in the NFL are, this is simply the 25 players who get the most fantasy points for that week.
Keep in [...]