8:15 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Steelers -14.5, Over/Under: 42.5 Two teams mired in disappointing seasons for very different reasons conclude the week of football, as the winless Miami Dolphins take their show on the road to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers, from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It's hard to imagine this season unfolding any worse for the Dolphins (0-6, 4th in AFC East), other than the fact that this is actually all going … [Read more...]
New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills
8:25 PM EST, CBS - Line: Pick -1, Over/Under: 40.5 It's may be cliché to label a game this early in the season as a must-win, but that's precisely the situation that both the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills find themselves in, as they battle at Orchard Park under the bright lights of Thursday Night Football. Throughout the week, the various media outlets went on to overstate the doom coinciding with an 0-2 start to the campaign, as barely 20% … [Read more...]
NFL Free Agency Primer: Make It Rain
If you're like us and bummed out that football won't be back until the Fall, get ready for one of the most exciting periods of the Offseason as Free Agency begins this coming Wednesday, March 9th. With plenty of big names and a number of teams with millions of dollars in Cap Space to spend, the building blocks of parity are literally laid at the feet of a number of General Managers looking to turn their teams around from perennial doormats to … [Read more...]
Fantasy Fab Fives: Week 13
Welcome back to our weekly article, where we highlight fifteen players/units that you should definitely make a move on, or in some cases, avoid like the plague. Another note-worthy week in the NFL has come and gone, as Tony Romo and Josh McCown both broke their respective collarbones, while Big Ben departed early in Seattle (Concussion), while Jimmy Graham saw his season end in that very same game. And speaking of Tight Ends, the one and only Gronk … [Read more...]
Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets
8:30 PM EST, NFL Network - Line: New York Jets -2.5 Bitter rivals meet tonight at MetLife Stadium, as the New York Jets host the Buffalo Bills in what is commonly being referred to as the Rex Ryan Bowl. Or is that the IK Enemkpali Bowl? After all it was just three short months ago when the former Jets' Linebacker punched then-starting Quarterback Geno Smith in an altercation that left the third-year passer with a broken jaw. After being released, … [Read more...]