Welcome to rivalry week, where familiarity and contempt can breed unusual results. Poor UMass ended up being the only 0-12 team, while Ohio State and Indiana are the lone remaining unbeatens. We’ll talk through actual game flows here but more about implications. No draft nugget this week during crunch time (there will be plenty of…
On this page, I’m going to be providing the free agent signing grades for the notable signings and extensions that occur in 2025 (most recent first) based on how good a deal the signing team obtained and the type of impact I expect the player to have. Please note that an offseason signing cannot be…
As always in the NFL, expect the unexpected. Who really had the Giants taking Detroit to OT? If I told you that Niners QB Brock Purdy threw 3 first-half INTs, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you that they on comfortably. But they did. Some things continued to reaffirm themselves. Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba…
Just two weeks remain in the regular season, and only two ranked-vs.-ranked matchups took place. Both were pretty much chalk. (8) Oklahoma’s defense smothered (22) Missouri, while (7) Oregon ran away from (15) USC in the second half. That doesn’t mean we had a calm week. (9) Notre Dame embarrassed Syracuse 70-7, and UAB suffered…
Several things happened this week that would be odd in general but not in 2025. For instance, Chicago won yet another walk-off game to move to 7-3. QB Davis Mills led the Texans back to .500 with a second consecutive comeback. The Jaguars obliterated the Chargers after collapsing against those same Texans. As these teams…
There are currently two tiers of teams battling for positioning at the moment. One group contains the top SEC, Big Ten, and Big XII squads who are cruising toward CFP bids but would love a conference championship and a first-round bye. The other batch of teams consists of the second level of those conferences plus…
As usual, the NFL brought us chaos and wild play in week 10. Jets’ DE Will McDonald had 4 sacks, and that didn’t even register because the team scored KR and PR touchdowns on consecutive touches. Saints’ QB Tyler Shough earned his first win in an upset of Carolina, throwing the draft order into disarray….
This is a centralized post for all coaching move-related grades (most recent first) now that 2025 has begun. Perfect way to celebrate Black Monday right? For those who aren’t aware, Black Monday is the Monday after the final week of the regular season. The teams that missed the playoffs decide whether to continue with the…
The CFP committee released their first official rankings on Tuesday, and amazingly, I’m pretty satisfied! This is quite a rarity. 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 like this week) and why, as well as what I’d…
We just completed week 9, which means that we’re at the approximate halfway point of the 2025 campaign. That means it’s also trade deadline time! That has just passed, so as in prior years, it’s time to re-evaluate where everyone stands. Much change has taken place since week 1, and we’ve learned a great deal…