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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 December 3, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central 2011 Pro Bowl Ballot Here's a look at my ballot, with AFC players listed first. I didn't vote for anyone who has been placed on injured reserve. |
Sports Central January 9, 2010 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2009 NFL All-Pro Team With the 2009 regular season over, it's time to honor this season's most outstanding players. |
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 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 December 5, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central 2012 Pro Bowl Ballot Pro Bowl voting has been open for over a month, but now every team has played most of its schedule, so it's finally reasonable to vote for each conference's representatives. Here's a look at my ballot, with AFC players listed first. |
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 December 31, 2008 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2008 NFL All-Pro Team This is the seventh time I have selected an all-pro team for Sports Central, and this column exists to explain the reasons I chose certain players. |
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 December 1, 2010 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central 2010 Pro Bowl Picks Here's a look at my ballot, with AFC players listed first. I didn't vote for anyone who has been placed on injured reserve. |
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 November 26, 2014 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central 2014 Pro Bowl Selections Pro Bowl voting has been open for over a month, but now every team has played the same number of games. Here's a look at my ballot. |
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 December 2, 2009 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central 2009 Pro Bowl Picks Here's a look at one proposed ballot, with AFC players listed first. |
Sports Central December 31, 2007 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central's 2007 NFL All-Pro Team A look at the selections for an all-pro NFL team as compared to last year. |
Sports Central January 4, 2007 Brad Oremland |
SC's 2006 NFL All-Pro Team Player choices for an all-pro NFL team. |
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 November 26, 2007 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central Pro Bowl Selections Pro Bowl voting has been open for over a month, but now every team has played more than half of its schedule, so it's finally reasonable to vote for each conference's representatives. |
Sports Central May 7, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Drafts in Hindsight The author looks back and examines the best and worst from recent NFL draft classes. |
Sports Central April 14, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL Drafts in Hindsight: 2005-2011 This year's NFL Draft is on the horizon, and speculation about Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota makes daily headlines. And why not? |
Sports Central September 13, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings New England claims the number one spot after one week of play in the NFL. |
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 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 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 January 4, 2006 Brad Oremland |
SC's 2005 NFL All-Pro Team This year's picks break the long-standing Associated Press tradition of naming two defensive tackles and two inside linebackers, meaning the team has 12 defenders. |
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 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 November 1, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 8 Power Rankings The Green Bay Packers is at the top of this ranking of NFL teams after 8 weeks of play. |
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 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 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 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 November 15, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings NFL Network's live broadcast from San Diego, totally inaudible at times, highlighted all the reasons not to do your show at the stadium. |
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. |
Sports Central October 23, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings Robert Griffin III has rushed for 468 yards and 6 TDs, putting him on pace for 1,070 yards and 14 TDs. That would break Michael Vick's QB rushing record and tie Cam Newton's TD record. |
Sports Central November 8, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings Safety is an admirable, even necessary goal. But there have to be limits to how far the policies will go, and the defenseless receiver rules go too far. |
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 September 3, 2013 Brad Oremland |
2013 NFL Preseason Power Rankings The numbered rankings below 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. |
Sports Central October 4, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings I know that we're spoiled as television viewers. But broadcasters have the capability now to deliver a nearly perfect product, and it's not unreasonable to expect the networks to do things like show replays. |
Sports Central October 6, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 4 Power Rankings The author ranks football teams starting with the New England Patriots at number one. |
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 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 December 6, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 13 Power Rankings Trend I appreciate: running backs handing the ball to an offensive lineman to spike after rushing touchdowns. |
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 September 18, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings After only two games, Houston DE J.J. Watt has 3 sacks, 5 pass deflections, and a fumble recovery. Wow. |
Sports Central September 20, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings We all have a tendency to overrate good offensive teams. Looking at my top two or three teams this week, I hope I'm not falling into that trap. |
Sports Central September 25, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings Last week, the NFL lost one of the greatest people ever associated with the sport. I wrote last week about Steve Sabol, and it was wonderful to see people around the league honor him in Week 3. |
Sports Central November 29, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings Green Bay Packers -- On pace to score 556 points, which would tie the second-highest total in history. The Packers have scored a league-high 47 touchdowns this season. |
Sports Central October 6, 2009 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings What's current with National Football League teams and games. |