Part 9 of a 9-part series in which Sharkey and the ManInBlack preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl… ManInBlack: NFC Wild Card Bye:  #1 Green Bay Packers, #2 New Orleans Saints #3 Dallas Cowboys vs #6 Washington Redskins #4 San Francisco 49ers vs #5 Minnesota Vikings NFC Divisional Round #1 Green Bay Packers vs #5 [...]

Part 8 of a 9-part series in which Sharkey and the ManInBlack preview the NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl.  Today, they preview the NFC East, where they disagree on basically everything. ManInBlack says: If you listen to most of the talking heads and many of scribes, the NFC East is the toughest division in football.  They’ll [...]

Part 7 of a 9-part series in which Sharkey and the ManInBlack preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl. ManInBlack says: Is there a more bland division in football?  You have the high-flying Saints and then…nothing.  Yes, the Falcons are a decent to good team, but do you really think they’ll win the Super Bowl?  [...]

Part Six of a Nine Part Series in which Sharkey and the ManInBlack preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl.  Today, the guys take a look at the AFC East. Sharkey Says: Without question, this should be one of the more entertaining divisions in football this season.  The Jets are the most talked about franchise [...]

Part Five of a Nine Part Series in which Sharkey and the ManInBlack preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl.  Today, the guys take a look at the AFC North. Sharkey Says: This is certainly one of the more interesting divisions in the league this season.  One of the best, too.  Can’t quite be the [...]

Part Four of a Nine Part Series in which Sharkey and the ManInBlack preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl.  Today, the guys take a look at the AFC South. Sharkey Says: For some reason, this division quite often gets labeled as the best in the NFL, from top to bottom.  At the top, Indianapolis, [...]

Part Three of a Nine Part Series in which Sharkey and the Man In Black preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl.  Today, the guys take a look at the AFC West, a division with a lot of new faces. Sharkey Says: This is a hard division to forecast.  I can’t speak for MIB, but I [...]

Part Two of a Nine Part Series in which Sharkey and the Man In Black preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl.  Today, the guys take a look at the NFC North. ManInBlack says: I don’t like to preview this division without knowing whether or not Brett Favre is going to play.  Lets face it; that’s [...]

Part One of a Nine Part Series in which Sharkey and the Man In Black preview the entire NFL Season, all the way through the Super Bowl.  Today, the guys take a look at the (awful) NFC West.  Since Sharkey claims he knows more about the NFC than the AFC, and MIB follows the AFC more than the NFC, it [...]

The Bengals and Cowboys stumbled through an extremely boring NFL preseason game last night.  There were too many penalties.  Too many stupid plays.  The starters barely played.  Excitement was nonexistent.  I loved it. I didn’t love the slow methodological torture that was the game itself.  Watching that game was like watching paint dry…or NASCAR.  Not worth watching at all, really.  [...]