Evaluating 20 NFL Players and Their Hall of Fame Chances

February 12, 2024

As we navigate the ever-changing landscape of the NFL, the Hall of Fame candidacy of 20 active players sparks heated discussions. We know Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes will one day make it to Canton, Ohio. Same for the Kelce brothers. But what about Josh Allen? Or Justin Tucker? We’re delving into the careers of these borderline players, examining their achievements, stats, and impact on the game. These individuals find…

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3 Predictions for Every NFL Team in 2023

September 7, 2023

AFC East Buffalo Bills Projected Record: 12-5 (division winner) Josh Allen puts up his fourth consecutive season of 35 TD passes and five or more rushing scores; all other QBs in history have combined for five seasons. The Stefon Diggs noise gets louder and louder, even as he’s peppered with an absurd amount of targets. The Bills force feed him passes even late in games, quietly add some more guaranteed…

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Power Ranking 50 Active NFL Players With Best Chance to Make Pro Football Hall of Fame

September 5, 2023

Anywhere from four to eight former NFL players get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame every year. Considering there are 32 NFL teams with 53-man rosters (plus injured reserve, suspensions, practice squad, and roster turnover), that’s over 1,700 players who will set foot on a football field in 2023. The odds of any one of those making it to Canton, Ohio (home of the HOF) is extraordinarily low….

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SwartzSports 50 Predictions for the 2022 NFL Season

September 8, 2022

You can’t get every prediction right. Last year, I predicted that Joe Burrow was on the David Carr track. While Burrow did absorb a shocking amount of sacks in 2021, he also took the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl. Carr never did that. I had Trey Lance and Trevor Lawrence finishing 1-2 in the Offensive Rookie of the Year voting. I also said Derek Carr would be benched (for…

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2022 SwartzSports First Round Mock Draft (with trades)

April 28, 2022

  1. Jacksonville Jaguars: Travon Walker, EDGE, Georgia GM Trent Baalke will be betting on pure upside with this pick, and Travon Walker offers both impressive athleticism and versatility to play multiple roles on the defensive line. Aidan Hutchinson may be the ‘safer’ pick, but Walker’s 35-plus inch arms and 4.51 40-yard dash make him a physical freak. At Georgia, Walker played everywhere on the line – from a zero-technique…

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Ranking the 50 Best Players Not in the Baseball Hall of Fame

January 27, 2022

Embed from Getty Images The Hall of Fame isn’t what it used to be. What once was the highest honor for a baseball player no longer has the same meaning. The all-time hit king isn’t in the Hall. Neither is the all-time home run leader. Same with a three-time MVP middle infielder or a seven-time Cy Young award-winning pitcher. Recent 16-man committees like the Today’s Game Era Committee and the…

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Assigning Grades to Key Members of the 2021 Philadelphia Eagles: Part I (Offense)

January 23, 2022

  The season wasn’t supposed to end like this. The Philadelphia Eagles didn’t necessarily have to beat Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but an honest to goodness battle against the Super Bowl champions would have been an encouraging finish for Birds fans. Instead, the Eagles were shellacked in the wild card round, falling down 31-0 in the third quarter before two late touchdowns made the score seem closer…

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Handing Out Major Awards for 2021 NFL Season

January 13, 2022

  In some ways, this NFL season was as typical as any we’ll ever see. Kansas City and Green Bay won their respective divisions. Aaron Rodgers threw a lot of touchdowns, Gronk spent much of the season Gronking, Aaron Donald was amazing, and Baker Mayfield made a ton of commercials. In another way, it was a season unlike any in a long time. The 17-game schedule threw everyone for a…

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SwartzSports 50 Predictions for the 2021 NFL Season

September 12, 2021

Nothing is normal about this NFL season. To start, the season in itself expanded from a picture perfect 16-game slate to 17 games. Combining with the addition of an extra playoff team from a year ago, the NFL goes from a perfect two conferences, four divisions, eight playoff teams, and 16-game schedules to 2/4/7/17. Not quite the same mathematical symmetry. The whole COVID thing looms large with the league threatening…

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Power Ranking All 235 Major League Players in the Baseball Hall of Fame (Part V: #50-1)

July 29, 2021

Baseball is a unique sport when compared to the other major sports. No one would dare say Wilt Chamberlain or Johnny Unitas is the greatest player ever in their respective sport, but we’re pushing nearly an entire century since Babe Ruth last suited up, and he’s still the consensus best player of all-time. Ruth was part of the original 1936 Hall of Fame class that saw five members elected. There…

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