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NFL's most obscure leaders through Week 10
April 26, 2008 by
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There aren’t as many obscure names on this list as there used to be, but we’ve still got Kenton Keith, Andre Davis, Eric Wright and Andy Lee to offer.....
32 teams in ... less than a year: Oakland
April 25, 2008 by
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We saved the (ahem) best for almost last in our delayed 32-team trip around the NFL: the Oakland Raiders, who have been unfathomably poor over the last half-decade. And they’ve taken a lot of heat for their offseason spending spree, with Al Davis jokes flowing like cheap California...
32 teams in 32 days: San Francisco
April 21, 2008 by
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We continue our team-by-team look at the NFL with the 49ers. The team everyone thought would break out in 2007 ended up breaking down, but that doesn’t mean the cupboard is bare. If a few things go right (and Patrick Willis continues his morph into Ray Lewis), there might even...
32 teams in 32 days (and counting): Washington
April 07, 2008 by
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We continue toward the merciful end of our trip around the NFL with a glance at the Washington Redskins. Like vanilla ice cream or the music of Air Supply, the Redskins aren’t going to knock you out with flash. Still, a return trip to the playoffs isn’t totally out of the question...
Top 25 passing seasons
April 07, 2008 by
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With nothing better to do this weekend than collect empty beer cans and ponder their emptiness as a transcedentalist metaphor for our lives in the off-season, we compiled the 25 greatest passing seasons in NFL history, as measured by passer rating. The lesson? Randy Moss and Bill Walsh...
32 teams in 32 days: Kansas City Chiefs
March 31, 2008 by
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Continuing with our
32 teams in 32 days: San Diego
March 29, 2008 by
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Could it be that Philip Rivers, he of the No. 1 draft-pick Rivers, is the weakest link on the young, talented Chargers squad? Find out as you peruse our latest 32 teams in 32 days offering from sunny San Diego. Now if the Chargers had only drafted that Eli Manning character with the...
32 teams in 32 days: Indianapolis
March 26, 2008 by
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We continue our trip around the NFL with a glance at the Indianapolis Colts. It wasn’t a great 2007 for Indy, which revisited the ghosts of playoff failure after an injury-marred regular season. But President Bill Polian (and the Cold, Hard Football Facts) know that no team in...
32 teams in 32 days: Atlanta
March 25, 2008 by
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Oh, those Atlanta Falcons. Michael Vick’s unsightly flameout left a franchise in tatters, and they are starting all over for 2008. Is there hope for Atlanta? Or should they be relegated to the Arena League in favor of the Arizona Rattlers? We explore.....
Succulent year-in-review team releases
March 22, 2008 by
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We’re working, with varying degrees of scheduling success, on our "32 teams in 32 days" review of the 2007 season. In the meantime, we stumbled upon the official "year in review" releases published by NFL teams themselves. Savor the data like succulent off...
"Pundits" agree: CHFF lords over all
March 20, 2008 by
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CHFF readers already knew we had the most entertaining and accurate analysis on all of Planet Pigskin. The nation
32 teams in 32 days: Philadelphia
March 19, 2008 by
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Today we continue our look at all 32 teams with the Philadelphia Eagles, a team that was curiously mediocre in 2007 despite a talented roster and cohesive coaching staff. Is this a team past its prime, on the rise, or somewhere in between? How the hell should we know, it’s March...
The magic of Favre
March 18, 2008 by
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The magic of Brett Favre was not that he was always the best quarterback in the league. Indeed, for long stretches of his career, he was the best. No, the magic of Favre was that he seemed as enternal as the mountains in a sport where careers are usually as brief and insignificant...
The Favre chronicles
March 18, 2008 by
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After a Hall of Fame career capped by an MVP-quality swan song, Brett Favre is saying goodbye to the NFL. We’ve lavished a lot of words on Favre over the past couple of years, not all of them nice, and assemble them here in tribute to the green and gold’s beloved No. 4.....
32 teams in 32 days: Minnesota
March 15, 2008 by
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We continue our ... (ahem) ... daily team-by-team look at the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings, a team that managed to be exactly average at 8-8 despite some very extraordinary happenings. If this team can shore up its weaknesses, the sky appears to be the limit. Or maybe the roof of...
The immortal Swayze has cancer
March 14, 2008 by
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One of the most curious recurring editorial themes of a site filled with them are the random appearances of Swayze in the pages of CHFF. News that the silver screen immortal has cancer was met with disbelief by the trolls, and even a few tears. Here’s a look back at the best...
32 teams in 32 days: Buffalo
March 14, 2008 by
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We continue our random team-by-team check-in around the NFL with the Buffalo/Toronto Bills. The Bills are one of the youngest teams in the NFL, which could be good or bad depending on how you look at it. They also haven’t won 10 games in over a decade, which is definitely not...
1st and 10 poll: Free agency edition
March 04, 2008 by
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While we work through technical difficulties that temporarily sidelined our "32 Teams in 32 Days" series, here’s a tasty 1st and 10 poll for the free-agent fan. Did Randy Moss sign too cheaply? Will Michael Turner shine in Atlanta? Does Larry Allen have gas left in...
Answering some lingering questions
March 02, 2008 by
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With football season sadly at a close and the months ahead looking as grim and bleak as a sci-fi novel, we ask a few leftover questions that need answering. We were so busy chronicling New England’s run to ... um, well, you know ... that a few tasty tidbits slipped through the...
Toughest postseason schedules
March 02, 2008 by
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We finally got around to updating our long-standing list of toughest postseason schedules to include the 2007 Giants. It confirms what everyone suspected: Eli & Co. captured lightning in a bottle. It also confirms that the NFL has NEVER been tougher than it is today and that dynasties...
Troll Report: NY Super Bowl run toughest ever
February 29, 2008 by
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CHFF troll Jeff Blout, a Patriots fan, picks himself up off the mat of defeat and misery to offer a statistical tip of the greasy John Deere ballcap to the Super Bowl champs. Nobody’s overcome a gridiron gauntlet quite like the 2007 Giants, writes Blout, with plenty of Cold,...
Health = wealth in the NFL
February 28, 2008 by
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How much do injuries affect the fortunes of an NFL team? Well, the overachieving Green Bay Packers were the healthiest team in the NFL last year, while the underachieving Denver Broncos were the least healthy. Remind us to blame our carpal tunnel syndrome next time we misspell a word...
Eli stands alone
February 27, 2008 by
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Several quarterbacks have led last-minute, championship-winning scoring drives. But it turns out Eli Manning is the first and only QB to lead a last-minute scoring drive when anything less than a TD would have meant failure. You have to go all the way back to this score by Detroit’s Jim Do...
Icy Issues: death on the pigskin piazza
February 21, 2008 by
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The Patriots ruled the NFL like a football fascist in 2007. Nobody liked them but at least the trains ran on time: every Sunday you could set your watch by the fact that another New England victory would roll into the win column. Today the lifeless body is the subject of public ridicule...
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