A deeper look at the Schedule:

Week 1:   AT

Jacksonville Jaguars AT Tennessee Titans:
Opening day starts just like last season, except it's in Tennessee's home turf.  Last year we looked horrible against the Titans but put together a solid season nonetheless.  Winning our division starts winning on the road, opening the season 1-0 and the division 1-0 is very important.  No room for excuses here, the Jaguars must come out hot.  read more »

Someone corrected me this morning — it was a great game, but it was an amazing fourth quarter. True enough. One of the best I have seen. In reality, although the first half was captivating from a storyline perspective, the...Eric Edholmhttp://www.ProFootballWeekly.com

They were beaten to the story by every media outlet by about 4 hours (Schefter must have had the day off), but that's not going to stop the NFL Network from getting in on the Favre love. ESPN spent about 12 hours yesterday on the retirement of the Packer, but the NFL Network is going to take it just a step further. Who's ready for 30 hours of Brett?  read more »

All right, football zealots. Finally, a televised NFL game (for lack of a better word). It's the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Redskins . John Madden has been dipped in bronze gravy for this joyous occasion, and Al Michaels will be sitting on his knee. Before you follow along after the J-M-P, please turn in your signed and notarized waiver forms saying I will not be held responsible for you getting bored to death sometime in the third quarter. *** 11:01 — And Mike Hart runs to the goalline, but he's just short, and time expired. And Appalachian State holds on to w... oh, sorry. Wrong game. Well, here's the important part. We all survived the game. Furthermore, we know exactly what Brett Favre is doing right now. I thank you for not taking a drink every time they said Favre's name. Not only because it's dangerous, but because it's not creative. Ted Thompson has already been doing that for the last month. Catch y'all on the next live blog. Refresh the page on your way out, please. 10:59 — With 14 seconds left, the Colts call a timeout. 14 seconds left. They're down by two touchdowns. John Madden doesn't even consider this the preseason yet. They call a time.ou.t. 10:56 — BRETT FAVRE UPDATE: Brett Favre has actually been asleep for the last two hours. He's currently going through the rapid-eye moment phase of sleep. Stay tuned for further updates. 10:55 — Pierre Garcon returns the kickoff to midfield. I have trouble believing Pierre Garcon is an actual garon. Where's his cedille?  read more »

He needs to improve his foot work and get more consistent, but Kevin O'Connell has the arm and brains to develop into a quality NFL QB.

We're eight days from the draft, and between now and April 25th we will wrap up our Who the hell will they draft with some players we think Indy should take a look at, but might not be on the Colts radar.  read more »

While commenting on the last post, I started thinking about how parity took over the NFC last weekend. After three losing weeks, it felt like the Packers season was slipping away in a sea of losses and injuries. It feels real good to end the losing and get a win, even if it came against a Seattle team that didn't start an actual NFL QB. But while the Packers were winning, a lot of bad things were taking shape around the NFC.  read more »

ESPN reporters showed up at Green Bay Packers camp today in anticipation of recording Favre's first day on the field, only to discover that there were football players there who were not Brett Favre. John Clayton interrupted live programming on ESPN's Monday Night Favredown to announce that new football players had indeed been discovered. Apparently these other players also are part of the NFL, and play positions as equally important to victory as quarterback. The crew of Favredown had many questions for Clayton such as which of them he thinks will end up being the second string Favre, how many of them look like that can "gunsling", and how does a strong safety work?  read more »

With the NFL and Comcast still feuding , we started thinking about which NFL players are most like which TV channels. In honor of their continued struggle to allow the whole world to see the NFL Cheerleader playoffs, we will leave the NFL Network off the list here.

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[editor's note, by River City Rage]: Acme Packing Company is a great source for more Green Bay News!

If you've turned on ESPN or strolled across the radio dial to sports talk today this simply won't be news.  Brett Favre has retired today.  In retrospect, the Green Bay Packers were smart in making a backup web page for the breaking news because it seems the entire NFL has stopped for the day to recognize the retirement of one of its greats.

As a Jacksonville fan and a general admirer of the sport, I too will tip my hat and raise my glass for one of the most interesting players to watch.  Though I don't have all the love in the world for the guy, I respect what he's accomplished on the field.  read more »