November 2019

The loss of a starting quarterback is always a bad thing because of the difficulty in replacing that level of production by a backup who has not had the benefit of all those reps.  There’s a reason why there’s a drop off, but that does not mean that a loss is a certainty.  In fact, […]

The Arizona Cardinals battled valiantly against the undefeated San Francisco 49ers on Thursday Night Football, eventually succumbing 28 – 15.  Jimmy Garrapolo threw for 317 yards and four touchdowns to lead the 49ers, who had to withstand a furious 11 point comeback attempt in the fourth quarter by the Cardinals.  But the 49ers prevailed to […]

The most surprising and competitive game of Week 9 was the match up between the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  On paper, this should have been a rather easy win for the Seahawks, but the Buccaneers proved to be a most resilient foe, only succumbing to the home team in overtime. Final score: […]

One of the biggest surprises of the season has been the play of the Baltimore Ravens and, more directly, the play of quarterback Lamar Jackson, who has been nothing short of amazing.  And this past week, the Ravens battled the New England Patriots…the unbeaten and consensus best team in the NFL, New England Patriots.  And, […]

The Miami Dolphins celebrated their NFL Fantennial Game weekend with multiple events culminating in a thrilling victory over their AFC East main rival, the New York Jets.The Dolphins are winless no more, final score 26-18. Hopefully now the word “tanking” will disappear from the local news media. Congratulations out to first year coach Brian Flores […]

The unexpected happened last Sunday as the Los Angeles Chargers thoroughly dominated the visiting Green Bay Packers for a 26 – 11 victory.  It wasn’t that the Chargers won the game that was so unexpected.  No, it was they way in which the Chargers won that was so surprising.  A dominating defense held the vaunted […]