Going into the 59th Super Bowl, I envisioned two scenarios in the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. If the more talented Philly team won, it would be a trouncing, a beatdown. If the Chiefs won, it would be done with their usual method:...
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...
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...
For a guy who can’t run fast on a football field, Tom Brady just ran a very impressive 40 by swiftly and abruptly ending his retirement after 40 days. Posting the news on his Twitter account, TB12 will be back in Tampa Bay for the 2022 season. “These past two...
Tom Brady’s retirement is official, and we’d have to write 50,000 words to cover all of his accomplishments as a quarterback, and as a winner. The individual statistics and honors are incredible, but I’ll leave that alone right now. The winning defined Brady’s career...
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...
