Archive for the 2009 NFL Regular Season Category
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State of the Steelers week 14
What's to be said of the Steelers? Are they the best bad team or the worst good team? They've dropped 6 games by a total of only 33 points. In terms of yards, the offense is #7 and the defense is #5. So how did they get to be a 0.500 ball clu
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Mac’s NFL Power Rankings – Week Fourteen
Rick McGlothlin / Drafttek.com Senior Writer Two unbeatens still remain and three powerhouses fall in week 13, as the playoff plot thickens. The Saints nearly fell to a gallant effort by the Redskins, thanks to an incredible miss of a rather
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Grading the 2009 Draft – Midseason 2009 edition
Drafttek Team Analysts have reviewed all the selections in the first 3 rounds of the 2009 NFL draft. Below is a summary of each team’s selections, or in the situation of traded picks, how well the trade target has performed. Of course i
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State of the Steelers Week 12
After a miserable loss to the Chiefs last week, it looks like Tomlin is shuffling the deck in hopes of getting some better play on special teams. Hopefully somebody shuffles offensive coordinator Bruce Arians' brain cells a little bit so he can get
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State of the Steelers Week 11
It’s been a few weeks since my last installment. Since then the Steelers beat up on the Broncos with a defensive shutdown performance and Big Ben misfired big time versus the division leading Bengals. Following the Denver game, backup Safety T
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State of the Steelers Week 9
Not much is new for the Steelers during the bye week. None of the players showed up in the police blotter, which is always a good thing. Tomlin kept the rookies inhouse to practice during the bye week and sent the vets home. I like this move as
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State of the Steelers — Week 8
The Steelers bring a 5-2 record into the bye week. It’s probably not far from the record most people guessed but the team took a very odd path in getting there. Last week the Steelers took care of the Vikings thanks to some splash plays from
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State of the Steelers Week 7
The Steelers trounced a reeling Cleveland team last week. The game was nowhere as close as the score would make it seem. After returning a kickoff for a touchdown, the Steelers pooch punted the rest of the game spotting the Browns 20 yards each p
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Mac’s NFL Power Rankings – Week SIX
Rick McGlothlin, Draftek.com Senior Writer For the week ending October 19th (Week 6 of action in the NFL) The strong got stronger and the weak ....hey, wait a minute, some of the weak got ......uhhhhh, less weak? Surprising wins from Oakland and
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What’s wrong with the Rams, part 1 of 5
After watching every play of all 5 games, there are a number of things that jump out. I’ll be writing a bit about each as well as some positives I see with the Rams so far this season. Here are the problems I see so far that I will be addressin
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