NFL Analysis: The Week 5 Undercard
This Sunday is one where the undercard games are, more often than not, the better games on the schedule, making one wonder about the wisdom of those who make up the TV schedule.
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NFL Analysis: Week 5’s National TV Games
Denver-Dallas is the big Week 5 game in the late Sunday afternoon slot, and Houston-San Francisco is a pretty good game on Sunday night. The Jets-Falcons on Monday meets the qualifications for dud, and I’m almost embarrassed to say I’m intrigued by Thursday night’s Buffalo-Cleveland game. Let’s take a look at the four Week 5 games that will be seen by all or most of the country.
NFL Analysis: Week 4 Recap
Denver looks unstoppable, New England, Seattle and New Orleans stay unbeaten, and surprising Kansas City is also in the 4-0 club. TheSportsNotebook’s NFL analysis closes out Week 4 with a run through all 15 games…
NFL Analysis: The Week 4 Undercard
TheSportsNotebook’s NFL analysis has already previewed the four national games of Week 4, starting Thursday night, running through the money game of late Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia-Denver, and then the prime-time games of New England-Atlanta and Miami-New Orleans. Here’s a look at the rest of the games, including picks based on the Las Vegas moneyline.
NFL Analysis: The National TV Games Of Week 4
Week 4 of the NFL season kicks it off on Thursday night in St. Louis and concludes on Monday night in New Orleans. TheSportsNotebook’s weekly preview of the games begins with a focus on the four major national TV games that almost everyone will see—the prime-time games on Thursday, Sunday and Monday, along with late Sunday afternoon’s doubleheader game on Fox.
NFL Analysis: Wrapping Up Week 3
The upsets by Cleveland and Indianapolis were chronicled as part of our look at the AFC’s 6-0 sweep of the NFC in Week 3. Here’s a look at the other ten games from Sunday and Monday, as we close out NFL analysis for Week 3…
NFL Analysis: AFC Drains A Week 3 Six-Pack Over The NFC
The AFC was supposed to be the weaker of the two conferences in the NFL this season. Maybe it will work out that way, but Week 3 provided precious little evidence of NFC superiority. Actually, check that—Week 3 provided zero evidence of NFC superiority, because the AFC swept all six inter-conference games.
NFL Analysis: The Week 3 Undercard
TheSportsNotebook has already previewed the four big national TV games of Week 3, including late Sunday afternoon (Indy-San Francisco), Sunday Night (Chicago-Pittsburgh) and Monday Night (Oakland-Denver). Now let’s look at the 12 games on the Week 3 undercard.
NFL Analysis: Week 3’s Four Major National TV Games
This isn’t the most compelling week of national TV games is we get set for NFL Week 3. I didn’t expect that Chiefs-Eagles would transform the normally sorry Thursday night game into a marquee spot, but you can make an argument for Andy Reid’s return to Philadelphia as one of the best games of the week. Here’s a review of the four games the nation will see, including late Sunday afternoon, and the prime-time Sunday-Monday games.
NFL Analysis: Week 2 Wrap-Up
Week 2 of the NFL season proved to be the one so big it couldn’t be confined to a single post. Either that, or TheSportsNotebook lacks all discretion in understanding what makes a story. However you explain it, our recap of Week 2 encompassed four posts, including this one.
This installment will serve to link you to the other three and clean up commentary on the seven remaining games that didn’t fall under the umbrella of the three other posts. Between them all, you can read up on all 16 games from Week 2.
NFL Analysis: AFC Powers Look Shaky Early
The Denver Broncos might be looking good, as they’re off to a 2-0 start and both wins coming in blowout fashion over respected opponents. The same can’t be said of the other three AFC teams won division titles in 2012. It’s not that New England, Baltimore and Houston aren’t winning—they’re a combined 5-1 with the only loss being the Ravens’ opening night defeat in Denver—but the way the three teams won in Week 2 left their coaching staffs with plenty to still be concerned about.
NFL Analysis: Is The AFC West This Good Or The NFC East This Bad?
Is the AFC West a lot better than expected, or is the NFC East a lot worse than we thought? Or is it both? The AFC West went 3-0 in interconference games against the NFC East and two of those three were on the road. Then NFC East also lost a showdown of 2012 division winners to complete an 0-4 skunk, while the AFC West won the “battle” of two perceived cellar-dwellers to complete the four-game sweep of Week 2.