As many of you know, I’m a numbers nerd. A stat geek. A hopeless analytics addict. If I had a nickname, it would be “Metric” Miklasz. And at times all of this data is just a little boring, even for me. There’s truth and value in the process that determines – pardon...
Before I get to the leftover smoked chicken wings from a Sunday bloody good Sunday of fun watching NFL football, here are my leftover thoughts on the AFC Championship Game and Kansas City’s 17-10 takeover at Baltimore. 1. Do not doubt the Kansas City Chiefs. I should...
I’m always interested in the outside view of the St. Louis Cardinals. We have a tendency to let the local thundercracks influence our perceptions as we assess the team’s offseason. Based on the vociferous, widespread and entertaining sentiments expressed on X-Twitter,...
Sunday should be a fun day for NFL fans who will gather to watch two conference championship games, order up a pile of chicken wings and mounds of smoked brisket and pulled pork, and sip on their preferred beverages. Kansas City Chiefs on the road with a shot to take...
The 2023 Cardinals were a futile bunch, lost and loathsome from the start. It’s still a bit unsettling to look back and remember that they crested on April 2 with a 2-1 record. After winning that opening three-game series against Toronto, the Redbirds tottered to a...
The Blues are a resurgent 11-6-1 since sacking coach Craig Berube after a loss to Detroit on Dec. 12. We should hold off before portraying interim coach Drew Bannister as the new Scotty Bowman, but the Blues are better since the change. Under Berube the Blues were...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m the loon who keeps attaching the word “optimism” to the 2024 Cardinals. For this condition I blame my intense dedication to homework and a stubborn attitude derived from an old-fashioned concept known as...
Hello, friends. Here’s my 6th piece in a series of cautious-optimism columns as I look ahead to 2024. The Cardinals will be better. I am convinced of that. But how much better? That’s the important question. If I didn’t think there were legitimate reasons for...
What happened to the idiotic narrative? You know, the one that had the media industrial complex generating many written words and overheated talk-show segments about Patrick Mahomes. And how he would be competing in an AFC playoff road game for the first time in his...
