by Mario Mergola | Dec 7, 2022
While it wasn’t overly spectacular, securing a winning week was important after the prior losing effort. The expectation is obviously to continue riding the momentum forward, but the bigger message is that nothing can change. Because nothing did change. Weeks...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 30, 2022
I write about it every year because it happens every year. It was ‘one of those weeks.’ A bad one. A really bad one. And, as always, we need to collectively move on from it and stay the course. What’s odd is that “the course” this year...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 23, 2022
The National Football League does its best to find matchups that will provide excitement for all fans. Sometimes, it simply can’t make it happen. Week 12 is one of those times. But it’s not only Week 12. This season has featured a significant number of...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 16, 2022
I always mention the trends that I see forming in a particular week of picks, and I have noted two throughout my writing. The first is the amount of times we can go back to a team that has recently failed us — it is one of my favorite setups. The second is one...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 9, 2022
I’m not even sure that I would have noticed it had I not changed each of the “9s” to “10s” in this article. That is, we are actually past the halfway point of the 2022 season, and it has legitimately felt like a blur. I make it a point to...
