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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 January 27, 2009 Brad Oremland |
The Best NFL Rookie Class Ever? We saw exceptional rookie performances this season, but the rookie class of 1981 was the greatest in NFL history. |
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 November 22, 2006 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central Pro Bowl Selections With Pro Bowl voting open for over a month, here's a look at my ballot. |
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 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 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 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 12, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2014-15 Divisional Weekend NFL teams with coaching vacancies have been patient this year. Rex Ryan will apparently be the next head coach of the Buffalo Bills, and that's the first opening filled, with five remaining. |
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 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 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 November 16, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings The Eagles move into the number one spot this week as the Giants slip to number five. |
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 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 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 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 28, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings With one week of regular season play remaining, here's where each NFL team ranks. |
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 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 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 November 18, 2004 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central Pro Bowl Selections Pro Bowl voting has been open for weeks, but now every team has played more than half of its games, which means it's reasonable to vote for each conference's representatives. |
Sports Central January 13, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Divisional Weekend Wrap-Up Last week, I criticized Philadelphia fans for booing injured Saints. This week, classless Denver fans booed injured Chargers. Knock it off. |
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 November 23, 2005 Brad Oremland |
Sports Central Pro Bowl Selections Now that every NFL team has played more than half of its games, it's finally reasonable to vote for each conference's Pro Bowl representatives. How do your choices stack up against these? |
Sports Central July 31, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Pro Football Hall of Fame Biggest Snubs This is an updated version of a piece I wrote in 2007. Many of the players I wrote about then have been elected to Canton, some new players have become eligible, and some things I've changed my mind about. |
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 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 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. |