I know it’s late in the week, I’ve been busy. I haven’t even been able to do my CFP weekly power ratings and betting lines this week. I hope to have something done there by tomorrow morning but my spreadsheet is not cooperating with me at the moment so no promises. Anyway, here’s the week… Read More NFL Week 9 Tier List and Takes
Another night, another big, fat L for the Los Angeles Lakers. They are so bad. Horrendous. Atrocious. LeBron had a great game, 30 points on 12-22 shooting before leaving late with a groin strain. No word on how long that will keep him out for, on top of his foot injury. Age 37, turning 38… Read More The Lakers Are the Most Depressing Team in Professional Sports
I was wrong about Justin Fields. Yep, it’s true. I completely underestimated him this whole time. I had him ranked as the #2 quarterback in the 2021 NFL Draft, but I was wrong about that. He’s the best quarterback in that draft class. He should’ve been #1 overall in last year’s draft. He, not Trevor… Read More Justin Fields Has Arrived
The newly updated tiers: There’s just a ton of mediocrity in the league right now. I bumped the 49ers up to the second tier because of how good McCaffrey looked. I know they always beat the Rams, so I don’t know how impressive a win that was, but I think I was a little too… Read More NFL Week 8 Reactions, Hot Takes and Tiers
Khalil Mack, Akeim Hicks, Robert Quinn and now Roquan Smith: all gone from Chicago. The Bears in 2022 have gotten rid of their four best defensive players. GM Ryan Poles is rebuilding. He’s blowing it up and starting fresh. He’s bringing in his own guys. He’s freeing up cap space and stock piling draft picks.… Read More The Bears Have Fallen Into the Rebuilding Trap
I’m going to do weekly tier rankings from now on. Here’s what I’ve got. Half the league is certified MID: Yes, I think the Rams, Bucs, 49ers, Packers and Ravens are all mid. And the Cowboys, too. And the Chargers (more on them soon). I just have not been wow’d by them at all, but… Read More NFL Week 7 Reactions and Hot Takes: The National Mid League, and a Changing of the Guard
Here are your 3-3 teams after Sunday’s action, keeping in mind that tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup is between the 3-2 Chargers and the 2-3 Broncos: Okay, so maybe it’s just 10 teams, but it feels like everyone is 3-3 right now. The asterisks indicate division leaders, meaning three of the eight divisions are led… Read More NFL Week 6 Observations and Hot Takes: The Whole League is 3-3
Okay, Thursday Night Football games are shitshows, we all get it, they set football back 115 years to the era before the invention of the forward pass. I get it. Also, did you hear Brian Robinson got shot? I had never heard that before tonight! Wow! What an incredible story that I’d never heard before.… Read More The Bears Lost in the Most Bears Way Imaginable
Through four games this season, Justin Fields has not been good. The Bears are 2-2, but it has not been because of Fields. He is currently 23-45 passing on the season, completing just 57% of his throws. He has 2 TDs and 4 INTs, and some of those INTs have been really ugly. He’s got… Read More We Cannot Yet Pass Judgement on Justin Fields
This Twitter exchange got me thinking: Mort brings up a great point that I’ve heard several times over the past few years but never really fully internalized until now: the first few weeks of the regular season now are like the extended preseason. Because nobody plays in the preseason anymore outside of bubble guys and… Read More Maybe It’s Smart to Withhold Judgment on NFL Teams This Early in the Season
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