NFL
September 12, 2024
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 2
The Cowboys host the Saints in a battle of two coaches who always get out-coached. Applesbee’s fan boy Dan Campbell leads the Lions against the Bucs, while the Browns travel to Jacksonville weighed down by Deshaun Watson’s baggage. Complete Story
September 10, 2024
The Dallas Juggernaut Resumes
The Cowboys reverted to their dominating ways in their season-opener, totally outclassing a team that won 11 games and made the playoffs a year ago. Is this their year? SC’s Anthony Brancato analyzes. Complete Story
September 5, 2024
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 1
The Ravens and Chiefs open the 2024 season on Thursday, while Caleb Williams debuts (his manicure) vs the Titans. The Cowboys head to the Dawg Pound to face the Browns, and Aaron Rodgers plays heel as the Jets take on the 49ers. Complete Story
September 3, 2024
2024 NFL Preview
It’s about that time again: who has the best chance of winning Super Bowl LIX, and who has the best chance at landing the top pick in the 2025 draft? SC’s Anthony Brancato looks over the 32-team field in his preview. Complete Story
August 20, 2024
J.J. McCarthy and 18 Games
How many more big-name players need to suffer season-aborting injuries in meaningless “preseason” games before the NFL owners and the NFLPA sit down and agree to actually do something about it? Two preseason games followed by 18 regular-season games, with two bye weeks for each team, is clearly the way to go. Complete Story
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
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