Quick Slant: MNF - Tomlin Works the Levers and Wheels; Daboll's Red Cheeks and Blue Veins Color Coordinate
Giants @ Steelers, Monday @ 8:15 PM At 2-5, the Giants seem like slight overachievers. Proud owners of four Lombardi Trophies, they now cling to relevancy, an annual tradition spanning a decade. Under HC Brian Daboll, they have walked a tightrope between progress and peril for three years. Daniel Jones lives
Quick Slant: SNF - Two Legacy Franchises Try to Avoid Oblivion
Cowboys @ 49ers, Sunday @ 8:20 PM In the post-merger NFL annals, few teams loom as large as the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. Together, they account for ten total Super Bowl victories and 16 appearances, representing over 27% of the NFC’s total appearances and 34% of its
Quick Slant: TNF - The Rams Are Starting to Feel a Little More Like Themselves
Vikings @ Rams, Thursday @ 8:15 PM The Vikings have already exceeded what many thought was possible for them in 2024. In August, ESPN ranked them 23rd in their pre-season power rankings. Their over/under on wins was around 6.5, and at the beginning of September, odds were set at
Quick Slant: MNF - The Future's So Bright, the Cards and Chargers Gotta Wear Shades - For Now They Prove Sunshine Can't Cure Sadness
Chargers @ Cardinals, Monday @ 9:00 PM We reserve our sports empathy for the Northeast, the Midwest – the oldest parts of the country – the broken and battered industrial cities that live as underdogs and survivors and derive hope from their champions. As if pain can only subsist in the veins of
Quick Slant: MNF - A Long Way from Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer - In This Life, the Bucs and Ravens Bring the Offense
Ravens @ Buccaneers, Monday @ 8:15 PM The Bucs and Ravens enter Monday’s game perceived as two of the NFL’s top tier, and there are many implications for the playoff races. The Ravens are 4-2 and leading the ordinarily competitive AFC North. In what was supposed to be a
Quick Slant: SNF Features the Week's Most Talked-About Teams
Jets @ Steelers, Sunday @ 8:20 PM For the Jets, what a difference a week makes. They lost on Monday but fought hard against a good team and narrowly came up on the wrong end. This was New York’s first game under new HC Jeff Ulbrich after Robert Saleh was
Quick Slant: TNF Returns to Its Roots by Administering the Ludovico Technique and Forcing Us to Watch Bad Football
Broncos @ Saints, Thursday @8:15 PM Thursday Night Football is up to its old tricks again. A nationally featured island game with the lowest over-under of the week sounds vaguely familiar, but usually not with the Bezos edition. There was a time in the NFL when a 36.5 over-under
Quick Slant: Is This the New Allen, and Can the Jets (Ever) Get on Track?
Bills @ Jets, Monday @ 8:15 PM The expectations for the AFC East were greater than this. People gushed over three teams and wondered which had the best chance at the Super Bowl. Only the Patriots were appraised with no shot; perhaps, in retrospect, we were only right about them. The