by Mario Mergola | Jan 5, 2023
Every year, I write about how unique the last week of the regular season is. Clearly, this one has a different feel. Of course, there is the usual sense of the unknown surrounding which players will take the field and for how long, but the obvious storyline is the...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 28, 2022
Every season, we make note of the final week of the year. We know that, because of the uncertainty around teams resting players and incentives, there is an added layer of difficulty. That doesn’t necessarily make it the only tricky week to navigate. Because of...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 21, 2022
We continue to see the same oddities appear on a weekly basis, but there might not be anything like Week 15 for a long time. It featured the largest comeback in history, one of the biggest bonehead plays in years, and a few teams keeping their slim playoff hopes...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 14, 2022
I know I wrote about this when we reached the first milestone of the year, but I truly can’t believe we are about to enter the final quarter of the season. It always feels fast — such is the nature of routine — but the oddities of this year have...
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...
