The Red Zone Report

Guess who’s back? The last few week-plus has been extremely busy for me, as I had some other commitments to attend to, both personal and work-related, but I’m back now, just in time to make my ATS picks for Week 6 of the NFL season. I didn’t make any picks last week, but I had a decent [...]

Week four had it all. Upsets, goal line stands, emotional moments, another direct snap for a rushing touchdown, an unsuccessful 76-yard field goal attempt, head coach firings, and a sighting of a nostalgic T.O. Some of this week’s upsets had a common theme, exposing shaky defenses. The Washington Redskins went into Dallas and upset the undefeated, [...]

As was the case with my college football picks last weekend, it was a mixed bag with the first edition of my NFL against-the-spread picks, as I went 7-9 in Week 3. Obviously the big letdown was New England, who got throttled at home by Miami, but I made a few bold picks and [...]

Week 3 of the NFL season offers up a lot of potentially entertaining matchups, from Green Bay and Dallas meeting in a matchup of two of the NFL’s best, to Brett Favre making his first Monday night appearance as a Jet in San Diego, and many, many more. Here’s my take on who I [...]

2007 was the year of surprises in the NFC North. The Green Bay Packers surprised many by going 13-3 and advancing to the NFC Championship Game, as Brett Favre broke out of his “old man” funk and became the Brett Favre of old thanks to an MVP-caliber campaign. The Chicago Bears, on the other hand, went [...]

In one of the least interesting quarterback battles in recent NFL memory, the Chicago Bears have announced that Kyle Orton will be the team’s starter over Rex Grossman for the Sept. 7 season opener against the Colts.   This is one of those times where a player didn’t so much win a job as he did less [...]

Okay, it’s tough to really get into training camp and preseason in the NFL. Most of the time, preseason games feature late round draft picks and desperate free agents fighting it out for the last spot on the roster. For a football enthusiast, it’s a blast to watch this competitive battle, but for a casual [...]

The glorious Hall of Fame class of 2012 might have lost one of its cornerstone members. Hold off the ceremony at Lambeau Field. Keep the number 4 off the wall and Aaron Rodgers on the bench. Why? Because Brett Favre wants to play. On Wednesday afternoon, it was reported that the NFL’s leader in career touchdown [...]