The Burke Blotter: Manning Deserves Favre’s Record

Records are made to be broken, or so the saying goes. Yes Packer fans, even Brett Favre’s. After yesterday’s slate of games, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning stands five touchdown passes away from tying Favre’s career total (and NFL record) of 508 touchdown passes. He’s also around 5,500 yards of breaking the former Packers quarterback’s […]

Cory’s Corner: Saints vs. Colts in Super Bowl XLIX

Forecasting the NFL is tough, but it’s even tougher this year because of the differences between the two leagues. In the AFC, you’ve got aging Peyton Manning and Tom Brady while in the NFC Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson and Nick Foles still having plenty of seasons in front of them. Six of last year’s top […]

Cory’s Corner: Fantasy football-style rules are hurting the NFL

We are now in the live ball area of the NFL. Referees have been instructed to crack down on defensive players even more and closely watch pass interference or defensive holding. The reason? Because the casual NFL fan is more concerned with his or her fantasy team as opposed to cheering for a team. According […]

Cory’s Corner: Aaron Rodgers will prove ranking was wrong

I was surprised to see how many Packers fans were upset about Aaron Rodgers’ spot in the recent NFL Network Top 100 rankings. First of all, Rodgers is a better overall player than No. 11. Heck if I was Matthew Stafford, I would be really ticked about being ranked last. But based on last year, […]

Cory’s Corner: Adversity makes Rodgers MVP worthy

We all know that Aaron Rodgers is good. But in the last two weeks he’s actually given us a value of how good. With Randall Cobb and James Jones out with injury, he effortlessly beat Cleveland at home with only nine incompletions as he spread the wealth to eight different receivers. And then last week, […]