Don’t be alarmed by the title. This is still my weekly wrap-up article, but I’ve decided to re-brand it. Robert Mays of the Ringer is my favorite NFL writer. He does a weekly column called the Starting 11, of course named after the eleven starters on a football team. Instead of using a round number…
After five weeks, the last undefeated teams standing are the Patriots and 49ers, just as we expected? The last winless teams are the Jets, Dolphins, Bengals and Redskins. Now that we all expected. Week 5 will be remembered for the explosions in fantasy football. Will Fuller posted the 9th highest single-week output ever with his…
Week 4 is traditionally a trap week and it lived up to its reputation. Scott and I shared three picks and got burned on all of them. Jameis Winston and the Bucs shredded the near-10 point home favorite Rams. Teddy Two Gloves game managed his way to another Saints win as my lord and savior…
Rather than doing my usual weekly wrap-up, I thought it would be best to zoom out a little bit and look at the entirety of the season. The NFL’s 16-game schedule creates perfect timing for a quarter-season assessment. Team Awards Best Team: Tie — New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs The indisputable two best…
Don’t let Scott’s dismal 1-4 record from last week fool you — he damn near went 4-1. Needless to say, he was a little upset about it. Here’s what Scott emailed me after Sunday’s debacle: “So I went 1-4 this week all because your Bills gave up 10 fourth-quarter points, Jarrett Stidham throws a meaningless…
Welcome to the Daniel Jones era! Danny Dimes, Damn Daniel, The Danchise, Mr. Jones — whatever you want to call him, Jones was historically spectacular in his NFL debut on Sunday. He led the Giants to an 18-point, comeback victory over the Buccaneers while accounting for 336 passing yards and 4 total touchdowns. Even after…
Neither Scott, nor myself got off to the blistering start we were hoping for. Mahomes’ sensational second quarter carried us both to a win, while the Vikings and Bengals made Scott and I, respectively, look like fools. Last week: Scott 2-3; Nolan 3-2 Season: Scott 2-3; Nolan 3-2 Scott’s Picks Buffalo -6 vs. Cincinnati I’m…
Week 2 could defined by potential last stands of several veteran quarterbacks. Ben Roethlisberger is done for the season with an elbow injury and Drew Brees will miss about six weeks due to an injured thumb. Eli Manning lost his job to Daniel Jones, ceding way to the Danny Dimes era in New York. While…
Every single year, Week 1 bombards us with information and we rush to make judgements. And every single year, we realize that over half of what we learned in Week 1 was either an outlier, a misconception or simply wrong. Many times, even the first few weeks of the season typically don’t provide trustworthy information.…