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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 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 January 6, 2016 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2015 NFL All-Pro Team With the 2015 regular season over, it's time to honor this season's most outstanding players. |
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 Central January 5, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2014 Wild Card Weekend The Cardinals haven't been the same since they lost Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton, and on Saturday, Arizona's offense was impotent. |
Sports Central January 7, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2013 Wild Card Weekend A tradition, our annual All-Loser Team: an all-star team made up entirely of players whose teams missed the postseason. If this team could actually be assembled, it would beat any and every team in the playoffs. |
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 9, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2011 Wild Card Weekend A wrap-up of the first round of NFL playoffs, plus picks for the All-Loser Team. |
Sports Central December 28, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings With one week of regular season play remaining, here's where each NFL team ranks. |
Sports Central January 5, 2016 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 17 Power Rankings Cam Newton, QB, Carolina Panthers, rushed for 2 touchdowns, passed for 2 touchdowns, and only threw 5 incomplete passes. That's more incompletions than TDs, but barely. |
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 December 31, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2013 NFL All-Pro Team After a phenomenal, dramatic Week 17, it's time to honor this season's most outstanding players. I explain the reasons I chose certain players, or didn't take others, and to give recognition to those who just missed the cut. |
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 December 30, 2003 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings |
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 January 8, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2012 Wild Card Weekend Adrian Peterson had a historic season in 2012, but I did think it was funny that right after Cris Collinsworth compared him to Jim Brown, Peterson got taken down by an arm tackle from a defensive back. |
Sports Central January 2, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2014 NFL All-Pro Team With the 2014 regular season over, it's time to honor this season's most outstanding players. |
Sports Central September 27, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings I hate the way NFL pre-game shows distort the word upset. Look, if four of your five analysts pick a team to win, that's obviously not an upset. Come on, let's see these guys go out on a limb. |
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 January 1, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings The Cardinals' season-high for yards from scrimmage this season was 375. Every other team topped 400 at least once. The Cardinals even played two overtime games, and they never hit 400. Perhaps just as amazing, in their five wins, they never broke 300. |
Sports Central November 11, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings The Tennessee Titans again top the list in this week's NFL team ratings. |
Sports Central December 9, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central 2015 Pro Bowl Selections Here's a look at my ballot, continuing the league's recent "unconferenced" format. If you'd like to vote along as you read, you can do so here. |
Sports Central October 12, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings There are no undefeated teams in the NFL. Here's how the 32 teams rank after 5 weeks of play. |
Sports Central January 4, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2011 NFL All-Pro Team It's time to honor this NFL season's most outstanding players. |
Sports Central December 15, 2009 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 14 Power Rankings New Orleans Saints slowing down?... Indianapolis Colts win their 22nd straight regular-season game... San Diego Chargers probably should be ranked first... etc. |
Sports Central January 10, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2010 Wild Card Weekend Wild card analysis, divisional round predictions and picks for an All-Loser Team. |
Sports Central October 20, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 6 Power Rankings Last year, no team started 5-0. This year, five teams are still undefeated. |
Sports Central October 21, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings Could Tennessee send two running backs to the Pro Bowl?... Tampa Bay's [5] backfield injuries starting to mount... Next week's New York Giants at Pittsburgh game will be decided by the defensive coordinators... etc. |
Sports Central January 3, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings If you took the 20 best highlights of this season, I bet two or three of them are Julio Jones. The Falcons gave up a lot to get him, and it looks to have been worth it. |
Sports Central January 4, 2005 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings The fourth team in history to finish 15-1, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the best bet in the field of an AFC postseason that should be among the best ever. Andy Reid has been badly outcoached in two consecutive postseasons, and the Philadelphia Eagles are 0-2 without Terrell Owens. |
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 4, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings Super Bowl XLV: New England Patriots over Atlanta Falcons. For the second season in a row, we get the matchup everyone wants to see. |
Sports Central September 11, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings The last seven Super Bowl champions all lost in Week 1. That double-counts the Steelers and Giants, but the Colts, Saints, and Packers also dropped their openers. |
Sports Central December 15, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 14 Power Rankings The Pro Football Hall of Fame is clueless and tone-deaf. On Sunday, Matt Stafford set some made-up record that no one cares about. |
Sports Central December 30, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings Normally, I name the best announcers of the season in my final power rankings, but I really wasn't crazy about anyone this year. |
Sports Central October 12, 2004 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings Check out the power rankings for week five in the NFL. |
Sports Central December 29, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 16 Power Rankings Starting quarterbacks with more TD passes than sacks: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Carson Palmer, Eli Manning, Derek Carr, Andy Dalton, and Cam Newton. |
Sports Central September 29, 2009 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings A team by team analysis of the latest developments in football. |
Sports Central December 7, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 13 Power Rankings The New England Patriots are rewarded for "masterful gameplan and execution," and claim the number one spot this week. |
Sports Central September 30, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings Comments are offered on the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers as well as other teams. |
Sports Central October 26, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings The Steelers and Jets stay on top of this week's list of best NFL teams. |
Sports Central December 1, 2009 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings The New Orleans Saints embarrassed the Giants in Week 6 and dominated the Patriots on Monday to earn the top spot in this week's NFL ratings. |
Sports Central December 23, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings The Tennessee Titans jump into first place in this week's rating of NFL teams. |
Sports Central September 28, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The Steelers claim the top spot in this week's rankings as the Saints fall to eighth place. |
Sports Central December 27, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings During Sunday night's broadcast, announcers Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth repeatedly mentioned that the Packers have allowed more yards this season (6,010) than they have gained (5,932). It's an interesting statistic. |
Sports Central January 2, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2012 NFL All-Pro Team We name 13 players on offense and 13 on defense. With fullbacks playing ever smaller roles in the offense, a third wide receiver and second tight end are essential. |
Sports Central November 26, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central 2013 Pro Bowl Selections It's not much of a spoiler that Andy Reid is my choice so far as Coach of the Year. But Bruce Arians (ARI) deserves serious consideration, as well, and I'm impressed with Ron Rivera's transformation into Riverboat Ron. |
Sports Central September 10, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Report I still look for interesting stats to point out, still go after coaches and announcers who do ridiculous things, still pepper in the occasional fantasy football advice or embarrassingly wrong prediction. Let me jump right in. |
Sports Central November 17, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 10 Power Rankings In addition to power rankings, the author provides some quick comments on the plays of the week. |
Sports Central September 29, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 3 Power Rankings Let's proceed to the Week 3 NFL Power Rankings. Brackets indicate previous rank. |