Category: Sports

I became a Miami Dolphins fan for about 30 minutes this afternoon. When I saw online at NFL.COM that it was all tied-up at 13 apiece with less than four minutes remaining I turned it on my TV and began rooting for the ‘Fins to score the go-ahead field goal. They did it with less than two minutes remaining making it 16-13, but then the Ravens came back to tie it with their own short field goal to end regulation.

Fast forward to 4:19 PM EST and the Miami Dolphins did it in overtime with QB Cleo Lemon’s MASSIVE 64-yard touchdown pass to WR Greg Camarillo.

It was 1 of my 2 ‘Upset Specials’ for this afternoon, and I hit BIG on both of them, as the Jaguars handed it to the Steelers in a Pittsburgh snowstorm 29-22.

TONIGHT on NBC’s Sunday Night Football – The Washington Redskins at The New York Giants !

My picks to win are in bold green:

Bengals At 49ers
Cardinals At Saints
Falcons At Buccaneers
Ravens At Dolphins – UPSET SPECIAL !
Bills At Browns
Packers At Rams
Jaguars At Steelers – UPSET SPECIAL !
Jets At Patriots
Seahawks At Panthers
Titans At Chiefs
Colts At Raiders
Lions At Chargers
Eagles At Cowboys
Redskins At Giants – I’ll never pick against my ‘Skins !
Bears At Vikings

This Sunday afternoon at 1 PM EST the (5-6) Buffalo Bills roll into FedExField in Landover Maryland to take on my beloved original hometown (5-6) Washington Redskins.

My Redskins are mourning the devastating loss of Sean Taylor, so this will be a very emotional game for them. They will honour his memory before the game, and they will wear a No. 21 logo on their helmets.

The Redskins are 3-2 at home so far this season, and 2-1 against AFC East teams (beating the Dolphins and the Jets, and losing badly to the Patriots).

Both the Redskins and the Bills lost in Florida last Sunday. The Redskins lost 19-13 to the Buccaneers in Tampa, and the Bills lost to the Jaguars 36-14 in Jacksonville.

The Redskins are 5½ to 6 point favourites at home with an over-under of 37 points. That would roughly equate to a score of Redskins 21 Bills 16. I’ll go with this prediction:

Redskins 37 Bills 12

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS !

I finally found a show on Ion Television that I enjoyed watching. It’s NFL Game Of The Week, and it’s presented by NFL Films and its President Steve Sabol.

It’s on Saturday nights from 6 PM to 7 PM (Eastern), and this week it featured the San Diego Chargers / Jacksonville Jaguars game during the first half of the show, and the Washington Redskins / Dallas Cowboys game (that I attended) during the second half.

It was cool to see the game in person last Sunday afternoon at Texas Stadium, and it was also cool to see how NFL Films encapsulated the highlights of the game on film in its traditional award-winning way.