 The Hollywood edition hangover
While the rest of the world watched four NFL playoff games this weekend, we drank colossal amounts of homebrew at Alewives & Ales bed and breakfast in Maine and saw what we thought were a flickering collection of Hollywood releases run through our head.
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Ed Reed, master of D universe
Offensive players get an undue amount of attention when we consider the impact individuals have on the game of football. Maybe it’s time to talk about one defender, Baltimore’s Ed Reed, in the same breath. After all, his team wins when he produces, and loses when he does not.
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The same old song and dance for Colts
San Diego's 23-17 overtime victory against Indianapolis Saturday night was another classic failure for the Colts. After a 12-4 regular season for Indy, and an undeserved MVP award for Peyton Manning, the Colts are one-and-done in the playoffs for the sixth time in nine postseason appearances.
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Postseason contenders and pretenders
It's an annual tradition here at CHFF, kind of like pissing off the wife's boss in a drunken stupor at her company holiday party: we size up the postseason contenders and pretenders by looking at each playoff team through the pigskin prism of our Quality Stats.
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Quality Standings say Colts win Super Bowl
If one of the most interesting trends in football holds true, Peyton Manning will cap the season with a second Super Bowl title to go with his third MVP award. The Colts were the best team in the league this year against Quality Opponents, much like they were when they won the Super Bowl in 2006.
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The CHFF year in review
Here is our pull-no-punches Year in Review of the best and worst of the football world from the year that was 2008. We have the top football state of 2008, our first annual "can I get a refund?" award and a controversial defensive player of the year, but one who deserves the honor above all others
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Power Rankings: '08 no piece of cake
This NFL season has proven to be nuttier than a holiday fruitcake. An 8-8 team won its division. An 11-5 squad missed the playoffs entirely. Two teams with rookie quarterbacks and first-year coaches advanced to the postseason. And a team that went 1-15 in 2007 won its division here in 2008.
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Meet your 2008 NFL MVP
MVP voters are like Pavlov's pooch of pigskin, conditioned to look only at eye-popping volume numbers that make them salivate, even if they don't always equate to victory. So they're having trouble naming an MVP winner this year. The Cold, Hard Football Facts have no such problem identifying the year's top player.
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Da Vinci of the gridiron
If pro football had its own Da Vinci, the multi-disciplinary master whose greatest genius was his command of so many different skills, it would be Sammy Baugh.
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