EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — After an intense week of back-and-forth between the New York Giants and the New York Jets, it was the Giants who perhaps shushed their crosstown rivals with a 29-14 win at MetLife Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Giants are poised to win the NFC East for the first time since 2008 [...]
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Giants finally shut Rex Ryan up … to a point
December 26th, 2011 
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No Comments »Raiders’ Kelly calls Buffalo loss worst of career
September 21st, 2011 afcbeast Raiders defensive tackle Tommy Kelly has been a part of 80 losses during his eight-year NFL career. Sunday’s 38-35 defeat to the Buffalo Bills counts as the worst, he said. The Raiders led 21-3 at halftime, 28-24 and 35-31 in the fourth quarter, and still had a chance to put away the Bills inside the [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: Afc Playoff Game, Ample Time, Buffalo, Buffalo Bills, calls, Career, Denarius, Frank Reich, Groin, Heyward Bey, Home Opener, Houston Oilers, Hue Jackson, Jacoby Ford, Kelly, loss, New York Jets, nfl career, Playing Time, Raiders, Richard Seymour, Season Game, Tommy Kelly, Wide Receivers, worst, Yard Performance, Yard Touchdown No Comments »NFL Predictions 2011: Can Rex & the Jets Get Past the Bum & 70s Oilers Identity
September 6th, 2011 afcbeast When trying to describe Rex Ryan, I come up with an identity cocktail of Jackie Gleason, Bum Phillips and say, Bon Jovi with the new leg tat. The Jets are the perfect place for this flamboyant cult character. Rex embraces the media circus and he’s in a great position to needle his antithesis colleague Bill [...]
Posted in Bleacher Report Tags: 2011, Bill Belichick, Bum Phillips, Colin Cowherd, Critical Year, ESPN, Football Coach, Hard Knocks, Houston Oilers, identity, Intensive Environment, Jackie Gleason, Jets, Mark Sanchez, Media Circus, Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp, Nfc North, Nfl Predictions, Offensive Weapons, Oilers, Past, Predictions, Radio Host, Reggie Bush, Rex Ryan, Second Fiddle No Comments »Legendary NFL defender Bubba Smith passes away at age 66
August 4th, 2011 afcbeast Former NFL defensive end and longtime television and movie actor Charles Aaron “Bubba” Smith was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday. Coroner’s reports have not yet been released, but according to the Los Angeles Times, it is believed that Smith died of natural causes. Smith attended Michigan State, where he was one of [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: away, Baltimore Colts, Bubba, Bubba Smith, Charles Aaron, College Football Hall, College Football Hall Of Fame, Dallas Cowboys, Deacon Jones, defender, Defensive Linemen, Football Career, Football Hall Of Fame, Former Nfl, Houston Oilers, Legendary, Los Angeles Times, New York Jets, NFL Draft, Nfl Statistic, Oakland Raiders, Passes, Police Academy Series, Smith, Super Bowls, Yahoo Sports No Comments »Legendary NFL defender Bubba Smith passes away at age 66
August 4th, 2011 afcbeast Former NFL defensive end and longtime television and movie actor Charles Aaron “Bubba” Smith was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday. Coroner’s reports have not yet been released, but according to the Los Angeles Times, it is believed that Smith died of natural causes. Smith attended Michigan State, where he was one of [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: away, Baltimore Colts, Bubba, Bubba Smith, Charles Aaron, College Football Hall, College Football Hall Of Fame, Dallas Cowboys, Deacon Jones, defender, Defensive Linemen, Football Career, Football Hall Of Fame, Former Nfl, Houston Oilers, Legendary, Los Angeles Times, New York Jets, NFL Draft, Nfl Statistic, Oakland Raiders, Passes, Police Academy Series, Smith, Super Bowls, Yahoo Sports No Comments »New York Jets: Third Time’s the Charm for Rex Ryan and Co.? Don’t Count on It.
July 11th, 2011 afcbeast If you haven’t heard by now, New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan has, yet again, gone on record saying that the Jets will win the Super Bowl. For the past two seasons, the Jets have been on the doorstep of the Super Bowl, losing in the AFC Championship game in 2010 to the Indianapolis [...]
Posted in Bleacher Report Tags: afc championship game, Afc Championship Games, Bum Phillips, Charm, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, count, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, don't, Houston Oilers, Indianapolis Colts, Jets, lombardi trophy, Marty Schottenheimer, New York Jets, nfc championship games, Nfc Title Game, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Rex Ryan, Ryan, Ryan And Co, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, third, Times, York 1 Comment »Houston Oilers 1997 Official Team Video Yearbook
April 22nd, 2011 afcbeast Houston Oilers 1997 Official Team Video Yearbook
Posted in Around The League Tags: 1997, Houston, Houston Oilers, Official, Oilers, team, video, Video Yearbook, Yearbook No Comments »Jets Flight Numbers 71-80
July 2nd, 2010 afcbeast Continuing with the current roster, as well as some players who have previously worn the numbers, going as far back as I feel like it (pretty much around the early 1990s). Here are numbers 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and 61-70. #71-80 are after the jump. 71. OT Dan Gay Dan wore the same number [...]
Posted in Gang Green Nation Tags: 7180, Baylor, Bill Pickel, Brent Smith, Dallas Texans, David Alexander, Dt, Flight, Flight Numbers, Gang Green, Houston Oilers, Jason Ferguson, Jets, Joe Klecko, Malamala, Michael Turkovich, Nick Mangold, numbers, Raiders, Rg, Scott Gragg, State Rt, Wade Smith No Comments »NFL Game Archives: Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Oilers 1993 AFC Playoffs
June 2nd, 2010 afcbeast The comeback: And there it was – the Houston Oilers led the Buffalo Bills 35-3 with 13:15 to go in the third quarter in the 1992 AFC Divisional Playoffs. The Oilers were flawless, the Bills moribund. Game over. Done. Or so everyone thought. It was the single greatest comeback in NFL History – perhaps the [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: 1993, 6 Nov, Afc Divisional Playoffs, Afc Playoffs, Archives, Bills, broadcast, Buffalo, Buffalo Bills, game, Game Archives, Genre, Greatest Game, Houston, Houston Oilers, Led, Nfl Archives, Nfl Game, Nfl History, Oilers, Original Network, playoffs, Product Description, Release Date, Sports Highlights 6 Comments »Ask an NFL’er: The Gulf Coast oil spill
May 2nd, 2010 afcbeast A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is spreading out of control and could become an even worse environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. Your thoughts, NFL person? Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner "I find this appalling. If the Houston Oilers still existed, I would suspend every damn one of [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Awww, Ben Roethlisberger, Coast, Coincidence, Detroit Lions, Exxon, Exxon Oil, Exxon Valdez Oil, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Follett, Gulf, Gulf Coast, Gulf Of Mexico, Houston Oilers, linebacker, Massive Oil Spill, Nfl Commissioner, NFL'er, Pittsburgh Steelers, Roger Goodell Nfl, spill, Stayfree Maxi, Valdez Oil Spill, Yahoo Sports No Comments »
