by Mario Mergola | Sep 3, 2025
I often question if I should start my Week 1 picks article before my season-long predictions columns. That’s because so much of what I write for one translates to the other. In the end, I never take that thought too seriously because so many conflicts are...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 31, 2025
One of the biggest reasons why I love this preseason prediction articles is because it forces me to think in the mindset of turnover. The National Football League is designed for widespread reversals within divisions, and we see it on an annual basis. I lead with this...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 31, 2025
One of the biggest reasons why I love this preseason prediction articles is because it forces me to think in the mindset of turnover. The National Football League is designed for widespread reversals within divisions, and we see it on an annual basis. I lead with this...
by Mario Mergola | Feb 7, 2025
I cracked my knuckles, pulled up an absurd amount of tabs on an already-packed browser, and starting researching. Looking for numbers, trend, anything that could help. In the end, I was able to pull together various fragments of information to form one coherent...
by Mario Mergola | Feb 3, 2025
I always write about the football-watching world and how it collectively views a set of games — or, in this case, a single game — because that can serve as a baseline. Heading into the Conference Championships, the general feeling about the pair of games...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 23, 2025
That was better. After a disappointing start to the postseason, everything turned around last week. It was a nice way to head into the home stretch, but we do have to acknowledge one situation: the spreads were eerily accurate last week. And they weren’t only...
