Tuesday Afternoon Linebacker

I know that you were all waiting to read this. My traffic spiked on the day that Favre announced his retirement. You know me so well. But my paying job had me tied up all week. So, here you go; TALB’s reaction to the retirement of Brett Favre (more…)

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Unfortunately, I was only able to watch about 10 minutes total of either of these games. Which sucks, since they were both pretty good according to all accounts. (more…)

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The media focus this week in the NFL is on the two future hall-of-famers under center, and their destiny to face each other at UoP Stadium. But the thing TALB wants to know is, can the immortal Billy Volek step-up and take his team to the promised land? Is he going to get the chance? Does anyone want to see the Rivers-Manning Draft Day Trade Bowl instead? Will it snow as if the end times are upon us in Green Bay? Can you stand anymore questions in this intro? (more…)

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That’s the question the NFL is asking of this year’s playoff field. Which, I think, is quite apropos this season. The teams that have been playing to win since September are still alive. Those that took some time off, not so much. (more…)

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This week is when the rubber meets the road in the NFL playoffs. The top dogs have had a week off (or in some cases two), and the wild cards have had to scrap their way to this point. The safe money says pick the home teams. And statistically you’d be right. But I’m not so sure that’s the case in the NFC. (more…)

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Hopefully the Bucs got a load of Forever stamps a few months back, as they’ve been mailing it in for a month. And it showed Sunday afternoon. The Bucs looked like a team that shouldn’t be in the playoffs. And maybe they shouldn’t have. But rules are rules, and they got to self-destruct in front of the entirety of the NFL-watching public. Well done lads. (more…)

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The Tournament field is set. The Bucs are probably going to lose Sunday. There, I said it. (more…)

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