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The Nagy Diaries: NFL Refs Hate Me and I Hate Them
Dear Diary, Have you ever felt like the deck was stacked against you? Not because of who you are, or how you carry yourself, but because...


The Nagy Diaries: I Will Live and Die by Justin Fields
Dear Diary, He did it again. He made me fall even deeper in love with him than I ever thought was possible. I’m talking about Justin, of...

The Nagy Diaries: And All of a Sudden, The Chicago Bears Are Back to Square One
Dear Diary, It can be so, so, so damn hard, y’know? Just when you think you’re getting better, making significant progress towards...

The Nagy Diaries: The Bears Fall Short to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers
Dear diary, I love Aaron Rodgers. I’m sorry. I know that’s wrong, but he’s just so fun to watch throw a football. He’s an arrogant,...


NFL Power Rankings: Separating the Top Tier of Contenders From the Teams Focused on Next September
One statement. One question. 32 teams. Let’s go. Lombardi Boys 1. Buffalo Bills (4-1) Everyone’s favorite laser-beaming cyborg Josh Allen...


The Nagy Diaries: Justin Fields Leads the Bears to Another W in Vegas
Dear diary, I try not to fall victim to confirmation bias, but tweets like this make me so happy that I’m a Bears fan. I said it a...


Quarterback Corner: Power Ranking the Best and Worst Dime Droppers in the NFL 4 Weeks In
Tier 1: The Golden Boys 1. Patrick Mahomes (Previously: 1) Have we already began to take Patrick Mahomes for granted? I mean, seriously?...

The Nagy Diaries: Justin Fields Makes Me Very, Very Happy
Dear Diary, Justin started today. And no, it wasn’t like last week at all. It was pure and brilliant. There were times where I literally...


The Nagy Diaries: Fire Matt Nagy, or We Burn the City to the Ground
Dear Diary, In this day and age, where offensive gurus like Andy Reid, Sean McVay, and Kyle Shanahan are getting the maximum potential...


The Nagy Diaries: Justin Fields is Announced Starting Quarterback
Dear Diary, It’s happening. It’s fucking happening. The Messiah has been named our Week 3 starter against the Cleveland Browns. If you...


Week 1 NFL Power Rankings
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers It's rare that the best team in all of football returns all 22 starters after hoisting the Lombardi trophy. Tampa...


Quarterback Corner: Ranking the Best Signal Callers in the NFL
Tier 1: The Best of the Best 1. Patrick Mahomes He's the best quarterback in football by a wide margin. His traits are unparalleled:...

The Hopeless Diary of a Chicago Bears Fan
Dear Diary, My name is Ralph, and I've been a Chicago Bears fan since the day my Uncle Ernie teased my brother and I about having...


Five Late-Round Fantasy Players I'm Targeting in Every Draft
If you are a fantasy football manager, you are well aware that while the early rounds are important, you win fantasy football drafts in...

NFL Mock Draft 2.0
Welcome to the Burbs Sports Mock Draft 2.0! Analysts Ryan Dobbs and Connor Sheehan co-mock this round of selections ahead of the draft on...


Dobbs Mock Draft 1.0
Jaguars - Trevor Lawrence: This pick shouldn't be hard to understand. In fact, if you are reading this I'm going to assume you already...


What PFF's Unique Quarterback Stats Say About Draft Prospects
In pursuit of finding the secret to predicting an NFL player's success, I took a look at the most analyzed position in all of...


Top Landing Spots for JJ Watt
As if this offseason couldn't be any crazier, yet another superstar is on the move. JJ Watt, the 3x DPOY, mutually agreed with the...


Super Bowl Appetizer
Over the years, Super Bowl Sunday has integrated itself as an American holiday. It's a time where people gather and spend time together,...


Super Bowl LV: Defensive Outlook
Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us. In one of the most anticipated matchups ever, this game will be unlike any Super Bowl before. It's...


The Deshaun Watson Saga
The Houston Texans have had one hell of a year. Amid a season full of disappointment, the Texans lost their star quarterback and head...

Should Phillip Rivers Make the Hall of Fame?
Throughout Phillip Rivers' 17-year career, he gave the NFL all he had. Holding nearly every single record possible for a Chargers...


NFL Divisional Round Final Digest
Saturday, January 16 #6 Rams @ #1 Packers 3:35 PM CT Spread: Packers -6.5 O/U45.5 Ryan Dobbs: From the outside looking in, a Rams win...


Six Players to Watch: Wild Card Weekend
We have finally arrived! It's the 2021 NFL playoffs. I'm here to tell you what players you should keep a keen eye on in the Wild Card...


Wild Card Weekend Final Digest
Anything can happen in the playoffs, so we've gathered together our NFL writers to discuss how they're feeling about Wild Card Weekend.


Pretenders and Contenders: AFC Edition
Now that we are heading into the playoffs, I determined which teams can be seen as a threat to win the Super Bowl, and which teams are...


Early offseason to-do list for all 32 NFL teams
As we near the end of the 2020 NFL regular season, I look ahead and predict what every NFL team's "to-do list" should look like. This...


Pretenders and Contenders: NFC Edition
While there are 14 playoff teams, only a handful prove to be good enough to compete for a Super Bowl. As we head into Week 17, I decipher...


We knew the Steelers were overrated, and now they’re proving it to us week by week.
No team in the modern era of football has ever started a season 11-0 and then lost three consecutive games, but that’s exactly what the...


Top Three Games to Watch in Week 15
This week is pivotal in deciding playoff seeding. Who will get hot? Who will plummet out of the playoffs? Here are the top three games to...


Game Changers: Receiver Talent
Before the start of this season, I had created a statistical formula that contextualized the strengths and weaknesses of each NFL team....

Star Rookies And Their Hall of Fame Comparisons
As we get ready for the playoff push in the 2020 NFL season, it is hard not to notice the impact that certain rookies have made on the...


3/20/20 — The Hopkins X Diggs Saga Begins
March 20 is one annual date worth revisiting. Harriett Beecher Stowe published her literary classic, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, on March the 20th...


The Chicago Bears are stuck in the worst position in sports
The worst possible destiny for Bears fans is their franchise becoming the Orlando Magic of the NFL. Not good enough to play for...


Five NFL Coaches on the Hot Seat
We've hit the halfway point of the NFL season, which means that it's full-on tank mode for some teams. There are coaches who need to turn...


Top 3 Games of Week 7
It’s Week 7 and it’s already been an interesting season, to say the least. Here’s a few games you need to watch this week.


Random Player of the Week
I really enjoy just thinking of random players that come to my head. This week's RPOTW is former Tennessee Titans quarterback Jake...
Top 3 Games to Watch for Week 6
It is now Week 6 of the NFL season and we have a very good slate of games ahead of us, but which ones are a must-watch? I’ll let you...


Burbs Betting: Week 6
As the NFL gears up for their Week 6 matchups, so does the Burbs Sports team. We give you our top four favorite bets of NFL Sunday and a...


Random Week 6 Moment from NFL History
It's Week 6 of the 2020 NFL season, but for this installment, we are going back to Week 6 of 2009. It was October 18, and a snowy day in...


Ferjak’s top 5 Landing Spots for Le'Veon bell
The New York Jets released three time pro bowl running back Leveon Bell Tuesday evening after trying to actively trade him. I’m here to...


Random Player of the Week
I absolutely love doing RPOTW. It's fun to dive into the past and make people say, "Oh yeah, I remember that guy, he was a beast", or "Oh...


Waiver Wire Wednesday: Week 6
Every week the Burbs Sports team compiles four players that will either make a weekly or yearly difference for your fantasy team. This...

Top 3 Games of Week 5
We are now in Week 5 of the 2020 NFL season and teams are starting to gain some momentum in their divisions. I’m here to tell you which...


Random Moment in NFL Week 5 History
With the first post of my "Random Moments of Weekly History in the NFL" series, we go back seven years. The year is 2013: Peyton Manning...


2020 NFL Quarterly Awards (Quarter 1)
We are now a quarter of the way through the exciting 2020 NFL season, and I'm breaking down my predictions for the award-winners through...


Burbs Betting: Week 3
As the NFL gears up for their Week 3 matchups, so does the Burbs Sports team. We give you our top four favorite bets of NFL Sunday and a...


Top 3 Games for Week 2
Week 1 of the NFL season gave us a great preview for a wild season, and Week 2 kicks off right where Week 1 left off. #3. Minnesota...


NFL Week 1 Recap
First Impressions All Pro Quarterbacks pick up where they left off: Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson toss 4 touchdowns each while Lamar...


Top 3 NFL Games to watch for Week 1
Football is BACK! While we are all excited to see literally any sort of normalcy with some Sunday football action, there are a few games...
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