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Jim McGrew recaps a busy 24 hours in the football world: Mike McQueary provided some disturbing but important (and damning) testimony about Jerry Sandusky; the Sam Hurd drug saga continued to unfold; and Adrian Peterson explained one of his motivations for returning to the field.
For those who have been wondering if the 49ers are “for real” you can now stop wondering. Why? Because the 49ers now have their own rap song. Yes, someone named Bailey went and turned Harbaugh into hip hop.
It seems that Aldon Smith celebrated a little too much for his coach’s liking at some point during the game, so the next time he made a big play Smith found another way to…celebrate.
Today’s final Thanksgiving Day game features the once-defeated San Francisco 49ers against the up and down (but mostly up) Baltimore Ravens. Here is the TV and spread info, plus what our writing team has had to say about this game throughout the week, including our picks…and yours.
The most hyped storyline surrounding the Thanksgiving night game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens has to do with the coaches involved: the Harbaugh brothers, Jim and John. Who will win The Harbaugh Bowl? Steve Kubitz previews and predicts.
With three games on Thanksgiving Thursday I thought it might be helpful to do a special start/sit column for those games. So in this post I’ll do just that, providing analysis and recommendations for the key players you need to decide on before Turkey Day.
The NFL really nailed it this year, as we have 3 great games to watch and story lines galore with the Lions-Packers, Dolphins-Cowboys, and 49ers-Ravens. Here is everything you need to know to get ready for this year’s Thanksgiving Day NFL action.
The NFL really nailed it this year, as we have 3 great games to watch and story lines galore with the Lions-Packers, Dolphins-Cowboys, and 49ers-Ravens. Here is everything you need to know to get ready for this year’s Thanksgiving Day NFL action.
The Green Bay Packers navigated the season’s first half without a loss. Now comes the inevitable talk of a possible perfect season, which the Packers just may need if they want to have homefield advantage in the NFC playoffs.
Who should you start and who should you sit in Week 9 of the fantasy football season? As they do every week, Jon and Jerod provide their start em, sit em advice and projections, plus answer all of your questions.
With the NFL season at its midway point, and the Detroit Lions clearly one of the biggest stories of the first half of the season, here are our Midseason NFL Power Rankings: Motown Edition, with each team presented alongside a Motown classic that sums up the first half of its season.
This is a question Jerod has been thinking about a lot over the past several weeks, as he, like everyone else, continues to be more and more impressed (and surprised) by how well Cam Newton is transitioning to the NFL in his first season. Jerod offers his thoughts on the matter and invites you to share yours.
All in all, what we saw Sunday between Jim Harbaugh and Jim Schwartz was a pretty shocking display from both, especially in a league where every effort is made to remove any and all individual expressions of emotion. That, in addition to a few other reasons, is why everyone was actually a winner in Harbaugh v Schwartz.
Is 2011 going to be the highest scoring fantasy season of all time? All signs indicate that it could be. That means that making the right start em, sit em decisions has never been more crucial. So let Jon and Jerod help you set your Week 6 lineups in this week’s Start/Sit column.
In this week’s NFL Power Rankings, Drew Lange ranks every team from 1-32, explains his reasoning for not liking teams adding pink to their uniforms during October, and provides useful advice about drunk girls alone at bars.
