NFL Monday Morning Madness: Ordering a muddled AFC
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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: Fitting Final Four is set
As soon as Nick Foles' pass slipped through Alshon Jeffrey's fingers and into Marshon Lattimore's hands, the storyline of Conference Championship weekend was revealed. This is the group the league deserves. The stage is set. The four very best teams in football in the NFL's version of the Final Four. Not the most talented teams, … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Fitting Final Four is set
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Miami miracle, Mahomes’ magic maps out AFC
At one point in two different games, the age-old December storyline was set to emerge yet again. A top AFC contender was ready to fall, while the Patriots take advantage to claim the top seed in the conference. When New England led 33-28 with six seconds remaining, it sure looked that way. That was because … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Miami miracle, Mahomes’ magic maps out AFC
NFL Monday Morning Madness (Tuesday Edition): Rams outlast Chiefs + NFL MVP race
They share explosive, transcendent offenses. They share prolific young quarterbacks. They've literally shared players (Marcus Peters, Sammy Watkins). And yes, they even used to share states (Missouri). On Monday night the Chiefs and Rams put on a show to the fullest extent at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. With an expected litany of points scored, … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness (Tuesday Edition): Rams outlast Chiefs + NFL MVP race
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Pro football’s best trio + Titans get ‘personal’ with Patriots
There would be no letdown in Cincinnati for the Saints. After all, the universe did its best to bring down the NFL's best team via a freakish, season-ending Achilles injury to the newly-acquired Dez Bryant in his first practice as a Saint. But New Orleans prevailed by the way of a 51-14 drubbing of the … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Pro football’s best trio + Titans get ‘personal’ with Patriots
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Eagles, Jaguars at a crossroads before London trek
Roughly nine months ago, the Jaguars and Eagles were gearing up for Conference Championship Sunday. Both teams had proven themselves to be among the NFL's very best of 2017. The Jaguars fell to the Patriots after leading 20-10 in the AFC title game, while the Eagles routed the Vikings, and went on to beat the … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Eagles, Jaguars at a crossroads before London trek
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Brady-Mahomes duel (Part I of II?) one for the ages + NFL MVP race
The game of the year (so far) lived up the billing. It could have been named regular season game of the decade and lived up to the hype, and then some. There's a lot to unpack, a lot to examine in one of the wildest games in NFL history. A 43-40, video-game like thriller resulting … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Brady-Mahomes duel (Part I of II?) one for the ages + NFL MVP race
NFL Monday Morning Madness: Bortles, Jags throttle Pats
Revenge is usually best served cold, but in the Jaguars' 31-20 win over the Patriots in the hottest NFL game since 2003, it was the scorching performance by the polarizing Blake Bortles (29-45, 377 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT) that did the trick for the AFC's early front-runner. https://twitter.com/BenBeckerANjax/status/1041425626845138944 The Patriots' defense that looked formidable … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Bortles, Jags throttle Pats
No Guts No Glory 