NFL Championship Picks, Thoughts on Week That Was
We’ve reached the time in the football season where I start to use my self-guided theories to pick games, because I’ve failed for too long with conventional logic. I will try and delve into it…
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Divisional Round Picks: Usual Suspects Duel in NFC
I’m finally on the plus side of .500. Thanks to a couple of savvy last-minute changes to my picks in the Sunday AFC games, 2-4 became 4-2. The AFC divisional round is here and brings…
First-Round Playoff Picks: Things Are About to Get Wild
Well, I’ll settle for a .500 record in an incredibly tough year for everyone, and that included trying to pick games in a season with all sorts of bumps, obstacles, and asterisks. Now, the playoffs…
It’s Over: Thoughts on Wild Week 17, Playoffs
What a week it was. While the Giants are rightfully steaming mad at Doug Pederson right now, the Ravens might not be too happy with the Texans for choking away a win and a chance…
Week 17: The Final Frontier of a Challenging Season
And so here we are. Barring the Pittsburgh Steelers falling victim to yet another team’s COVID outbreak (looking at you, Browns), Week 17 will wrap up on schedule, the final time Week 17 will, in…
NFL Week 16 Picks: Who Emerges From Crowded AFC?
We’ve hit the penultimate week of the 2020 NFL season, a miracle given all that this dreadful year has thrown at us. As I seek a late-season surge to finish over .500 (I’m right at…
Where Did Jets’ Upset of Rams Rank in Recent History?
The New York Jets are authors of perhaps the greatest and most memorable upset in Super Bowl history. That 1968 Jets season was, of course, the franchise’s lone Super Bowl appearance, when Joe Namath guaranteed…
NFL Week 15: A Christmas miracle — I’m Back to .500!
Alright, so you’re sayin’ there’s a chance?! After a 4-0 weekend, I’m evened my record at 13-13 in this crazy 2020 season. As we wind down the final 16-game season in NFL history, we should…
As NFL Expansion Nears, a Chance to Reflect Back
LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE I’ve been watching the NFL since 1999. In 2001, I talked my dad into getting NFL Sunday Ticket, one of the greatest gifts I could have asked for. Sure, I…
NFL Week 14: Time is Running Out for My Turnaround
It’s been a tough year for all of us. In turn, picking sports games has not been made any easier by all of the unusual circumstances surrounding them. But I’m trying to finish strong after…