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,…
What a wacky day. The Giants beat the Ravens after a furious comeback, the Jets beat the Packers without any stress at all, the Buccaneers looked terrible, and the Falcons looked great. Just like everyone thought right? Obviously not, but that’s the point. The NFL is as unpredictable as ever, and I’d certainly think twice…
Tom Brady is right. When he responded to a reporter’s question by saying that he’s seen “a lot of bad football” so far this season, he was merely stating the obvious. Maybe it’s the lack of preseason reps or perhaps it’s all the roster changes that took place during the offseason, but most teams are…
I did not expect to be writing this post so soon, but I certainly did anticipate writing it at some point. As Sports Illustrated foreshadowed last night, the Carolina Panthers have fired head coach Matt Rhule. I’ll have a page up at the conclusion of the season discussing my grades for the hiring and firing…
With just under a quarter of the season in the books, we should know a lot about who the 32 teams are and what to expect from them…but we don’t. We are aware of who the truly bad teams are and the teams we THINK will rise above the rest, but a staggering 15 teams…
If your 0-2 team loses this week, NOW it’s appropriate to panic. Only 6 teams since 1980 have started the season 0-3 and gone on to make the playoffs. The 17th regular season game shifts the odds a little, but none of the five 0-3 teams last year made the playoffs either. On the opposite…
That was quite the opening week wasn’t it? The Bears beat the Niners, the Bengals committed 5 turnovers and missed 2 chip-shot kicks (yet still had a chance to win!), and the Colts and Texans produced a tie. I would say that this week can’t be any more insane, but this is the NFL we’re…
It’s finally here! The much anticipated NFL regular season has begun, and, to put it lightly, a lot happened. You’re going to see tons of hot takes this week, so I want to stress something important: don’t overreact. It’s just 1 game. Sure, that one game could have ramifications down the line in terms of…
The moment we’ve been waiting for is finally upon us. The Bills and Rams will kick off the 2022 season on Thursday in a much-anticipated matchup, but before that happens, I thought I’d take a look at where the various teams stand on opening week. You’ve probably seen power rankings before, and these are just…