The Monday Night Epic in Cleveland just concluded. The Ravens ended up winning 47-42 and improbably covering the -3 spread on a safety at the end after the Browns tried to pull off the ol’ Stanford-Cal miracle. I’m sure it swung a ton of money in Vegas. That’s the clubhouse leader for 2020 NFL Game… Read More Week 14 Power Rankings: Game of the Year Edition
At 12-1 this season and 21-1 in their past 22 games including their Super Bowl run, it might be time to ask the question: are the Kansas City Chiefs unbeatable right now? People might not be impressed by the final score of their win over the Dolphins yesterday, 33-27, but keep in mind that the… Read More Are the Chiefs Unbeatable?
We’ve still got Browns-Ravens on Monday night so I’m going to wait til Tuesday to do the power rankings. 🌋 Chiefs Are the Warriors of the NFL The Chiefs looked atrocious in the first quarter. Mahomes had 2 picks and at one point got sacked for a -30 yard loss. The Dolphins got out to… Read More NFL Week 14 Instant Reactions
The Big Ten has nullified its requirement that you must play at least 6 regular season games in order to qualify for the Big Ten Championship Game. This was obviously done to accommodate Ohio State, who has only played 5 games after three of them were canceled due to Covid. Their game against Maryland was… Read More College Football Needs an 8-Team Playoff
I applied the same concept from the team statistical rankings to Quarterbacks: taking their ranks in important statistical categories and averaging out the ranks to find a single overall average. Then we calculate the median, and then list how far above or below the median each quarterback is. The 10 stats I used: Passing TDs:… Read More NFL Statistical Quarterback Rankings: Week 13
I decided to expand the ranking system. It’s not because I didn’t like the original one, but because I wanted to include more important statistical categories. There are now 26 statistical categories that factor into the rankings, giving us what I believe to be a more complete assessment of teams. Here are the overall team… Read More NFL Statistical Rankings: Week 13
The Steelers have finally lost, so there’s a new team atop the power rankings. I was previously keeping the Steelers locked into, #1 even as they started looking shakier as the season went on, out of respect for the fact that they were undefeated. That is no longer true, so now all hell breaks loose… Read More Week 13 NFL Power Rankings
Woj just reported today that James Harden is open to being traded to the 76ers or another contender. But the 76ers were specifically named: Then that last part “Daryl Morey’s been adamant he wants to keep his two young stars.” Well, yeah. Of course you’re not trading both Simmons and Embiid for Harden. If the… Read More James Harden to Philly?
The Washington Football Team has put an end to the Steelers’ undefeated season with a 23-17 win in Pittsburgh. The Steelers looked like they were cruising to a win after they jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter. But after that point, Washington went on a 23-3 run to close out the… Read More The Steelers Finally Lose
We still have two Monday night games and a Tuesday night game left on the schedule, so Power Rankings and Statistical Rankings will come on Wednesday. Here’s the recap of the most important Sunday action: 😤 Browns Get Biggest Win of Season We have to start with the game of the day, Browns v. Titans.… Read More NFL Week 13 Reactions: Baker Proves Them Wrong
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