Making out the contenders through 5 weeks is a bit challenging. Stalwarts like the Niners, Eagles, and Chiefs remain strong. Miami and Jacksonville have both bounced back, while Buffalo and Baltimore struggled. The NFL loves parity, and they seem to be doing a great job achieving it. Just two undefeated teams (SF/PHI) remain, while only…
Our slate was a little lighter this week with multiple teams idle. We can declare that we had quality over quantity though, as the teams that did play gave us plenty to see. Multiple previously unbeaten teams, including Marshall, Maryland, (24) Fresno State, (21) Missouri, (20) Kentucky, (17) Miami (13) Washington State, and even (3)…
Weird things were the theme of week 4. Between the Bengals season circling the drain, the Texans dominating two weeks in a row, Saints QB Derek Carr playing with an AC sprain, the Commanders pushing the Eagles (again), and Patriots QB Mac Jones getting benched (alright that one wasn’t surprising), we had quite a bit…
In college football terms, this was a fairly calm week. We didn’t have any big upsets (though we had a close call; more on that later). Some of the games were exciting, and we get to all of those. But many of them were business as usual for the perceived superior teams. Heisman cases were…
Week 3 can make or break a team’s season. 3-0 teams have approximately a 75% chance to make the playoffs. 0-3 teams fare very poorly; only 6 have gone on to reach the postseason since 1980. One team obviously avoided that issue (NE has now beaten NYJ 15 straight times). Another (LAC) only did because…
In what must be an uncommon occurrence, twelve of the AP Top 25 teams faced each other across 6 matchups. Given that nothing too exciting happened outside of those games (except (4) Florida State barely surviving Clemson), I thought we’d look at each of those 6 duels. However, as some of them feature teams we’ve…
Welcome to week 2, where we try to figure out what’s real with the 32 teams. Some things, like Tua Tagovailoa beating the Patriots, the Bengals being in trouble given their 0-2 start, Rams QB Matthew Stafford force-feeding a receiver (hello Puka Nacua!), and the Jets offense struggling with Zach Wilson instead of Aaron Rodgers,…
Another week, another slate of exciting games! While our usual early-season blowouts were plentiful, several upsets and near-upsets arrived. The theme of the day in most of these games was penalties. Some continued trends, whereas others were disturbingly abnormal. A couple of players were also standouts in ways that could make them more appealing for…
Did you have fun this week 1? I certainly did. We were treated to a ton of exciting football, even if the scoring in the early Sunday window was down. I’ll be touching on the Thursday night game, the Monday night game (sorry Jets fans, despite the W), and everything in between. Rookie QBs made…
What a crazy week 2! We had numerous comebacks, a pair of overtime games, and a rare home loss by a certain #3-ranked SEC squad. Some teams we expected to look great simply don’t through a pair of games. Others with promise but no proof have taken off. We’re starting to figure out who we…