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Continue reading →: Minnesota Vikings: 2013 Week 3 NFL Power Rankings (#28)
Last week: 25 On paper, almost beating the Bears is Chicago looks impressive, but consider that the Vikings lost despite winning the turnover battle, which only happens about 21% of the time. Christian Ponder didn’t have a bad game, completing 16 of 30 for 227 yards, a touchdown, and an…
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Continue reading →: New York Jets: 2013 Week 3 NFL Power Rankings (#29)
Last week: 29 It’s really early, but the Jets have the best defense in the NFL, by far, in terms of preventing their opponent from moving the chains. They’ve allowed just 51.2% of first and 10s to be converted for a subsequent first down. Getting Tampa Bay week 1 and…
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Continue reading →: Cleveland Browns: 2013 Week 3 NFL Power Rankings (#30)
Last week: 30 The Browns’ offensive line was supposed to be one of the better offensive lines in the NFL, but the right side has gotten completely blown up through the first 2 games. Right guard Oneil Cousins has been as bad as a player can possibly be in 2…
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Continue reading →: Oakland Raiders: 2013 Week 3 NFL Power Rankings (#31)
Last week: 32 The Raiders won the total bowl last week. I originally had the Raiders winning just 1 game all season, week 2 at home for Jacksonville, but they have impressed me more than I’ve expected so far this season. Terrelle Pryor has faced two of the worst defenses…
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Continue reading →: Jacksonville Jaguars: 2013 Week 3 NFL Power Rankings (#32)
Last week: 31 The Jaguars are the obvious pick as the worst team in the NFL after losing to the Raiders. Fortunately, the prize is a franchise quarterback like Teddy Bridgewater. The Jaguars need someone like that badly. Chad Henne is better than Blaine Gabbert, but only by default and…
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Continue reading →: Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens: 2013 Week 3 NFL Pick
Houston Texans (2-0) at Baltimore Ravens (1-1) The Ravens have been one of the premier home teams in the NFL over the past few seasons, going 24-3 at home since 2010. As a result, they’ve only been underdogs at home a grand total of twice in that time frame, losing…
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Continue reading →: Cleveland Browns at Minnesota Vikings: 2013 Week 3 NFL Pick
Cleveland Browns (0-2) at Minnesota Vikings (0-2) This line has had tremendous line movement this week, going from -3.5 at the beginning of the week to -7 now. That’s significant as 23% of NFL games are decided by between 4-7 points. Why such a big shift? Well, Brandon Weeden has…
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Continue reading →: Why The Redskins Should Not Change Their Name
Arguably the biggest social debate in the NFL is the one surrounding the controversy over the Washington Redskins’ name. An old and once dead debate has been brought to the forefront in recent months, thanks to everything from journalists and media networks refusing to refer to the Redskins by their…
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Continue reading →: 2013 Week 3 Fantasy Football Pickups
RB James Starks (Green Bay) Percent owned (ESPN): 0.2% James Starks is going to get the start this week with Eddie Lacy out with a concussion. Starks exploded for 132 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries after Lacy went down early last week, along with 4 catches for 36…
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Continue reading →: Cleveland Browns trade RB Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2014 1st round pick
Trade for Browns: This is one of the most bizarre trades in NFL history. Richardson is only the second player in NFL history to be drafted in the top-3 and then play for a different team in NFL history. The other player is John Matuszak in 1974, who was traded…