by Brent Schwartz
After a long offseason, pro football has returned, and I come bearing a gift. This is my fifth annual NFL Top 100 Players list. Over 100-plus hours of research and execution was poured into this, I kid you not. I put my heart and soul into this exercise, and I hope whoever reads this enjoys … Continue reading Brent Schwartz’s Top 100 NFL Players of 2022
As we ring in the new year, 2022, we do so by also saying goodbye to the 2021 NFL regular season. With just one week left to play, the first ever Week 18, seven of eight division titles have been clinched, and 11 of 14 total playoff spots have been filled, with just three more … Continue reading NFL Friday Morning Madness: 2021 Award picks + Final Power Ranking
Week 15 began on Thursday in Los Angeles with a rivalry tilt between the Kansas City Chiefs and L.A. Chargers. A wild, back-and-forth contest was ended in overtime, when Patrick Mahomes found Travis Kelce over the middle, and the shifty tight end making several Chargers miss on a 34-yard touchdown catch and scamper for the … Continue reading Burning Questions 🔥: NFL MVP race down to two candidates + Jags’ next HC, Russell Wilson ’22 landing spot
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- In a season where no team has been consistently good, or even consistent, the Green Bay Packers (9-3) are starting to show their teeth as perhaps the NFC's most complete club. The Cheeseheads, led by Aaron Rodgers (28 of 45, 307 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT) defeated the Los Angeles Rams … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness Week 12: Are Packers the league’s most complete team?
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — With three seconds remaining in the first half, and the Rams leading the Buccaneers 14-7 in an early-season NFC showdown, Tampa Bay kicker Ryan Succop attempted to cut Los Angeles' lead to four points heading into halftime. The kick sailed wide right. Rams head coach Sean McVay seemingly unleashed his pent up … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness Week 3: It’s September, but Rams are the league’s best
And then there were two. Kansas City-Tampa Bay. Patrick Mahomes versus Tom Brady. There will be time to do a deep dive on the fascinating Super Bowl 55 matchup that is to come ( you can expect my mega preview next week), so let's use this space to tackle some of the initial takeaways from … Continue reading NFL Conference Championship Madness: Brady tops Rodgers, KC’s well-oiled machine moves along
Roughly 24 hours after Aaron Rodgers put forth the most efficient quarterback performance of the weekend, Tom Brady shook off some early rust to make the throws necessary to likely dispel Drew Brees from New Orleans (and the NFL) en route to joining the soon-to-be-named MVP Rodgers in the conference championship round — the 14th such … Continue reading NFL Divisional Round Madness: Brady-Rodgers championship tilt finally materializes
With the final games of the year (not season) 2020 behind us, a new year will dawn with the end of an odd, pandemic-altering season. I decided to empty my brain's notebook of takes this week prior to Week 17 and the playoffs by taking a deep dive into the NFL MVP race, giving perhaps … Continue reading NFL Tuesday Morning Madness Week 16: A shakeup in the MVP race, and other musings
Every few weeks a weekend's slate of NFL games sets off more conversations than a simple lead story can handle. Sunday was one of those weeks. Tom Brady-Aaron Rodgers, the dominant NFC, the Steelers, the Titans, and more. Here is a bullet-version of this week's NFL Morning Madness, where I attempt to collect all my … Continue reading NFL Tuesday Morning Madness Week 6: Brady-Rodgers, AFC over NFC & first look at MVP race
After six eventful seasons that defined the 'Legion of Boom' era, the 2018 Seahawks were supposed to be planning for the future. The playoffs wouldn't be realistic. Not with the losses of Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Michael Bennett and others this offseason. This was a bridge year in which they would look to re-tool for … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Seahawks defying odds + AFC playoff race
No Guts No Glory 