The AFC-NFC Pro Bowl will be played Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, HI. However, note that this is also the bye week for Super Bowl XLVI, and as such, the Pro Bowl players for the AFC champion New England Patriots and NFC champion New York Giants will not play.
For all of my Patriots related Pro Bowl posts, check here, here, [...]
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If you're a fan of the New York Giants or New England Patriots, this is of course the most wonderful time of the year. However, the days drag on in anticipation for the 2012 NFL Draft and 2012 NFL Free Agency for everyone else. While we wait, here's some food for thought on the coming off-season and what the Kansas City Chiefs need to do...
The Chiefs are an up-and-coming competitive [...]
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I don't know why it took the NFL so long to put the Pro Bowl the week before the Super Bowl instead of the week after. Instead of a 1 out of 10 on the interest scale, it gets a 2 now! Not that the AFC champ New England Patriots or NFC champ New York Giants care. Their Pro Bowl players will stay fresh by not playing in the all-star contest in Honolulu.
For the Patriots, that means QB Tom Brady, WR Wes Welker, TE Rob Gronkowski, LG Logan Mankins, RG Brian Waters, DE Andre Carter (who was already injured), DT Vince Wilfork, and WR/ST Matthew Slater. They will be replaced by Cincinnati [...]
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It's been two days, and I still don't exactly know what to say about the New England Patriots winning this year's AFC Championship over the Baltimore Ravens 23-20 to earn a trip to Super Bowl XLVI against the NFC Champion New York Giants.
Maybe it's because I wrote so much in the [...]
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Patriots 23, Ravens 20
In what turned out to be just the first of two special teams blunders that were sucker punches to the Harbaugh Family, Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard field goal that would have sent the AFC Championship into overtime. Too bad – this was an extremely well-fought contest that pitted the league’s [...]
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Strength vs. Strength. It's a classic matchup of outstanding offense and deadly defense.
GridironGrit.com’s Michael Gartman and Oren Shiri both provide their analysis for Championship Sunday.
MICHAEL'S PREVIEW
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Are you a fan of old-school smash mouth football? Well, feast your eyes on the NFC Championship Game on Sunday at 6:30pm EST on FOX, featuring the New York Giants (11-7) at the [...]
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After three years, the 1SKILLZ Gameplan has entered conference championship weekend! The AFC #1 seed New England Patriots (14-3) is hosting the AFC #2 seed Baltimore Ravens (13-4) at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, January 22, 2012, for the Lamar Hunt Trophy and a ticket to Indianapolis, IN to represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLVI. Will the Ravens continue their three-year streak of winning at least one road postseason game and win the AFC for the first time since 2000-2001? Or will the Patriots, in their seventh AFC championship appearance since Robert Kraft bought the team in 1994, win [...]
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This year will mark the sixth try for former Bills WR Andre Reed to enter the Hall of Fame and join some of his teammates such as QB Jim Kelly, Coach Marv Levy, WR James Lofton, DE Bruce Smith, RB Thurman Thomas, and Owner Ralph Wilson . It has been 11 years since Andre retired from the NFL and even though he has been passed over five [...]
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3:00 p.m. ET, the Baltimore Ravens travel to New England to take on Tom Brady and the Patriots.
The Patriots have been very good at home this season. The Ravens rush offense has been very good, but their pass offense is unpredictable.
New England's defense is led by former Bear Mark Anderson, who has 10 sacks this season.
They forced [...]
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With the mock draft season descending upon us like vultures on a carcass, it's time to look at the first-round possibilities for the Chiefs. All depending on your taste, you may want an offensive or defensive piece added to the puzzle. The general consensus would say there are a few positions that Kansas City could definitely upgrade. Let's go one-by-one:
GUARD: The Chiefs had some struggles on the interior of their line last season. Ryan Lilja didn't look nearly as strong as he did in 2010 while Casey Wiegmann was brutal in pass protection. Rodney Hudson appears ready to [...]
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The New England Patriots (14-3) host the Baltimore Ravens (13-4) in only the eighth overall meeting and second get-together in the playoffs since the Ravens came into existence in 1996 on Sunday at 3:00pm EST on CBS in the AFC Championship Game.
Heated History
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