by Mario Mergola | Jan 31, 2017
It is time to close the book on the 2016 NFL season. One of the oddest years in recent history has resulted in a relatively inconsistent set of outcomes. The only exceptions came from the one area most dangerous to the industry of sports prognostication –...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 18, 2017
The finish line is in sight. Four teams, three games, and two weekends of play to decide one champion. By now, we have weeded out the weak. The Texans and injury-riddled Dolphins and Raiders are eliminated. The Cowboys’ defense and Giants’ offense led to...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 11, 2017
The Divisional Round of the postseason is largely considered one of the best weekends of the year. All four of the top seeds from the league will be back in action, and there are more games played on Saturday and Sunday than the remaining schedule of the playoffs,...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 6, 2017
In any sport, the postseason features a level of randomness that is not always present during the regular season. Specifically, in the National Football League – where each matchup is an elimination game – a few ‘bad breaks’ can not only end a...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 5, 2017
Playoff seeding and positioning is always a funny, tricky ordeal. Like many areas of life, it changes with a different viewpoint. What looks appealing from one side might be exactly what the other wants, as well. Naturally, one will be wrong. The entire AFC playoff...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 29, 2016
32 teams. Sixteen games. Seventeen weeks of football all comes to an end on the start of a new calendar year. The 2016 NFL season has been anything but smooth, and it is poetic for the final week of the regular season to be rocky from start-to-finish. As always, the...
