First this week, we go over the many surprises from the NFL’s first week. While it’s wise not to read too much into Green Bay’s stunning loss to New Orleans — there’s precedent from just last year of the team beaten by the Saints in Week 1 going on to win the Super Bowl — […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): The NFL is back once again, and we got the gang back together for another season of our Slack chats. Some storylines from the first week were very familiar (like Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs making good on yet another comeback), while we did not see others coming. […]
Going into last fall, we called 2020 an “abnormally normal” season of pro football — and that basically ended up being true. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic throwing the league for a loop at times, the NFL pressed through and eventually played a full 21-week regular season and playoffs, culminating in that most normal of football […]
Aaron Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks of the past 20 years, he’s a future Hall of Famer … and it looked for a while like he might not play in 2021. Although recent reports indicate he’ll be suiting up for the Green Bay Packers this season, it’s been a struggle to reach an […]
We start with the NFL conference championships. Josh Allen inarguably had a bad day, but there have been a lot of arguments about the Buffalo Bills repeatedly settling for 3 points during their loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Of course, the even louder takes were about the Green Bay Packers kicking a field goal […]