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2016 Preview: Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles Last Year: 7-9 2nd in NFC East. “Fugeddabouditt” Please note: It will likely not come as a surprise to you that only hours ago this piece was over 4000 words long….my delete key needs replacing. The Eagles 2015 should have been about the progression of a philosophy, and...

Iceberg, dead ahead!

  Imagine, if you will, that you own a boat. It’s quite a nice boat that you have had for a couple of years and have enjoyed sailing in. It floats very well (as you would hope) and has lots of nice shiny bits on it that are not quite...

Detroit Lions 2016 Preview

Going into their bye week of the 2015 Season, the Lions were staring down the barrel of a disastrous season, following a luckless trip to London. However before the Lions boarded their plane to London, they made a switch that would change their whole season and possibly their fortunes in...

AFC South: Are the Jaguars a beast to contend with?

The UK’s and more specifically London’s team, it is time to take a look at the team that finished 3rd in the AFC South but at times last season looked more like a team that deserved to finish 2nd, though that isn’t really saying much considering how poor the AFC...

New York Giants: Awkward

New York Giants Last year: 6-10 3rd in NFC East Awkward. There were quite a few awkward moments for the New York Giants last year, I would list them but I cant be arsed to refer to every single Alan Partridge-esque occurence because that would be petty. But over the...

Rams butting heads (against a brick wall)

The arrival of the 2015 season heralded something of a potential tipping point for the St Louis Rams. They hadn’t made the Play-Offs in the last ten years and it had been even longer since they finished a season with a winning record. Jeff Fisher was entering his fourth year...

Minnesota Vikings: 2016 Season Preview.

2009 was the last time the Minnesota Vikings made it past the Wild Card round of the playoffs, in a game that saw both Vikings fans and neutrals gasping as the New Orleans Saints pummelled an aging Brett Favre into the ground, in what turned out to be the pinnacle...

Seattle Seahawks: I ‘ate you, Butler!

4 Yards. 4 yards and Malcolm Butler. That was all that stood between the Seattle Seahawks and 2015 being the year they embarked on a quest for history and three consecutive SuperBowl titles. As it transpired, those 4 yards and the failure to convert on that now infamous conclusion to...