And although this is not your favorite episode of ‘Dancing with The Stars’, the stars will come Sunday night, dancing to put the hurt on somebody.

The first Sunday Night Football of the 2008-09 NFL football season is turning out to be a good one as the NFL pits the two teams that played for the Super Bowl two seasons ago.

It’s the Indianapolis Colts going up against the Chicago Bears, the first ‘’official'’ NFL game at the Colts’ new yard, the $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium. (Yeah, I know, ‘’Lucas Oil'’ doesn’t really have that nice ring to it but hey, since it’s home to one of the best franchises in football history, we’ll deal with it…)

The transition from the RCA Dome to the Lucas Oil Stadium has finally begun for the Indianapolis Colts. However, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Two seasons ago, the Colts took advantage the Bears’ primary weakness to win Super Bowl XLI, quarterback play. Yes, no matter how good the Chicago defense was two years ago, poor quarterback play was still an issue as the Colts took advantage to give Peyton Manning his first Super Bowl ring.

Two years later, quarterback play is still an issue the Bears can’t seem to get rid of. Like an irritating rash, the Bears, no matter what they do, always had this fucking things up for them. Was it mainly because of the immaturity of Rex Grossman or…

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You just know Chad can’t wait for this one.

Yep, Chad Pennington, the same guy who gets booed on his own field as much as Rex Grossman does in Chicago, will get the chance for some redemption once he leads his new teammates, the Dolphins, against the New York Jets, the very people who gave him the boot the moment Brett Favre landed on the Big Apple, in Week 1 of the 2008-09 NFL football season.

And while this game could’ve been better for Chad Pennington if it’s going to be played in New York, starting anew with a new environment in Miami should suffice I guess. Besides, now that he’s in Miami, he’s got more things to worry about than grudge matches with the New York Jets.

Last season was a disaster for the Miami Dolphins, losing all but one game of the season to go a miserable 1-15. The Dolphins have not won a championship for nearly 35 years and despite having one of the most prolific passers of the modern era, that being Dan Marino, they did not convert several opportunities to win the big one during the guy’s Hall-of-Fame career.

Of course, I’m not expecting Chad Pennington to be Miami’s new Hall-of-Fame quarterback and I’m not expecting…

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Because the Silver and Black desperately NEEDS a winning year.

And just like any team starting a new campaign, the Raiders are once again full of hope coming into the 2008 NFL football season. Those guys have spiraled downwards since losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2002 Super Bowl and they have not yet recovered since.

Though not much was expected from the Oakland Raiders last year, top pick JaMarcus Russell decided to hold out into the season leading to Josh McCown and Daunte Culpepper leading an offense that started off well but struggled after the bye week in Week Five.

Runningback LaMont Jordan was off to a solid start until he injured his back, and when he healed, found that his job has been taken away from him by Justin Fargas, who rushed for over 1,000 yards, but failed to finish the season for the fourth time in his five year career.

The defense, while having a good young linebacker corps and two solid corners, struggled to stop the run, surrendering over 150 yards on the ground to their opponents in half of their games.

Looking at their off-season moves this year, one area of concern is that they may have overspent to restock their roster somewhat with talents like safety Gibril Wilson, cornerback DeAngelo Hall, and receiver Javon Walker. Although all are good pick ups, they failed to do much to address one of…

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Now that is the start any champion would like to have.

In case you haven’t heard, YES, the 2008-09 NFL football season has finally begun with the Super Bowl XLII champions, New York Giants, winning the first game of their new campaign.

It was a dramatic start to the brand new season. Retired Michael Strahan introduced his former New York Giants teammates to the field with a huge replica of the Super Bowl trophy right smack in the middle of Giants Stadium.

When the game started, the Giants did looked like champs, jumping on the Washington Redskins right from the get go. The defending champions still had the edge too, not to mention that smothering defense that nailed New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to the ground faster than 50 Cent would Paris Hilton.

It was a perfect start for the Giants’ field general as well as Super Bowl XLII MVP Eli Manning scrambled near the goal line to score the first touchdown of the brand new season. Oh yeah, seems like the Manning bloodline, all of a sudden, had legs and young Eli showed just that, rushing for the first score of the football year.

Last season, the New York Giants were a miserable 3-5 at…

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Because the Suns probably can’t wait to get rid of the O’Neal they imported in Phoenix.

And although we are still a few months away from the NBA, the 2008-09 NFL football season is already here and here I am still writing about another O’Neal who just got lucky somebody was kind enough to give him another shot.

In this case, it’s former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Deltha O’Neal, who was just signed by the New England Patriots in hopes of having yet another record-breaking campaign this season.

The New England Patriots have a knack for knowing who to sign even before the players they wanna’ get are released from their respective teams. And since Patriots head coach Bill Belichick usually knows who will land on the waiver wire, the Patriots usually get what they want.

Turns out that Belichick is a huge fan of Deltha O’Neal and when the opportunity to land the guy came, he wasted no time in waving a whole lot of money in front of him just to make him sign on that dotted line.

‘’We played him last year in Cincinnati and I did some work on him going into that game,'’ New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said of O’Neal. ‘’He is a very athletic…'’

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People, we can officially call ourselves sports fans again.

Because football season has officially arrived with the start of the 2008-09 NFL football season. You read it, no more watching a pack of horseshit run around a racetrack; just first downs, audibles, blitzes and touchdowns.

And there’s no better way to start the brand new season with the champs. The New York Giants, the very team that shocked the world by becoming world champions of football, stopping the Patriots’ road to perfection in the process, will be kicking off what should be another crazy football year. Can they return to the big dance and win Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa?

The Giants have the Washington Redskins this Thursday to begin the brand new season. Known to be slow starters, the Giants hope to kick off this season with a win for a change. After all, they will start their campaign as THE defending champs.

Our pick? The New York Giants cover the spread by five points.

Week 1 continues on Sunday with 13 games. Let’s start with the St. Louis Rams visiting the Philadelphia Eagles. After a tumultuous season, the Rams…

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Jeez… Bell could’ve left the Lions with dignity. But NO, he had to do something so stupid, I’d be surprised if a team gives him another shot.

The 2008-09 NFL football season is here and we now have the first stupid stunt you’ll normally get from the ever controversial Terrell Owens. This time it was Tatum Bell, and after Rudi Johnson virtually stole his RB roster spot with the Detroit Lions, Bell felt it was only fitting for him to steal the guy’s bag. Hee hee…

You read it, security cameras from the Detroit Lions locker room show that Tatum Bell, the guy who just had his ass cut by the Lions from their roster to make way for Rudi Johnson, took the two Gucci bags Johnson received as a Pro Bowl gift back when he was playing for the Cincinnati Bengals.

‘’Ricky showed me the tape Tuesday afternoon,'’ Rudi Johnson said. ‘’What makes this crazy is that I’ve talked to him after games, and I talked to him a couple hours prior to this. I guess it was before he found out he was going to be released.'’

Rudi Johnson said a woman returned the bags allegedly taken by Tatum Bell. Unfortunately, the contents were gone. ‘’I got the bags back, empty,'’ Johnson said. ‘’So he’s got a bunch of my underclothes. What he’s going to do with that, I don’t know. He’s got some socks and boxers.'’

Bell of course, denies that he stole Johnson’s…

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Probably has something to do with the way he legally changed his name to Chad Ocho Cinco.

But of course, since this is about the deranged Chad Johnson, we can’t really know what the fuck goes on in that mind of is. One thing’s for sure though, when he says he’s ready for the 2008-09 NFL football season, he is. And since he is one of the game’s top wide receivers, THAT is more then enough reason to worry, especially if you’re playing against the guy on opening day.

‘’Super extra focused'’ were the words Chad Johnson blurted out when talking to the media, asking him where he’s at after the drama that transpired between him and the Bengals in the offseason.

It was like only yesterday when Johnson wanted to be traded away from the Cincinnati Bengals. With merely days before the season officially begins, no.85 and the Bengals are like bread and butter once again.

The Cincinnati Bengals are scheduled to play one of the top defensive teams in football, the Baltimore Ravens, to begin the season. And since the Ravens defense can gut you like a fish if you’re not careful, the Bengals should be happy to know that Ocho Cinco will be there to possibly spread out that D a little bit.

BUT WAIT! Aside from the displeasure Chad Johnson had towards…

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HUH?!?

My sentiments exactly. And if you don’t have a clue who John Lynch is, he is the nine-time Pro Bowl safety who was coming to the 2008-09 NFL football season looking to salvage what’s left of his career after joining the Patriots. But when those guys decided they no longer need an old fart like him still trying to play safety, he was cut from the roster.

You read it, John Lynch was cut by the New England Patriots after he was signed by the team just a couple of weeks ago. And just when you thought you had a steal of a deal when you signed him in your fantasy teams from the free agency pool, learning about this news will probably make you twitch.

The New England Patriots are not ruling him out entirely. After all, those guys have a knack for signing veterans and often released them, only to sign them again when needed. Lynch, now 36 years old, could fall into that classification.

‘’It goes without saying but John is an all-time great safety, one of the league’s classiest professionals and his elite play speaks for itself,'’ Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said. ‘’As has been the case in other situations, I would not rule anything out down the road.'’

Normally, any NFL veteran, especially multi-time Pro Bowlers like…

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In what was probably the most anticipated match-up of the preseason, this one turned out to be the most disappointing one.

The 2008-09 NFL football season is upon us and yet some people are still buzzing about the way Super Bowl XLII concluded with the Giants finishing what has been a Cinderella run for the title while denying the Patriots of what would be a record-breaking perfect season.

It was only natural for these football fans to go ga-ga over the idea that the New England Patriots and the New York Giants will be having their rematch this early, even before the brand new season officially starts. Unfortunately, both of the team’s star quarterbacks were unable to play in this highly anticipated rematch. Sad ain’t it?

Last season’s league MVP Tom Brady, despite giving hints that he might actually play this big preseason game, didn’t. This was the fourth preseason game that he already missed (which would be ALL of the Patriots’ preseason games…) because of the injury to his right foot. STILL, he remains confident that he’ll be able to play for his team once the regular season starts. We’ll be keeping our fingers crossed for that one.

The New York Giants, on the other hand, opted not to play their field general much to the surprise of everyone.

After already losing Osi Umenyiora in these preseason games, Giants…

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