NFL
July 23, 2024
A Third NFL Team in New York City?
Three NFL teams in the nation’s largest city? It’s not as if the subject hasn’t been brought up before. So SC’s Anthony Brancato will bring it up again. Complete Story
July 9, 2024
Jeff Bezos Eyes Seahawks
Donald Trump had to settle for owning the USFL’s New Jersey Generals. But Jeff Bezos is setting his sights a lot higher: ownership of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. Can he pull it off? We will know soon enough, says SC’s Anthony Brancato. Complete Story
July 2, 2024
In the NFL, It is Now Expansion Time
Could extending the NFL regular season to 18 games, now pretty much a fait accompli, lead to a 34- or even a 36-team league, and 16 teams making the playoffs? Grow or die, argues SC’s Anthony Brancato. Complete Story
June 25, 2024
Panthers Not Ready For Prime Time
America’s Team will live up to that putative moniker by having seven national TV appearances in 2024, while America’s Worst Team, the Panthers, won’t make any such appearances at all. But sometimes these pseudo-predictions, which is what they amount to, can go horribly wrong. Complete Story
June 18, 2024
2024 NFL Opening Odds
Damon Runyon famously said that the race isn’t always to the swift or the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet. SC’s Anthony Brancato looks at the futures odds for the upcoming 2024 NFL season. Complete Story
June 4, 2024
Goodell Renews Push For 18 Games
Roger Goodell, harping on his favorite subject, the 18-game schedule, is now proposing that the CBA should be torn up and rewritten. SC’s Anthony Brancato analyzes what the NFLPA can be expected to demand in order to make this a reality. Complete Story
May 28, 2024
Butker and Kaepernick: Apples and Oranges
How many people know exactly what Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker actually said at that “divisive” commencement speech? After reading it word-for-word, SC’s Anthony Brancato concludes that the whole thing is getting blown way out of proportion. Complete Story
May 21, 2024
2024 NFL Schedule: Highlights and Lowlights
When the NFL schedule came out last week, some teams and their fans threw their hats in the sky while other teams and their fans felt like defenestrating themselves, says SC’s Anthony Brancato. Complete Story
May 7, 2024
2024 NFL Draft: Stallions and Scallions
Some teams got exactly what they were looking for in the 2024 NFL draft; others, well, not exactly. SC’s Anthony Brancato separates the wheat from the chaff. Complete Story
April 2, 2024
NFL Defenses Will Survive “Hip-Drop” Ban
It is totally understandable that NFL defensive players feel “persecuted” — up to a point. But SC’s Anthony Brancato says that the show will go on for defenses. Complete Story
More NFL Commentary
| 03.19.24 | San Antonio Chiefs, Anyone? | By Anthony Brancato |
| 02.27.24 | Did You Enjoy the NFL “Offseason?” | By Anthony Brancato |
| 02.13.24 | “Super Bowl Monday” Coming in 2027 | By Anthony Brancato |
| 02.08.24 | NFL Weekly Predictions: Super Bowl LVIII | By Jeffrey Boswell |
| 02.06.24 | Free Jon Gruden | By Anthony Brancato |
| 02.01.24 | Super Bowl LVIII Proposition Bets | By Jeffrey Boswell |
| 01.30.24 | NFL Coin Toss Needs to Be Tossed | By Anthony Brancato |
| 01.25.24 | NFL Weekly Predictions: Conf. Championships | By Jeffrey Boswell |
| 01.23.24 | Huge Task Ahead For Panthers | By Anthony Brancato |
| 01.18.24 | NFL Weekly Predictions: Divisional Round | By Jeffrey Boswell |
| 01.16.24 | Browns, Eagles Got Robbed | By Anthony Brancato |
| 01.11.24 | NFL Weekly Predictions: Wild Card Round | By Jeffrey Boswell |
| 01.09.24 | NFL Strength of Schedule: 2023 vs. 2024 | By Anthony Brancato |