| 1. Devin Hester caused many female hearts to flutter | | | | Division Championship. Not bad going for a guy |
| when the video of his behind was widely syndicated | | | | written off by many writers unfit to the great QB's |
| by YouTube users following an incident in the Week | | | | shoe laces. |
| 11 Bears games against the Eagles. The Bears | | | | 6. 2009 was the year when two teams decided to |
| speedster accidentally bared all to a national TV | | | | go into the season with only one real player on each |
| audience whilst he was being gang tackled by a | | | | of their rosters. I am of course talking about Joshua |
| number of Eagles defenders. Not the first time and | | | | Cribbs Browns and the Steven Jackson Rams who |
| NFL related wardrobe malfunction has caused a stir | | | | must surely miss college where they were at least |
| on the air waves. | | | | afforded teammates who also wanted to contribute. |
| 2. The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints both | | | | 7. Chris Johnson electrified the NFL with some |
| started the season perfect with records of 13 and 0 | | | | powerful running displays on route to joining the elite |
| respectively. It marked the first time two teams | | | | 2,000 yard club, only the 6th man in NFL history to |
| were able to obtain such records in the same season | | | | do so. He joins the likes of Eric Dickerson, Jamal |
| in NFL history. A dream match up in the Super Bowl | | | | Lewis, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis and O.J. Simpson |
| in Miami remains a possibility. | | | | in the annals of NFL history with a total of 2,006 |
| 3. The Detroit Lions were not alone in being | | | | yards in the 2009/10 regular season. |
| considered the laughing stocks of the NFL. The | | | | 8. Thanks to the likes of Payton Manning, Tom Brady |
| crown was instead shared between 3 inept teams | | | | and Drew Brees the NFL is stocked with what can |
| who would probably struggle against some high | | | | only be described as a vintage age of great NFL |
| school teams. I am of course talking about the | | | | Quarterbacks. Not since the late 80's/early 90's era |
| Oakland Raiders, the Cleveland Browns and the | | | | of Marino, Elway, Young and Montana has the NFL |
| Kansas City Chiefs. | | | | been blessed with such quality passers. |
| 4. 2009 was the year when NFL fans had to make | | | | 9. Jerry Jones unveiled the biggest and brashest NFL |
| do watching football without the guttural tones of | | | | stadium in history to match his tag as NFL's biggest |
| the great John Madden describing the action. The | | | | and brashest owner. Whilst it hurts me to say this I |
| former Super Bowl winning Raiders coach hung up his | | | | have to admit the place is colossal and very |
| mic before the season got underway and football is | | | | impressive indeed. |
| worse off for the loss of the big man. Chris | | | | 10. NFL owners were probably put off from moving a |
| Collinsworth and Al Michaels, whilst great in their own | | | | team up to Toronto any time soon as the Buffalo |
| right, will never quite fill the void. | | | | Bills and New York Jets played out to a half empty |
| 5. Brett Favre proved a point to ageist critics | | | | stadium. Looks like London could well be the city to |
| everywhere by reserving one of the best seasons | | | | get the first international expansion on this showing. |
| of his career by leading the Minnesota Vikings to a | | | | |