After an eventful Super Wild Card Weekend featuring six games, we’re moving on to the Divisional Round. While the remaining NFC quarterbacks are some of the oldest in the league, the AFC quarterbacks are some of the NFL’s brightest stars. At 26, Jared Goff is the youngest quarterback left in the NFC, while 25-year-old Baker Mayfield is the oldest in
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With the odds stacked against them, the NFL managed to make it through a full season without having to completely shut down due to COVID. Yes, games were postponed, teams played with quarterbacks, or running backs, or even head coaches, and the health and safety of every single player was put at risk, but here we are 17 weeks later
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If you listened to our most recent podcast, you would’ve heard a little bit of college football to start off the conversation. During that I brought up the idea of expanding the CFP to more than 4 teams. Whether this means expanding to 6 teams, 8 teams, or even more, it’s definitely an idea that might be gaining traction after
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Sports are on hiatus, but there’s lots of news coming from the sports world. At least, from the virtual sports world. There’s been lots of talk about the NCAA Football franchise making a comeback, but recently we got news that there will finally be another golf video game. Since it seems like golf courses are going to be opening up
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One of the biggest storylines of tonight’s draft–well most drafts actually–surrounds the quarterbacks. Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa look like they will step in and immediately be franchise QBs and Justin Herbert will also figure somewhere in the draft’s top 10. After the big three, Jordan Love, Jake Fromm and Jalen Hurts round out the top of the quarterback class.
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Today, my nightmare of an NFL offseason just got so much worse. Losing Tom Brady was hard enough to handle, but now knowing that Rob Gronkowski is coming out of retirement to play with him in Tampa Bay just put me over the edge. Getting a fourth-round pick for a player that was never going to play for the Patriots
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For anybody waiting for a blog during days two through four of my self-imposed quarantine, I’m checking in to let you know that: I’m still alive. While the blog inactivity may be inexcusable, just as the CDC, this whole Carona Virus thing caught me flat-footed. But here I am, clocked back into the old blog factory ready to put in
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In a move that many New England Patriots fans were expecting, but could never possibly be prepared for, Rob Gronkowski has officially announced his retirement from the NFL. View this post on Instagram It all started at 20 years old on stage at the NFL draft when my dream came true, and now here I am about to turn 30
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After a not-so-successful stint with the Cleveland Browns to begin his NFL career, Johnny Football took his talents north of the border to play in the CFL. It was pretty clear that he didn’t see the CFL as his future career, but rather a stepping stone on his journey to get back to the NFL. One season later, and it
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After sitting out the 2018 season, there were a lot of questions about Le’Veon Bell’s future. His relationship with the Steelers seemed to be deteriorating by the day, and now we know for sure that Pittsburgh will let Bell become an unrestricted free agent. Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty I am free at last 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 —
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