Super Bowl XLVIII: For Whom the Bowl Tolls

Super Bowl XLVIII has the potential to go down as one of the greatest football games in NFL history.  Not only are the two competing teams the perfect combination of a high-powered offense and stifling defense, but there also may never have been a game with such strong implications for the competitors involved (i.e. Russell Wilson and Peyton Manning).  There have been amazing Super Bowls and amazing Super Bowl plays (James Harrison’s 100-yard interception return in and Santonio Holmes amazing catch in Super Bowl XLIII just to name my favorites), but plays will be just that, plays.  Indeed some will be magnificent and everlasting, yet one great play hardly defines a great player.  Plays make games, but games make players.

Wait, who are Russell Wilson’s Targets?

Russell Wilson,  one of america’s favorite quarterbacks, and national hero to all of us 5’11” hopefuls out there, is playing his best football of his short career thus far.  He has a passer rating above 100 on the season and top 10 QB in TDs and has less than 10 INT this year.  Now many football guys love to talk about his work on the ground too, but that’s not where this blog is going (although he pretty good with his feet, I might add).

Wilson is really good at winning these games

Sherman is Right

Everyone has their own opinion about Richard Sherman after his NFC Championship post game interview.

His name has been mentioned on all social networks (yes even myspace) many different channels on TV. He has always been a talker and a self-advertiser. By now people are probably sick of hearing about his name and his story and for that reason I attempted to not write a cliché article about the man. However, I find people’s polarized opinions (especially the negative ones) to be incredibly interesting.

Restoring the Roar

There’s a lot of changes that are taking place in the motor city right now.  Jim Schwartz has been fired after two straight seasons of incredible collapses, and most of his staff is gone as well.  The Lions may have only gone 11-21 over the last two seasons, but they do have top-tier talent at nearly every position.  They have the pieces in place to be a contender, but fail to reach their potential year after year.  Here is what Detroit needs to do this off-season to put it all together and become a contender in the NFL.