Last season, Manning looked like the football equivalent of Jordan in his early years, scoring with little conscience.

It is an economic basket case, the football equivalent of Northern Rock.

Their secondary had been cobbled together from the football equivalent of a want ad.

The visiting players, working for a company licensed in Cleveland, won by the football equivalent of a hair in the final minute.

A touchdown is the American football equivalent of rugby league's try.

Weideman was much more than just the football equivalent of a hit man.

In August, the club held a testimonial for Scholes, the football equivalent of a living funeral.

Meggett is the football equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet.

It is the football equivalent of using duct tape and mirrors to keep the Jets in games.

It is the football equivalent of learning the alphabet.