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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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 September 2, 2014 Brad Oremland |
2014 NFL Preseason Power Rankings This season, I'm picking nine playoff teams to repeat, which is high, but in line with what we've seen the last few years. |
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 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 September 8, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Preseason Power Rankings This season, I'm picking seven of the 12 playoff teams to repeat, which is lower than most predictions you'll read, but in line with what we've seen the last few years. |
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 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 September 1, 2008 Matt Thomas |
2008 Fantasy Football Preview: K/Defense This third and final breakdown will give you all the information you need to select the oft-overlooked players at the kicker and defensive positions. |
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 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 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 April 28, 2015 Brad Oremland |
A Decade Later: Grading the 2005 Draft Before I try to evaluate the new draft, I'm tackling a project I can handle with more confidence: grading the 2005 NFL Draft. |
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 May 6, 2013 Joshua Duffy |
The Best Moves of the NFL Offseason Let's take a look around the league and pick out the top impact additions for NFL teams this fall. |
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 September 4, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Preseason Power Rankings Preseason predictions are intimidating. Since the NFL's expansion and realignment in 2002, a little less than half the playoff field from the previous year reaches the postseason again. |
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 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 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 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 Central October 22, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Report The author comments on television coverage of football and reviews the performance of teams like the Oilers, the Vikings, and the Seahawks. |
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 September 7, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2010 Preseason Power Rankings The NFL rankings here 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. Brackets show predicted regular-season record. |
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 24, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Report This is an NFL column, but we're starting with a different league and some scores from Saturday college football. |
Sports Central December 21, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings The Patriots, Falcons and Eagles remain in the top spots in this weeks assessment of NFL teams. |
Sports Central December 4, 2007 Seth Doria |
In the Box: NFL Week 13 An analysis of last week's NFL games, plus building an unbeatable team from scratch. |
Sports Central April 21, 2013 Matt Thomas |
2013 NFL Mock Draft, Three Rounds of Hell My three-round mock draft includes the added rigor of projecting draft-day trades and includes a detailed write-up of all first round picks, first picks for those teams not picking in round one, and a select few other selections that interest me for whatever reason. |
Sports Central October 18, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 6 Power Rankings The Packers and Ravens stay on top after six weeks pf play in the NFL. |
Sports Central September 15, 2009 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings After one week of regular play in the NFL, here's where the teams stand. |
Sports Central May 6, 2014 Brad Oremland |
A Decade Later: Grading the 2004 Draft Before I try to evaluate the new draft, I'm tackling a project I can handle with more confidence: grading the 2004 NFL Draft. |
Sports Central January 5, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings An evaluation of end-of-season power in the NFL. |
Sports Central September 9, 2014 Brad Oremland |
2014 NFL Week 1 Power Rankings The Seattle Seahawks are chosen for the number one spot this week in football power rankings. |
Sports Central November 4, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings Five quarterbacks have a first down percentage over 40%: Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, and Alex Smith. |
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 November 18, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 11 Power Rankings Quiz time! Can you identify the rushing stats of (1) Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson and (2) the Oakland Raiders? |
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 November 10, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 9 Power Rankings The idea that the NFL can and should decree multi-game suspensions for off-field incidents, but virtually ignore the violent behavior of players while they participate in actual NFL games makes no sense to me. |
Sports Central July 24, 2007 Seth Doria |
NFL '07 Preview: Wide Receivers For wide receivers, we use receptions, yards, scoring, and potential for big plays as the judgment criteria. |
Sports Central April 24, 2007 Matt Thomas |
2007 NFL Mock Draft, Final Release As we approach zero hour, the picture for the NFL's yearly selection extravaganza is becoming increasingly and predictably cloudy |