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Black and Blue all over: Tiebreakers

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...their one-game advantage over the Vikings with a resounding victory over New England on "Monday Night Football." But for those of you who have been asking, there are a set of 11 tiebreakers that...

Blog | December 01, 2009

Air and Space: Cutler's accuracy

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

Based on what I've seen, the best way to describe Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler is that he is out of whack. (I believe a full medical definition c...

Blog | November 28, 2009

Anticipating Packers-Lions

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

It's almost time for more football! Exactly 25 hours from the publication of this post, Green Bay and Detroit will square off on...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Keys to the Packers' playoff run

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

It was only two weeks ago that some numbskull suggested Green Bay might have a tough time getting in playoff position during the second half of the se...

Blog | November 24, 2009

Vikings flexed to prime-time on Dec. 6

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...also scheduled to play on Sunday night at Carolina (Dec. 20) and on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" at Chicago on Dec. 28

Blog | November 24, 2009

Third and one: Vikings

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...season struggles in recent years. I didn't get to it last week, but our friends at Football Outsiders elevated Minnesota's special teams to their No. 1 overall ranking in the NFL through 10...

Blog | November 23, 2009

Black and Blue all over: Game day

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...where it's partly sunny and pretty mild. We're headed toward a beautiful day for November football. On the trip over, I got to talking with a couple of San Francisco fans -- and, like...

Blog | November 22, 2009

NFC North weekend mailbag

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...the look of someone that has been "Lionized." (To be Lionized means you become a soul-less football zombie, you are strictly in survival mode. This occurs to various players and coaches because of the...

Blog | November 21, 2009

What we've learned about Zygi Wilf

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...leads to frequent turnover. By my count, Wilf has dished out four significant contract extensions to his football management team since purchasing the team in June 2005: Rob Brzezinski, vice president of football operations, signed...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Revisiting Smith-Rodgers

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...NFL's absurdly top-heavy rookie pay scale. As Andrew Brandt pointed out over on the National Football Post, Smith received a six-year deal with $24 million guaranteed in 2005. Rodgers got $4.13...

Blog | November 18, 2009

NFC North weekend mailbag

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

We're going to mix it up a bit and take a longer-form approach to this edition of the Weekend Mailbag. This is in no way a comment on the quality and ...

Blog | November 14, 2009

Have at It: Choosing a tight end

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...ends is they are most valuable when they're game-breakers. Blocking is a critical part of football, obviously. But I don't think a great blocker can impact a game as much as a...

Blog | November 13, 2009

Black and Blue all over: Bears aftermath

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...that lead. Continuing through the NFC North: Mike Mulligan of the Sun-Times: It wasn't a football game so much as a public therapy session. The Bears' crisis of confidence spilled onto the national...

Blog | November 13, 2009

Midseason Report: Lions

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...than lack of understanding. Stafford appears to have a strong grasp of the Lions' offense and enough football instincts that, even at 21, he's never looked out of place as an NFL starter. Rookie...

Blog | November 11, 2009

Tracing the Bears' defensive decline

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...homecoming opponent. Or, as FOX analyst Troy Aikman said during Sunday's broadcast: "I thought high school football was played on Friday.'' Indeed, no NFL defense should ever be trampled to this degree, no matter...

Blog | November 10, 2009