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Anticipating Packers-Lions
Kevin Seifert, NFC NorthIt'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, 2009Keys to the Packers' playoff run
Kevin Seifert, NFC NorthIt 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, 2009Vikings 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, 2009Third 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, 2009Black 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, 2009NFC 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, 2009What 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, 2009Revisiting 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, 2009NFC North weekend mailbag
Kevin Seifert, NFC NorthWe'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, 2009Have 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, 2009Black 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, 2009Midseason 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, 2009Tracing 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, 2009NFC North at night
Kevin Seifert, NFC North...in an unfriendly sideline exchange. You want to be happy and cheerful and you want to win football games, Schwartz said, and there are things that you have to work through and there are going...
Blog | November 09, 2009Third and one: Bears
Kevin Seifert, NFC North...Cutler is combative, competitive and ornery. Those personality traits have no doubt played a role in his football success. They feed his aggression and playmaking ability. But I don't see anything good coming from...
Blog | November 09, 2009

