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?
For weeks in the lead-up to this past weekend's NFL Draft, the much-discussed topic was the 49ers' quarterback preference for their No. 3 pick, which they recently traded for. As the opening night of the draft finally came, other headlines took shape (Aaron Rodgers wants out of Green Bay? The return of Tim Tebow?!). But … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Lance, Jones are perfect fits for 49ers, Patriots
With just three days remaining until the 2021 NFL Draft, many questions remain regarding the top of the draft board, including which quarterback the San Francisco 49ers are favoring with pick No. 3. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1386495912827133963 Despite the above report by Ian Rapoport late Sunday night, I still wonder if Justin Fields is in the mix for … Continue reading 2021 NFL Mock Draft: Who are the 49ers actually targeting at No. 3?
The NFL's 100th season has come and gone, with the Kansas City Chiefs honoring the league and the great Lamar Hunt by winning the AFC -- in turn, winning the Lamar Hunt Trophy -- en route to a Super Bowl 54 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. In a new type of column I hope … Continue reading Brent’s Extra Points: Will Mahomes become NFL’s LeBron?
After a fun-filled season, two teams worthy of the biggest game of the NFL's historic 100th season remain. Super Bowl 54. The Kansas City Chiefs versus the San Francisco 49ers. Storylines aside, this is the most interesting Super Bowl matchup since Super Bowl 49 -- Patriots over Seahawks -- in terms of X's and O's, … Continue reading Super Bowl LIV Preview: Loss of Kobe rightly overshadows buildup of speedy Chiefs-49ers tilt
Many have said the NFL's Divisional Playoff round is the best weekend in sports. I'm sure those people are not disappointed after this past weekend's slate of games.
Week 14 gave us yet another slate of important games, as well as a clearer picture painted in the AFC. But we begin with the game of the year in New Orleans, whose result has sprung a clear favorite in the NFC, for the time being... ********* As Robbie Gould's game-winning 30-yard field goal went … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: 49ers outlast Saints in season’s best game + AFC becomes clearer
As I've said numerous times, gut check time in pro football begins after turkey day, as teams feel the added pressure that comes with important cold-weather games in December and January. Which teams are most positioned to make a run toward, and through the postseason? Which teams will fix their deficiencies in the next month? … Continue reading NFL Monday Morning Madness: Can anyone stop Lamar Jackson, Ravens?
No Guts No Glory 