by Ryan Mercier With the regular season coming to a close, this final Quick-Hitters piece will use a different format: One final word on every team which failed to make the postseason, in descending record order. Miami Dolphins – Farewell, 2020 Dolphins. The football world will miss you the most. Brian Flores led a squadContinue reading “NFL Week 17 Quick-Hitters”
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NFL Week 16 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier Aaron Rodgers is the MVP Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated. Russell Wilson took the early lead, Patrick Mahomes is incredible, but ultimately Rodgers must be given the award. Anecdotally, Mahomes and Rodgers each have a case. In fact, one of the best comps (if there is one) for the Chiefs’Continue reading “NFL Week 16 Quick-Hitters”
NFL Week 15 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier Steelers Limping into the Postseason A once proud 11-0 team has now lost three straight and looks awful doing it. Monday Night Football saw the now 3-10-1 Cincinnati Bengals dismantle the Steelers in the first half. Pittsburgh looked broken on offense while the Bengals got out to a 17-0 lead. Remarkably, aContinue reading “NFL Week 15 Quick-Hitters”
NFL Week 14 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier Chiefs to Rest of the League, “Goodnight, Everybody!“ Mahomes threw three interceptions. The Chiefs had four turnovers overall. Miami took a 10-0 lead to begin the game. And none of it mattered. Kansas City took the lead by halftime and was suddenly up 30-10 by the end of the third quarter. TheContinue reading “NFL Week 14 Quick-Hitters”
NFL Week 13 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier Cleveland Rocks in Nashville Don’t be deceived by the final score of the 41-35 victory over the Titans. The Cleveland Browns were a rollicking freight train tearing its way through Nashville on Sunday. Tennessee’s bizarre luck this season showed up once again in the fourth quarter but it wasn’t enough to overcomeContinue reading “NFL Week 13 Quick-Hitters”
NFL Week 12 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier Which Team is Coming out of the NFC? New Orleans is missing its quarterback but still winning games, Seattle is possibly turning a corner on defense, and Green Bay can look like the best team in the league on the right day. Yes, those are the top three teams in the standingsContinue reading “NFL Week 12 Quick-Hitters”
NFL Week 11 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier Watermelons and the Beautiful Disaster of the NFC East With six weeks to go in the entire NFL season, all four teams in the NFC East have exactly three wins. Who will win the division? This is the best race in years simply because nothing like this has ever happened and theContinue reading “NFL Week 11 Quick-Hitters”
Suns Are an Automatic Playoff Team with Chris Paul
by Ryan Mercier The days of sad, empty arenas for the Phoenix Suns are over. Well, scratch that sentence in 2020. All arenas are sad and empty. Fans of the team, from a safe distance at home, will be able to enjoy their first trip back to the postseason since Steve Nash and Amar’e StoudemireContinue reading “Suns Are an Automatic Playoff Team with Chris Paul”
NFL Week 10 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier NFC West Bloodbath After Kyler Murray’s sensational heroics to DeAndre Hopkins in the final seconds of the Cardinals win over the Bills, the NFC West became the biggest battleground in the league. The L.A. Rams beat Seattle 23-16, which was far more convincing than the score would suggest. Now, all three teamsContinue reading “NFL Week 10 Quick-Hitters”
NFL Week 9 Quick-Hitters
by Ryan Mercier Cardinals vs. Dolphins: Next Year’s Super Bowl? Do not laugh. On Sunday, two young teams on the rise played the best game of the entire weekend. The strides the Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins are making are clear to see and both could be a year away from a championship. In Arizona,Continue reading “NFL Week 9 Quick-Hitters”
