2014 Record: 4-12 2015 Non Division opponents: NFC East, AFC South, Oakland, Cleveland 2014 in Review: The wheels finally fell off the Rex Ryan Express in 2014. After a week one victory, the Jets lost their next eight games and the season was over by the end of October. Two wins in their final three… Continue reading 2015 NFL Preview: New York Jets
2015 NFL Preview: Washington Redskins
2014 Record: 4-12 2015 Non Division opponents: AFC East, NFC South, Tampa Bay, & Chicago 2014 in Review: Another year, another last place finish in the Nation’s Capital. The Redskins have finished last in the NFC East every year from 2008 until 2014, except for 2012. Jay Gruden was brought in to replace Mike Shanahan,… Continue reading 2015 NFL Preview: Washington Redskins
2015 NFL Preview: Oakland Raiders
2014 Record: 3-13 2015 Non Division Schedule: NFC North, AFC North, Tennessee, New York Jets 2014 in Review: Like two of the other teams reviewed this week, the Raiders struggled with a rookie quarterback. Derek Carr was handed the keys from week one, and the Raiders started the season with ten consecutive losses. A couple… Continue reading 2015 NFL Preview: Oakland Raiders
The Red Sox Are In Limbo
With the All-Star Game in the rear view mirror, most clubs will now turn their attention to the next big event on the baseball calendar. That event is of course the July 31st non-waiver trading deadline. With the implementation of the second Wild Card, more teams than ever before are hanging on to hope for… Continue reading The Red Sox Are In Limbo
2015 NFL Preview: Jacksonville Jaguars
2014 Record: 3-13 2015 Non Division Schedule: AFC East, NFC South, San Diego, and Baltimore Embed from Getty Images 2014 in Review: The Jaguars had a plan last season. They were going to use veteran quarterback Chad Henne as their bridge to rookie Blake Bortles. As Mike Tyson once said, “Everybody has a plan until… Continue reading 2015 NFL Preview: Jacksonville Jaguars
2015 NFL Preview: Tennessee Titans
2014 Record: 2-14 2015 Non Division Schedule: AFC East, NFC South, Cleveland, & Oakland 2014 in Review: The Titans got off to a promising start in 2014, with a 26-10 road victory at Kansas City on opening Day. Little did everyone know that the Titans would only win one more game for the rest of… Continue reading 2015 NFL Preview: Tennessee Titans
Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week
The All-Star Break is upon us. The vast majority of the sport’s players will get a much needed vacation. All the while, the season’s best will travel to Cincinnati with home field advantage in the World Series for their respective leagues hanging in the balance. But as always, Top of the Heap isn’t all about… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week
The Breaking Point of AL East
Break time means make-or-break time. Embed from Getty Images The statement has never rung truer than the first half of the 2015 MLB season in the American League East. Entering the All-Star stretch, only 6.5 games separate first-place Yankees and last-place Red Sox, and given the multiple intra-divisional series left to be played in the… Continue reading The Breaking Point of AL East
American League East Division Race Is Not Ugly At ALl
Embed from Getty Images The American League East is not the flock of ugly ducklings some baseball analysts are calling them. While the division has been labeled as the worst in baseball due to its lack of a runaway favorite, the standings don’t suggest there’s as large of a gap as advertised between the AL East and… Continue reading American League East Division Race Is Not Ugly At ALl
2015 NFL Preview: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2014 Record: 2-14 2015 Non Division Schedule: AFC South, NFC East, Chicago, & St Louis 2014 in review: Big things were expected with the hiring of Lovie Smith as head coach, but the Buccaneers bottomed out in 2014. They signed Josh McCown to a 2 year 10 million dollar contract last offseason to be the… Continue reading 2015 NFL Preview: Tampa Bay Buccaneers