by Mario Mergola | Jan 21, 2021
Even though there are three games left to be played before we officially close out this NFL season, it feels like the end. That’s probably because of the amount of hurdles over which we have had to leap in the last few months, as well as the field of teams that...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 13, 2021
Despite splitting the overall weekend at 3-3 against-the-spread, the two confidence picks both won in the Wild Card Round. This is the beauty of the postseason’s early games. In Week 1 of a given year, I will write about using the preseason and prior...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 7, 2021
We certainly have a unique situation with this year’s playoffs in that we will be dealing with a seven-team field and only one bye week per conference. It’s the first time we’ve had this setup, so obviously history won’t be overly helpful. This...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 6, 2021
We need to pause and take a moment before officially turning the page from the regular season to the postseason. Never before did we even have to question the possibility that we would get playoff games, let alone get them on time and with the overall integrity of the...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 31, 2020
I take my time with Week 17. It is the only week of the regular season where we need news in order to draw conclusions, as well as the only time I will even consider making a late swap with one of my picks. Before we dive into anything, it’s best to frame Week...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 24, 2020
Well… that was disappointing. It happens every year. Usually, the key is in limiting it to only one time, but the reality is that we will never have a season without a bad week. This one just hurts more because of when it happened. We were climbing steadily....
