We only had a little bit of movement in the college football hierarchy. The favored teams in the top 15 all won except two, and the teams occupying playoff positioning shouldn’t change this Tuesday. CJ Stroud and Hendon Hooker, the two top Heisman candidates, both held serve. Other than QB Brennan Armstrong throwing pick sixes…
With the trade deadline behind us, all teams now face an invariant truth: unless you sign a fringe player (or Odell Beckham) off the street, you need to win with the guys you have. As it stands, the NFL is still having its most wild season in recent memory. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers hit…
We’ve got out second midseason coach firing! NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport has reported that Indianapolis has fired head coach Frank Reich. As promised, I’m handling in-season HC firings on an individual basis, so let’s get right to it. As with Matt Rhule earlier this year, the Colts arguably waited too long to get rid of…
The CFP committee released their first official rankings on Tuesday, and as usual, they messed things up. This seems to happen every year, so each week, I’m going to dedicate one of my takeaways below to analyzing their rankings. I’ll explain where they went wrong (or right if that miraculously happens) and why, as well…
We’re starting week 9, and since the NFL season now has 18 weeks, that means we’re at the approximate halfway point of the 2022 campaign. I also promised last time that I’d do this again at the trade deadline, and that has just passed, so here we are. Much change has taken place since week…
I’ll be keeping track of the various NFL trades that occur throughout the remainder of 2022 on this page (most recent first). For every trade, I will list the assets each team received, analyze the trade, and provide trade grades for each team. For free agent signings and extensions, see this page. November 1, 2022…
When a season gives you absolute craziness, you take comfort in the things that stay the same. We gave NFL fans in England another awful matchup. Derrick Henry continued to bulldoze the Texans. The Niners owned Sean McVay’s Rams. The Jets and Giants choked when faced with the slightest resistance. Cling to these constants, because…
The first official College Football Playoff rankings of the season come out on Tuesday, so I thought I’d do something a little different. I’m going to discuss each team that I think belongs in the initial top 4 below. I probably won’t agree with the CFP committee (I almost never do), but that’s too bad….
This week started fast and never slowed down. Carolina’s fire sale began with Christian McCaffrey and Robbie Anderson trades…and then they won. Joe Burrow had a career game, Seattle has sole possession of first place in the NFC West, and the Jets and Giants are a combined 11-3 due to cupcake schedules. The best teams…
In a shocking move, the Colts have benched QB Matt Ryan for the rest of the season. The team says that Ryan has a grade-2 separation of his throwing shoulder, but this move is independent of the injury. While surprising, it might not be entirely unjustified. Let’s take a look at how we got here,…