Articles by Michael Coggin (46)
Nothing clever to note this week, I’m afraid. This is the problem of having a full time job outside this grand hobby. Thoughts on Week 10’s games & some picks below: Buffalo (+1.5) at New York Jets: What’s interesting is that some outlets are giving the Bills a field goal in this game. Either way, […]
Well last week didn’t exactly go as I had expected. Easily the worst week of the NFL year to date for this column: going 1-1-1 against the spread. Let’s look at what went down. First, Arizona went into Cleveland and won 34-20. The Cardinals were actually down 20-10 but must have remembered they were playing […]
Week 7 in the NFL followed, predictably, the conversation we’ve been having since August. The handful of good teams won as they were expected: the Patriots, Falcons, & Panthers. The bad teams lost as they were expected: the Buccaneers, Lions, Texans, & Browns. Everyone else rolled around in the dirt until someone came out clean(er) […]
Week 6 is already here. In Detroit, Miami, Baltimore, Kansas City, New Orleans, and San Francisco, the NFL season might as well be over. In the AFC South, the Colts—limping out of the gate to a 3-2 start—appear to have weathered the injuries on offense & will soon leave the Titans/Colts/Texans in their dust. That […]
Week Four saw some ups & downs in our fantasy advice. We hit huge on a few guys: Le’Veon Bell, Charles Clay, & the Panthers defense/ST. On the flip side, there were a lot guys that hugely disappointed: Latavius Murray, Jonathan Stewart, Aaron Rodgers, Greg Olsen, & all the WRs. Bad week. Such is life […]
The back-ups cometh. Week 4 in the NFL brings the first round of bye-weeks. If you’ve got any Patriots or Titans on your starting roster, time to go to the bench or waiver wire. UPDATE: According to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, there is a chance the Eagles vs. Washington-football-club game could be moved to Week […]
Has there been a more ass-backwards start to an NFL season in recent memory? If you can think of one, I’d like to hear it. The Seahawks, Colts, Ravens, & Eagles are all winless. The Jets, Jaguars, Titans, and Falcons—teams that combined for 15 wins in 2014—are all leading their divisions after two weeks. Bizarre. […]
View image | gettyimages.com After a disappointing opening to the season in Atlanta, the Philadelphia Eagles will open the 2015 home slate today against the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys are 4-1 in their last five trips to South Philly. The Eagles, on the other hand, have lost four of their last five regular season […]
They say you shouldn’t bet on Week 1 in the NFL: you just don’t know who to trust. That couldn’t have been truer than it was this past weekend. There were surprises: Buffalo blowing out Andrew Luck & the Colts; St. Louis upsetting the reigning NFC champs; the hometown Birds losing in Atlanta; San […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Eagles open their NFL regular season this evening at the Georgia Dome against the Atlanta Falcons. This is the first game on the 2015 ESPN Monday Night Football schedule. Game coverage starts at 6:55 p.m.