January 3, 2017 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
This past Sunday, famous rapper Kendrick Lamar narrated a commercial short about the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a surprising moment. After all, if you live in Kansas City or happen to find yourself sporting red and gold every Sunday, chances are you’ve got a bit of a complex about your underrated, under-appreciated, under-analyzed team. […]
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Green Bay Packers on a Title Run
January 11, 2017 / by BRUCE J FRASER / Articles, NFL News
The Green Bay Packers have risen from earlier losses to make a clear run to a Super Bowl championship thanks to their leader and sage, Aaron Rodgers. After falling to a 4-6 record in the middle of the season, Rodgers infused his team to stay calm, be confident and we will “run the table” to […]
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Kansas City Chiefs A Playoff Sleeper
January 3, 2017 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
This past Sunday, famous rapper Kendrick Lamar narrated a commercial short about the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a surprising moment. After all, if you live in Kansas City or happen to find yourself sporting red and gold every Sunday, chances are you’ve got a bit of a complex about your underrated, under-appreciated, under-analyzed team. […]
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David Johnson the True MVP?
December 31, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
His name is David Johnson. He’s 25 years old, in his second season in the NFL. And he might just be the most versatile back the game has seen in decades. Throughout the 2016-17 year, he has been a monstrous force offensively. While the Cardinals haven’t exactly been bringing home the bacon, David Johnson has […]
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A Look at the NFC Playoff Picture
December 26, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
The season is just about over and the NFL playoff picture is shaping up nicely. While all six spots in the AFC have been filled, there’s still some seeds up for grabs in the NFC. The Cowboys have clinched the East and home field advantage in the Division Round of the Playoffs. The Falcons and Seahawks […]
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Cream of the Crop: An NFL MVP Chat
December 24, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
The 2016-17 NFL Regular Season is almost over. Which can only mean one thing: Queue months of desperation, draft-watching, and Madden to fill our football shaped voids. Fortunately we’ve still got the Playoffs to look forward to–and of course, the MVP race. This year has seen some breakout stars competing with perennial all-pros. Needless to […]
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Dead Heat in the AFC North: Will it be Baltimore or Pittsburgh?
December 10, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
There’s a dead heat in the AFC North right now. The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers are currently tied for first in the division at 7-5. But the next two weeks will be crucial in deciding which of these teams will make the playoffs. Whoever wins will most likely grab the no. 3 seed in […]
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Eric Berry: A True Hero in Kansas City
December 5, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Eric Berry knows a thing or two about comebacks. Yesterday, with the Atlanta Falcons on the verge of a crucial three-point lead late in the fourth quarter, all they had to do was convert for two. Instead Eric Berry intercepted Matt Ryan’s pass and took it back a hundred yards, […]
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Saints Struggle Despite High-Powered Offense
November 29, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
Crazy things can happen in the NFL, things you wouldn’t expect, things that make very little sense—like how one of the league’s most exciting, highest flying, highest scoring teams could find themselves plodding down the middle of the road halfway through the year. Alas, such is the case for the New Orleans Saints. Following a […]
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A Grim Prognosis: Cleveland Browns Fall to 0-11
November 21, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
This past Sunday the League’s Worst Team, the Cleveland Browns, slipped—or more appropriately, sank like a bag of dead kittens in a lake—to a historic 0-11, following a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I use the term ‘historic’ loosely here. After extending their losing streak to 29 of their last 32 games, the Browns dipped […]
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Elliott, Prescott, and the New Normal in Dallas
November 16, 2016 / by Zoey Shopmaker / NFL News
If someone had told the Dallas Cowboys at the end of the 2016 Draft that their fourth overall pick, an Ohio State running back with the name of a Biblical prophet and an overlooked fourth-round selection whose name (Dak) sounds more like a hammer falling on a wood desk than the name of a starting […]
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