by Mario Mergola | Dec 20, 2017
One week from now, we will be tearing our hair out trying to determine which teams will play their starters and which will be looking to see some youth on the field. Motivation will drive nearly every decision, but we won’t exactly know which team is properly...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 13, 2017
Just one week ago, the introduction to my column focused on how long it has taken to reach the point where playoff clinching scenarios must be considered when assessing games. Now, they are littered throughout this article. As football fans, we should be grateful for...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 6, 2017
Each football season carries its own individual story. We try to uncover it with each passing week. 2017, in particular, had been incredibly reliant on trends – to our benefit – until the last few weeks. But, at one point in the year, we can start to...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 29, 2017
It had to end somewhere. The streak of non-losing weeks had reached mid-November but, alas, in Weeks 11 and 12, the numbers finally caught up. Not just to us, however. And therein lies the value. For starters, the back-to-back losing weeks only cost us seven games in...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 22, 2017
Time tends to move a bit faster when things are going well. For the past eleven weeks, I had been so consumed with working toward the goal of getting these picks to their level of success from 2014 and 2015 that the season, itself, has blown right past my eyes. It...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 15, 2017
What a difference a year makes. It’s not just the standings – although it is nice to be back atop the leaderboards over at NFLPickwatch for the third time in four years – but the overall flow of the season, itself. A team rises suddenly, plays well,...
