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Previewing NFL Wild Card Weekend
The best presents are unexpected. The NFL decided months ago that they would add a playoff team to each conference. At the time of the announcement, I nodded my head and thought, “oh, that’s cool, I guess.” I’m just not coming to grips with what that meant. Here we...
Pressing Questions For Wild Card Weekend
After perhaps the most unusual season in NFL history —a lack of fans in stadiums, too many positive COVID tests and an extra couple of teams added to the postseason —the playoffs kick off this weekend. The regular season answered many of our questions, such as, “Is...
Sports Tonight: Previewing NFL Wild Card Weekend
Courtesy of Mercer Floor & Home Carpet One, I was joined by my colleagues NFL Analysts Sid Saraf, and Josh Katzowitz to look at Wild Card Weekend. Saturday Games Colts at Buffalo Rams at Seattle Bucs at Washington Sunday Games Bears at...
The Bills, behind Josh Allen, are stampeding into the postseason
Even before Monday night’s game, Buffalo had clinched the AFC East title. But the Bills had plenty of reasons to want to crush the Patriots anyway. Aside from the symbolic measure of Buffalo topping Bill Belichick’s team while, at the same time, toppling the reign of...
2020 NFL: Week 16
Well, we made it to Christmas and I’m so full of holiday spirit that I want to shot put season’s greetings to the whole world. I’m not sure how the NFL made it this far into the regular season without a complete disaster, but here we are. The playoffs are just a...
2020 NFL Week 15: Gruden and The Playoff Bubble
My parents tried to teach me many life lessons during my childhood. Some of them I listened to, others I ignored. But one of them always stuck in my head: Don’t talk about how much money you make. Why? No. 1: It’s nobody’s business. No. 2: It’s not classy, they said....
NFL: Playoff Bubble
Several head coaches have had success in the NFL. But for the most part, that success comes in short bursts. Suddenly, a coach finds himself with a stacked roster, all the bounces go the team’s way and they make a deep run into the playoffs, maybe even the Super Bowl....
NFL: State Of The NFC With 5 Weeks Remaining
Well, I can’t hold off any longer. Every year I lecture people who want to start putting up Christmas decorations and watching holiday-themed movies right after Labor Day. My theory is that you’re not allowed to do anything like that until after Thanksgiving. Well,...