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When we look back at week 15 in the National Football League for 2020, what will go down as the biggest upset of the season? It just might boil down to either the New York Jets getting their first victory of the season after dropping the first 13 by dumping the playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams or perhaps the Monday Night Football embarrassment the Cincinnati Bengals handed the 11 ...

This year’s Christmas falls on a Friday and for fans of the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints, they need not worry about being at the stadium when these two teams meet up in New Orleans for a rare Christmas Day NFL game. Because of COVID-19, there will not be what is normally a massive and noisy crowd at a Saints home game. Next Friday’s game will be only the 22nd in le ...

As we near the end of a tumultuous 2020, the impact this year that COVID-19 has had on the world and sports is well known. In the NFL, COVID has not only taken away playing time from players and postponed games, it has also affected the fans in the way of watching games on television. Every team has limited attendance at games either by cutting capacity numbers down or not allo ...

The NFL season is winding down with just four games to play. The Kansas City Chiefs are the only team to clinch a playoff spot. Division titles are still up for grabs and so are playoff spots. This last quarter of games will determine who gets to play at least one extra game and be a partner in the big dance while others will find out that they will be spending the playoff seas ...

It took three reschedules to get the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers on the field, but these two AFC rivals finally got the job done last Wednesday afternoon at Heinz Field. In a game that was originally scheduled for Thanksgiving night, because of Baltimore’s problems with COVID-19 the game was moved to a Sunday night matchup a few days later. After more positive tes ...

It’s that time of year! Thanksgiving and lots of football. This year we get three games again on Turkey day although it won’t have the same feel as in the past given the COVID-19 world we now find ourselves in. While there are many cities discouraging families from having large gatherings, there will be plenty of football watching. Once again there are some very important games ...

With the Pittsburgh Steelers winning yet again, they are now 9-0 and there is a buzz about going undefeated. Only the 1972 Miami Dolphins went through an entire season without losing and then winning all their playoff games and taking the Super Bowl’s Lombardi Trophy. The New England Patriots came close a few years ago winning every game up to the Super Bowl but then were upset ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers took another step forward to an undefeated regular season last weekend when they beat the Cincinnati Bengals but the highlight of the week had to be the ending to the Arizona/Buffalo game. Summaries of all the action follows. Indianapolis 34 / Tennessee 17. The Titans were my pick but I missed on this one as the Colts made a nice comeback for the victor ...

As COVID-19 continues to impact the availability of players in the NFL the games trudge on and teams further establishing themselves as the teams to beat in both the AFC and NFC. It appears conference championship games are boiling down to probably games between either Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, or Buffalo in the AFC and New Orleans, Seattle, and Green Bay in the NFC. ...

Another week down in the NFL and we still have a team that has yet to lose and another squad who hasn’t seen a W put up in their season standings. The Pittsburgh Steelers squeaked out a victory in Dallas to move to 8-0 the first time in team history they have begun a season by winning the first eight games, and the New York Jets are off to their worst start in franchise history ...