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Marshawn Lynch: Older is Better

20 Jan , 2015
Running backs are supposed to slow down and break down as they get older. That's long been the rule, anyway. But then there's Marshawn Lynch, and it seems the rules don't apply to him...

Conference Championships

13 Jan , 2015
The Seahawks and Patriots are both at home, and they’re both playing opponents they beat in the regular season. This has happened 16 times in the last 20 years, and in those games the home team we...

Home field advantage

10 Jan , 2015
New England and Seattle both held serve today, but neither looked invincible...

Defenses

9 Jan , 2015
Where does Seattle’s defense belong in the all-time pecking order? It’s a question that can be more accurately answered in a month...

Playoff teams: recovering fumbles

9 Jan , 2015
Turnovers are often critical in determining playoff games, which in terms of fumbles seems, at first glance, to favor the road teams...

Red zone defenses

8 Jan , 2015
One of the reasons I don’t think Dallas can win at Lambeau is their defense...

Playoffs / sacks

7 Jan , 2015
The Cowboys don’t have much of a pass rush, and I think that will make it tough for them to pull an upset at Lambeau on Sunday...

10-4, Good Buddy

6 Jan , 2015
We must give Joe Flacco some credit. Not a great quarterback...

Fantasy defense wins championships?

6 Jan , 2015
Among the possible Super Bowl matchups, New England versus Green Bay seems to have a pretty decent chance of coming to pass...

Defense (clap, clap)

5 Jan , 2015
Seattle has won three straight games at Carolina in the last three years, and in none of those games has either team scored 17 points. Early in Russell Wilson’s rookie year, the Seahawks won 16-12...

Kickoff returns

5 Jan , 2015
I don’t understand why so many kickoff returners are willing to bring balls out from the back half of their end zone...

NFL Playoffs

4 Jan , 2015
The divisional playoff matchups are set...

AFC Playoffs

3 Jan , 2015
The general consensus is that New England will show up in the Super Bowl to represent the AFC. They’re the No...

Wild card weekend

29 Dec , 2014
All four of the home teams are favored this weekend, but if form holds, a road team or two will win...

Sleeper postseason teams

28 Dec , 2014
With the playoffs, the natural tendency is to assume the top seeds will probably win it. Seattle and New England. They’re the No. 1 seeds on each side; they’ll probably be in it...

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