SwartzSports 50 Bold Predictions for 2018 NFL Season

September 4, 2018

Embed from Getty Images   It’s fun to take a prediction at which teams will win each of the eight divisions and which teams represent their respective conference in the Super Bowl. But it’s even more fun to try to make individual player projections, especially those that are relatively obscure. This is my eighth year doing a bold predictions list, and I’ve had quite the array of horrendous misses. Remember…

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50 Bold Predictions for 2017 NFL Season

September 4, 2017

Embed from Getty Images Is there a better time in the year than the start of football season? The New England Patriots are back and ready to defend their Super Bowl title with a loaded roster that rivals the 2007 squad for potential dominance. Last year, I correctly predicted the Patriots in the Super Bowl – I even had the game going into overtime for the first time in history….

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50 Bold Predictions for 2016 NFL Season

September 7, 2016

Embed from Getty Images   No one could have predicted what the 2015 NFL season had in store for us. Apparently you can win a Super Bowl without a great quarterback – just ask the Denver Broncos, whose historic defense was enough to overcome Peyton Manning’s late-career struggles, to put ‘struggles’ mildly. Cam Newton took that next step and became Supercam, even though he lost Kelvin Benjamin to a preseason…

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Previewing Each NFL Team’s 2016 Season

August 31, 2016

Embed from Getty Images   It’s just over a week until the official start of the 2016 NFL season. I’ll be publishing a series of NFL articles. This one will focus on a brief preview of each team, ranked in order of how I think they will finish in the division. An asterisk means a wild-card berth. My playoff predictions are below. Stay tuned for a 50 bold predictions article…

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Power Ranking Top 32 NFL Quarterbacks By Long-Term Value

February 11, 2016

Embed from Getty Images   You’re a new NFL general manager. You’re starting a team from scratch and can pick one quarterback to build your franchise around. Ignoring existing contracts, who do you want? Do you want a 26-year-old Cam Newton, a 26-year-old Andrew Luck, or a 27-year-old Russell Wilson? Do you want to bet on at least six or seven more years from a 32-year-old Aaron Rodgers? Or do…

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Predicting NFL’s Major Award Winners for the 2015 Season

February 6, 2016

It’s the day before the Super Bowl, which means that tonight is the unveiling of the complete list of awards from the 2015 NFL season. The Associated Press, which is widely recognized as the official award, will announce winners in seven major categories. Below are my predictions for who I think will win these awards.   Most Valuable Player: Sometimes the NFL MVP award has a lot of drama on…

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Chip Kelly’s Philadelphia Eagles Just Aren’t Good Enough to Contend

November 22, 2015

  View image | gettyimages.com A roller coaster of a Philadelphia Eagles season took a major plummet with a disheartening 45-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a squad fresh off a 2-14 record that earned them the No. 1 overall pick in this past year’s draft. Chip Kelly’s no-huddle offense that set franchise records in scoring in both 2013 and 2014 has now been held to under 20 points…

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Power Rankings: 2015 NFL Quarterbacks By Long-Term Job Security

Power Rankings: NFL Quarterbacks
October 3, 2015

  View image | gettyimages.com Power Rankings: 2015 NFL Quarterbacks – Job Security There is there is no job security for the 32 starting quarterbacks in the National Football League. Anyone who follows the sport extensively knows that. Major League Baseball’s contracts are all guaranteed, which is why aging veterans like Ryan Howard and CC Sabathia remain on the active roster, bringing in top-five salaries for below-average production. Yet the…

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10 Takeaways From Week 1 of the 2015 NFL Season

September 14, 2015

  View image | gettyimages.com   1 – Marcus Mariota shines; Jameis Winston not so much You couldn’t have scripted a better debut for Marcus Mariota in Tennessee. And you’d have a hard time scripting a worse start for Jameis Winston in Tampa Bay, as his first pass was returned for an interception touchdown. In the much-anticipated top-two draft pick showdown, the former Heisman winner, Mariota, threw four touchdowns against…

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