NFL
Final 2024 NFL Draft Preview: Part I
Three weeks from today begin the dreams of many. Three weeks from today begins the 2024 NFL Draft and releases the tension that’s built up over months of waiting, conjecture, and hypotheticals. This is a particularly anticipated draft for Ravens fans, as it’s the...
2024 NFL Combine Recap
This phase of the NFL’s calendar has garnered great of attention over the years, partly because fans are so eager for football to return (even though the season ended three weeks ago). The other main reason the NFL Combine draws so many viewers is because it grants...
Previewing Championship Sunday
Familiarity gets a bad rap. There’s an old adage that it breeds contempt, but I disagree. It can take some time to see beauty. It may escape your gaze at first, but over the days, months and even years you start to notice the little things that bring out appreciation....
Previewing The Divisional Round
It’s hard to genuinely feel happy for an opponent. It’s not in our nature, especially as Americans. If I could summarize our nation’s ethos in one word, it would be: winning. General George Patton said as much in a speech to the Third Army in 1944. “Americans love...
Previewing Super Wild Card Weekend
Well, here we are. After 18 weeks, the NFL regular season roller-coaster has ended and we’re left with a select few teams that didn’t lose their lunch during the ups, downs and loops. It’s always fun to go back to before it started and see how my predictions fared. ...
2023 NFL: Previewing Week 17
Other than a brief layoff at the airport decades ago, I’ve never stepped foot in Cleveland. And yet, I’ve always felt a kinship with the city and its sports teams. Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for underdog stories and between the Guardians, Cavaliers and Browns,...
2023 NFL: Previewing Week 16
Horror movies aren’t for everyone, but they can be a good time, even though the genre is filled with standard tropes. There’s ominous music that builds tension and then when it suddenly stops, the jump scare happens. There are morons who always run in the wrong...
2023 NFL: Previewing Week 15
Is this really happening? This is how it’s going to end? Professional football is a cruel business. It’s not often that anyone involved leaves riding a wave of glory and success. Careers tend to end in a whimper, stuck in a lost season on some roster where people will...