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…
The National Football League lost one of its all-time greats on Tuesday morning as former head coach and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan died at the age of 85. Ryan entered the NFL as a defensive line coach with the Buffalo Bills in 1961 and exited the league 34 years later as the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. In between, he left behind an unparalled legacy as perhaps the greatest…
Former Eagles president Joe Banner dropped quite a bombshell on the NFL Insiders podcast when he revealed that a blockbuster trade never happened before the 2011 season because of the NFL lockout. Banner said that the Eagles, who actively shopped Kevin Kolb following Michael Vick’s breakout season in 2010, had a deal worked out with Arizona to trade Kolb for the Cardinals’ first-round pick (number five overall), plus the Cardinals’…
It’s hard to believe that there are just three games remaining in the NFL season, probably the most intense I have ever witnessed in my life. This weekend’s games feature arguably the four best teams in the game. The Denver Broncos came away with home-field advantage late in the season, and after a quarterback change back to Peyton Manning, will host Tom Brady and the New England Patriots for the right…
The divisional round of the NFL playoffs is easily the most entertaining round of the postseason. The eight teams remaining are all legit Super Bowl contenders, and non-deserving playoff teams like the Houston Texans and Washington Redskins have already been bounced from the postseason. This weekend’s games all feature a matchup where one quarterback was selected number one overall in the draft and the other won a Super Bowl. They’ve…
Embed from Getty Images It’s one thing to lose a meaningful game to an NFC East opponent; it’s another thing to do it at home against a Washington Redskins team that has now clinched the division in a year in which the Philadelphia Eagles had countless opportunities to come out on top. The Dallas Cowboys have been without Tony Romo nearly all season. The New York Giants have blown…
Embed from Getty Images Two weeks ago, the Philadelphia Eagles were done. Finished. After three consecutive losses to sub-.500 teams, it was apparent Chip Kelly had lost the locker room and this Eagles’ squad was destined to a top-10 slot in the 2016 draft and possible changes at head coach. Since then though, there’s been a miraculous resurgence. A tremendous team effort against the New England Patriots all but…
It’s been a wild, crazy NFL season so far. Just look at the standings if you need proof. Through the first 10 weeks of the season, only 11 teams have a winning record. That’s the fewest in a season since 1990. We’ve had some wild moments involving quarterbacks, everything from Tom Brady turning in a possible repeat of his 2007 season to Peyton Manning getting benched after arguably the…