NFL Season Preview | AFC South
The AFC South is definitely one of the most condensed divisions in the NFL this season, and especially with the recent events in Indianapolis, one without a clear leader and relative parity through the rest of the teams. It feels like the best place to start when trying to pick apart these teams would be […]
Injuries and Sporting Humanity
“He’s someone doing something that conventional wisdom says is not the thing to do,” said David Shaw, a Stanford graduate who was named the Cardinal’s football coach last month. “But the people here say, ‘I understand.’ ” If I told you the above quote was about Andrew Luck, it would probably not surprise you at […]
NFL Season Preview | AFC North
Like most divisions, the AFC North is about the haves and have-nots. In recent memory the Steelers and Ravens have bossed this division, with the Browns and Bengals writing more punchlines than headlines. It looks like this year the Bengals are going to be left behind as the rest of this division looks set to […]
NFL Season Preview | AFC East
The Patriots dominance of this division over the years has hinged on two major factors. Number 1 is their ability to consistently reinvent themselves, and to find value and cultivate talent seemingly out of nowhere. Number 2 is the inability of the rest of the teams to come close to being able to do this, […]
Clutch: Of Closers and Kickers
I’m going to borrow from the laziest of tropes for speeches and articles and drop in a dictionary definition for the intro to this post: clutch noun (DIFFICULT SITUATION) US a difficult and important situation that needs a lot of skill to deal with successfully: “This team was able to perform in the clutch every […]