Some pro football pundits have been talking about the unique nature of this week’s games, as it is the first time a Week 18 has ever been held. This extra week on the schedule was necessitated when the league added a 17th game to this year’s season for the first time. One given for ...
It intrigued me during the Monday Night Football game this week when the announcers talked about the Miami Dolphins’ unique season that features both a seven-game losing streak and a seven-game winning streak. Since the win streak is still going, it means that number could increase to nine ...
So if analytics — the use of mathematics to determine the correct strategies for everything in sports — is so great, why hasn’t any “Einstein” won a team championship? I know Major League Baseball has some of these people do well in their front offices, but I’ve heard that the ...
All this business with newly injured quarterbacks got me thinking. Watch out when I’m thinking; I’m dangerous, you know. Well not really, probably only to my accuracy in picking, which has been pretty mediocre for awhile. So what I was thinking was how the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore ...
There’s been lots of talk about the extra game added to this season, a 17th game and 18th week to be played. I hear all these NFL pundits saying everyone has to plan for more of a marathon and that no lead is safe and it’s hard to stay on a roll for a long time. Phooey! I probably ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the Dallas Cowboys this week just as they need to find a way to get a win and right their ship. I’m actually surprised there haven’t been more big outbreaks like this, which as of this writing was affecting two players and a half-dozen coaches ...
