It took a downpour of errors for the Detroit Lions to lose a 24-7 halftime lead to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. Lions wide receiver Josh Reynolds was at center stage for a couple of those miscues, flubbing two third-quarter passes that would have converted first downs. “(Expletive) happens, man,” Reynolds…
Over the past few seasons, I have been identifying overperforming and underperforming units using a model I created that seeks to measure the difference between preseason expectations and actual game outputs. In order to come up with the preseason expectation rankings, I project each team’s win share by unit. Preseason projections are more subjective than…
The 2023 Eagles’ season featured a very defined demarcation line located between Weeks 12 and 13. The latter period after his team’s 10-1 start put head coach Nick Sirianni’s job in question. The turbulent end, however, could end up setting the Eagles on the right track under Sirianni, who joined general manager Howie Roseman for…
The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t have to look far to find Brian Callahan’s successor. Dan Pitcher, the team’s quarterbacks coach this past season, is being hired as the Bengals’ new offensive coordinator, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday. Pitcher takes over after Callahan, the team’s previous OC, accepted the Tennessee Titans’ head coaching position. It…
He won’t say how or when, but executive vice president Stephen Jones wants Dak Prescott on the Cowboys long into the future. Dallas is expected to work out an offseason extension with Prescott, who is entering the final year of a contract that includes both a no-trade and no-tag clause, but given the albatross his…
The wrist is healed up and the do is the talk of the Queen City. Joe Burrow, sporting his new-look blond buzzcut, addressed the media for the first time in training camp on Wednesday. Following a summer of updates on his wrist, conversation went a good deal north to his hair, which has drawn comparisons…
Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions, they say. However, there are some sentiments that are ridiculous beyond any diplomacy. For Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane, that’s the case when addressing the narrative that quarterback Josh Hines-Allen is one of the NFL’s most overrated players. “There’s idiots everywhere,” Beane said Wednesday. An anonymous NFL executive…
Ahead of the 2023 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were stuck in quarterback limbo. They were tasked with replacing a legend while coming off a season that was disappointing but not disappointing enough to garner a draft spot that would bestow upon them a franchise signal-caller. Thus, they took a flier on a former No….
Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker dismissed the pregame scuttlebutt with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce ahead of the AFC Championship Game. Mahomes, however, has a different view of how events unfolded. The star quarterback said Tuesday on 610 Sports Radio in Kansas City that the Ravens kicker was trying to “get under our skin.” “I’ve…
During last year’s NFL Scouting Combine, Cincinnati Bengals director of player personnel, Duke Tobin, declared teams should “go find your own” Tee Higgins. A year later, he could be preparing to find his own Higgins replacement. Tobin’s tune was markedly different when asked about the pending free-agent receiver Tuesday at the Reese’s Senior Bowl in…
