An upstart NFC team equipped with a hungry defense, a young quarterback and a bruising running game has taken the season by storm.
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NFL Monday Morning Madness: Lamar, Ravens best Wilson as Patriots await
With how this season was going, Sunday's game in Seattle had all the makings of another stepping stone for Russell Wilson, the NFL's new (possibly) best player. So much for that. On this day, a younger, flashier breed at quarterback stole the show. By juking and maneuvering his way around Century Link Field for 116 … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Lamar, Ravens best Wilson as Patriots await
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Watson outduels Mahomes + What football means to the Schwartz family
When I went to journalism school in Northwestern in 2017, our class with media veteran J.A. Adande consisted of writing about topics of our own choice. My most passionate paper that year was when I lobbied that Deshaun Watson should be the first quarterback taken in the 2017 NFL Draft. I later doubled down on Watson … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Watson outduels Mahomes + What football means to the Schwartz family
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Colts stun Chiefs + Is McCaffrey NFL’s best RB?
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Colts stun Chiefs + Is McCaffrey NFL's best RB?
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Ordering a muddled AFC
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Ordering a muddled AFC
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Mahomes continues to prove he’s NFL’s best player
With each passing week of football, Patrick Mahomes continues to prove he's the NFL's best player. Although a young star-in-the-making, Lamar Jackson is not in Mahomes' class. Nobody is, outside of six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady. And even the GOAT can admire what he's seen from Mahomes.
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Rams lead the way in NFC; Patriots eying another 19-0 run?
Rams lead the way in NFC; Patriots eying another 19-0 run?
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Patriots drop sixth banner, pound Steelers, as Antonio Brown awaits
The Patriots celebrated their sixth Super Bowl win in front of the the only other franchise with as many. Then, they dismantled them on a national stage. New England pummeled Pittsburgh, 33-3, by dominating in most facets of the game. Another banner drops, another in sight. But the biggest story surrounding the most talked about … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Patriots drop sixth banner, pound Steelers, as Antonio Brown awaits
Seventh Heaven? Brady, Belichick make attempt at record seventh title
This week marks the beginning of yet another season for Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the once-again defending Super Bowl champions. Few could have predicted their still-dominant place in the league at this time just five years ago, after the team was steamrolled on a Monday night in Kansas City. Yet, the Patriots remain at the top of the league, with more success since that Fall night in 2014 than perhaps any five-year stretch of their greatest-of-all-time dynasty.
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Ty Law and the Patriots’ No. 1 Cornerbacks of the Belichick era + NFL’s newest offensive trend
On Saturday Ty Law became the first -- second if you count Randy Moss -- member of the New England Patriots' two decade-long, 21st-century dynasty to be named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His emotional speech was one of the better presentations of the past few years. He was apart of a fitting … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Ty Law and the Patriots’ No. 1 Cornerbacks of the Belichick era + NFL’s newest offensive trend