NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest. Let the record show that your humble author, the Squibster, predicted the final playoff victory games for the Cardinals and Steelers and the Super Bowl victory for the Steelers. Let the record show that those predictions were in hard print befo...

Time for another editon of Waxing Off; today's topic: Unfortunate "Mayors' Bets." Warning: May include description of Deadspin Managing Editor sucking a toe. Holly: Never make a bet involving your own team. Especially when said team is not the world-beating superpower it once was, when the game invo...

With all due respect to Peyton Manning, the NFL’s MVP for the 2008 season was the Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback Kurt Warner. Warner didn’t have the best passing stats in the league, though his numbers were outstanding: 4558 yards passing, good for 2nd in the league behind New Orleans’ Drew ...

It's Monday, and I have all the answers ... There was a play in the Bears' choke against the Texans where Ryan Moats -- Ryan Moats? -- ran through a massive hole to make it 21-10 in the third quarter. This was one of the worst red–zone offenses in the league, mind you, but the Bears are givers, no...

For the sixth time in nine playoff appearances, Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts have been bounced from the playoffs in the first round. Yes, they won the Super Bowl in 2007 and even did it with a comeback win over their arch-rival Patriots, but is getting over the hump just one time enough...

When in doubt, go with an old standby. That’s what voters for the NFL MVP Award said today by selecting Peyton Manning the League MVP. Not a terrible choice: He played pretty well overall, very well down the stretch, and his team went 12-4. Manning’s response couldn’t have been mor...

With their big 31-24 victory over the Jaguars last night, the Colts are back in the playoffs with their sixth consecutive 11-win season, meaning that this kid can invite friends into his room again. Yes, with his 364-yard, three-touchdown, come-from-behind effort, the Peyton Manning Fathead is sudde...

Surprises: I don’t think that anybody at the beginning of the season would have told you that the Tennessee Titans would be as dominating as they are. The Tennessee Titans are a complete team and are a much better team with Kerry Collins as quarterback. Vince Young is riding the bench after so...

The Bears apparently are seriously looking at former Lions tailback Kevin Jones, planning a physical and visit to Halas Hall today. Used to be, the Bears built an offense with a Magic 8 Ball. Now, it appears they're using TV show slogans. Two drinking arrests for a running back? You're fired. Two le...

I was listening to a discussion on sports talk radio the other day about the top NFL quarterbacks. When they got to Ben, with whom they ranked third behind Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, they talked about his continued “development as an NFL quarterback.” It’s a topic that always cr...