The long and bumpy road to Super Bowl XLVI

Iā€™m backing TASE and the Ravens from here on out.

After that epic game the other night and because I loved Joe montanas football game for the Sega as a child I will be supporting the 49ers here on in.

Delighted to have Bandage on the Giants bandwagon, he showed his commitment to the G-Men this year when he flew out to assess their strengths and weaknesses in person.

And donā€™t let the begrudgers get you down Bandage, nothing wrong with supporting the two New York teams, itā€™s very common for Giants fans to cheer on the Jets and vice versa, thereā€™s no bitter rivalry there at all.

I think the world champions are going to come from the NFC this year, Iā€™m struggling to see why the Patriots are favorite, theyā€™re rubbish. And I hate Tom Brady.

:clap: Cunt of a man.

Mike Martz has announced his retirement from coaching, very sad news. What a legend.

Caldwell has been sacked by the Colts.

Colts Fire Coach Jim Caldwell After 3 Seasons

The Indianapolis Coltsā€™ sudden crash has cost coach Jim Caldwell his job. The team fired Caldwell on Tuesday, the second major decision in what is expected to be a long offseason shake-up. Team owner Jim Irsay fired team vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, Chris, the teamā€™s general manager, the day after the season ended.

It took a little longer for the decision on Caldwell, who had just finished his third and worst season as head coach of the Colts, who stumbled to a 2-14 finish without injured quarterback Peyton Manning. Caldwell ends his Coltsā€™ tenure 26-22 overall.

Caldwell won his first 14 games, an NFL record for a rookie head coach, and became only the fifth first-year coach to take his team to the Super Bowl.

But with fans complaining about game management and clamoring for a change since midseason, Irsay didnā€™t have much choice.

With Manning, the Colts won a league-record 115 regular-season games over the previous decade, tying the league mark for most consecutive playoff appearances (nine), winning two AFC titles and one Super Bowl trophy, the Colts lost their first 13 games in 2011, then won twice in five days and nearly lost the No. 1 draft pick, too.

Without Manning, Indy started 0-8 and was the heavy favorite to win the Andrew Luck sweepstakes at midseason. Caldwellā€™s team lost the next five games, too, before finally winning two straight to avoid becoming the second 0-16 team in league history.

A season-ending loss at Jacksonville, officially gave the Colts the top pick, which is expected to be used on Luck.

Players never gave up on Caldwell and many cited their preference to keep playing for him next season. Manning was one of Caldwellā€™s supporters, calling the coach that helped him win a record-setting four MVP Awards a ā€œfriend.ā€

But the disastrous 2011 season was too much for Caldwell to overcome after winning AFC South titles in each of his first two seasons in Indy.

After overhauling the front office, Irsay last week hired 39-year-old Ryan Grigson as his new general manager, then wanted to wait until Grigson had time to evaluate Caldwellā€™s performance.

The decision came Tuesday, setting off the second major search of the month.

Elite Manning missed practice today with a stomach bug.

Rob Lowe tweeted that Peyton Manning would be retiring.

I have no news today on Archie, Olivia or Cooper.

Iā€™m #ALLIN on the Giants this weekend.

Is Canty okay BT?

screw rob loweā€¦ he cant out out like that ā€¦come on #18 man upā€¦

As far as Iā€™m aware yes. Osi, Justin Tuck, Corey Webster and Mark Herzlich were all limited today and Bradshaw completely missed practice.

They all should be ok.

Iā€™m #ALLIN on the @Giants

http://eye-on-football.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/34456086

now LT calls the jets locker room the worst heā€™s ever been in.

they are like a bad soap opera.

Patriots and Rams in Wembley next season. Hardly a game to get the neutrals excited about.

Go Rams!

No more on a game in Croker? Rooney is departing as Ambassador in the coming months.

THE NFL HAS shelved plans to hold a second regular-season game in Europe this year, ruling out the possibility of a high-profile fixture in Croke Park this autumn.

A team of high-ranking officials visited Jones Road in December as part of a whistle-stop tour to scout out European venues for a second overseas match on the NFL calendar.

But the NFL has confirmed to TheScore.ie that the meeting between the St Louis Rams and the New England Patriots in Wembley Stadium on 28 October will be the only international game next season.

ā€œOur announcement states that the Rams-Patriots [28 October] game at Wembley will be the only game in the UK next season. But we also can confirm that it will be the only NFL game played in Europe next season,ā€ a spokesperson said.

More to follow.

Croke Park would be a terrible venue for football. Glad thereā€™s not going to be a game there.

I presume theyā€™ll wait and see how the Navy-Notre Dame game sells before considering bringing any NFL games to Dublin. Youā€™d have to wonder what the point would be from a commercial perspective in bringing a game to Dublin for them anyway.

why so BT? I would have thought it would be pretty good, as the pitch is that bit bigger so leaving the room on the sidelines necessary.

agree on the other bit though, they would surely wait and see how the nav/ND game goes first.

The rams are in Wembley for the next 3 years too.

So this is it then. A tri-state area on tenterhooks.

Watched the Americaā€™s Game last night on the 2007 Giants to get in the mood. Iā€™m going with Patriots and Giants to progress.

Sign in Giants backers.

Signing in.

Iā€™m expecting wins for the Giants and Ravens and then weā€™ll get revenge for Super Bowl XXXV.

Signing in for Giants. Think Ravens will join them.

Iā€™m hoping Ravens will do the business and have decided I am going to give American Football a go.