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Salon.com
January 21, 2003
King Kaufman |
Bursting at the themes Pirates! Old guys! The ex-coach! There are angles aplenty as the NFL's best offense and defense prepare to meet in the Super Bowl.   |
Sports Illustrated
September 19, 2000
Peter King |
Inside the NFL It's not too early to single out the Bucs as the team that could win it all |
Sports Central
October 27, 2004
Damian Greene |
The Fall of Chucky Tampa Bay Buccaneers' John Gruden is still an excellent coach but, like any other profession, he's only as good as the tools he has to work with. Right now, that ain't saying much. |
Sports Central
September 10, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked on their strength after the first week of the regular season. |
Sports Central
September 13, 2006
Seth Doria |
A Tale of Two Losers Two teams who had much on the line blew it -- Tampa Bay and Oakland -- both getting shut out at home, finishing up the game with backup QBs throwing to backup WRs, and looking at Week 2 for some semblance of hope. |
Sports Central
February 10, 2004
Kevin Holtsberry |
Five Things We Didn't See Coming Let's take one more wistful look back on the 2003-2004 NFL season. |
Sports Central
September 9, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
2005 NFL Preview: Tampa Bay Buccaneers While the Bucs have potential at the skill positions on offense, the offensive line is still a weakness. The top-notch defense appears to have improved. |
Sports Central
September 30, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings After four weeks of play, NFL teams are rated. |
Salon.com
January 10, 2003
King Kaufman |
The joy of failure To err is human, which explains why the drones who run the NFL can't understand the beauty of an honest mistake. |
Sports Central
September 16, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Teams are rated after two weeks of play in the NFL. |
Sports Central
October 4, 2004
Jeff Moore |
Payoff and Payback The 2004 NFL season may only be weeks old, but teams are already showing the results of preparation, planning, trades, draft picks, free agent signings, and salary cap calculations. See who's cashing in -- and who isn't. |
Sports Illustrated
July 16, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Ready for some football? Preseason rankings as teams prepare for training camp... |
Sports Illustrated
December 7, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Scouting the NFL playoff contenders It has been a while since this many quality teams were in danger of being bumped from the playoffs... |
Sports Illustrated
October 16, 2001
Peter King |
Work in Progress Though it showed some spunk against the Raiders, the Colts' defense has a ways to go... |
Sports Central
April 18, 2004
Vikram Mohan |
2004 NFL Draft Preview How important can the draft really be if a team that has basically ignored it for the last two years wins the Super Bowl? More importantly, how important is talent in the league these days if a team without much talent at all is on the verge of creating a dynasty? |
Sports Central
December 19, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings San Diego Chargers: How about a little love for special teams?... Baltimore Ravens boast the second-stingiest run defense in the NFL... Dallas Cowboys will be dangerous in the postseason, but will have a tough road to the Super Bowl... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
June 19, 2001
Jeffri Chadiha |
Two's a Crowd Will there be enough passes in Oakland to keep Jerry Rice and Tim Brown happy? |
Sports Central
October 10, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings Good offense is nice, and good defense is nice, and good special teams are nice, but the best teams have all three. Here are this week's NFL power rankings. |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Mining for gold NFL long on drama, short on excellence... |
Sports Central
October 27, 2009
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings New Orleans Saints overcome a 24-3... New England Patriots fourth in points scored per game, third in points allowed. Pittsburgh Steelers score four consecutive wins after bumpy start... |
Sports Central
November 25, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings The New York Giants claim first place in this week's NFL ratings. |
Sports Central
September 28, 2004
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings FOX consistently offers terrible camera angles on purpose, particularly on special teams. No one likes that. Just show us an angle so we can see the play. |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast Predictions side with Tampa Bay, the Giants, Minnesota, Green Bay, Philadelphia, and Kansas City... |
Sports Central
September 13, 2005
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings Pittsburgh picks up where it left off last season... The Colts show reason for serious concern... Can New England count on turnovers to win every game?... Atlanta's defense impressive... Eagles have their usual slow start... KC's defense has clearly improved... etc. |
Sports Central
September 14, 2010
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings What a fantastic way to start the season, with multiple games going down to the wire, many of them bitter divisional rivalries. |
Sports Illustrated
December 26, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast Broncos vs. Raiders... Giants vs. Philly... Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay... etc. |
Sports Central
September 25, 2008
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 4 San Francisco 49ers vs New Orleans Saints... Minnesota Vikings vs Tennessee Titans... Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars... Cleveland Browns vs. Cincinnati Bengals... Atlanta Falcons vs. Carolina Panthers... etc. |
Sports Central
October 7, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked based on their performance in the first five weeks of the season. |
Sports Central
August 29, 2007
Dave Golokhov |
2007 NFL Preview: Oakland Raiders A look at the Oakland Raiders' 2006 season as well as predictions for 2007. |
Sports Central
August 30, 2007
Dave Golokhov |
2007 NFL Preview: Philadelphia Eagles Even with McNabb back, the Eagles are a good team -- probably one of the better outfits in the NFC -- but they still aren't good enough to win a Super Bowl. |
Sports Illustrated
January 19, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Gut Check With points at a premium, the Ravens will find a way to squeeze by the Giants... |
Sports Central
September 19, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Bengals start strong with double-digit wins... Colts show good offense, but defense can't keep up... Bears show balanced offense and defense... Chargers face harder schedule after bye week... Titans win battle for last place... etc. |
Sports Central
December 9, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 14 Power Rankings Philadelphia, Miami, Baltimore, and Tampa Bay all have good defenses this season, but I think New England's has to be the best of them all. |
Sports Central
December 20, 2005
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Colts' loss doesn't affect top ranking... Patriots push into second... Seahawks' Alexander as MVP?... Broncos poised for first-round bye... Bears better with Grossman?... Bucs scuttled by Pats... etc. |
Sports Central
December 3, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 13 Power Rankings The league MVP race is too close to call right now. And with a third of the season left to play, that makes sense. The Philadelphia Eagles climb to the top of the rankings as the NFC's Super Bowl front-runner. |
Sports Central
September 12, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings The Colts played well, but not like the number one team... Bengals big-play defense is still there... Seattle's running game stuck in stall... etc. |
Sports Central
November 11, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings The Tennessee Titans again top the list in this week's NFL team ratings. |
Sports Illustrated
October 3, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast I see three games heavy with playoff implications this week -- Baltimore at Jacksonville, Tampa Bay at Minnesota and Buffalo at Miami -- and a weirdly similar pattern runs through all three... |
Sports Central
October 21, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings Could Tennessee send two running backs to the Pro Bowl?... Tampa Bay's [5] backfield injuries starting to mount... Next week's New York Giants at Pittsburgh game will be decided by the defensive coordinators... etc. |
Sports Central
September 22, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 3 If Vick is out, or in, Atlanta @ Buffalo is in trouble... At Cincinnati @ Chicago, defense (again) keeps bears in the game... Oakland @ Philadelphia may be week's most-watched game... For New England @ Pittsburgh, Cowher-ball will be clicking... etc. |
Sports Central
November 21, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 11 Power Rankings Chicago Bears still NFL's most dominant team ... Do the Indianapolis Colts have the resolve to be champions?... Baltimore Ravens the AFC Super Bowl favorites... San Diego Chargers playing "exciting football"... San Francisco 49ers have an outside shot at the playoffs... etc. |
Sports Central
September 23, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings After week 3 of football season, here is the updated list of top teams in the NFL. |
Sports Illustrated
January 29, 2001
Peter King |
Lewis is this decade's Lawrence Taylor I couldn't imagine what was going through Ray Lewis' mind Monday morning, precisely 52 weeks after his personal nightmare began. Who'da thunk this? And so I asked him, a couple of minutes after he got the keys to a sport truck for being named the Super Bowl XXXV MVP... |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2000
Peter King |
Only the good die young I was tempted to write this Monday morning about the Bucs rising slowly in the NFC Central, or about the sudden crises facing the formerly unbeatable Rams. But the top of this football column is not a football column. I ask you to read it anyway... |
Sports Central
September 23, 2004
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 3 Here are some predictions for the NFL in week three. Please note that the quotes in this article are fictional. |
Sports Central
December 16, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings The Eagles and their AFC counterparts in New England may be due for a letdown in the next two weeks, but I wouldn't read much into it. Both teams will be just fine -- especially if they can secure homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. |
Sports Central
September 23, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The hot game this week is Tennessee at Pittsburgh. Philly at Buffalo could also be good if the Eagles have straightened things out. |
Salon.com
September 2, 2000
Allen Barra |
3 yards and a cloud of baloney Defense doesn't win games. The run doesn't set up the pass. And other ways NFL commentators are full of it. |
Salon.com
January 24, 2001
Allen Barra |
The Ugly Bowl It's no clash of the titans, but this Sunday's showdown between two deeply flawed teams at least offers some suspense... |
Sports Central
September 26, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The Colts beat Jacksonville on a punt return... Bengals couldn't protect their quarterback... Bears' Grossman nearly gave the game away... etc. |
