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Sports Illustrated September 21, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Seven teams under the microscope By my count, I've seen 25 teams so far. In some cases, the impressions are muddy. In others, a picture is starting to form. I've got a lot of notes, many impressions, and I'll share them with you, highlighting a few of the more interesting teams. |
Sports Illustrated January 18, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Super Bowl positional breakdown Following are the player vs. player matchups for Super Bowl XXXV... |
Sports Illustrated September 14, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Checkmate How the Jets solved New England's opening gambit... |
Sports Illustrated December 6, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's NFL Power Rankings If you want to stay on my good side never, repeat never, use the word, "parity." There is no such thing. It does not exist... |
Sports Illustrated November 14, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Hit parade The award for best football performance at midseason goes to... |
Sports Illustrated January 4, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
My All-Pro team I am sitting at the midpoint of a forest of charts that stretches into three rooms and threatens to absorb a fourth. The charts represent the documentation of my all-pro candidates, the distillation of 136 games seen live, on the tube or on coaching films... |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2000 Peter King |
Only the good die young I was tempted to write this Monday morning about the Bucs rising slowly in the NFC Central, or about the sudden crises facing the formerly unbeatable Rams. But the top of this football column is not a football column. I ask you to read it anyway... |
Sports Illustrated December 21, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Third Annual TV Commentator Awards The best and worst football commentators on TV... |
Sports Illustrated July 17, 2000 Jack McCallum |
Are you ready for some football? There used to be but one hot stove in sports and baseball owned it. Journalists could write endlessly about what offseason moves the Yankees would be making, but football and basketball remained almost invisible until the games began. Not anymore.... |
Sports Illustrated December 7, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Scouting the NFL playoff contenders It has been a while since this many quality teams were in danger of being bumped from the playoffs... |
Sports Illustrated October 3, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast I see three games heavy with playoff implications this week -- Baltimore at Jacksonville, Tampa Bay at Minnesota and Buffalo at Miami -- and a weirdly similar pattern runs through all three... |
Sports Central December 20, 2005 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Colts' loss doesn't affect top ranking... Patriots push into second... Seahawks' Alexander as MVP?... Broncos poised for first-round bye... Bears better with Grossman?... Bucs scuttled by Pats... etc. |
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Wowed by the Jets It was a flat, lethargic game. One team was playing, the other one was going through the motions. For three quarters. Then all hell broke loose... |
Sports Central September 23, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings After week 3 of football season, here is the updated list of top teams in the NFL. |
Sports Central September 10, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked on their strength after the first week of the regular season. |
Sports Illustrated July 16, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Ready for some football? Preseason rankings as teams prepare for training camp... |
Sports Illustrated October 27, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Mailbag Saints and mailbag sinners I'll take the heat for everything that appears under my byline, but there's one thing that bugs me -- getting ripped for something I didn't write... |
Sports Illustrated April 17, 2000 Peter King |
2000 NFL Draft Report Card |
Sports Central November 4, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked after nine weeks of play. |
Sports Central October 28, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 8 Power Rankings The Tennessee Titans rank number one in this weeks top-rated NFL teams. All 32 teams are ranked. |
Sports Central September 16, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Teams are rated after two weeks of play in the NFL. |
Sports Illustrated October 13, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Don't wind me up A pair of letters that have accused me of being delinquent in the upstairs dept. because I asked the simple question: Why do some teams kick off into the wind? |
Sports Illustrated October 18, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings Week 8: These are the kind of weeks you pray for. The top seven all won. Eight of the bottom nine lost. Fewer hours to agonize over the rankings. Time to take care of the chores that should have been seen to long ago... |
Sports Central December 5, 2006 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 13 Power Rankings LaDainian Tomlinson chasing the single-season touch down record... Top four in passer ratings... San Diego Chargers move to number one in the power rankings... etc. |
Sports Illustrated September 18, 2000 Peter King |
Detroit needs some saving Detroit's teams aren't abandoning their city...Week 3 Awards... Factoid ... 10 Things I Think I Think... |
Sports Central October 7, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked based on their performance in the first five weeks of the season. |
Sports Central December 30, 2003 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings |
Sports Illustrated January 30, 2002 |
Super Bowl XXXVI positional analysis This article breaks down the man-to-man matchups for Super Bowl XXXVI between the Patriots and Rams... |
Sports Illustrated September 7, 2000 Peter King |
Chat Reel Don't be so quick to judge after just one week. Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King joined users on Sept. 7 to look back at the first weekend of the NFL season and ahead to what might unfold down the road. Here is a transcript. |
Sports Central October 20, 2006 Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 7 Panthers face the suddenly reeling Bengals... Jets' Pennington to have a huge day... Eagles hold on for a win... Raiders end their winless streak... etc. |
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 September 27, 2005 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings Same defense stopping Colts offense... New England up a notch after beating Pittsburgh... Clock steals game from Steelers... Cadillac Williams getting too many touches?... Detroit improves position after bye week... etc. |
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 Illustrated October 12, 2000 Peter King |
Campaign 2000 mirrors NFL 2000 Wow. A guy steps out into the world of coffee and politics and gets blistered for it. I guess you all didn't much care for my characterization of the Republican presidential candidate in my Monday Morning Quarterback column this week... |
Sports Central September 28, 2004 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings FOX consistently offers terrible camera angles on purpose, particularly on special teams. No one likes that. Just show us an angle so we can see the play. |
Sports Illustrated July 13, 2000 Peter King |
Chat Reel: Peter King To kick off the NFL preseason, Peter King chatted with users for a full hour. The SI senior writer hit as many subjects as he could, ranging from why the Bears could be this year's Rams, to why he likes Jon Kitna in 2000. But first, are the Redskins locks in the Super Bowl?... |
Sports Central December 19, 2006 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings San Diego Chargers: How about a little love for special teams?... Baltimore Ravens boast the second-stingiest run defense in the NFL... Dallas Cowboys will be dangerous in the postseason, but will have a tough road to the Super Bowl... etc. |
Sports Illustrated November 2, 2000 Peter King |
Chat Reel: SI's Peter King Bucs aren't done if Shaun King lives up to his surname... |
Sports Illustrated November 3, 2000 |
Seven lucky rippers Ranking the teams is like trying to fix a leaky garden hose. Tape up one leak and another one pops up. Tape that one up and whoops, here comes another. I had the Vikings fans nice and calmed down. I thought my column this week took care of the Saints fans. Now another leak has sprung... |
Sports Central November 16, 2006 Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 11 The Ravens pull out a tough 20-14 win... Two big wins in a row may be too much to ask of the Jets... Defense will be non-evident when Cincinnati visits New Orleans... etc. |
Sports Central November 10, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings Notable news in football this week: NFL celebrates Veterans Day... Greg Camarillo probably saved Sunday's game for the Vikings... Brett Favre passed for over 400 yards in the overtime win... etc. |
Sports Illustrated September 19, 2000 Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast In the off-season the one September game you'd have circled in red would have been Jacksonville at Indianapolis this Monday night. The Colts were the consensus choice to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. The Jaguars had the conference's best record in '99, a gaudy 14-2. But things have changed. |
Sports Illustrated January 10, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
'Rested' Raiders, Giants have the edge Never have I seen the opening-round bye advantage kick in to as great an extent as it did last weekend. Whatever the reason, I've never seen such a clear physical superiority shown by the teams that had a chance to rest up... |
Sports Central December 20, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings As part of the NFL Network pre-game show, Deion Sanders shared with viewers his list of the best quarterbacks in the game. |
Sports Central December 26, 2006 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings Team rankings in the NFL. |
Sports Illustrated July 24, 2002 Paul Zimmerman |
Standing Pat Here are the preseason, pre-camp, pre-everything NFL Power Rankings. |
Sports Central November 29, 2005 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings Indianapolis Colts overcome season-high in penalties to dominate Steelers... Denver Broncos have outscored their opponents 273-156... Pittsburgh Steelers haven't looked really impressive since Week 6... Jacksonville Jaguars can still make the playoffs... etc. |
Sports Central October 8, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Report The author comments on games with the Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, and Philadelphia Eagles, among others this week. |
Sports Central October 11, 2005 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings Bad luck is starting to pour in for some teams, and some preseason contenders are starting to look pretty beaten up. Injuries are starting to mount, and good teams are starting to distance themselves from the field. |
Sports Central November 24, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 11 Power Rankings Thursday night color rush uniforms: better this week than last week. The Titans looked almost normal. The Jaguars looked ridiculous. |