QB Power Rankings after NFL Week 15

QB Power Rankings after NFL Week 15

Written by on December 23, 2020

Another week in the NFL showed more mastery by Josh Allen and Baker Mayfield, as the Buffalo Bills clinched the AFC East and the Cleveland Browns won 10 games for the first time in 13 years. Cincinnati’s Ryan Finley redeemed himself with a huge win over Pittsburgh, taking some big hits along the way. Alex Smith had to take a Read More

Five NFL Dangerous Teams Rushing the Ball

Five NFL Dangerous Teams Rushing the Ball

Written by on December 23, 2020

The rise of such gunslingers as Patrick Mahomes, as well as the trend that teams have had replacing running backs, from one year to the next, without significant dropoff in production, so long as their offensive lines remain intact, has made quarterbacks the skill players that get the big contracts, while running backs getting huge deals are becoming more and Read More

Weekly Rundown after NFL Week 15

Weekly Rundown after NFL Week 15

Written by on December 22, 2020

The crucible known as December football in the NFL has generated a number of surprises over the past few weeks. The Pittsburgh Steelers have turned from an 11-0 juggernaut into an 11-3 dumpster fire since the calendar turned to the last month of 2020. The New York Jets had it made as far as securing the top pick in the Read More

Super Bowl LV Contenders & Pretenders Dec. 21st Update

Super Bowl LV Contenders & Pretenders Dec. 21st Update

Written by on December 18, 2020

No month on the NFL calendar is more of a pressure cooker than December. This is the time of year when the real contenders will pull away from the other teams that have gathered on the edges of the playoff races. This year, we will have two more playoff teams than we have had in past years, with the field Read More

Team Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Team Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Written by on December 17, 2020

Three weeks to go in the NFL’s 2020 regular season! Where will your team end up? In the AFC, there are 11 teams still in: the Jets, Jaguars, Chargers, Texans and Bengals. The Broncos are technically in, but still…in the NFC, all 16 teams are still in, thanks to that woeful NFC East. Obviously, those 27 teams that are still Read More

Quarterback Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Quarterback Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Written by on December 16, 2020

What we have seen in the second half of the 2020 NFL regular season is that the position of quarterback remains more important than ever. In an era in which rules are written to produce points (in terms of defensive contact, defensive holding, pass interference and roughing the passer), the team that has the better signal-caller is going to win Read More

Weekly Rundown after NFL Week 14

Weekly Rundown after NFL Week 14

Written by on December 15, 2020

One of the most exciting NFL games in recent years unfolded on Monday night, as Cleveland hosted Baltimore in a rematch of the beatdown the Ravens gave the Browns in Week 1. It looked like more of the same after the half, as Baltimore built a 28-14 lead. However, the Browns came roaring back to take a 35-34 in the Read More

Updated Race for the Top NFL Draft Pick

Updated Race for the Top NFL Draft Pick

Written by on December 14, 2020

Most experts agree that whichever team “wins” the top pick in the 2021 draft by virtue of posting the worst record in 2020 will select Trevor Lawrence, currently the quarterback at Clemson University. The New York Jets currently “lead” with an 0-13 record. They had come close to victory the week before, until defensive coordinator Gregg Williams made the last Read More

Updated Super Bowl Contenders & Pretenders after Week 14

Updated Super Bowl Contenders & Pretenders after Week 14

Written by on December 11, 2020

Every team in the NFC is mathematically eligible for the playoffs, thanks in part to the dreadful NFC East, in which every team has at least three wins but no team has more than five. In the AFC, the one-win Jacksonville Jaguars and the winless New York Jets have already passed from the possible contenders for the playoffs. The Los Read More

Top Games to Watch in College Football Week 15

Top Games to Watch in College Football Week 15

Written by on December 10, 2020

The last week of the 2020 college football regular season is upon us. The conference championships will take place on December 19, along with the Tropical Smoothie Bowl from Frisco, Texas, but this week features the last set of games for many teams. Boston College is the first of many teams that are expected to opt out of the travel Read More