So Called “NFL Experts” and Their Factual Mistakes

It is truly horrible (taken with a grain of salt as there are far worse horrors in the world) to me when so called experts do not even get their facts correct. Three cases in point follow.

Last Friday, WFAN’s Mike Francesa stated that the Colts needed one more win to wrap up the AFC North Division. The Colts had clinched that title the week before.

Next, on Monday night, Chris Berman of ESPN said that if the Dallas Cowboys went (8-8) by winning vs the Philadelphia Eagles that they would make the playoffs. That is not true, as in that scenario, the Cowboys would also need an Eagles’ loss vs the Chicago Bears.

Finally, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King speaking Wednesday on WFAN, first pointed out that Dallas lost a game it had to win. This is not quite true as the Cowboys still control their own destiny.

Later, King, who is considered a football guru and is heavily involved in the Hall of Fame voting, sure proved weak on his NFL history.

He stated that the Giants’ Super Bowl win vs Buffalo was their’s and coach Bill Parcells’ first such win. I guess Parcells and the Giants just “imagined” their Super Bowl victory 4 years earlier vs the Denver Broncos.