0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 9/12/2013
On Wednesday, Shane Clemons asked whether the Denver Broncos might have a chance to become the second team in NFL history to win all 16 of their regular-season games. So in the interest of being fair and balanced, I'll be the TGS pessimist and ask whether the Jacksonville Jaguars can do the opposite and become […]
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Here are 10 of my favorite stats one week into the 2013 NFL regular season: LeSean McCoy is the league's only healthy starting running back who was able to run for 100 yards in Week 1. Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor did it, as did Shane Vereen of the New England Patriots. But Vereen broke his […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 9/9/2013
Every week in the National Football League, a lot of stupid happens. But no week is stupider than Week No. 1. Let's break down some of the stupidest things that took place on the first Sunday of the 2013 NFL season… The stupidest opening play While New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning deserves some stupid […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 9/6/2013
We should have seen it coming the moment word came from Al Michaels that the start of Thursday's prime-time NFL regular-season opener would be delayed due to severe thunderstorms that didn't seem to be present in the Denver area. It was the second 30-plus-minute delay in as many major NFL games. The first one, also […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 9/5/2013
The Denver Broncos might have some serious injury problems on defense, but that isn't changing the fact that Denver is a considerable favorite for tonight's regular-season opener against the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. Remember: Due to a scheduling conflict with Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, the Ravens are forced to begin their title […]
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The 2013 NFL regular season kicks off tonight with the Denver Broncos hosting the Baltimore Ravens. Before the madness begins, here are our predictions for the 2013 campaign… MVP: Aaron Rodgers — It's simple. Rodgers has become the best quarterback in the game and he's only now entering his prime. I won't bet against that, […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 9/4/2013
Twenty of the NFL's 32 starting quarterbacks are younger than 30 years old and seven of them were drafted in either 2012 or 2013, so we've become used to seeing green signal callers under center league-wide. However, only two rookies will start in Week 1 this season, and circumstances such as injuries were factors for […]
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A lot of what happens in the NFL each year boils down to luck of the draw. Luck can change between now and February, but in order to determine who has had the toughest and best luck with the first week of the regular season looming, TGS tallied the suspension and injury totals for each […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 8/30/2013
It's not just about the New England Patriots being the New England Patriots. Yes, I know you should never bet against that legendary Tom Brady-Bill Belichick duo, no matter how bleak things look. But I also believe the Patriots are destined to win the AFC East for the 10th time in 11 seasons merely because […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 8/28/2013
I have a funny feeling about the Cincinnati Bengals this season, so much so that I'm thinking the long-time basement-dwellers could be on the verge of a Super Bowl run. I was recently asked to make an outside-the-box Super Bowl XLVIII prediction for another football publication, and I couldn't get the Bengals out of my […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 8/22/2013
ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski made headlines this week when he suggested that third-year San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — who has only seven career regular-season starts to his name — "could be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever." That, of course, is a ridiculously lofty statement. Kaepernick had a fantastic […]
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As expected, Brandon Weeden has won the starting job for the Cleveland Browns. But not only is the second-year quarterback being viewed as the No. 1 signal caller on the depth chart. Some are thinking he could be in store for a breakout sophomore season. The reason for that? Weeden has been killing it this […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 8/14/2013
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady left Wednesday's training camp practice after suffering an injury to his left knee — the same one that he injured in the first game of the 2008 season. That video comes courtesy of Chad Kopcak on Twitter, and it
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 8/13/2013
Robert Griffin III is a 23-year-old millionaire athlete. He's the reigning NFL offensive rookie of the year. And next month, he'll move into Tom Brady territory by gracing the cover of GQ. He's a megastar. But RG3 isn't like most professional athletes in his position. He married his college sweetheart in July and he remains […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 8/8/2013
Thanks to the Dallas Cowboys' decision to hold training camp in a different state and time zone, Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr wasn't able to be in the room when his fiancée gave birthday to the couple's first son on Monday. But thanks to modern technology, Carr was able to see and hear the entire thing […]
