Sorry folks. If his team gets shutout, no Tebowing for you. Instead, you get a white canvas with green paint on it. You know how NBA fans get an Egg McMuffin or something if their team scores over 100 points at home? Well, this is the inverse.
When Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz scored during last night’s 19-17 Eagles victory, NBC went into its bag of tricks. The powers that be for the Sunday Night Football production team opted to play salsa music to coincide with Cruz’s celebration.
Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia, according to NFL Network’s Albert Breer.
Good thing Rex Ryan left the guarantee business.
The Falcons trailed Carolina 28-27 with :59 seconds left and the ball at their 1-yard line. Have no fear, Matt Ryan is here.
Everyone is thrilled the NFL officials are back but perhaps none have received the adulation of referee Ed Hochuli. Not sense the days of the mid-1980s and Hulk Hogan has sports come across such a humble figure that works out regularly.
Just another ho-hum week in the NFL, right? Finally, we will begin to turn the page from those dreadful replacement marks to actual football with legitimate refs making awful calls instead of fake ones.
When Monday night’s atrocity in Seattle caused a Wisconsin state senator to post NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s phone number on Twitter and for the embattled boss to receive 70,000 voice mail messages, it was only a matter of time before Eddie Gunz and company returned to duty.
Plenty of news trickled out of Park Avenue today including the possible return of the real referees to action in time for Week 4 work on Sunday and Monday; and Bill Belichick receiving a $50,000 fine for touching an official last Sunday night.
In an effort to follow the Eagles on their Manifest destiny of self-purported greatness, I’ll hit the road to enjoy the Delaware Valley on NFL Sundays. This week’s stop? Well, it’s not the road. Home sweet home.