The Kansas City Chiefs begin their quest for a three-peat Thursday night with the visiting Baltimore Ravens in town to kickoff the 2024 NFL season. And the fun. What a wonderful matchup. Not that anyone asked me, but I’m commemorating this event with my own little...
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...
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...
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...
BERNIE BITS Hitting some fungoes while patiently waiting for the Cardinals to sign or otherwise acquire a couple of relievers to upgrade their bullpen … Five things jump out about the Blues since Drew Bannister took over as interim coach after the sacking of Craig...
BERNIE BITS 1. The Future Of Missouri Football: The Mizzou administration provided security for football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the form of a contract extension that included a generous raise. Surely these people were smart enough to set aside money to pay Drinkwitz...
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...
BERNIE BITS Let’s get started with some C-Notes: 1. In the short-track 2020 season the Cardinals batted .235 against right-handed pitching, with an abysmal .366 slugging percentage that ranked 27th in the majors. Their .690 OPS, 25th, wasn’t much better. So to...
