Checkdowns: Broncos complete 4th largest improvement ever
In 2011, the Broncos scored 309 points and allowed 390 points. Despite being outscored by 81 points, the Tim Tebow express still made it into the post-season. In June, I speculated that the 2012...
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Season in review: AFC and NFC East
This season, I published power rankings after each week where I stated my updated projected number of wins for each team. The point of those posts was to put in writing my thoughts at that time, so...
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Season in review: AFC and NFC North
On Monday, I examined the seasons of the teams in the AFC and NFC East. Today I will do the same for the AFC and NFC North, starting in the AFC. Pittsburgh Steelers Pre-season Projection: 10 wins...
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Season in review: AFC and NFC South
Last week I reviewed the seasons of the teams in the AFC East and NFC East and in the AFC North and NFC North. Today we’ll review the interesting seasons from the AFC and NFC South divisions. In the...
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Season in review: AFC and NFC West
AFC East and NFC East Season in review AFC North and NFC North Season in review AFC North and NFC South Season in review In the case of the AFC West, a picture can say a thousand words. Denver Broncos...
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Checkdowns: 2012 All-Pro Teams Announced by the Associated Press
Here are the selections: First Team QB: Peyton Manning, Broncos. RB: Adrian Peterson, Vikings (unanimous), Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks. FB: Vonta Leach, Ravens. TE: Tony Gonzalez, Falcons. WR: Calvin...
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Reviewing the Divisional Round of the Playoffs
The Best Weekend of the Year lived up to its reputation this weekend, as the divisional round of the playoffs gave us three outstanding games. Here is my reaction, with a disproportionate amount of...
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John Harbaugh outcoaches Jim Harbaugh, wins Super Bowl
“He’s the best coach in football right now.” That was what John Harbaugh said about his little brother after the game. It’s hard to argue: I’ve said a few times that I think Jim Harbaugh is the best...
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Contest Results: Tom Brady’s 2013 Season
Most Brady projections overshot their target. In the summer, I ran a contest to predict the final stats that Tom Brady would produce in 2013. Suffice it to say, nearly everyone was much more bullish...
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The Top Ten Free Agent Acquisitions of 2013
Mike Wallace did not prove to be a steal. On March 11, the 2014 League Year — and the start of free agency — officially begins. But before we turn our attention to Michael Vick and Eric Decker and...
View ArticlePredictions in Review: AFC East
During the 2013 offseason, I wrote 32 articles under the RPO 2013 tag. In my Predictions in Review series, I review those preview articles with the benefit of hindsight. Previously, I reviewed the AFC...
View ArticleRed Zone Diaries: Week 1 Review
Football is back. Oh my goodness gracious. Football is back. The return of football also means the return of TV’s greatest channel and one of the five most important innovations of the 21st century....
View ArticleBetting Bad Prediction Review (And a Hail Mary for Super Bowl Tickets)
The physicist Werner Heisenberg (this guy, not this guy) found that observers affect the systems they attempt to measure, something that is related to but actually separate from his Uncertainty...
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