I’m not ready to pick a winner in Super Bowl 56, a game pitting the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals that won’t be played until Feb. 3. But I have to start warming up at some point, so I’ll begin the process by doing some stretching today. The Current Betting...
Leftover thoughts from an AFC-NFC Championship Sunday: 1) As it turns out, the narrative was premature and overly enthusiastic: “Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are the new Brady vs. Manning.” I plead guilty to hyperventilating over the irresistible angle. Joe Burrow...
The LA Rams made a winner out of Stan Kroenke with a fourth-quarter comeback to wrestle the NFC Championship away from the San Francisco 49ers. Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo ran out of mojo and couldn’t save his team or the Kroenke-hating fans in St. Louis. The...
Only three games remain in the 2021 NFL season. The Super Bowl will close the house down on Feb. 13, but the party begins Sunday with the AFC and NFC Championship Games. It’s been a fun ride. And this Championship Sunday is unusual for this reason: For the first time...
Oh, my. How embarrassing. It’s happening again: Los Angeles, a sprawling city-suburb metropolis with an estimated population of 19 million, can’t fill its NFL stadium with hometown Rams fans for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the visiting San Francisco 49ers....
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...
Six NFL playoff games are on the docket this weekend. A three-day festival of football, fun, snacks and potential investments. Six games, six packs, food spreads, point spreads. I like it. I’m in. And if that isn’t enough there’s a forecast of snowy weather for The...
