Peyton Manning hasn’t had an overpowering arm for several years. He hasn’t had a weak arm either, or anything that resembles a flimsy piece of pasta. What he’s had since his four neck surgeries prior to joining the Denver Broncos is an arm that meets the definition of satisfactory. He can complete deep throws, and […]

Defining a catch is easy on the most simple, fundamental level. As a kid after many failed attempts that may have ended in a face plant or a ball to the nose, you placed two hands around a football that was spiraling in your direction (or if you had my father, it was wobbling and […]

Acknowledging the end is difficult for any football player. A successful career often means at least a decade of preparing both mentally and physically each week—and going through the grind of each offseason—for one day: Sunday. There’s a routine that becomes muscle memory, and it’s easy to understand why there could be a feeling of […]

Football games aren’t determined by a single whistle, or a single ruling by an official. That doesn’t happen, and it wasn’t about to start Sunday with some wild grassy knoll style conspiracy to help the Dallas Cowboys advance past the Detroit Lions. The events of Sunday at the 8:25 mark in the fourth quarter of […]

The NFL introduced the wild card playoff system in 1970. Of course, the sleek and sexy wild card moniker wasn’t officially adopted until several years later, because everything needs a hip name. But the concept of including a wild card team—or later teams, the format we now know well— has been around in some form […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers won the AFC North Sunday night, but it came at what could be a severe cost. Running back Le’Veon Bell took a vicious hit to his knee from Cincinnati Bengals safety Reggie Nelson. The knee bent in a way that goes against its intended design, and Bell limped off. Immediately it was […]

Hey look, another week with Odell Beckham Jr. doing things that just aren’t fair at all. More on his latest insanity in a minute. We begin with the odor coming from Joe Flacco. 1.5: Joe Flacco’s yards per attempt at halftime of a disastrous game against the Houston Texans, a loss that saw the Ravens […]

Each offseason the amount of teams that need quarterbacks always outnumbers the amount of quarterbacks available through either the draft, or the death pit that is free agency at the position. So a risk needs to be taken on an established arm who’s fallen out of favor. In some instances the quarterback in question has […]

The 15th week of the 2014 NFL season will forever be remembered for Johnny Manziel’s debut. And it couldn’t have gone worse in every way imaginable. 244-53: The rushing yardage scoreboard between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns. Jeremy Hill chugged for 148 yards and two touchdowns. 5.9: Hill’s average yards per carry. 106-9: The […]

Every week bones break and muscles rip around the NFL. We’ll take a look at the most significant injuries, and what happens next. There was a whole lot of hurt this week, from Gerald McCoy’s season ending, to the 49ers nearly going through their entire running back depth chart (Frank Gore suffered a concussion and […]

It’s unfortunate, but a team has to win the NFC South this year. In a more just world all four teams would be relegated to an expansion league in the Chilean mountains. But instead we have to embrace a reality that’s difficult to digest. Due to a combination of crippling defensive regression (see: New Orleans […]

We’ll get to Drew Brees’ oddness and Odell Beckham Jr. doing something pretty rare in Week 14. But first, the St. Louis Rams and a lot of zeros. 0: The amount of points allowed by the Rams over the past two weeks, with their latest shutout a 24-0 blanking of the Redskins. 128: The game […]

Every week bones break and muscles rip around the NFL. We’ll take a look at the most significant injuries, and what happens next. Oh hey look, another week of football has been played. By default that also means we get to talk about another potentially crushing Arizona Cardinals injury. Except this one actually might not […]

The Denver Broncos weren’t mediocre in many areas during the 2013 season. They established both individual and team records in pretty much every passing category, and did so while averaging an absurd 37.9 points per game. That was 12 points higher than the second-place offense. But they were just alright, and painfully adequate in one […]