Robert De Niro To Play Vince Lombari
"Lombardi"
Back on July 28th we posted that ESPN’s Films-Movies had joined forces with Andell Entertainment and NFL Films to produce “Lombardi,” a drama about the iconic Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi.
Now we find out that actor and Oscar winning Robert De Niro will star as the head coach. Additionally, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth who has written such films as Forrest Gump and The Good Shepherd has come on board the project.
The film’s former focus will be the week leading up to the 1967 “Ice Bowl” championship game played between the Packers and Dallas Cowboys in 13 below zero weather. It broadened into a long rivalry with Cowboys head coach Tom Landry, whose cool demeanor was the exact opposite of Lombardi’s fire and brimstone.
Early word is that to open the film the Friday of a down weekend between the conference championships and the Super Bowl in 2012, the 40th anniversary that the championship trophy was named after Lombardi.
11 Year Old Will Bring Down Texas Stadium In Cheddar Explosion
It's All About The Cheddar
Back on January 3rd we brought the news that Texas Stadium would be exploded in a “Cheddar Explosion” sponsor by Kraft Foods. The promotion was also to have a lucky winner push the button in the cheddar meltdown would be chosen from a national essay contest for children.
The winner has been chosen and its 11-year-old Casey Rogers who will get to bring an end to the iconic stadium is from Terrell, Texas. Rogers a Cowboys fan and former foster child, is currently in the sixth grade. Three years ago he started a charity to help the homeless and can be spotted in a downtown Dallas parking lot offering food and clothes. Rogers will push the trigger on April 11 that sends Texas Stadium into rubles.
Kraft will pay Irving a $75,000 sponsorship fee prior to the demolition for charities selected by the city. The company will also provide $75,000 worth of Kraft products for local charities of its choice.
Donovan McNabb & Terrell Owens Will Be Teammates Again
Brotherly Love
That’s right Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb and free agent wide reciever Terrell Owens will once again be teammates however it won’t be back on the football field. No, this time they will be team together on the basketball court to take part in Spike TV’s game show Pros vs Joes new season.
Eagles fans can began to find a wall to punch and Dallas Cowboy fans can breathe easier now. If McNabb and Owens would have been able to smooth the hurricane out after the Super Bowl run they surely would have been back by now in their careers.
On the new season of Pros and Joes, McNabb and Owens will be joined on the basketball court will NFL superstar Antonio Gates and former NBA champions Hakeem Olajuwon, Kenny Smith and Rick Fox.
Sean Payton Steals Jerry Jones Bottle Of Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
I'm Thirsty
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton had some fun with his former employer Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Both are in Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine and both attended Nap towns luxurious St. Elmo Steakhouse but on different nights.
Payton who was in attendance on Friday night gathered their in a private room with his staff and heard from a loose-lipped employee that Jones would be there the next night and had already called ahead to reserve a bottle of a pricey Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, of which the restaurant had only one remaining.
Payton made the request to have that one remaining bottle served to him that night but was told of the situation and it had Jerry’s name on it. Payton then demanded the bottle and insisted on having it, leaving the staff in an awkward position. Serve one of the most powerful owners in the NFL, or the coach who’s the toast of the NFL right now having just won the Super Bowl?
Here came the bottle of Caymus Special Selection, and the Saints party drained it.
Drinking Jones wine wasn’t enough and Payton gave the waiter some instructions, took out his pen. The next night as Jones and his party sat in the private room they found an empty bottle of Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon on there middle of the table with these words hand-written on the label:
- WHO DAT!
World Champions XLIV
Sean Payton
Pacman Schedules Workout For NFL Scouts
It Will Not Being Raining March 19
Adam “Pacman” Jones will work out for NFL scouts March 19 and wants to assess the market.
The cornerback, whose troubled past has left him out of the NFL since the 2008 season, will hold a pro day-style workout in New Orleans following Tulane’s pro day.
Jones, a 2005 first-round draft pick by the Titans, recently worked out for the Bengals and generated little interest from a team that has resurfaced a number of trouble players. However, he wants to assess the market and show scouts what he can do.
Jones was involved in several incidents with police and was suspended for the 2007 season, but he has stayed out of trouble for several months and is trying to get back in the league.
Final Eight Plan Will Restrict Top NFL Teams From Pursuing Free Agents
Est. 1920
This year free agency for the top eight NFL teams will be a whole lot different from years past and may hinder those clubs in the pursuit of signings that would help them get over the hump. This is due to a deadline that passed in which no agreement was reached between the players and owners reps concerning labor negotiations thus making the upcoming season an uncapped season.
This year fans cannot assume that New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens or the San Diego Chargers can just sign whatever player they want in this years off-season. Because of the riff in the labor negotiations this has caused league-imposed financial restrictions on how those teams will be able to accomplish their off-season goals by limiting them in their pursuit of free agents. This more than likely will leave those executive vice presidents and general managers to be more stand offish come the opening of free agency March 5.
Here is the NFL’s explanation of the limitations the “Final Eight Plan” has on those teams that reached the divisional round of the playoffs and their restrictions in free agency.
During the Final League Year, the eight clubs that make the Divisional Playoffs in the previous season have additional restrictions that limit their ability to sign unrestricted free agents from other clubs. In general, the four clubs participating in the championship games are limited in the number of free agents that they may sign; the limit is determined by the number of their own free agents signing with other clubs. They cannot sign any UFAs unless one of theirs is signed by another team.
For the four clubs that lost in the Divisional Playoffs, in addition to having the ability to sign free agents based on the number of their own free agents signing with other clubs, they may also sign players based on specific financial parameters. Those four only will be permitted to sign one unrestricted free agent for $5.5 million (estimated) or more in year one of the contract, plus the number of their UFAs who sign with another team. They also can sign any unrestricted free agents for less than $3.7 (estimated) million in year one of the contract with limitations on the per year increases.
In the case of all final eight teams, the first year salary of UFAs they sign to replace those lost cannot exceed the first year salary of the player lost with limitations on the per year increases.
A lockout may or may not happen but it’s effects will be felt in a playing season.
Super Bowl XLIV Most Watched TV Event EVER With 106.5 Milli
Surpasses "Goodbye & Amen" Episode
For 27 years M*A*S*H finale was the most watched TV event until last nights Super Bowl XLVI dethroned it. The previous record was of 106.0 million for the finale in 1983.
The Saints 31-17 win over the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV drew a 45.0 national rating and 106.5 million viewers on CBS Sunday night, up 7% in ratings and 8% in viewership from Pittsburgh Steelers/Arizona Cardinals on NBC last year (42.0, 98.7 mil), and up 4% and 9%, respectively, from New York Giants/New England Patriots on FOX in ‘08 (43.1, 97.4 mil).
Additionally, the 45.0 rating is the highest for any television program since Dallas Cowboys/Pittsburgh Steelers drew a 46.0 in 1996.
To put the numbers in perspective, the Super Bowl drew over 70 million more viewers than the top non-NFL sporting event of the past 12 months — the Texas/Alabama BCS National Championship Game (30.8 mil).
This is the third-straight year the Super Bowl has drawn record viewership, and the fifth-straight year that viewership for the game has increased. Just five years ago, Super Bowl XXXIX drew only 86.1 million viewers on FOX. From 1999-05, the Super Bowl drew less than 90 million viewers each year.
The record for the Super Bowl is the capper to a highly successful season for the NFL. The regular season was the most-viewed since 1990 (16.6 mil), the Wild Card round was the most-viewed since ‘95 (29.9 mil), the Divisional Round was the most-viewed since ‘94 (33.0 mil), and the Conference Championship games were the most-viewed since ‘82 (52.9 mil).
Michael Irvin Accused Of Rape
Sounds Like A Mike Move
Former Dallas Cowboy and current NFL Network analyst Michael Irvin has been accused of rape. A woman has sued the Hall of Fame receiver for an alleged July 2007 sexual assault.
According to the lawsuit, Irvin got the woman drunk before he and an accomplice demanded that she perform sexual acts. That’s when the unidentified man held her down and covered her mouth, according to the suit, then Irvin raped her, she said. When Irvin was done, the other man forced her to perform oral sex.
No criminal charges have been filed. In late 1996 and early 1997, a woman accused Irvin and a teammate of raping her during a cocaine-fueled assault. The allegation was later determined to be fabricated. In 2005 Irvin was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.
HUGE TV Numbers For AFC & NFC Championship Games
Est. 1920
The NFC Championship game on FOX was of blockbuster magnitude as the New Orleans Saints thrilling overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings drew a 33.3 overnight and approximately 57.9 million viewers, which would be the second best NFC Championship average viewership of all time, behind only 1982’s Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers (“The Catch”) matchup that produced a 68.7 million viewers.
The NFC Championship game on FOX Sunday night was well above last years Arizona Cardinals/Philadelphia Eagles game which only produced 38.4 million viewers and it 33 o.3 overnight is up 5% from New York Giants/Green Bay Packers on FOX in 2008 (31.7) and . Ratings peaked at a 39.4 from 10:00-10:30 PM.
The Vikings/Saints is the most-viewed television program of any kind, excluding Super Bowls, since the series finale of Seinfeld in 1998 which saw 76.3 million.
The game did not dominate in all markets though, in Buffalo the NFC Championship game was actually outdrawn head-to-head by Extreme Makeover Home Edition on ABC, with Extreme Makeover drawing a 35.8 and the game drawing a 32.1.
CBS on the other hand did not post as great as number compared to FOX however did draw the highest overnight rating for the AFC Championship game in 16 years and saw 46.9 million actual viewers.
The Indianapolis Colts come from behind win over the New York Jets drew a stellar 28.4 overnight rating on Sunday afternoon, up 4% from San Diego Chargers/New England Patriots on CBS in 2008 (27.4).
The 28.4 overnight is the highest for the AFC Championship Game since Buffalo Bills/Kansas City Chiefs in 1994 (29.5) on NBC. Additionally, the 28.4 is the highest overnight for any NFL telecast on CBS, excluding Super Bowls, since the network resumed airing NFL telecasts in 1998. Ratings peaked at a 32.0 from 5:30-6 PM.
General Larry Platt, Creator Of “Pants On The Ground” Visits Minnesota Vikings
Visanthe Shiancoe & "Pants On The Ground" Creator
I for one had no idea who General Larry Platt was till a day after watching the Minnesota Vikings skull drug the Dallas Cowboys 34-3 last weekend. The whole “Pants on the Ground” only came into my world after watching Vikings quarterback Brett Favre do the rendition in the locker room after the game.
I thought Favre was being original and came up with on his own or with some help of a fellow Vikings player. Oh no, I was wrong and it turns out it comes from an American Idol participant named General Larry Platt.
Well the Vikings loved it so much that they invited Platt to a team meeting for a meet and greet and to perform the song. Left tackle Bryant McKinnie recorded and posted the performance by Platt (click here). Platt’s 15 minutes of fame doesn’t end just there as he will even be on the Vikings sideline of the NFC Championship game down in New Orleans. No word if they have discussed bringing him to Miami if they beat the Saints.
Texas Steroids Dealer Said He Supplied Michael Vick
Fathomable
Michael Vick has told federal investigators that he never used performance-enhancing drugs, but a Plano, Texas steroids trafficker David Jacobs told The Dallas Morning News (before his death) that he was Vick’s supplier when Vick played for the Atlanta Falcons.
The Dallas Morining News did not publish Jacobs claim until TheSmokingGun.com obtained a government investigation memo that quotes a DEA informant linking Vick to steroids.
Authorities said Jacobs ran one of the largest doping networks in the country before he was arrested in May 2007.
Agents told Vick that a DEA informant said that Vick was talking about steroids and human growth hormone with someone at the Falcons party and that Vick was overheard saying he “liked his product.”
Vick immediately denied to the investigators that the conversation ever happened and said he did not use performance-enhancing drugs.
Names, other than Vick’s, were redacted from the government summary, so it’s not clear whether the DEA informant referred to was Jacobs.
But in several interviews with The News that took place in the months before authorities say Jacobs killed himself and his girlfriend, fitness competitor and magazine cover girl Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell in June 2008, Jacobs said that at that 2006 gathering he was with Vick and other players who used his drugs.Jacobs told The News that he was invited to the Christmas party by friend Matt Lehr (who played for the Cowboys from 2001 to 2004 and was suspended in 2006 by the NFL for four games after he tested positive for a banned substance), a Falcons lineman at the time. “He introduced me as his brother,” Jacobs told The News. “I was at the table with Lehr, Vick …”
Jacobs also named two other Falcons and another player at his table who he alleged used his drugs. The News isn’t naming them for the same reason it did not initially name Vick: They are not confirmed to have been part of any law enforcement investigation.
After federal agents dismantled his steroid empire in 2007, Jacobs pleaded guilty and began cooperating with authorities. He told agents and NFL officials that he supplied Lehr and former Cowboys linebacker Ryan Fowler with performance-enhancing drugs. The NFL wrote a letter to Fowler, at the time with the Tennessee Titans, telling him he faced suspension sayingh there was credible evidence that Fowler “purchased, used or supplied” banned substances. Jacobs also claimed there was widespread use of a drug-masking agent (finasteride a hair-loss-prevention drug) among Falcons players.
It would be naïve to think baseball athletes where the only ones using performance-enhancing drugs. Steroids after all first gained national attention thanks to the Olympics. The general public is willing to look the other way when it comes to drug suspensions in football because the league is wildly popular, but cheaters exists in all walks of life.
NFL Films Becomes A Relity Show
Est. 1920
NFL Films will be part of it’s own six-part weekly series called NFL Full Contact, debuting the day after the Super Bowl on truTV.
The series will cover various events such as this past season’s opener, the NFL’s London game, the Dallas Cowboys stadium opening and Super Bowl XLIV. Says Frank Supovitz, the NFL senior vice president/events who plays “the boss” in the series: “It’s basically turning the cameras backwards to show what’s happening off the field.”
This will give NFL fans a look into the behind the scenes with teams during games and league staffers. Showing all the preparation that goes into putting together an NFL event and the four years it takes to make a Super Bowl come alive but don’t expect to see anything remotely closely to ESPN Playmakers.
Buffalo Bills Hire Chan Gailey
Can't Believe It Can You
Buffalo Bills have hired Chan Gailey to be their head coach making it his second chance to prove himself as an NFL coach and inheriting a team that has missed the playoffs for 10 straight years.
Gailey was introduced by general manager Buddy Nix at a new conference which ended a two-month search to replace Dick Jauron, who was fired in November. Gailey takes over a team that finished 6-10 and becomes the Bills fifth coach since Marv Levy retired after the 1997 season. Gailey said he intends to serve as the team’s offensive coordinator, and is now assembling a staff.
Gailey has spent 15 of his 38 years of coaching in the NFL. In his two years coaching the Dallas Cowboys, he went 18-14 and led the team to consecutive playoff appearances,both losses. He was dismissed after the 1999 season, and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has acknowledged his mistake in firing Gailey.
Gailey has also run college and pro teams, including a two-year stint as coach of the World League of American Football Birmingham Fire in 1991-92. He also coached Troy State and Samford. At Georgia Tech, Gailey led the Yellow Jackets to six bowl appearances, but his time there ended after a 7-5 finish and going 0-6 against rival Georgia.
Gailey has been out of football since he was removed as the Chiefs offensive coordinator in August, two weeks before the season opener. He was entering his second season with Kansas City after a six-year stretch as Georgia Tech’s coach, during which he went 44-33 before being fired in 2007.
The Bills hit several bumps during their coaching search. They spoke with former Steelers coach Bill Cowher in an attempt to lure him out of broadcasting. The team also interviewed former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, who instead chose to coach the Washington Redskins. Last week, New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer rejected the Bills’ request for an interview. Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier was considered the top candidate after interviewing two weeks ago, so what changed?
2009 ALL-SGE-NFL Team
Est. 2009
The 2009 regular season of NFL has ended and just a few weeks away from the Super Bowl and that means Sports Grind Entertainment is handing out it’s first ever All-SGE-NFL Team. The 2009 All-SGE-NFL Team takes in several factors and wins and losses is not one of them but such factors as on the field performance, consistency, detrimental to the team and or big game impact. Off the field issues are not even considered.
2009 ALL-SGE-NFL Team:
OFFENSE
- Quarterback – Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints: Brees beat other worthy quarterbacks in 2009 because he help lead the Saints to their best record in franchise history (13-3). He also completed a league best 70.6 of his throws and a league best 34 touchdowns while failing to tenth in attempts. Brees finished sixth in the league in yards with 4,388 and only tossed 11 interceptions.
- Running Back – Chris Johnson, Tennessee Titans: Johnson is only the sixth player in NFL history to ever finish with 2,000 yards while adding another 500 yards on the ground. He finished the season with 14 rushing and 2 receiving touchdowns on the year.
- Running Back – Ray Rice, Baltimore Ravens: Rice is the first player in league history to lead his team in both rushing and recieving. His 1,339 rushing yards where good enough for sixth in the league and had 11 runs over 20 plus yards to bring his yards per carry to 5.3. Rice also caught a team high 975 yards.
- Offensive Tackle – D’Brickashaw Ferguson, New York Jets: Ferguson protected the blindside of a rookie quarterback in Mark Sanchez that saw him touched 21 times, which as a team was good enough for fourth with 53 hits. He was part of an offensive line that cleared paths for a league best 2,756 yards of rushing.
- Offensive Tackle – Michael Roos, Tennessee Titans: Roos early on protected the blindside of Kerry Collins and then later on Vince Young to give up only 15 sacks upon the year as a group and allowing both quarterbacks to get touched a combined 44 times. Roos was also apart of an offensive line that helped Chris Johnson become only sixth man in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards.
- Guard – Jahri Evans, New Orleans Saints: Evans helped form an umbrella for Brees to sit back and pass for 4,388 yards and pushed way for at least 5 Saints players to score within the red zone of within 5 yards.
- Guard – Steve Hutchinson, Minnesota Vikings: Hutchinson like Evans helped Brett Farve one of the oldest quarterbacks in the league enough time to pass for 4,202 yards and 33 touchdowns. Hutchinson also created enough holes inside the red zone for Adrian Peterson to rush for 14 touchdowns within 5 yards.
- Center – Jeff Saturday, Indianapolis Colts: Saturday is defiantly an extension of the league most audiblized quarterback in Peyton Manning. He rebounded after missing four games last year that almost pushed him into retirement to play a full 16 games with only 2 false starts.
- Tight End – Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers: Gates lead all tight ends with 1,157 yards while only finishing fifth in receptions. He also finished with a league best 61 first downs providing sure hands and sure yardage when needed the most. Gates average of 14.6 yards a catch was also a league best amongst tight ends.
- Wide Receiver – Miles Austin, Dallas Cowboys: Austin came into the season fighting for the third spot on the Cowboys roster for receivers instead finished the season as the number one option for quarterback Tony Romo, in the first four games he caught a total of 5 passes. He finished with 1,320 yards which was good enough for third overall and finished in the same place overall with his 11 touchdowns. Austin also finished second with catches of 20 yards or more and third of 40 yards of more.
- Wide Receiver – Andre Johnson, Houston Texans: Johnson reached the 100 reception plateau in 2009 and finished first overall with 1,569 yards. He was good for at 98 yards a game and was accountable for 69 first downs. Johnson lead the league in 22 receptions of 20 yards or more and finished second with 9 receptions of 40 yards or more.
- Kicker – Nate Kaeding, San Diego Chargers: Kaeding attempted 35 field goals and made 32 of them with his misses coming from 41, 43, 55 yards, two of the three misses came in victories. He was also 51 out of 50 extra points with his only miss being a block that came in a victory.
DEFENSE
- Defensive End – Julius Peppers, Carolina Panthers: Peppers finished with 10.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 2 interceptions while returing one for a touchdown. He also had 42 tackles, 36 of them being solo and 7 pass deflections where all among the league leaders in all caterogies.
- Defensive End – Jared Allen, Minnesota Vikings: Allen finished with a league best 14.5 sacks for defensive ends and recorded 51 tackles, 43 of them being solo. He also had 5 forced fumbles and 1 interception while deflecting 5 passes.
- Defensive Tackle – Jay Ratliff, Dallas Cowboys: Ratliff had the best season amongst defensive tackles in all of the league with 40 tackles and still created 6 sacks. He also block a field goal attempt and forced 2 fumbles.
- Defensive Tackle – Tony Brown, Tennessee Titans: Brown had 38 tackles on the year with 28 of them being solo. He also had 5 sacks on the year while forcing 3 fumbles in role thought to be lost with Albert Haynesworth signing with Washington.
- Linebacker – Elvis Dumervil, Denver Broncos: Dumervil lead the league with 17 sacks a turn around from the previous year were he only had 5. He also finished with 49 tackles and 42 of them being solo.
- Linebacker – Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers: Willis lead the league with 152 tackles and 114 being solo while creating 4 sacks. He had 3 interceptions and returned one for a touchdown. Willis went on to deflect 11 more passes and force 3 fumbles.
- Linebacker – Brian Cushing, Houston Texans: Cushing only a rookie went on to record 133 tackles to rank sixth among linebackers. He had 4 sacks and one he created for a safety, 4 interceptions and 2 forced fumbles. The rookie wasn’t done as he created a league leading 14 pass deflections.
- Cornerback – Darrelle Revis, New York Jets: Revis held Andre Johnson, Randy Moss (twice), Marques Colston, Torry Holt, Terrell Owens (twice), Steve Smith, Antonio Bryant, Reggie Wayne, Roddy White, Chad Ochocinco to under 35 yards. He still was able to pick off 6 passes and return one for a touchdown.
- Cornerback – Charles Woodson, Green Bay Packers: Woodson created 9 interceptions on the year and returned 3 for touchdowns. He also came up with 2 sacks and 4 forced fumbles while being moved all over the field in a new 3-4 system in Green Bay.
- Safety – Jairus Byrd, Buffalo Bills: Byrd a rookie was picked on a lot this year as team tried to test him by going over the top he made them pay recording 9 interceptions. He is a hard hitting free safety that had 45 tackles.
- Safety – Darren Sharper, New Orleans Saints: Sharper had been thought to be over the age instead found himself in all the right places and right times in collecting 9 interceptions. He returned 3 interceptions for touchdowns.
- Punter – Shane Lechler, Oakland Raiders: Lechler punted the ball 96 times for 4,909 yards a league best 51.1 average every time his leg touched the ball. He had zero of his kicks blocked and zero returned for a touchdown. Lechler pinned 30 of his punts inside the 20 yard line.
- All-Purpose – Josh Cribbs, Cleveland Browns: Cribbs is the definition of all purpose. He had 20 receptions for 135 yards and 1 touchdown, rushing the ball 55 times for 381 yards and 1 touchdown, and in the return game he was used as kickoff and punt returner. He also had 452 yards and 1 touchdown on punt returns and 1,542 yards returning 3 for touchdowns on kickoff returns. Cribbs total yardage for every aspect he touched the ball was 2,510 yards with 6 touchdowns.
- Head Coach – Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals: Lewis Bengals finished the 2008 season 4-11-1 and was 1-7 on the road to rebound in 2009 and win the AFC North Division 10-6 and go 4-4 on the road. His team in 2008 allowed 364 points and only managed to put up 204 compared to 2009 when his team held opponents to 291 points and scored 305. Lewis and his Bengals also endured the loss of wide receiver Chris Henry who was tragically killed in season. His Bengals are also the first team to overcome the HBO Hard Knocks curse and produce a winning season in which they where filmed.
No Keith Brooking, You Are Classless
Your Classless
“I thought it was classless. I thought it was B.S. Granted, we get paid to stop them, but we had zero timeouts left. I didn’t think there was any call for that.”
That’s what Dallas Cowboys Keith Brooking had to say about Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings after they scored a final touchdown late in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys gave up the ball on downs at their 37-yard line with 5:26 remaining, and the Vikings threw three passes on a six-play drive. The final one was an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe on fourth-and-3 with 1:55 remaining.
Stop being a pussy Brooking. Your right it is your job to stop them and you didn’t, the Vikings where just playing football.
Are they suppose to stop trying to advance the ball because your beaten and upset, no, so stop being a pussy about it and this is a Cowboy fan saying this.
Your comment was classless.
Brett Favre & Pants On The Ground
The Dallas Cowboys no doubt dropped their pants to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings 34-3 but how about the awkwardness of pants and on the ground and all sudden number 4 slaps the hell out Jared Allen’s ass?
Charles Barkley Helps SNL To It’s Best Ratings In 14 Months
10.4 Milli Watched
Charles Barkley and the NFL boosted Saturday Night Live to its best numbers in 14 months. Saturday’s episode of SNL, hosted by Barkley, drew 10.4 million viewers on NBC the most-viewed edition of the show since November 1, 2008. That 2008 episode aired days before the 2008 Presidential Election, and featured an appearance by Republican nominee John McCain.
Saturday Night Live was no doubt aided by an immense lead-in from the Eagles/Cowboys NFC Wild Card game, which drew 32.1 million viewers. Eagles/Cowboys drew television’s largest primetime audience on a Saturday night since 1994.
Cowboys Wild Card Game Draws Highest Ratting Since 1999
Est. 1920
Overnight ratings for NFL Wild Card Saturday hit a 11-year high on NBC
The Dallas Cowboys blowout win over the Philadelphia Eagles drew a 19.6/32 overnight rating on NBC Saturday night and was watched by nearly 29 million people that’s up 7% from Colts/Chargers last year (18.3/30), up 18% from Jaguars/Steelers in ‘08 (16.6/27).
With the Cowboys running away with the game late, ratings peaked in the second quarter at a 21.6/35.
The 19.6 overnight is the highest for the late Saturday Wild Card game since Cowboys/Cardinals in ‘99 (21.0/28). From 2000-09, the highest overnight for the late Saturday window was an 18.4.
Additionally, the 19.6 is the second-highest overnight for any NFL telecast on NBC since the network resumed airing games in ‘06 — behind only Super Bowl XLIII last February.
The game drew a 44.3/65 in Dallas and a 33.7/51 in Philadelphia. Excluding San Antonio, which is a secondary market for the Cowboys, New Orleans was the top neutral market (31.8/44).
Donovan McNabb Plays Air Guitar & Flips Out
The Dallas Cowboys got their first playoff victory in 13 years last night by beating Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles for the third time this season but before kickoff McNabb strolled out of the locker room with a few moves and totally flipped the switch on some Cowboys fan.
I saw this live last night and have watched this video at least 12 times and still chuckle every time but if certain players in the NFL constantly take flake because of the perception of their focus on the game really what does this say about McNabb?
I’m sure Terrell Owens can offer some insight.
Philadelphia Eagles Reporter Spits On Dallas Cowboy Star
Dave Spadaro editor of philadelphiaeagles.com and an employee of the Eagles, videotaped himself spitting twice on the centerfield star at Jerry’s World before the Sunday game between the Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.
Right after his first spit Spadaro says “There you go, fellas” he said. “Spit on that star. I could do more. You know, Dallas kind of deserves a second one. Nobody looks.” Then spits again.
He later wrote an apology on the website saying that he “deeply apologize to the outstanding Cowboys organization and the fine people there, from Jerry Jones to the rest of the team.”
Mark Cuban Speaks The Truth In Describing The NFL
O No You Didn't
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is upset that the NFL and its television partners has scheduled the Cowboys home playoff game for Saturday night.
The timing conflicts with the Mavericks home game that night. The ‘Boys take on Philadelphia Eagles at 7 p.m. (CST) in Jerry’s World while his Mavericks play at home against the Utah Jazz at 7:30 p.m. and he anticipates a high number of no-shows. The Mavericks play Friday night at San Antonio, which eliminates the possibility of moving Saturday’s game up earlier in the day.
“I know we’re just little pissants compared to the NFL, but seriously, the NFL is turning into the ugly American when it comes to sports leagues,” Cuban said before Tuesday’s home game against Detroit. “They don’t give a crap about anybody but themselves.”
Word! Speak the truth Cuban!
Cuban continued to make his point on Twitter, pointing out that the Boston Celtics host the Toronto Raptors at 12 p.m. (CST) on Sunday, while the New England Patriots open their playoffs at home against the Baltimore Ravens… at the same time!
Cuban also made it clear that it’s not a shot at owner Jerry Jones but the league itself, a league that has never shown any interest in developing a scheduling cooperative with the NBA so each league can try to avoid overlapping.
“It’s not a Jerry Jones issue – Jerry’s great,” Cuban said. “But at some point in time, that will catch up to [the NFL] and hurt them in a big way.”
I love the NFL too but some of the NFL’s actions disgust me at times and I’ll gladly repeat myself in saying speak the truth Cuban!
