There are plenty of underwhelming quarterbacks lining up this weekend but that could provide some upsets to liven up the playoffsA few days before the start of Christmas and Hanukkah signalled the merciful end to 2016, it was announced that a spring developmental football league was slated to debut in April. Unaffiliated with the NFL, the four-team league will feature free agent players instructed by experienced coaches, and is designed to give fringe players a chance to open some eyes and latch on to NFL teams. But the NFL is not one to let any competitor leagues pop up unopposed, so this Saturday and Sunday we will see the debut of the NFL’s own developmental league, one they’re calling “the...
The Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers have enjoyed surprising reversals of fortune, now with play-off hopes after a combined 3-7 startA funny thing happened on the way to this year’s NFL play-offs: two Florida teams suddenly became relevant again.From the wreckage of a combined 3-7 start to the season – and the distinct possibility of an eighth straight year without post-season play in the Sunshine State – Miami and Tampa Bay have unexpectedly bucked a disturbing trend and given the region’s football fans reason to hope again. Related: How the Chicago Bears became NFL's most untroubled losers Continue reading...
Jimmy Garopollo’s injury may end up being merely a temporary setback for the New England Patriots, but they are far from perfectFor most of the first half, it looked like the New England Patriots had discovered their Next Tom Brady. OK, that may be a stretch, but it at least looked like they had found a player they could sell as a potential Next Tom Brady to one of the many quarterback-starved teams once the Actual Tom Brady returned from his four week league-mandated vacation. In his second game as a starter, Jimmy Garoppolo went 18-for-27, passing for 234 yards as the Patriots built up a 21-0 lead over the Miami Dolphins. Garoppolo, coming off New England’s huge Week 1...