On New Year’s Eve 1967, Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys contested the NFL Championship in temperatures so cold that the referee’s whistle frozeNew Year’s Eve marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most remarkable American football matches in history. A game that almost certainly should not have been played on New Year’s Eve 1967, it remains as renowned for the hideously bitter conditions in which it was contested as its thrilling denouement.The Green Bay Packers, managed by the legendary Vince Lombardi, were aiming to make history by becoming the first team in the history of the play-off era to win three consecutive NFL titles. Similarly venerated Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry and his men had the difficult job...
The Cowboys caught a glimpse of life without running back Ezekiel Elliott and it was wasn’t pretty, while Tom Brady reverted to form after a Week 1 aberrationLast year the Dallas Cowboys were the story of the NFL with a star rookie running back rumbling behind a dominant offensive line, winning games because their rookie quarterback never seemed rattled by any situation. They were so good with Ezekiel Elliott running the ball and Dak Prescott throwing it that franchise quarterback Tony Romo was chased into an early retirement.The future belonged to Elliott and Prescott. Related: NFL round-up: Cowboys blown out in Denver as brilliant Brady lifts Patriots Marshawn Lynch is a national treasure pic.twitter.com/hbyQyJ4SdU Continue reading...
The Dallas owner resisted his base impulses in building a solid football team. But the Packers made sure the Cowboys suffered playoff defeat once againOn Sunday evening, in a scene that has become all too familiar, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stood in his team’s locker room and lamented another January gone awry. “There’s no moral victory here,” he said. Related: Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys on final play in NFL playoff thriller FACT: It doesn't get any better than this Jared Cook sideline grab.C-L-U-T-C-H. #GoPackGo #GBvsDAL #NFLPlayoffs https://t.co/N66Ir6sctr Related: Michael Bennett goes on expletive-laced rant after Seahawks lose to Falcons Time the F Out, shouts hoodie Belichickpic.twitter.com/3OTCWPcr7Y Continue reading...
Rodgers has thrown for 22 touchdowns in the past eight games, and he can spoil the Cowboys’ season on Sunday. Plus, go for the Falcons, Patriots and SteelersTime for the real fun to begin? Wildcard weekend was a damp squib, with every home team winning exactly as it was expected to do. That this was a predictable outcome is evidenced by the fact that more than one third of our Pick The Playoff contestants did, quite literally, predict it. Related: San Diego refused to be bullied by the NFL and billionaire owners | Les Carpenter Continue reading...
The four games this weekend look like home bankers, but history suggests at least one visiting team will win – and the Steelers perhaps have the best chanceWelcome to what the NFL calls the divisional round of the playoffs, where four teams that won a wildcard playoff game hit the road to tangle with a team that posted a better record during the regular season and thereby got a weekend off. Decks appear stacked. Related: Odell Beckham Jr's real mistake was not making himself invisible Continue reading...