AFCN

Howdy. Welcome back and all that.  Each week, I’ll post a quick writeup of pending AFC North games, with a few notable points and, yes, timely, knowledgeable predictions regarding the games’ outcomes. As usual, these picks are for fun and should in no way be used for actual wagering purposes. That is, unless you want…

Howdy. Welcome back and all that.  Each week, I’ll post a quick writeup of pending AFC North games, with a few notable points and, yes, timely, knowledgeable predictions regarding the games’ outcomes. As usual, these picks are for fun and should in no way be used for actual wagering purposes. That is, unless you want…

And the last shall be first…in the order in which I’m choosing to review each AFC North team’s makeup and prospects for success in The NFL Year of Our COVID-19…in 2020.  I’ll run down the rosters and identify a few impact players, with some reasonably obvious conclusions you may or may not agree with, but…

And the last shall be first…in the order in which I’m choosing to review each AFC North team’s makeup and prospects for success in The NFL Year of Our COVID-19…in 2020.  I’ll run down the rosters and identify a few impact players, with some reasonably obvious conclusions you may or may not agree with, but…

And the last shall be first…in the order in which I’m choosing to review each AFC North team’s makeup and prospects for success in The NFL Year of Our COVID-19…in 2020.  I’ll run down the rosters and identify a few impact players, with some reasonably obvious conclusions you may or may not agree with, but…

And the last shall be first…in the order in which I’m choosing to review each AFC North team’s makeup and prospects for success in The NFL Year of Our COVID-19…in 2020.  I’ll run down the rosters and identify a few impact players, with some reasonably obvious conclusions you may or may not agree with, but…

Time has been short, so rather than my typical blathering, I’ll leave you with a few pertinent AFC North links.  Stay tuned for my season previews in a week or two. Baltimore Ravens: QB Lamar Jackson and CB Marcus Peters returned to practice Monday.  With Jackson’s mobility as the defining staple of his game, the…

It’s “time”. NFL training camps have opened, more or less.  Players are actually reporting.  A number of players, including some prominent names, have opted out for the season due to individual COVID-19 concerns.  Those still dithering have until Thursday to decide their  – and their team’s, in some cases – fortunes.  The next few weeks…

We’re getting there. With NFL teams finalizing plans to open training camps, however abridged, optimism over the football season happening as scheduled is steadily climbing.  While most teams have been cautious and non-committal regarding the stringency of their guidelines, COVID-19 testing among athletes is expanding daily, although it should be noted that the NFL hasn’t…

The inexorable march through the dregs of the offseason continues. While the NFL scrambles to produce a coherent plan for (supposedly) pending training camps, fans, still stuck in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, are essentially in limbo.  We’re treated to the latest accounts of NFL player-based Twitter wars.  The torrent of badly-conceived TikTok content…