The Pittsburgh Steelers will attempt to keep their division championship hopes alive when they host the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night.  The 9-3 Pittsburgh Steelers can move a half a game ahead of the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC North race when they open up the final quarter of the regular season against the 4-8 […]

The (4-7) Philadelphia Eagles visit the (4-7) Seattle Seahawks Thursday night.  Statistically neither team is out of the playoffs yet but the future is dim for both teams.  The Eagles will have to play without Mike Vick, Jeremy Maclin, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Moise Fokou and King Dunlap.  Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha (knee) and running back LeSean McCoy […]

Ravens @ Jaguars (+11.5, 40)
(4-1) Baltimore Ravens led by Ray Lewis head into Jacksonville to take on the (1-5) Jaguars.  Blaine Gabbert gets another start under center where he has thrown for 717 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT’s.  The last time these two teams met in 2008 Baltimore won 27-7.
The Baltimore Ravens sit fifth in […]

Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears (-1.5, 41.5) 8:20pm
Chicago has won three straight over the Vikings, including a 40-14 beating in Minnesota last December.  Chicago opened as a 3-point favorite and has been bet down to -1. The total opened at 42.5 points and has dropped to 41.5.  The Vikings won their first game of the […]

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions (-6.5, 47.5) 8:30pm ESPN
Detroit stormed back from a 27-3 third-quarter deficit on the road to stun Dallas 34-30 last week and improve to 4-0 for the first time since 1980.  Detroit is 4-0 in its last four home games, 4-0-1 in its last five games as a […]

After Peyton Manning had neck surgery during the off season the Colts felt confident that Manning would be out for the season opener and return.  Things don’t always go as they seem and Colts were dealt a big blow on Thursday when Manning underwent his 3rd neck surgery in the past 19 months and his […]

Finally the NFL season has arrived!  We have a special edition of Thursday Night football tonight with the Saints visiting the Packers tonight at 8:30pm.  The Documented Handicappers have weighed in on their NFL picks for tonigh’t action.
Here is how we see the divisions shaking out this year:
NFC East: 1) Philadelphia 2) Dallas 3) N.Y. […]

Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 3rd round of the supplemental draft on Monday.  This means that Oakland will have to give up a 3rd round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Oakland coach Hue Jackson has said Pryor will be given the chance to play quarterback first […]

There are still some players left on the NFL free agent market looking for teams in 2011.  There are some solid players on this list that should be able to help some teams and others may have to wait until the injury bug hits.
Kirk Morrison, LB (Former team: Jacksonville): It looked like the Jaguars had […]

For the first time in 45 years there will be no NFL Hall of Fame game. The labor dispute between NFL owners and players forced the league to call off the annual Hall of Fame game between Chicago and St. Louis scheduled for Aug. 7.
It’s a financial blow to the Hall of Fame, which could […]