First ever XFL kick return TD!

The XFL Kickoff is the new standard the NFL should implement. I like this kickoff system better than what the Alliance of American Football did, eliminating kickoffs entirely.

Can Romo Be Effective With Broken Pinkie?

Tony Romo may play on Sunday against the Rams despite his broken pinkie finger.

What Are the medical implications of someone playing through an injury of this kind? Here is Dr. Michael Kaplan on Tony Romo's decision to play on Sunday.


What Are the Football implications of someone playing through an injury of this kind? Here is Kordell Stewart on how Tony Romo's broken finger will affect his throwing motion.

Winless Rams Fire Coach Scott Linehan

Hopefully Marc Bulger gets his job back as starting quarterback, and hopefully the Rams find their winning to attempt to save their season.

Rams Cut Issac Bruce

For the second time in three years, the St. Louis Rams released wide receiver Isaac Bruce. This time they may be cutting ties for good with the last player remaining from the team's 1995 move from Los Angeles to St. Louis.


"It's a tough choice for the franchise," coach Scott Linehan said on the team's Web site, stlouisrams.com. "It's like anything else. We make decisions as a franchise on the business side and that's the part that makes it the most difficult."

Linehan said the "possibility is always open" for Bruce to re-sign with the Rams.

Bruce's agent, Jimmy Sexton, didn't immediately return a telephone message from the AP.

Gus Frerotte, the backup quarterback the last two seasons, also was released on Thursday. The moves came hours before the start of free agency.

The 35-year-old Bruce had been due a $2 million roster bonus on Friday and the Rams were unsuccessful in attempts to restructure his contract. He signed a $15 million, three-year deal in March 2006, billed as an opportunity to finish his career with the Rams, five days after he was cut in a similar salary cap move.


Bruce is third on the NFL career list with 14,070 yards receiving, trailing only Jerry Rice and Tim Brown. He's sixth in receptions with 942, has been to four Pro Bowls and caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Kurt Warner in the Rams' Super Bowl victory over the Tennessee Titans in 2000.

Bruce was second on the team last season with 55 catches and had a 13.3 yards-per-catch average and four touchdowns. He has eight 1,000-yard seasons with the team and had 119 receptions for 1,781 yards and 13 touchdowns in 1995.

The 36-year-old Frerotte, also a 14-year veteran, made three starts when starter Marc Bulger was sidelined by injury and played in nine games overall in two seasons. Last year, he threw seven touchdown passes with 12 interceptions.

The move frees up $1.9 million heading into free agency while leaving the Rams with only two quarterbacks, Bulger and Brock Berlin, on the roster. Frerotte had been due a $500,000 roster bonus on Friday.

Fomer Rams Player Takes Advantage Of Spygate

A lawsuit filed Friday by a former St. Louis Rams player and others seeks millions of dollars in damages from the alleged taping of Rams practices by the New England Patriots before the 2002 Super Bowl.

The Patriots won the game 20-17 in the Superdome.

The $100 million suit, filed on behalf of former Rams player Willie Gary in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, names the Patriots, team owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick.

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Week 5 NFL Preview

Brett Favre, one week after becoming the all time leader in Touchdown Passes, leads the undefeated Packers home to Lambeau Field to take on The Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football.

UPDATE: THIS BLOG POST WAS UPDATED ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7th WITH THE SCORES OF ALL OF THE SUNDAY GAMES UNTIL THE SUNDAY NIGHT GAME.

Week Five of NFL Season is about to kick off. Here's a preview of every game with analysis and a pick of the winner.

EARLY GAMES

MIAMI AT HOUSTON 1:00 PM EST
Miami is a bad team this season. Houston has dropped their last two games, one to The Colts and one to The Falcons, but I expect Houston to get back on track to win the game this week, Houston is better than Miami.
HOUSTON OVER MIAMI

HOUSTON DEFEATS MIAMI 22-18

JACKSONVILLE AT KANSAS CITY 1:00 PM EST
Jacksonville's running combo of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew will burn rubber on the ground for Jacksonville. Kansas City came back from a 10 point defecit to beat The Minnesota Vikings last week. If Jacksonville can stop Larry Johnson, they will win this game, since Kansas City has no passing game.
JACKSONVILLE OVER KANSAS CITY

JACKSONVILLE DEFEATS KANSAS CITY 17-7

CLEVELAND AT NEW ENGLAND 1:00 PM EST
New England will win this game. Cleveland got a suprise victory over the Ravens last week. Expect a lot of running from Laurence Maroney and Passing from Tom Brady to Randy Moss. Oh Yeah, and to make it worse, Rodney Harrison makes his return to The Patriots in this game.
NEW ENGLAND OVER CLEVELAND

NEW ENGLAND DEFEATS CCLEVELAND 34-17

CAROLINA AT NEW ORLEANS 1:00 PM EST
David Carr will start for the Panthers for the second consecutive week. New Orleans is winless this season, while The Panthers are 2-2. New Orleans has no defense, and that's by far the biggest reason why the Saints are winless this season. Carolina wins this game, pushing The Saints to 0-5.
CAROLINA OVER NEW ORLEANS

CAROLINA DEFEATS NEW ORLEANS 16-13

NEW YORK JETS AT NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM EST
The Battle Of New York. The New York Giants are coming off a record setting defensive performance against The Philladelphia Eagles last Sunday Night. If The Giants can bring as much pressure this week as they brought last week, Chad Pennington and Thomas Jones won't be able to get anything going, meaning the Giants win the game.
NEW YORK GIANTS OVER NEW YORK JETS

NEW YORK GIANTS DEFEAT NEW YORK JETS 35-24

SEATTLE AT PITTSBURGH 1:00 PM EST
This is a rematch of Super Bowl XL. Both of these teams are 3-1 on the season. Ben Rothelisberger has been on fire for The Steelers, and their defense has played well, although Troy Polamalu may not play for The Steelers this week. I'm gonna go with Pittsburgh. They have played well on offense and defense, and they will win the game.
PITTSBURGH OVER SEATTLE.

PITTSBURGH DEFEATS SEATTLE 21-0

ARIZONA AT ST LOUIS 1:00 PM EST
This is always a big matchup because of the history of these two teams. The Cardinals moved to St. Louis in 1960 after spending the previous 62 years in Chicago as the Chicago Cardinals. The Cardinals used to call St. Louis Home. Now The Cardinals call Arizona home. When you add in the "revolving door" Quarterback Carousel going on in both Arizona and St Louis, with Kurt Warner,the Quarterback of The Rams when they won Super Bowl XXXIV, starting the last two games for the Arizona Cardinals, and that St. Louis is benching Marc Bulger for Gus Frerrote, this will be a very good game. I'm gonna go with Arizona to win this game. The Rams have just totally underwhelmed this season, and the injury bug is the biggest reason why.
ARIZONA OVER ST. LOUIS

ARIZONA DEFEATS ST LOUIS 34-31

DETROIT AT WASHINGTON 1:00 PM EST
The Detroit Lions scored an NFL record 34 points in the fourth quarter to beat Chicago and spoil Brian Griese's debut as Bears Quarterback. Detroit will beat Washington in this game. Expect a lot of catches from Calvin Johnson in this game.
DETROIT OVER WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON DEFEATS DETROIT 34-3

LATE GAMES

TAMPA BAY AT INDIANAPOLIS 4:05 PM EST
Cato June will get a loud welcome back to Indianpolis by the home crowd. Marvin Harrison, and Joseph Addai may both not play in this game. Indianapolis has a lot of depth at running back and Wide Receiver, and they showed it last week aganst Denver. Indianapolis wins this game.
INDY OVER TAMPA BAY

INDY DEFEATS TAMPA BAY 33-14

SAN DIEGO AT DENVER 4:05 PM EST
What a sad story the San Diego Chargers have become. They have become muttered into obsuriry and have once again become one of the worst teams in the league. LaDanian Tomlinson finally rushed for 100 yards last week against Kansas City, but it wasn't enough as Kansas City beat San Diego 17-10. Denver will beat San Diego this week. Travis Henry, who is the NFL's leading rusher this season, will play this week but only because he is suing the NFL to prevent the result of his positive drug test from prevventing him from playing. Denver Beats San Diego in this game.
DENVER OVER SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO DEFEATS DENVER 41-3

BALTIMORE AT SAN FRANCISCO 4:05 PM EST
Alex Smith may not play in this game. This will be a good running attack on the ground for both teams, Willis McGahee for the Ravens and Frank Gore for the 49ers. Baltimore will come back with a vengance defesnively, and the Ravens will win this game.
BALTIMORE OVER SAN FRANCISCO

BALTIMORE DEFEATS SAN FRANCISCO 9-7

LATER GAMES

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

CHICAGO AT GREEN BAY 8:15 PM EST (THE GAME OF THE WEEK)
One week after becoming The NFL's All time leader in Touchdown Passes and Pass Attempts, Brett Favre leads the undefeated Packers back home to Lambeau Field to take on the struggling Chicago Bears. Both of these always play each other hard becuse this is the biggest rivalry in the NFL. I'm gonna go with Green Bay because they are at home, but Chicago has a shot to win this game if their defense steps up and their offense starts to do better.
GREEN BAY OVER CHICAGO

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
COWBOYS AT BILLS 8:30 PM EST
This is the first Monday Night Football Appearance for the Bills since their Super Bowl days of the 1990s. Marshawn Lynch has ran for a lot of yards his last couple of games, but I expect that streak to end against The Cowboys. Whoever starts for The Bills, J.P. Losman or Trent Edwards, will have a tough time staying on their feet as Dallas will bring pressure early and often.
DALLAS OVER BUFFALO

Enjoy Your Sunday and Watch the games! If The Cubs win tonight, I may skip Football and watch The Cubs-Diamonbacks Game Five on TBS. But before we talk about Game Five, The Cubs need to win game four just to avoid the sweep.