Jets win in New England, but Cassel impresses in defeat
There are a couple major things that can be taken from the New York Jets’ thrilling 34-31 overtime win at New England last night.
The first for many is likely whether or not the Jets are now the team to beat in an AFC East that has been a lot more competitive than anyone [...]
Playing the Odds: NFL Week 6
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 [...]
Playing the Odds: NFL Week 4
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 [...]
The Good, The Bad, The Forgettable: Matt’s NFL Week 3 Awards
A proper title for week 3 is “Rise and Fall.” Besides the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL’s unbeaten teams are a list of unusual suspects. The Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, and Denver Broncos stand at 3-0, and the Baltimore Ravens stay unbeaten as well at 2-0. Some of the other teams on the [...]
Miami 38, New England 13: Are the Pats in trouble?
Since Tom Brady went down injured (and before, for that matter), I can imagine there’s a countless number of people who have been waiting to see the New England Patriots come crashing down to earth.
And yesterday, those people got their wish, as the Miami Dolphins, a team with one win in their last [...]
Playing the Odds: NFL Week 3
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 [...]
How costly will Tom Brady’s injury be for New England?
So, the almost unthinkable has happened, and Superman reigning MVP Tom Brady may be out for the season with a torn ACL that he received in the first quarter of New England’s 17-10 win over Kansas City.
Whether or not you think that Kansas City safety Bernard Pollard’s low hit on Brady was right [...]
Brady tops list of notable late-round choices from the last 10 drafts
By the time the draft reaches the final two or three rounds, only the most fanatical of draft lovers are still following on ESPN or online draft trackers. But, the late rounds, while they produce a lot of guys who fade out of our memory quickly, if they were ever even in it to [...]
