The four games this weekend look like home bankers, but history suggests at least one visiting team will win – and the Steelers perhaps have the best chanceWelcome to what the NFL calls the divisional round of the playoffs, where four teams that won a wildcard playoff game hit the road to tangle with a team that posted a better record during the regular season and thereby got a weekend off. Decks appear stacked. Related: Odell Beckham Jr's real mistake was not making himself invisible Continue reading...
The most popular league in the US is suffering this season but even the darkest clouds have silver liningsThere’s no getting around it now. The major storyline of the 2016 NFL season at the midway point is this: the NFL is bad. Even one of the league’s paid PR flacks tacitly acknowledged the negative feeling around the product by tweeting out a passive-aggressive “narrative” hashtag after Week 8 happened to deliver a handful of entertaining games. What a day of #NFL games w/ 3 going OT. #narrative Related: Mediocrity on turf: the NFL is stumbling, but will it recover? Dildo launch from @hub_nation pic.twitter.com/nfL4tI9UVG Continue reading...
Who’d have guessed the Rams, Falcons, Eagles, Cowboys and Vikings would sit atop the NFC standings? Well, conventional wisdom has been wrong all seasonThe Rams, Falcons, Eagles, Cowboys and Vikings are lumped together in the NFC standings through the first four weeks of the NFL season. Not at all surprising. Meanwhile, the Panthers and Cardinals have begun to separate themselves from the pack. Another nailed prediction. The NFC is going just as we all thought it might – outside of the fact that almost every team is performing exactly opposite of what was expected. Related: Vikings shut down Odell Beckham and Giants to stay perfect at 4-0 Continue reading...
The Broncos look to continue their flawless title defense, while the Falcons look to soar in the Superdome. Plus, take part in our tipping contestWhat a week it has been in the NFL. First we learned that the Vikings might not have been crazy to trade for Sam Bradford, then that Matt Forte does an alarmingly good Arnold Schwarzenegger impression. I would ask who could ever have predicted such a thing, but in fact I already know the answer - grafhamboy - the one and only person to call every game correctly in week two. Related: Patriots make light of Brady and Garoppolo absences to beat Texans Continue reading...