Now that 5 weeks are in the book and we have a decent sample size of statistics, we can start doing the statistical ranks. For those who don’t know, last year in week 12 I created my own team ranking system based off their statistical ranks (1-32, with 1 being the best and 32 being… Read More 2021 NFL Statistical Team Rankings: Week 5
I’m going to preface this post by saying I was out of town for the weekend so I didn’t have my usual multi-TV Red Zone setup where I could keep tabs on every game. I was only able to watch a few games this weekend, so the games I was able to watch, I’ll go… Read More NFL Week 5 Reactions: Bills Blast Chiefs, Campbell Cries, Gruden’s Gone, Lamar Leads Comeback, Cardinals Stay Unbeaten
The Browns beat the Vikings on the road this past weekend 14-7, improving to 3-1 and in a three-way tie for first place in the AFC North with the Bengals and Ravens. This game was supposed to be a shootout between two high-powered offenses, but in a surprising twist, it wound up as a low-scoring… Read More Cleveland Browns Week 4 Analysis: Defense Wins Championships
We all saw this exchange on Sunday: They’re practically flirting with each other. “Stop ittttttt!” “No YOU stop it, silly head!” Sheeesh. Meanwhile Matt LaFleur’s like “Wow, cool. Thanks a lot, Aaron. Yesterday Rodgers went on Pat McAfee for his weekly Tuesday appearance and of course AJ Hawk asked him about it. Starts at the… Read More Aaron Rodgers is Going to the Steelers Next Season, Isn’t He?
The new rule in action. Sorry to pick on Steph Curry, but this is the clearest example we have at this early stage in the preseason: It’s about damn time. I’ve always said it should be an offensive foul to do that, but I’ll settle for a no-call. Glad the NBA finally addressed this. No… Read More “Not This Year.” First Look at New NBA Rules on Unnatural Motions, and It’s About Time
Bill, why would you kick that? 56 yards, in a monsoon? Why? It was 4th and 3! Go for the 4th down conversion. Even if you hit that field goal and go ahead 20-19 with a minute to play, do you really like your chances against Brady? Far be it from me to question the… Read More NFL Week 4 Reactions: Brady’s Bucs Escape Boston With Win in Thriller
Throughout his storied NFL career, Tom Brady has beaten 31 of the 32 teams in the NFL. The lone team he hasn’t beaten? The Patriots, of course. Brady is currently 68 yards behind Drew Brees for the all-time passing yard record, and so barring an injury, Brady will become the all-time leading passer in NFL… Read More Brady vs. Belichick: The Return
I guess this means it’s all-but-official that the Bears, who have played in Soldier Field since 1971, will be getting a new home: Jarrett Payton, for those who don’t know, is the late, great Walter Payton’s son. Payton may be the greatest Bear in franchise history, and Jarrett is very well-connected to the Bears organization… Read More Bears Sign Purchase Agreement for Land for New Stadium
This will probably be my last week doing the record-based tiers given that things will start getting a lot more complicated with more games played starting soon. I know we still have Monday Night Football, but I’m going to publish this now and then update it with the Cowboys and Eagles after the game tonight.… Read More NFL Week 3 Tier List: The RAMS are the Best Team in the League
With only two games in the books for the 2021 NFL season, instead of doing power rankings, I’ll do tiers and then kind of try to rank the teams within the tiers. Given that teams can only either be 2-0, 1-1, or 0-2 right now, it’s nice and neat for us to be able to… Read More NFL Week 2 Tier List
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