It’s crunch time in the NFL. We are truly coming down the stretch with three weeks left in the season. Here are my picks for this week. 12/16 4:30 ET At Detroit -5 Chicago 44: The Lions need to win out to have any shot of getting in as a wild card. Two weeks ago, this was considered a winnable game. Then the Bears went into Cincinnati and pounded the…
Oregon will have to win the Las Vegas Bowl without star running back Royce Freeman. Bowl season kicks off today with five games on the slate. Here are my bowl picks for the first day of bowl season. New Orleans Bowl: Troy (-6) vs. North Texas, total 61.5: Troy has been a regular at the New Orleans Bowl. The Trojans sport one of the nation’s best defenses giving up only 17.5…
By Michael Vallee On a night when the Patriots were out-played, out-hit, out-coached and out-classed it’s instinctual to react. Is the defense overrated? Are they now doomed against Pittsburgh? Is Brady finally showing his age late in the year? It’s the easy and obvious thing to do. If you see a guy get his ass kicked in a fight, then someone asks you if you think he will win his…
It is week two of the fantasy football playoffs and it is do or die for a lot of fantasy owners out there. You need a big week or your season ends. Well, there are some diamonds in the rough with good match-ups this weekend. Here is our add em and drop em for Week 15. Add Em! 1. Aaron Rodgers, QB, Packers: Many people dropped Rodgers after he got hurt…
The Bills, Colts game had to be fun but miserable at the same time. Some thoughts on the week that was in the NFL. 1.Bill Parcells could take over the Giants right about now and they would still be a disaster. Talk about a big situation. 2. Don’t sleep on the Panthers in the NFC. They win the old fashioned way. Running the football and playing good defense. 3. Speaking…
Game Rewind: The Patriots lost to the Dolphins 27-20 in what could simply be categorized as a bad loss. Tom Brady and company were out of rhythm offensively and the team as a whole seemed disinterested at times. It is hard to believe with a Bill Belichick coached team but maybe, just maybe they looked ahead to the Steelers a little bit. Here are five thoughts on the game. 1….
One week into the fantasy playoffs and these are the players who helped fantasy teams and hurt them. Studs Rod Smith, RB, Cowboys: Smith carried the ball 6 times for 47 yards and a touchdown and caught 5 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown. Smith had a monster day and he isn’t likely to replicate it again but for his owners but it came at the right time. Jamaal Williams,…
The Philadelphia Eagles announced that quarterback Carson Wentz does indeed have a torn ACL and will miss the rest of the season. It is a huge blow for the Eagles. Wentz was playing at an MVP caliber level and the Eagles look like the team to beat in the NFC. Fantasy owners who were starting Wentz are also affected by his loss, especially those that are in the playoffs. Replacing…
The Patriots travel to Miami tonight to battle the Dolphins in a pivotal game in the AFC. With the a win, the Patriots clinch the AFC East and regain the top seed in the conference heading into next week’s mammoth showdown against the Steelers. Tom Brady and company need to take care of business tonight however before they think about the Steelers. Miami has been Denver South for Brady and…
By Michael Vallee Last Sunday the New England Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills 23-3. If we did an analytical deep dive into this one it would go something like this: The Patriots are really, really good and the Bills are terrible. The Patriots have talented players, the Bills have shitty players. The Patriots coaches are smart, the Bills coaches are stupid. The Patriots organization is always three steps ahead, the…