We continue our season preview with another surprise division champion, the Houston Texans.  Houston used a revolving door at quarterback and running back but was just good enough to steal the soft AFC South.  The feel good season ended in disappointing fashion, losing to Kansas City by 30 in a home playoff game.  The starting… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview- Houston Texans

Picked to finish last just about everywhere last season, the Washington Redskins shocked everyone by winning the NFC East.  The RGIII era finally came to an end when he was benched in the preseason, and Kirk Cousins was handed the full time job.  Cousins struggled at the outset but was an absolute monster down the… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview- Washington Redskins

Todd Bowles took over a 4-12 team and turned them into a 10-6 team that just missed the playoffs.  The season should be considered a success, but the Jets blew it Week 17 when a win would have got them into the playoffs.  Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three crippling interceptions and the Jets blew it.  What… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview – New York Jets

Rex Ryan moved his carnival show from the Meadowlands to Buffalo last season, with predictable results.  Rex talked a big game.  Rex chose one arch rival that he had to beat no matter what.  Buffalo was inconsistent and lost games they had no business losing.  The surprising thing was that the defense regressed to the… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview – Buffalo Bills

Indianapolis went all in last year.  After reaching the AFC Championship Game in 2014, the Colts brought in veterans Frank Gore and Andre Johnson to bolster the offense.   Everyone expected Indy to steamroll the AFC South and be knocking on the door to the Super Bowl.  Unfortunately the offensive line struggled, Andrew Luck got hurt,… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview – Indianapolis Colts

2015 was an interesting year for Moe Syzlak’s favorite team.  Atlanta jumped out to a 5-0 start, then proceeded to lose 7 of their next eight and bumbled to an 8-8 finish.  The Falcons got lucky early with a 2 point victory over Philadelphia, a four point win at the Giants, and an overtime win… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview – Atlanta Falcons

The Calvin Johnson era is over in Detroit.  Johnson had another pro bowl season at age 30 but decided to retire rather than continue his career.  The struggle here is that the Lions turned the corner down the stretch last season, winning 6 of their last eight to finish the season 7-9.  But now the… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview- Detroit Lions

Now we get to the most overrated team in the NFL.  With the most overrated coach in the NFL.  Yet somehow, every year is going to be the year for the Rams.  The Rams have not had a winning season since 2003, and have been average at best since Jeff Fisher took over.  The excitement… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview – Los Angeles Rams

For football fans, the dog days of August mean one thing.  Two-A-Days.  The NFL Preview continues with the former, and the current inhabitants of Los Angeles.  We’ll start with the Raiders. Embed from Getty Images The Raiders showed much improvement last season and finished a surprising 7-9 in 2015.  They are hyped to be a… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview – Oakland Raiders

This is an almost impossible team to properly predict.  The Philadelphia Eagles grew tired of the Chip Kelly circus so they fired him after last season.  They then spent the offseason ridding themselves of the players that Kelly acquired.  First up, they traded Kiko Alonzo and the terrible contract of Byron Maxwell to Miami for… Continue reading 2016 NFL Preview – Philadelphia Eagles