I Grew Up Loving the Sport of Gridiron As a native of Washington D.C., born in the city and raised in its suburbs, I was lullabied in fight songs about victory and swaddled in burgundy and gold. The then-named Redskins won a Super Bowl shortly before I was born, and then the team won two more in my formative years, including a performance against the Denver Broncos in January of…
I’m a fan of many varied things. I love Star Wars (even as I rail against it). I read most everything Stephen King and Warren Ellis write. I still follow some of my oldest favorite bands. And I try to keep up with the NFL (even if my predictions can be way off). A new thought struck me this football season. There’s something unique about being a fan of a…
The NFL regular season is over and the post-season has begun. Paul and Travis return to look back on their NFL season preview. Which picks do they get to crow about, and which should make them eat crow? What interesting story lines emerged throughout the season and what teams are we keeping an eye on for next year? We end with our updated playoff picks and who we think has…
Paul and Travis discuss the upcoming NFL season. Which teams do we think have improved over the off-season and which have taken a step back? Get your bookie on the phone* and find out who we think will win each division and which teams will snag wildcard spots. Don’t have time to listen? Our playoff teams are listed below: Want to hear our Super Bowl picks? In that case, you’ll…
The 2018 NFL regular season is over, and so it’s time to take a look back on my division winner picks to see how I did. Since I have nobody to compete against this year, I’ll be competing against my score from last year when I get a respectable 10 points. As a reminder, here is the scoring system: 5 points are awarded for correctly picking the division winner 1…
My Rampant Discourse co-contributors were scared off by my amazing performance last year when I accurately predicted the surprising ascent of the Eagles and Rams, so I’ll be running solo on our slimmed down NFL predictions this year. I don’t have any supremely bold predictions, but maybe that’ll help me get more than half of my division winners right this time around. Read on to find out who I think…
The NFL 2017 regular season is over, and so it’s time for the Rampant Discourse crew to take a look back on our pre-season predictions to see how we did with a 2017 NFL season recap. In order to compare how we did, we came up with a (mostly) arbitrary scoring system. Here’s how it works: 5 points are awarded for correctly picking the division winner 1 point is awarded…
The NFL season is over three quarters of the way through, so it’s time to check in on some pre-season predictions and react to the season thus far. Paul Says: AFC North: In our predictions for the season, I said of the AFC North, “This one is too easy”, and so far it has been. Despite some early season struggles and a surprising start for the Ravens, the Steelers are not…
You may have noticed a slight decrease in participation for these weekly NFL reaction posts. It turns out we were a little ambitious in thinking we could support this commitment for 17 weeks, so we’re going to scale back slightly. This will be the last weekly reaction piece this season. The group will be back for a “third quarter” check-in sometime around week 12 and then we’ll get the band…
Fall is upon us and lots of people are knee deep in the NFL season. Football is the most watched sport in America and for many years has truly been America’s game. But, there are a ton of big gnarly problems with the NFL that are slowly coming to a head. It’s a league that treats its players and fans terribly. It turns a blind eye to racism, sexism, and…