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It is now Halloween night. Perfect for a ghoulish good time, and some really frightening, disturbing, horrifying picks! JETS (4-3) @ BILLS (5-2): We are really going to learn a lot about both of these teams. The Jets have the biggest conundrum in all of football. Brett Favre has been horribly inconsistent; he is throwing balls up for grabs, and he is not protecting the football. Favre's erratic play is hurting the Jets. If the Jets are to turn their season around, Favre has to cut out the interceptions and become more responsible with the football. Defensively, the Jets are terrible. The have lots of sacks, but their secondary can't stop any wide receivers. The Chiefs had guys open all day long against the Jets secondary last week. That will have to change against the high-flying Bills. As for Buffalo, they need this game to stay in front of the Patriots. Even without Tom Brady, if the Patriots move into first, they will be hard to catch, and the Bills know it. The Bills have ...

Here is another video that I created on NFL.com. This one feature's the magical first half for the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are 5-2 and in a tie with the New England Patriots for first place in the AFC East. The Bills boast a young and fiesty ballclub that showed signs of improvement in 2007, and has exploded onto the scene in 2008. The Bills are a complete team. Trent Edwards, Marshawn Lynch and Lee Evans is a great 1,2,3 punch on offense, and the defense is as nasty as always for the Bills. ENJOY. CLICK FOR BUFFALO ROAM !

Here is another video that I created on NFL.com. This one is dedicated to the physical play of the New York Giants. The main reason Big Blue is the best team in football is the power and strength of its offensive and defensive lines. The musical score is Sam Spence's "The Linemen" it fits perfectly. Again, Enjoy!!! CLICK FOR BIG BLUE BLOWOUT !

Here is a highlight video I made on NFL.com. It is some of the best highlights by the Jets so far this season. The title is Favre Magic, and it is to Sam Spence's Pony Soilders. The song fits perfectly with Favre and what he brings to the table for New York. Enjoy!! CLICK FOR VIDEO !

GIANTS 21 STEELERS 14 The 2008 Giants look like a special team. In a night when they did not play their best football; in a night where they needed four field goals and a saftey just to stay competitive, the Giants found a way to knock off the best team in football, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now the power of the best has shifted back into the hands of Big Blue. Eli Manning was not great on Sunday night; he completed only 19 passes on 32 attempts, but Ben Roethlisberger was just awful. Roethlisberger was under constant pressure from the Giants front seven. He couldn't handle it, and he was sacked five times and threw four interceptions on the night. Most of Big Ben's passes were knocked at the line, or they were dropped by his receivers, who were smothered by the Giant's corners. It was as smash mouth as advertised, especially by the Giants. With New York down 14-9 in the fourth, Manning completed a huge pass on fourth and six to Amani Toomer down the right sideline for a fi...

JETS 28 CHIEFS 24 Lets face it! The Jets are No Good! They are quickly becoming the worst team money can buy for $140 million dollars, and for what? Mediocrity? Losses to the Bradyless Patriots, and the awful Raiders. Trailing 24-21 late in a game against the lowley Kansas City Chiefs? This is what Jet fans get all excited about? Brett Favre , for all of his greatness, looked awful. In fact, he brought memories back of some of the worst QB's in Jets history, not the best. Favre threw three interceptions in this game, one of which was returned for a touchdown to give Kansas City a 24-21 lead with 7:30 to play. Maybe the Jets will use Favre's health as an excuse. Late in the second quarter, Favre got plastered by a conv erging defensive end. The ball he threw was intercepted at the Kansas City 20, but Favre was on the ground for about a minute. He slowly got up and moved strolled to the sideline in considerable pain. He sat on the bench, hunched over in pain but still found a way...

As most Jet fans know, the franchise is pushing two things on its fan base this season: 1) They are trying to pry as much money as possible from its fans for its PSL and Coaches Club seating in the NEW GIANTS STADIUM, set to open in two years; 2) The team is celebrating the 40th anniversery of its last and only Super Bowl victory. The Jets went as far as to invite members of the 1968 Jets to Giants Stadium for a half time ceremony for tomorrow's game against the hapless Kansas City Chiefs. The Jets have gone so far to celebrate this single moment in the team's history that they have even decided to sell shirts, sweat shirts and jackets with a huge number 40 written on it. CLICK LINK TO SEE SHIRTS. And CLICK HERE TO SEE LINK TO JACKETS . Seeing this garbage, one would think that the Jets won the Super Bowl last year! Here is my problem. What is there to celebrate? It's not like the Jets have the tradition and pride of the New York Giants. Hell, they don't even have the ...

Halloween is now a week away, and so is the half way point of the NFL season. Hard to believe; isn't it. Week eight is here and this is a huge swing week. Win this week, and teams can begin to think about postseason opportunities. Lose and the time will come when a team needs to panic that its season is slipping away. BUCCANEERS (5-2) @ COWBOYS (4-3): The Cowboys are a mess. Tony Romo announced to the world that he will sit out for the next month because of his broken pinkie, meaning that Brad Johnson will get at least three more starts to stink it up for Dallas. Wade Phillip s is now on the hook. He has to turn this ship around or he could be fired. Owner Jerry Jones is very unhappy with the play of this ballclub and he wants to see big returns on his risky multi-million dollar investment. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers are rolling into this game. A win here and the Buccaneers can really take off the rest of the way. This is a big week for both teams, a huge swing game that will deter...

RAYS 4 PHILLIES 2 Series Tied 1-1 It's now a brand new series. The Tampa Bay Rays , behind the efforts of their ace, James Sheilds, have evened up the 2008 World Series at a game apiece with a 4-2 victory over Philadelphia. The win was Tampa's first ever World Series game victory. Even though Shields was solid tonight for Tampa, it was the Ray offense that set the tone early in this one. Phillies pitcher Brett Myers showed some early wildness as he walked Akniora Iwamura to start the bottom of the first. B.J. Upton followed with a single to right. Unfortunately for Philadelphia, Jayson Werth made a fielding error on the relay throw, allowing Iwamura and Upton to advance. Carlos Pena followed with a RBI groundout to give Tampa a 1-0 lead. Evan Longoria, who has struggled in this series, grounded out into an RBI as well, 2-0 Tampa Bay. In the second, the Rays got to Myers again. Duaner Navarro singled and Rocco Baldelli walked to get things started. Jason Bartlett followed with ...

PHILLIES 3 RAYS 2 PHI leads 1-0 The Philadelphia Phillies are showing their potential in 2008. A team loaded with young talent the likes of Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard and Cole Hamels, has finally hit its stride. The Phillies held off the stubborn upstart Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in game one of the 2008 World Series to take a 1-0 lead in the best of seven series. The Phillies did it as they have all year with good hitting, good defense, and great pitching. Cole Hamels, who was brilliant against the Dodgers in the NLCS, was solid against a tricky Rays lineup. Hamels worked seven strong innings and overcame two runs to get the victory. Hamels is now 4-0 in the postseason. He has pitched 29 innings, surrendered only 18 hits and four runs. In addition, he has walked eight and struck out 27 this fall. Clearly, Hamels is the MVP of October baseball in 2008. The Phillies got off to a fast start. In the first, with Jayson Werth on first on a walk, Chase Utley blasted a two-run homerun to...

As Halloween nears, some teams received some pretty nasty tricks last week, so much so that they fell big time in the power rankings. On the other hand, others received enough treats to garner high ratings. 1) PITTSBURGH STEELERS (5-1): The only reason Pittsburgh is number one, and not the Tennessee Titans, is that Pittsburgh is 5-1 while playing the toughest schedule in the league this year. The Steelers beat up on the bumbling Bengals and will rudely welcome in the New York Giants in what could be a Super Bowl XLIII preview. 2) TENNESSEE TITANS (6-0): Okay, the Titans are 6-0. Their defense is fantastic amassing third position in the NFL in total defense and first in the NFL in points allowed (66). But the Titans have no o ffense. I know Chris Johnson and LenDale White ran all over the Chiefs, but that was the Chiefs, so take it for what it is. Kerry Collins is doing just enough not to lose the game. Eventually, he is going to have to win a game, and that might not be good for Tenn...

The 49ers sure get points for finding ways to make a simple firing of a bad head coach into a public relations disaster. Early Monday evening there was a report from ESPN claiming that the 49ers were set to fire head coach Mike Nolan after next week's game against the Seattle Seahawks. Even if San Francisco went out and thumbed the Seahawks 70-0, Nolan's goose would be cooked. What a joke. Why would anyone wait a whole week to fire someone, when, in fact, the decision to fire had already been made? The 49ers are stupid and should not have thrown Nolan under the bus like that. If you going to fire someone do it face to face! Since this information became public, the 49ers had no choice but to officially fire Nolan at around 8:07 pm ET, Monday night. This ended any speculation and torture that the 49ers would put Nolan and the team through. Mike Singletary, who is a legendary linebacker, who played for the 1985 World Champion Chicago Bears, will become the interim head coach. No ...

In a story from Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, Jets quaterback Brett Favre has been selling out his former team, the Green Bay Packers, at different occasions this year. In week two, instead of focusing on the New England Patriots, Favre spent over an hour on the phone with coaches from the Detroit Lions telling them how to game plan and beat up the Packers. " Other teams the Packers have played had also heard about the Favre coaching clinic with Detroit. In addition, there have been rumors that Favre has spoken to other teams giving them information, but most of those teams insist they have not heard from the famed gunslinger ." (Glazer). READ GLAZER's Blog . The Lions lost to Green Bay 48-25 in week two, while Favre and the Jets played uninspired football in a 19-10 loss to New England. It is not against league rules for insider's information to be shared; still, it is a sneaky move by Favre who is not known for being one to hold a grudge. Could Favre's grudge be cl...

RAIDERS 16 JETS 13 OVERTIME When your opponent commits 14 penalties, you are supposed to win the game. When you tie the game in the final minute, you are supposed to win the game. When you win the coin toss in overtime, more times than not, you are supposed to win the game. And when you go up against a young team with little self-confidence, you are supposed to win the game. But don't tell that to the Jets. The Jets did everything in their power to either lose or tie Sunday's game in Oakland. Offensively, the Jets, once again, kept the reins on Brett Favre , not allowing the three time MVP to win the game with his mighty arm and heart. The multi-million dollar offensive line was putrid, allowing the Raiders to jump up and down on Favre's body like a pack of wolves on a wounded moose. The Jet receivers dropped every key pass that they could have used to help their team win. Chansi Stuckey stayed in bounds in the final 30 seconds and tried to be the hero. If it weren't fo...

GIANTS 29 49ERS 17 The Giants are lucky that they were playing the San Francisco 49ers today. In fact, they were lucky they were not playing the 49ers teams of the 1980's and 1990's. The Giants put forth a lackluster effort against the lousy 49ers and almost blew the game late in the second half. Eli Manning was underwhelming. Most of his passes were either tipped at the line of scrimmage, or he made some bad reads. Overall, Manning was 16 for 31, 161 yards and a touchdown. Not exactly the kind of game he needed after last Monday's meltdown. Still, the Giants found a way to rely on Brandon Jacobs power and speed. Late in the first quarter, Jacobs got some room down the sideline as he tiptoed his way into the endzone for a touchdown. Jacobs would score again in the second, this one from two yards out to give New York a 14-3 lead. But the 49ers would not go away. J.T. O'Sullivan hit a wide open Josh Morgan from 30 yards out to cut the lead to four, 14-10. The Giants buil...

BILLS 23 CHARGERS 14 Speaking of ascendency, the Buffalo Bills continue their ascent as one of the league's best teams. The Bills are now 5-1 after a convincing victory over the San Diego Chargers Sunday. It is the best start Buffalo has had since the 1995 season . Yet, this game will be most remembered for the hour long power outage early in the first quarter that suspended the game for a good 25 minutes and blacked out CBS's coverage of the game for a whole hour. By the time CBS came back to the game, there was 7:20 in the second quarter, and Buffalo had built a 10-7 lead. With Buffalo up 13-7 in the third, San Diego put together a 12 play 6:17 drive for a go-ahead touchdown. Phillip Rivers was solid on the drive, completing six of seven passes, capping it off with a 12 yard touchdown to Vincent Jackson. The Bills would not be denied. Marshawn Lynch and Trent Edwards marched the Bills right down the field to put Buffalo back in front. Key plays incldued a 12 yard scamper on ...

In an interesting blog post from Matt J. Darnell on Yahoo Sports.com, former Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints head coach Mike Ditka could have beaten soon-to-be-President Barack Obama in the Illinois senate election in 2004. As improbable and ridiculous as it sounds, Darnell claims that the previous Republican candidate bailed out after he was caught in a scandal. " The vacancy left GOP leaders in the state scrambling to find a replacement. With fears that the election was all but lost, Republicans wanted a major name to turn the tide. Ditka was that name ." (Darnell). Read this interesting Post from Yahoo right now . Anyway, speculation of past events aside, Obama won that election in 2004 against Alan Keyes, and, if the polls are accurate, is well on his way to becoming the 44th President of the United States.

Is it just me or do the Yankees enjoy making news in the middle of every Red Sox World Championship run? Last year, Alex Rodriguez made news when he initally opted out of his contract with the Yankees, creating a huge firestorm during game 4 of last year's World Series between Boston and Colorado. This year, Joba Chamberlin decided to make some news, and none of it is any good. Chamberlin was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence in Nebraska late Saturday night. The report said that Chamberlin was speeding and had a container of alcohol next to him. It was not reported what Chamberlin's blood alcohol level was, but if the drunk fits, you must not indict. Chamberlin is an fool, and he is lucky he didn't kill anyone. This incident should put the Yankees on notice that Joba might need some help, especially if they are investing so much in him for 2009 and beyond.

Halloween is just around the corner, and some teams are hoping for some treats, while others are hoping to deliever some tricks and destroy someone else's season. CHARGERS (3-3) @ BILLS (4-1): When you look up the definition of weird, you will see a reference to the San Diego Chargers. The Chargers are hard to figure. One week they look dreadful (a 17-10 loss to Miami); the next week, they look like world beaters (a 30-10 romp over the Patriots). So who are the Chargers? This week they play their final game against the AFC East, and, once again, will have to travel across the country for the game. That's not good news for San Diego; in recent years, the Chargers have really struggled on the East coast, most recently falling to the Dolphins two weeks ago. The Bills are coming off a bye week, licking their wounds from a drubbing against the Cardinals. The Bills have a fast and enegetic offense led by Trent Edwards and Marshawn Lynch. Also Rosco Perrish is one of the league's...

PHILLIES 5 DODGERS 1 Take that, New York Mets! The Phillies are moving on to the World Series for the first time since 1993 after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in game five of the NLCS. The Phillies won four of the five games. Cole Hamels was named the series MVP, after he posted a sparking 2-0 record against LA, with a 1.93 ERA. Hamels was brilliant tonight, going seven strong innings, surrendering only five hits and a run. The run was a solo shot by Manny Ramirez in the sixth. Hamels baffled the Dodgers lineup; the Bums left 12 men on base on the night. The Phighten Phils got it going early. Real early. Jimmy Rollins led the game off with a solo homerun to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. In the third, the Phillies padded their lead. Ryan Howard laced a single to right, allowing Rollins to score the second run of the night. Pat Burrell, who seems to be in the middle of every key rally for Philadelphia, singled to left to drive in Chase Utley. The Phillies got two more in the fift...

Perhaps being seeded number one on my top ten is equivalent to the kiss of death. I had Pittsburgh ranked number one after the first two weeks, and they proceeded to get destroyed by the Eagles. I had Tennessee ranked number one, and they barely got past Baltimore. I even had Dallas ranked number one, and they have not been the same since. Last week, the Giants were ranked number one, and, as a result, they got destroyed by the Browns. So whichever team is ranked number one from here on out, be forewarned: Go with the opposite. 1) Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1): This is the third time this season they are ranked numero uno, and why not? The Steelers have fought off injuries and a tough sc hedule to get to 4-1, and are clearly the toughest team in the AFC. This week they get a gift in the Cincinnati Bengals, but, as most fans know, the Bengals are a tough out. 2) Tennessee Titans (5-0): The last undefeated team in football. Will they go 16-0? Humm? No! The Titans are a nice story, but with...

Legendary broadcaster and Hall of Fame coach, John Madden will miss out on calling NBC's telecast of Sunday Night Football next Sunday, due to the long trek from California to Florida. The Sunday game will be in Tampa Bay, where the Buccaneers play host to the Seattle Seahawks. Madden went from Jacksonville, after covering the Jaguar/Steeler game on October 5, all the way to San Diego to cover Sunday's Charger/Patriot game. As most football fans know, Madden travels around the country in his gigantic luxury bus, since he fears flying. Madden, who is 72 years old, will end his iron-man streak of 476 consecutive games by skipping out this weekend. Chris Collinsworth will fill in for Madden this Sunday.

BROWNS 35 GIANTS 14 New Yorkers should think before purchasing any Super Bowl tickets this year. The Giants not only got beaten by the Cleveland Browns , they got completely exposed by a Browns offense that committed about eight illegal procedure and false start penalties. Hard to do, but the Giants allowed Cleveland to regroup after all of their penalties to chew up huge amounts of yards and clock as the Browns romped 35-14. The Browns were able to take advantage not only of a porous Giants defense, they bullied and harrassed quaterback Eli Manning. The Super Bowl MVP threw three interceptions, one of which was returned for a 94 yard touchdown by saftey Eric Wright. Derek Anderson showed glimpses that he can return to his 2007 form, throwing for 310 yards and two touchdowns. In the second quarter, Anderson threaded the needle to Darnell Dinkins for a 22 yard TD to give Cleveland a 17-7 lead. In the fourth, Anderson found Braylon Edwards from 11 yards out, to complete a incredible 20 p...

The New York Rangers beat their cross-river rivals, the New Jersey Devils, in convincing fashion, 4-1 on Monday night. The win puts New York at 5-0, which is the first in 25 years. READ ARTICLE . Aaron Voros scored two power-play goals in the effort. The win is bittersweet for the Rangers, after word came that 19 year-old Alexei Cherepanov died of a sudden heart attack while playing in a minor league hockey game.

Well you can begin to kiss any Super Bowl hopes away Cowboy belivers. The leader of the clowns, Tony Romo ,is out for four weeks after he suffered a broken pinkie fingure in yesturday's disastrous 30-24 loss to Arizona. Romo was beaten up by the Cardinals defense; he fumbled five different times and was sacked three times in the game. This means that Brad Johnson will get a chance to start. You have to feel good for Johnson who has been a back-up to the pompus Romo for two years running. Johnson is a good quarterback; he won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay in 2002 and was a starter for the Vikings, Bucs and Redskins during his 17 year career. I can only imagine how pumped Johnson must be to get a second chance to start again. Don't feel sorry for Romo; this fellow is long overdue for some bad luck. He gets away scott free from the media because he is nice to them and dates Jessica Simpson. In truth, Romo hasn't won a thing in the NFL and is NOT an elite QB in the league. The q...

CARDINALS 30 COWBOYS 24 Can we stop pronouncing the Dallas Cowboys as "THE" best team in the NFL? Please? Once again, the Cowboys showed the world why they are the most overhyped, overrated team in the league, dropping a crucial game to the Arizona Cardinals in overtime by a score of 30-24. The Cowboys lost complete control of this game in the third quarter as the Cards went on a 17 point run to take a 24-14 before anyone knew what had happened. First, in the third quarter, Kurt Warner hit Larry Fitzgerald in the back of the endzone for the tying score with 3:21 to go in the quarter. After Dallas failed to do anything on their next drive, the Cardinals took it right to Dallas with another touchdown. Sean Breatson was Warner's favorite receiver on the drive, making three catches 37 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown was an 11 yard pass down the middle to make it 21-14 Arizona. Still, the Cowboys would not go away. Tony Romo hit Marion Barber in the flat, and Barber to...

It was a really wild and wooly week 6 in the NFL this weekend. First, let's begin in Atlanta where the Falcons are starting to show the world that they might indeed be for real. The Falcons found a way to stave off a Chicago Bears comeback to win the game 22-20. Jason Elam, the former Denver Broncos kicker was the star of the show, converting on five field goals, including the game winner from 48 yards out. Matt Ryan continues to impress in his rookie year. Ryan went 22 for 30 for 301 yards and a touchdown. The Falcons are now 4-2 on the season!?!?!?!?!? Yes, the Falcons are 4-2 on the season. Meanwhile in Houston , the Chad Pennington/Ronnie Brown show came to a crashing halt as the Texans pulled one off in the final minutes. The game was a seesaw affair with six different lead changes. First Houston's Jacoby Jones returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown to cut the Dolphin lead to 14-13. Later, Matt Shaub connected with Andre Johnson from 12 yards out for the go ahead touch...

JETS 26 BENGALS 14 It was not the offensive output that the Jets displayed two weeks ago against the Arizona Cardinals, but it was enough. The Jets did just enough to hold off the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, beating the winless team 26-14. Things did not get off to a great start for Gang Green (or, should I say, The Blue's Brothers, because the Jets were once again decked out in navy jerseys and helmets for the second straight game). On the first play of the game, Brett Favre was sacked and sripped of the football by Chinedum Ndukwe, who picked up the loose ball and walked in from 15 yards out for the touchdown. The Jets quickly answered. Favre drove the Jets down the field on a 13 play drive that took almost six minutes. When the Jets got to the Cincy 10 yard line, it got a little crazy y. First Favre threw a touchdown pass to Dustin Keller, but the play was flagged because Favre stepped over the line of scrimmage and then threw the ball, a five yard infraction. Next, Farve hit ...