by Brent Schwartz
♫ It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! ♫ We're less than three weeks away from our first NFL regular season Sunday of the 2024 season, and as I like to say, I come bearing a gift. This is my sixth annual Top Players list. Last year's list was my most descriptive and detailed … Continue reading Brent Schwartz’s Top 101 NFL Players of 2024
We made it. NFL training camps have begun in earnest this week, and I'm happy to share with you all my most detailed, descriptive, digestible and highest quality Top Players list I've ever created. It's easy to get worked up over the ranking, which is a tough, but fun exercise. But I really want you … Continue reading Brent Schwartz’s Top 101 NFL Players of 2023
This seasons continues to be an "up-for-grabs" campaign, with every team in the league now sporting two losses, and the AFC continuing to be a "who-wants-it?" affair, unless you think the Titans (7-0 vs 2020 playoff teams) sans Derrick Henry will not lose again this year. https://twitter.com/AndrewSiciliano/status/1460254205646573568 As much of the league continues to folly … Continue reading NFL Tuesday Morning Madness Week 10: Here come the Patriots, Chiefs + what’s wrong with the Bucs?
What initially looked like a rough slate of games heading into the weekend, proved so in Week 7. If you took the two most interesting early games (Chiefs-Titans, Bengals-Ravens) and the "TV ratings" slot in the late afternoon (Bears-Buccaneers), and combined the scores, you'd get a 106-23 total, with all three contests finishing with at … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness Week 7: Titans’ dominance + Chiefs’ woes
Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season featured a slew of missed kicks, exciting finishes, and an overarching changing-of-the-guard storyline in the AFC, as the conference dominated by the likes of the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers for most of the 21st century, and the Kansas City Chiefs recently, will seemingly be lead by some … Continue reading NFL Friday Madness: Breaking down the AFC’s early-season contenders
Week 2 in the NFL this season had a flair for the dramatic, with the late afternoon window in particular featuring wild finishes out west in Los Angeles, Arizona and Seattle. There's still a few weeks left to play before any rash conclusions or predictions can be made, as many call September the "extended preseason." … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness Week 2: Drama-filled Sunday provides extra excitment
Sunday marked the return of the NFL in full tilt for its 102nd campaign. Stadiums filled with fans across the league after a pandemic-alerting season in 2020 blocked them from doing so this time last year. The last year-plus has been a tragedy due to the countless lives lost. And although it's quite a sobering … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness Week 1: Reflecting on 9/11 + NFC West makes a statement
A couple of days have now passed since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' complete mastery of the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 55. As always, there's more to uncover when the game tape is broken down and a there's been some time since the result, allowing additional storylines to marinate. Here are some … Continue reading Brent’s Extra Points: Todd Bowles’ brilliance, Brady’s run + Chiefs’ future
Every February, there's a rush to uncover both the biggest and unheralded Super Bowl storylines that surround and directly affect the NFL's annual big game. In terms of beyond-the-game storylines, it simply doesn't get bigger than Tom Brady versus Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl. https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1357314845163536385 Although we're now in the year 2021, this is … Continue reading Super Bowl LV Preview: Brady, Mahomes to meet in legendary QB battle
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
No Guts No Glory 