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Fred Cox is one of eleven Minnesota Vikings to have played in all four Super Bowls in their history, all of them losses. Cox was one of the last straight-on kickers, from an era where soccer-style hadn't yet come into vogue. He is the Vikings' all-time leader in points scored and field goals made, remarkable since he retired in 1977. He steps into one and it comes down at about the six-yard line.
Nice to see the long time cable TV show Inside The NFL come to the NFL Network. It is the longest running show in cable history.
So, speaking for all of us who don't do movie channels, it will be nice to finally see what gives this show such staying power.
How long ago was the merger? You mean to tell me that this past Sunday was the first win ever by Buffalo at Chicago?
NFL officials told defenders to adapt to tighter calls in the preseason. Looks like the adapting process is going well if not stunningly well.
Looks like the loss of Dante Scarnecchia may turn out to be worse than the loss of Logan Mankins.
By the way, the latter messed up his knee pretty bad in his Tampa Bay debut.
You can scream all you want for Johnny Manziel in Cleveland. If I were a Jacksonville fan, I'd be screaming louder for Blake Bortles.
Geek of the week: Rob Gronkowski can't be that big a doofus. Coach says if you play or not, big guy, not you.
Derek Carr left a high octane offense in Fresno for Oakland. Hope he realizes that he only throws the ball and that he doesn't play defense.
Let's just hope that he gets better blocking than his older brother got.
Andy Dalton won his first game ever in Baltimore. Good job, but talk to me when that sort of thing happens in January, too.
The Hall of Fame roster in Canton lists one punter and one placekicker. Ray Guy just got in this year, Jan Stenerud about 20 years ago.
Stenerud won't be alone as the only kicker for long. Sooner or later this guy who is the leading scorer in Patriot history and second in Colts history will join him.
CBS's The NFL Today got a fresh makeover. Shannon Sharpe is gone, which now makes the show watchable.
Despite this, two facts still remain. CBS still wishes it had the NFC. And Fox still does it way better.
Andrew Luck. Colin Kaepernick. These guys have great upside. But quit putting them into the upper echelon of NFL quarterbacks until they actually do something real special.
Job one for Bill Belichick this week: Bury the game ball from Sunday like 2001. Job two: Find out quick who this Cordarrelle Patterson guy is.
Back to school: Oh, goody. A playoff system finally for the FBS. No more BCS anymore. Will it stop the arguments? Heck, no. They argue like crazy over March Madness. But at least it's a start.
CHN. You'll see those three letters on Steeler uniforms this year. You see this sort of thing all the time. The C is for Chuck and the N is for Noll. This one's pretty clear and very appropriate. The guy won four Super Bowls in six years. Only some guy named Lombardi did better.
The World Champion Red Sox are in last place. Whew, thank goodness the Patriots are finally back on for real.
Except that the Pats are 0-1 and the rest of the AFC East is 1-0. No. Please. Them too? So, when does hockey start?
CBS is finally countering Fox and their Mike Pereira act. They brought in recently retired referee Mike Carey. When he settles in and is more comfortable on the air, he will be fine.
And he, not Ed Hochuli, was actually the most eloquent referee in the league.
Also new for CBS this year is their taking over on Thursday nights. You'll still see the games on the NFL's eponymous network. But CBS will produce it and toss Jim Nantz and Phil Simms in the broadcast booth.
Okay. Fine. Were Brad Nessler and Mike "Ryan Mallett is awesome!!!" Mayock that bad?
You want the Washington Redskins to change their name? We need more than just a handful of enraged Native Americans to complain.
By the way, the Redskins were based in Boston when they acquired that name.
Remember him: Former Steeler running back Rocky Bleier was a teammate of Alan Page when the two were at Notre Dame in the mid-1960s. Page was part of that terrific Fighting Irish defense back then, but Bleier noticed back then how scholarly and well learned Page was. After his Hall of Fame career as a defensive lineman for mostly the Vikings, along the way being selected NFL MVP in 1971, he eventually wound up as an Associate Justice on the Minnesota State Supreme Court. He has been in that position since 1993. Some ex-NFL players wound up in Congress (Jack Kemp, Steve Largent, Heath Shuler). But Justice Page's accomplishments perhaps stands a bit taller. Hall of Fame plus State Supreme Court equals something to be mighty proud of.
Did you know that the Phoenix Cardinals are older than the Boston Red Sox? Yes, by three years.
The Chargers have the best uniforms (as selected by NFL Network) and the worst touchdown music in the league.
I love my wife. We just hit 25 years of marriage in August. On occasion, we have had disagreements, as do most couples.
But I have never, ever, ever, come anywhere near striking her or hitting her.
The NFL will do what it has to do, we think. Keep Ray Rice out of the NFL forever, terminate Roger Goodell, whatever.
Nothing of which will lessen the impact of that horrific scene in the elevator. That is how Rice will be judged for the rest of his life. Playing football or not is the least of his worries.
And his wife needs to be aware of two gripping facts. We've seen battered women blame themselves and defend their men all too often. And chances are he'll do it again.
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