Last week's stab at this picking thing didn't go so well. I was two-for-four (picking the Chargers and Colts) but I triple-doinked on my assertion that the Bears would easily extinguish the always ignited flame that is Nick Foles. This week's matchups are...
Amena and Brandon Mebane are in the midst of every parent's worst nightmare. Makenna Mebane, the couple's third child, passed away last week after being born premature with trisomy 13, a heart defect. She was less than two months old. Mebane previously...
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco sat embedded in a spot that has become commonplace on Sunday - the bench. The Ravens were 6-1 since rookie Lamar Jackson supplanted Flacco as the starting quarterback and the team veered deeper into its run game with Jackson ...
Nick Foles brought his playoff witchcraft to Chicago, Jason Peters contained Khalil Mack and Cody Parley had the doinkiest of doinkfests, leaving our resident Bears fan, Dave, very dejected. Melissa's husband explains why there is never solace when your t...
The NFL playoffs are a strange, frenetic universe. Last week we were hanging by a thread to see if the Browns would do as the Bengals did last season and oust the Ravens in the regular season’s final moments. The Ravens held on this time and as a “hot...
UPDATE: We're up to eight coaches out. Mike McCarthy, Hue Jackson, Vance Joseph, Steve Wilks, Adam Gase, Marvin Lewis, Dirk Koetter, Todd Bowles Welcome to one of the strangest few days in sports. One day 32 head coaches are donning the sidelines. The ...
Melissa and Dave spend this week’s playoff picture-focused date night jumping all over the NFL with just a week left in the regular season. They start by agreeing that Russell Wilson was in many ways Patrick Mahomes before Mahomes was in the league and ...
It's been a topsy-turvy NFL career for Patriots WR Josh Gordon filled with promise but marked by suspension after suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. New England traded for Gordon earlier this season and he had, by all accounts, bee...
Football Date Night is co-hosted by Melissa Jacobs and her husband. Please consider leaving a favorable review and rating on On the Week 15 episode of Football Date Night, Melissa and Dave share holiday joy in their beloved teams (49er...
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith gets paid $3 million a year to host ESPN's First Take and generally deliver opinions and analysis with an extreme amount of gusto. But apparently that salary doesn't include basic research. This morning Smith was shockingly off kil...
