Unemployment offices across the U.S. will have more work this week, as a number of NFL kickers got the boot after some shocking performances. Week 4 saw 14 missed field goals and four missed extra points, many of which decided the outcome of close fantasy matchups. It was an otherwise[Read More…]
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Old dogs, new tricks: How Tom Brady evolved past NFL competition
In his 15th season in the NFL, Tom Brady still manages to shatter every misconception about him. After the New England Patriots’ disastrous loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 4 of last season the press was calling for Brady’s head. His critics were saying that he was too[Read More…]
Fantasy Football: Week 3 takeaways
With two weeks of injury-plagued, underwhelming football in the books, Week 3 was the fantasy football gods’ attempt at balancing the scales with 15 multi-touchdown games coming from wide receivers and running backs alone. Of those 15 performances, five were hat tricks, which certainly fueled some improbable comebacks in the fantasy[Read More…]
Shooting the breeze: Rising sophomore quarterbacks in the NFL
Derek Carr – Oakland Raiders The Raiders are a team on the rise, and they may just have the best young quarterback in the NFL to boot. Armed with a quality offensive coordinator in Bill Musgrave and a stud wide receiver in the making in Amari Cooper, Derek Carr is more[Read More…]
Fantasy Football: Week 2 takeaways
Week 2 was highlighted by a flurry of scoring and an onslaught of injuries. Seven teams broke the 30-point threshold on the back of huge games from several fantasy studs. Nevertheless, many owners will be crying themselves to sleep after key performers such as Tony Romo, Lamar Miller, Eddie Lacy,[Read More…]
From the Cheap Seats: All about the Alouettes
Many McGill students I’ve talked to don’t respect the CFL. They see it as a game filled with unskilled players—a joke living in the shadow of the NFL. Just go to one game and you’ll see that this couldn’t be farther from the truth. I headed to Molson Stadium on[Read More…]
Fantasy Football: Keep calm, everything is fine
You’re excited. You spent all Sunday streaming as many games as your bandwidth could handle and now you’re about to overreact when it comes to your fantasy football team. Before you relegate Peyton Manning to the bench next week, make sure to take a step back and make sense of[Read More…]
Draft or drop: Fantasy football
Draft Sam Bradford Quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles (average draft position (ADP) among quarterbacks: 14.2) Since Chip Kelly became the Eagles head coach in 2013, only Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, and Andrew Luck have had more fantasy points than the revolving door of quarterbacks taking snaps under centre in Philadelphia. Sam Bradford[Read More…]
ICYMI: Summer sports roundup
Blue Jays heat up After a mediocre finish in 2014 for the Toronto Blue Jays, the team is on its way to securing a post-season spot this fall after an impressive summer showing. Trade deadline acquisition David Price has been tremendous on the mound, boasting the seventh-best ERA in the[Read More…]
NFL 2015 season preview
NFC North Green Bay Packers—It’s another Super Bowl-or-bust season for the Packers this year as they look to redeem themselves after a heartbreaking NFC Championship Game loss. With reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers at the helm, the Packers should have no problem moving the ball offensively, even with the loss of[Read More…]
