2015 NFL Power Rankings Week 6
Already five weeks into the 2015 season, teams are beginning to separate from one another. Those who began Week 5 towards the top of the mountain stand unscathed, as all five undefeated teams remained unbeaten. Conversely, teams like the Ravens, Lions, Texans, Saints, and Jaguars continued their downward spiral. There is the obvious downside that comes […]
NFL Week 5 Picks Against the Spread
The first four weeks of any season operate like the first quarter of a football game — teams are trying to establish their position and opponents are getting a feel for one another. The same is true for the perception of a given franchise. Entering a new season, it is nearly impossible to separate a […]
2015 NFL Power Rankings Week 5
In the blink of an eye, the first quarter of the 2015 National Football League season is over. Similar to a typical game, the early part of the season is wrought with teams trying to figure themselves out, before venturing to solving the opponent. An organization such as the Philadelphia Eagles spent the offseason retooling […]
NFL Week 4 Picks Against the Spread
It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. The National Football League is built for parity and turnover. With the exception of a handful of teams that seemingly always remain at the top or bottom of the league, the nature of the sport allows for a constantly shifting tide. This is the foundation of the belief that […]
Week 3 2015 NFL Power Rankings
Mario Mergola ranks every team in the NFL in his latest installment of his NFL Power Rankings. The Patriots remain the class of the NFL with the Packers knocking on the door.
The Men Up North Sports’ Podcast Vol 10: NFL Rundown and A New Hope for the Cubs
In the first half of the show, Felipe and Alex give their initial reactions of the NFL after two weeks of play and predict winners and losers for Week 3. In the second half of the show, they talked about the Chicago Cubs’ chances of beating the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals in […]
NFL Week 3 Picks Against the Spread
The same statistic gets thrown around every year around this time. It has become almost common knowledge that an 0-2 start lessens a team’s chances to make the playoffs to roughly twelve percent. What often gets overlooked in this number is that teams starting 0-2 might simply be bad. Week 2 featured the expected combination of […]
Week 2 2015 NFL Power Rankings: The Patriots Remain On Top
Mario Mergola ranks every team in the NFL in his latest NFL Power Rankings. The Broncos, Patriots and Packers remain the class of the NFL.