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Sports Central July 31, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Pro Football Hall of Fame Biggest Snubs This is an updated version of a piece I wrote in 2007. Many of the players I wrote about then have been elected to Canton, some new players have become eligible, and some things I've changed my mind about. |
Sports Central February 8, 2008 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Greatest Dynasties Here's a look at 15 NFL teams that can be considered a dynasty. |
Sports Central August 8, 2007 Brad Oremland |
The Pro Football Hall of Fame's Biggest Snubs The Pro Football Hall of Fame is closer to giving defensive backs the credit they deserve. But there are still gaping holes in the Hall's membership. |
Sports Central March 18, 2014 Brad Oremland |
The Greatest NFL Triplets Ever Seven years ago, I wrote about the NFL's best "Triplets" -- quarterback, running back, and receiver on the same team. This time I look at the best triplets ever in a single season. |
Sports Central March 16, 2006 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Triplets An assemblage of the NFL's 20 best trios ever -- quarterback, running back, wide receiver. |
Sports Central April 24, 2012 Brad Oremland |
The Best Coaches In NFL History With the 2012 NFL Draft less than a week away, many fans and analysts are trying to predict the future. Let's save the forecasts for after players get matched up with teams, and instead take a spin into the past, ranking the greatest head coaches in NFL history. |
Sports Central February 14, 2006 Brad Oremland |
Pro Football Hall of Fame 2006 Thoughts The same question asked every year: were all the inductees deserving? |
Sports Illustrated February 8, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Curtain falls on Ravens defense Baltimore's 'D' was great, but the '70s Steelers are still tops... |
Sports Central February 24, 2010 Brad Oremland |
The Best Linebackers of All-Time Listing the 30 greatest linebackers of all time. |
Sports Central February 25, 2014 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs Not to Win a Championship We often judge QBs by whether or not their team won championships, but everyone recognizes that sometimes great players don't reach the highest level of team success. So, who's at the top of the list? |
Sports Central June 5, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Great Teams and NFL Dynasties Below, however, are the results of my initial research in identifying great teams. I used a purely mathematical formula, a quick-and-dirty method that shouldn't be taken as anything other than a general guide. |
Sports Central June 16, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 21-30 The players are ranked in order, but please don't read too much into that: I consider this a group of quarterbacks, all roughly the same level. |
Sports Central June 23, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 11-20 This week, I'm profiling the players who rank 11-20 on my list, counting down toward number one. Please note: at this point, we're talking about the best of the best QBs. |
Sports Central July 7, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 1-5 This week, we conclude with the top five, the best quarterbacks of all time. |
Sports Central February 28, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1970s Who is the best wide receiver eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but not yet enshrined? When football fans cry "snub," there's a good chance they're talking about a wide receiver. |
Sports Central March 15, 2005 Brad Oremland |
The Definition of Dynasty Dynastic football teams that covered a minimum of five seasons, had no more than one non-winning year, no more than six seasons without a championship appearance, and never went five consecutive seasons without a championship appearance. |
Sports Central January 12, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2014-15 Divisional Weekend NFL teams with coaching vacancies have been patient this year. Rex Ryan will apparently be the next head coach of the Buffalo Bills, and that's the first opening filled, with five remaining. |
Sports Central September 17, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Report The author offers his predictions for the upset of the week involving the Rams over the Cowboys. He thinks St. Louis has a good, underrated defense, and you never know when the Cowboys will just implode and blow a game they could have won. |
Sports Central February 29, 2008 Brad Oremland |
The NFL Coaching Tree 2008 (Pt. 2) Today's most prominent coaching trees grew in two coaching forests: those of Paul Brown and Sid Gillman. It's important to include a third "forest" - that of Steve Owen. |
Sports Central December 16, 2007 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Offense Ever With apologies to the 1941 Bears and the San Diego Chargers in general, here are the 10 best offenses in league history. |
Sports Central July 2, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Best Teams Not to Win the Super Bowl: NFC I'm interested in losers. Our sports culture focuses on winners, to the point that we forget about those who fell short. |
Sports Central January 27, 2004 Brad Oremland |
Keeping Busy in the Week Off Some NFL thoughts to ponder in the week before the Super Bowl. |
Sports Central March 6, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1960s Today's wide receivers play 16-game schedules. They can't be bumped more than five yards downfield. Their quarterbacks are protected in ways John Unitas and Roger Staubach never dreamed of. |
Sports Central February 22, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1980s Who is the best wide receiver eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but not yet enshrined? When football fans cry "snub," there's a good chance they're talking about a wide receiver. |
Sports Central February 14, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1990s When football fans cry "snub," there's a good chance they're talking about a wide receiver. For years, it was Lynn Swann or Art Monk. Now, it's guys like Cris Carter and Tim Brown. |
Sports Central September 23, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The NFL announced this year's nominees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "Contributors" like owners, general managers, and league officials are no longer competing with players for the same spots. |
Sports Central January 27, 2009 Brad Oremland |
The Best NFL Rookie Class Ever? We saw exceptional rookie performances this season, but the rookie class of 1981 was the greatest in NFL history. |
Sports Central July 24, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Five Hall of Fame Candidates There are a lot of great players missing from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Some of them will be inducted in the next few years, a few will have longer waits, and many will never be enshrined. |
Sports Central September 22, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Highlights from week two include comments on the Chicago Bears, Oakland Raiders, and the New York Giants. |
Sports Illustrated July 31, 2002 Paul Zimmerman |
Forsaking Hall others An inside look at who's in, who's up, who's out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- and why |
Sports Central October 25, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings My colleague David Exum wrote an article last week arguing that Ken Stabler should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Certainly Stabler was a fine QB, but none of David's arguments for why Stabler should be in make any sense. |
Sports Central March 20, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Best Wide Receivers Not in the HOF: 1950s For this project, we'll examine in depth 25 eligible wide receivers with strong backing for the Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central January 2, 2010 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's NFL All-Decade Team I've named a first and second team all decade player at each position, as well as a couple of honorable mentions. Each section also includes a listing for the most overrated and underrated player at that position. |
Sports Central May 28, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Best Teams Not to Win the Super Bowl: AFC This is the first article in a two-part series, looking at every current NFL franchise and picking out its best team of the Super Bowl era that did not win a championship. This week, we'll start with the AFC. |
Sports Central February 24, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Greatest NFL Quarterbacks: All-Underrated List I want to highlight five of those players -- four Hall of Famers and one not yet eligible -- but all underrated by modern fans. |
Sports Central January 11, 2016 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2015-16 Wild Card Weekend I'll have more to say on the Associated Press All-Pro Team below, but the lineup is ridiculous, especially on offense. Three running backs and two wide receivers? What is this, 1945? |
Sports Central September 7, 2004 Brad Oremland |
NFL Preseason Power Rankings The first Sports Central power rankings of the 2004 NFL season are topped by a team that will benefit heavily from stringent enforcement of the league's illegal contact rule. |
Sports Central February 5, 2006 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Greatest Losers The 10 greatest teams not to win a Super Bowl. |
Sports Central February 11, 2014 Brad Oremland |
The Best QB to Lose Two Super Bowls Peyton Manning is one of only eight quarterbacks to start for two Super Bowl losers. It's an elite eight with Hall of Fame talent. How do these multiple Super Bowl-losing QBs stack up with one another? |
Sports Central August 10, 2009 Brad Oremland |
Why Donovan McNabb is Vastly Underrated If the Eagles had surrounded McNabb with better receivers, or if he had won a Super Bowl, I think we would view McNabb as a lock for the Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central February 10, 2015 Brad Oremland |
SC's 2005-14 NFL All-Decade Team To give fair due to players who hit their peaks mid-decade, we've named a 2005-2014 NFL All-Decade Team. |
Sports Central June 1, 2010 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Receiving Duos Ever Earlier this month, I compiled a list of the 10 best NFL receiving tandems of the past decade. It's time to go big picture: the best pass-catching partnerships in the history of the league. |
Sports Central January 13, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Divisional Weekend Wrap-Up Last week, I criticized Philadelphia fans for booing injured Saints. This week, classless Denver fans booed injured Chargers. Knock it off. |
Sports Central October 26, 2004 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings Although a little more consistency would certainly be encouraging, the Kansas City Chiefs appear to be for real. But what's up with those sinking Seattle Seahawks? |
Sports Central November 9, 2004 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings The Pittsburgh Steelers deservedly sit at the top of the rankings. But the San Diego Chargers, suddenly among the top ten, are quickly moving up in the ranks -- while the Houston Texans dropped from number 8 to 11. Other than that, most changes this week were insignificant. |
Sports Central April 1, 2010 Brad Oremland |
The NFL's Best Defenses Ever To narrow my search for the finest defenses in pro football history, I researched almost 100 great single-season defenses, then devised a formula to help me sort out the best of the bunch. |
Sports Illustrated November 9, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Meet the candidates Narrowing the NFL Hall of Fame contenders a tough task... |
Sports Central June 2, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Best QBs in History: 40-48 This week, I'm profiling the players who rank about 40-50 on my list, in alphabetical order. |
Sports Central October 14, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 6 Power Rankings Eli Manning was sacked six times on Sunday night, only the fourth time in his career he's taken more than five sacks in a game. |
Sports Central September 7, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2010 Preseason Power Rankings The NFL rankings here are for right now, beginning-of-season strength, and not necessarily a forecast of each team's success over the course of the whole year. Brackets show predicted regular-season record. |