Everyone has now played at least half their games, and the season is taking shape. There will be one or two 'late run' teams who are currently at or under .500 who will make it in, but probably ten teams now are toast, which leaves 4-5 teams in each division still very much in the Wild Card hunt, and a few coaches waiting for the Black Monday ( Read more... )

Almost half the league was on 2-2 after week 4 - which I feel is a direct result of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which severely curtailed pre-season practice, meaning that many teams were actually finalizing their rosters during weeks 1-3. The Giants did not have time to consolidate a new Offensive system during the off-season, but Eli ( Read more... )

No surprise Dennis Allen is out of Oakland early after an embarrassing drubbing in London, to which I was witness, with a depressed lifelong Raiders fan for company.To quote the words of one G.R.R. Martin, indeed 'life is miserable and full of pain'. The interim job will fall internally, and a hand will be extended to Jon Gruden, but the owner will ( Read more... )

Our little British league table of predictions is running just as well as if we had all used a pin - we are all three of us within a whisker of .500. I am officially annoyed with myself for changing my mind about the Chargers at the last minute ( Read more... )

Domestic violence should never be tolerated, but trial by video is the new 'justice', and I am not comfortable with that. We also need to remember that Rice's now wife has asked for peace, consideration and privacy during this difficult time ( Read more... )