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The Flagrant Foul: A NFL Week 8 Preview and Thursday Night Recap

It was a rough night for Blake Bortles and Jaguars to say the least. (Getty Images)

It was a rough night for Blake Bortles and Jaguars to say the least. (Getty Images)

– Bill Annechino


Tennessee 36 Jacksonville 22

I was tempted to just write “LOL” and move on from this one.  However, there are a few points to be made here.  The first is that Tennessee is somewhat ahead of schedule in terms of where we thought they would be.  Through a series of trades, the Titans have 6 picks in the first 3 rounds of this coming NFL draft.  I am still not sold on Marcus Mariota as a franchise quarterback, but I do have to give credit where credit is due:  he put up an 81.6 QBR in this game and really wasn’t terrible.  DeMarco Murray also continues to be an elite running back, as Tennessee’s “exotic smash mouth” has the Titans sitting at 4-4, which has to be better than anyone figured they would be at the halfway mark of this season. Continue reading

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The Hard Foul Podcast: Episode 77

Golden State's blowout loss at the hands of San Antonio is one of the biggest surprises of the early season. (Getty Images)

Golden State’s blowout loss at the hands of San Antonio is one of the biggest surprises of the early season. (Getty Images)

On a wide ranging episode of The Hard Foul Podcast, Evan Sally, Jim Bearor and Bill Annechino examine the early days of the NBA season, preview Bills/Patriots and the rest of Week 8 and finish the show discussing the World Series.

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The Flagrant Foul: Week 7 NFL Review By Haiku

The Eagles defense brought Sam Bradford and the Vikings crashing back to Earth. (Getty Images)

The Eagles defense brought Sam Bradford and the Vikings crashing back to Earth. (Getty Images)

– Bill Annechino

Giants 17 Rams 10 (London)

England doesn’t care
About boring football games
And I don’t, either Continue reading