The NFL season is over; what comes next? Earl O’Neill cuts through the noise, sets the agenda for the months ahead and analyses the the whole shebang at the Detroit Lions.
NFL 2024 Conference Championships – The Kelvin Sheppard Cup
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Earl reviews the NFL conference championship games and then tries to sort his way through the jungle of coaching appointments. Who in their right mind would buy into this crazy world? (We can only hope that Perky Girl has the answers! – Ed.)
NFL 2024 Division Championships – The Morice Norris Cup
January 23, 2025 by 6 Comments
Earl saw it coming weeks ago; the Lions are gone. So what happens now in the final weeks of the NFL season?
NFL Week 19 – The Hendon Hooker Cup
January 16, 2025 by 2 Comments
It’s not all smooth sailing for Earl O’Neill as he tries to put together ‘a team that local folks will be proud of, a team that will keep on battling, no matter the scoreboard or standings’. But, he concedes, it could be worse!
NFL Week 18 – The Kneecaps Cup
January 9, 2025 by 4 Comments
Earl O’Neill is pumped and the Detroit Lions are firing. Is a Super Bowl appearance, just a month away now, becoming more likely?
NFL Week 17 – The Tanner Engstrand Cup
January 2, 2025 by 3 Comments
The NFL playoffs are only a week away and Earl is already looking to see who he can jag to the Jaguars for next season. It’s no time for the faint-hearted.
NFL 2024 Week 14 – The Pat O’Connor Cup
December 12, 2024 by 3 Comments
Earl’s coverage of the NFL this week is all about ‘belief’ mixed it up with YAC. Don’t get it? Read on!
NFL 2024 Week 13 – The Malcolm Rodriguez Cup
December 5, 2024 by 1 Comment
Earl O’Neill looks back over Week 13 of the NFL season. Have his Detroit Lions done their dash after copping more injuries? Who’s in the naughty corner this week? How has his acquisition of the Jaguars progressed in the past week?
NFL Week 10 – The Za’Darius Smith Cup
November 14, 2024 by 1 Comment
Earl O’Neill takes another tongue-in-cheek look at the crazy world of the NFL. Where do they come up with some of those players’ names?
NFL Week 8: The David Montgomery Cup
October 31, 2024 by 3 Comments
Earl continues his colourful and highly entertaining coverage of the NFL season.
NFL Week 7 – The Brian Branch Cup
October 24, 2024 by 4 Comments
Earl’s Detroit Lions chalked up another win but can they match it with the best and get to the Super Bowl without ‘Hutch’? Is a trade the answer?
NFL Week 6 – The ‘Snapped like a tibia’ Cup
October 17, 2024 by 2 Comments
Earl laments a major injury to a key Detroit Lions player. Will it cost them a Super Bowl appearance?
NFL Week 5 – The Kerby Joseph Cup
October 10, 2024 by 4 Comments
Earl lets loose on the world of the New York Jets, the perennial underachievers of the NFL. If only Hollywood could come up with such scripts!
NFL Week 4: The Jared Goff Cup
October 2, 2024 by 3 Comments
Earl O’Neill is fascinated by the intricacies of the plays in the NFL. He makes some interesting observations about player size when comparing the NFL with the AFL too.
NFL Week 1: The Jameson Williams Cup
September 12, 2024 by 4 Comments
Earl is back with his first post of the NFL season. He’s into stride from the get-go!
Almanac (Footy) History: The Legend of Des Ley -1970s Superboot
June 5, 2024 by 4 Comments
Long before it became fashionable, Des Ley tried out as a punter for the New England Patriots. Mike Sexton sat down with him to learn of his American odyssey – and much more besides.
Almanac NFL: The 2023 Rodney Peete Cup – Week Fifteen
December 21, 2023 by 3 Comments
Earl O’Neill updates readers on the latest happenings in the NFL during Week 15, especially the Detroit Lions.
Almanac NFL – The 2023 Tim Boyle Cup: Week Thirteen
December 7, 2023 by 1 Comment
This week Earl O’Neill runs his eye over the roles of referees and coaches in the NFL. Complex? Yep! Confusing? Check! Sound familiar? Too right!
Almanac NFL – The 2023 Dan Orlovsky Cup: Week 12
November 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
If you want to compare football codes, at least do it from an informed perspective. Earl O’Neill exposes the ‘idiotic complaints against American football’.
Almanac NFL – The 2023 Scott Mitchell Cup: Week Eleven
November 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this week’s look at the NFL, Earl O’Neill takes a look at quarterbacks, the big money men of the game. But are they worth the huge salaries they attract?
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