The divisional playoff round is my favorite weekend of each NFL season. The postseason tournament is down to eight teams, the pressure is cranked up, and anything can happen. Can anyone stop No. 1 seeds Baltimore and San Francisco? Can the Detroit Lions win a second...
The first thing about the NFL divisional-round playoffs that jumps out at me are the quality of quarterbacks in each conference. AFC: Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Houston’s C.J. Stroud. Mahomes, 28, already has won...
How About Them Cowboys? Right on time, the overhyped Dallas Cowboys came through again embarrassing themselves by face-planting in another postseason game. The season was ruined. Another tombstone was ordered. This annual catastrophe never lets us down. The visiting...
With the cold weather blasting through this weekend, it’s a perfect time to light a fire, put on a sumptuous pot of vegetable beef soup, sip on a fine adult beverage of your choice, and watch the NFL wild-card games. That’s the game plan in our home. I’m making picks...
Lawdy, what a weekend of football. Four intense walk-off jobs that raised the blood pressure, messed with emotions, and reminded us why the NFL is the most popular viewing sport in the nation. The four games were decided by a total of 15 points. Pints were lifted in...
I’m looking forward to the four games that will set the field for the AFC and NFC conference championship matchups next weekend. Here’s my analysis of each contest, and I’ll include my pick at the end for entertainment purposes only – comedy, as you laugh at my...
This weekend eight NFL teams will compete in the conference semifinals in the march to the Super Bowl. Last week’s wild-card round wasn’t very interesting, with only two of the six games providing any suspense in the form of close-call finishes. Cincinnati defeated...
Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady … If I may borrow a popular meme on Twitter: It’s The Baby G.O.A.T., age 25, taking on The Senior G.O.A.T, age 43. Brady is, without a doubt, the greatest quarterback in NFL history. His monstrous collection of conference championships...
