by Mario Mergola | Nov 6, 2017
Sometimes I actively seek a given theme for a week. Other times, it finds me. The undeniable common thread that presents itself throughout Week 10 is the redirection of a team’s path. Simply put, is it more likely to continue sinking – or rising – or...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 1, 2017
We did it! We have reached the midpoint of the 2017 NFL season. But, more specifically for this column, we have reached the midpoint of our ‘Rebound Season.’ At the time of this writing, these picks sit atop the leaderboard at NFLPickwatch.com –...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 25, 2017
What has made the 2017 season one of the best in terms of picking games is not necessarily the adherence to trends that were so blatantly ignored last year, but the storylines that appear on a weekly basis. For each set of games, we can find an accurate, common theme....
by Mario Mergola | Oct 18, 2017
If there is one singular trend that I follow on a weekly basis, it is the collective overreaction to games that went in our favor, but against the general expectations from a previous week. It makes sense. There was a certain level of faith placed in a group of picks,...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 11, 2017
As we have come to learn over recent weeks, there is still a fair amount of ‘reactionary spreads,’ in which the number is chasing a team that it consistently has missed. Of course, as the season progresses, the spreads will balance out. We aim to identify...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 4, 2017
Isn’t it amazing? I was prepared to write about how quickly the first quarter of the season has gone, already. How a new year of football brought a new year of opportunities. How everything started balancing out. How the ‘rebound’ is unfolding. How...
