by Mario Mergola | Jan 8, 2026
I’ve written it for weeks, but this has been one of the best regular seasons we have had in quite some time. Indeed, the finale was not what we wanted, but it could not undo the foundation we built. We now shift gears as we head into the playoffs. There are...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 8, 2026
I’m excited. I know that I start so many of these articles — whether at the beginning of the regular season or the playoffs — with the same comment, but I can’t help it. I truly love the National Football League. It’s because of the...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 31, 2025
This is it! It always feels like the time flies when I look back and see that we are approaching the end of another regular season, but the irony with this year is that we have steadily and consistently performed with similar outcomes week-after-week. Ultimately, that...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 24, 2025
There is still time — two weeks, to be exact — for the regular season to adjust our final standings, but we have to be quite proud of what we have achieved this year. The irony is that almost all of the next 32 games is will be meaningless. Plenty of the...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 17, 2025
As we enter the home stretch of the regular season, we will shift our focus slightly toward what lies ahead for each squad. Specifically, it is important to know the clinching scenarios for teams closing in on playoff berths. That does not mean those clinching...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 10, 2025
It’s the final quarter of the regular season which means that, in addition to teams making a push for playoff berths, we also have cleared all bye weeks. For the next four weeks, every team will be in action, and that gives us a wider range from which to choose....
