Cowboys & Giants Still In NFL Playoffs Picture By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The sleeping Steelers finally woke up, the almost-slumbering Chiefs sleepwalked their way to a win (barely, again) and the Jets are so hopeless their fans are getting mad when they actually win a game. The NFL heads into its final regular season weekend with … [Read more...]
NFL Christmas Weekend Games Bold Picks & Predictions Breakdown Analysis
Las Vegas Raiders To Top Tua & Dolphins By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Blogger Heading into the Christmas weekend games, we know know for sure that Pittsburgh comprised not of steel but fool's gold, the Rams can not only beat just about anybody they can lose to them as well, the Chiefs do just enough to win as if they are toying with teams, the Eagles (as … [Read more...]
NFL Week 15 Bold Picks & Predictions With Break-Down Analysis
Tua-Led Dolphins To Knock Off Quarterback-Challenged Patriots By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The NFL heads into the looking-at-the-playoffs (or the draft) and holiday season with some teams going all out for home-field advantage and others just going through the motions. Here are my picks for Week 15. The winners are in bold with confidence points … [Read more...]
NFL Week 14 Bold Picks & Predictions With Break-Down Analysis
Seahawks To Flatten The Low-Flying Jets By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The Jets are grounded again, the Steelers now now the taste of defeat, Dez Bryant declares himself done and there are games taking place every day of the week. It's NFL Week 14 in the COVID-19 era. What happens off the field is as unpredictable as what happens on it. But I'll … [Read more...]
NFL Week 13 Bold Picks & Predictions With Break-Down Analysis
Falcons To Upset Saints In Hotlanta By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Senior Editor The NFL is headed into odd COVID-19 times with training facilities closed for two days, plus teams closing in on the playoffs and the league marching toward the holidays. Here are my Week 13 bold picks & predictions, with a game-by-game breakdown analysis of the winners … [Read more...]
NFL Thanksgiving Weekend Games Picks & Predictions
Chiefs To Defeat Bucs & Brady While The Pack Will Rebound Against Offense-Challenged Bears By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The Thanksgiving games are here and while the ones on Thursday look like real turkeys, there's enough to feat on come Sunday. Here are my picks, with confidence points in the far right column. Below is my analysis on why I … [Read more...]
NFL Picks For Week 11 Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Chargers Can't Possibly Lose To The Jets – Or Can They? By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor Week 12 of the NFL season is here are this week's winners and losers, along with the reasons I picked these teams. The winner is in bold with confidence points in the far right column. Game# Visitor Home Your Pick Conf. Pts 1 Arizona … [Read more...]
NFL Picks For Week 10 Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Cardinals To Top Bills In This Weekend's Top Game By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor Week 10 of the NFL season is upon us and here are this week's winners and losers, along with the reasons I picked these teams. The winner is in bold with confidence points in the far right column. Game# Visitor Home Your Pick Conf. Pts 1 Indianapolis … [Read more...]
NFL Picks For Week 9 Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Seahawks Travel To Buffalo For This Week's Biggest Game By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor Maybe now after upset Sunday, things will return to normal. Whatever "normal" is in the NFL, as players sometimes lose focus for a week which results in results like, well, the Packers losing to the Vikings and the Chargers falling to the Broncos. But of course, … [Read more...]
NFL Picks For Week 8 Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Tua Tagovailoa Makes Debut In Dolphins Vs. Rams By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The Tua Tsunami takes the field for the first time in an NFL game on Sunday as the Miami Dolphins host the LA Rams. The Rams are coming off running away from the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football so this should be an interesting game. Another contest that offers … [Read more...]
My NFL Picks For Week 7 Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Titans To Down Steelers While The Bills Rebound Against The Hapless Jets By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor There's a few things we know as the NFL moves onto its Week 7 games. Derrick Henry is a beast and the Titans need to #feedthebeast, the Cowboys are struggling not just without Dak Prescott but also (apparently) with the new coaching staff, the … [Read more...]
My NFL Picks For Week 6 Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Surging Rams To Run Over The Struggling 49ers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The NFL heads into Week 6 with some teams surging, others stumbling and of course the Jets still being, well, the Jets. Here are my picks this week's games, with confidence points and an analysis of my predictions. Game# Visitor Home Your Pick Conf. … [Read more...]
My NFL Picks For Week 5 Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Dallas Cowboys To Rebound (But If They Can't Beat The Giants They Are In REAL Trouble) By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor This is the week. The Cowboys get the W. And if they can't beat the Giants, well, the shine is really off the star in Big D. Here are my picks for the NFL's Week 5 games and why I picked these winners and losers. Just don't to to … [Read more...]
My Picks For Week 4 NFL Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
COVID-19 Concerns To Occupy Titans & Vikings By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The NFL was humming right along until a few Titans players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus. That suddenly changed the priority of the team as well as the Vikings, the team they played on Sunday. In other developments, the Giants and Jet still stink, the … [Read more...]
The NFL’s Worst Teams In 2020 – The Power(less) Rankings
Jets Overtake Giants To Lead The 10 Most Awful Teams In The League By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The heck with ranking the NFL's best teams. It's way more fun to look at the terrible ones. And here is PubClub.com's power(less) rankings of the NFL's worst teams. 1.) New York Jets. The Jets are so bad they made the Colts look like Super Bowl … [Read more...]
My Picks For Week 3 NFL Games And Why I Picked These Winners & Losers
Ravens To Top Chiefs In The Weekend's Highlight Matchup By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com NFL Blogger Week 3 of the NFL season has one marquee matchup and several dog games. Still, they are playing and that's more than you can say for the Big 10 and Pac-12 in college football, right? Here's my picks for this week followed by why I picked these winners and … [Read more...]
My NFL Picks For Week 2 And Why I Picked These Winners
Chiefs To Roll, Cowboys To Bounce Back And Still Confidence In Tom Brady By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor The NFL is underway and play in Week 1 was surprisingly crisp, considering there were no preseason games (maybe those aren't such a good idea after all) and all the COVID-19 precautions. And while some things are odd just beyond seeing coaches and … [Read more...]
Here Are My NFL Picks For Week 1 And Why I Picked These Winners
Tom Brady To Lift Bucs, Hard To Trust The Cowboys And The Jets Still Stink By Kevin Wilkerson, NFL Editor Published Sept. 9, 2020 The NFL is here! And let's hope it stays that way in this COVID-19 era. The first week of the season is one of the most difficult to predict winners because you really don't know what to expect from teams. Everyone's a winner until … [Read more...]
Are You Ready For Some Football? The First NFL Game Is This Thursday
There Are Plenty Of Changes Due To COVID-19 And Moves By The Raiders And Tom Brady By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Editor Published Sept. 7, 2020 Are you ready for some football? Something other than Central Arkansas, South Alabama vs. Southern Miss and Army 42, Middle Tennessee zip? The 2020 NFL season starts this Thursday and in case you are losing … [Read more...]
NY Jets QB Sam Darnold Won’t Be Living Like Joe Namath This Season
No Broadway Sam Like Broadway Joe For 2020 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com NFL Editor Published Aug 26 New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold won't be known as "Broadway Sam" this season. Unlike another famous signal-caller from the team's past, he won't be going out on Broadway or even in New York City this fall. Instead, he will be "boring," in his own … [Read more...]
Sound Advice For The NFL’s Rookie Receivers
Being Humble Doesn't Get The Big Contracts Here By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger They have yet to play a down, yet they come in as heralded superstars, team saviors, players that will lead their team to a championship. But in order for them to succeed, they need to learn a few things that don't involve working with the quarterback on … [Read more...]
NFL Draft 2020 Still A Go In Las Vegas – With This Catch
Commissioner Roger Goddell Responds To COVID-19 Pandemic By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The NFL Draft 2020, scheduled for April 23-25 will go on as planned in Las Vegas, although with one catch. There will be no public fanfare for it – quite literally – because the league has canceled the public viewing party and fanfest. It will, tho, be … [Read more...]
What To Watch For As NFL Network Combine Coverage Expands Into Primetime
Wide Receivers And 40-Yard Dash Make or Muss-See Football TV By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The NFL Network is expanding its coverage of the Scouting Combine into primetime for 2020 and here's some prime things to watch for during the telecasts. First of all is the coverage itself. The NFL Network is providing it starting Thursday, Feb. 27 with the … [Read more...]
Need Tickets To Super Bowl LIV? Don’t Believe Those On-Line Ticket Prices
Boots On The Ground The Key To Finding The True Price By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger It sure makes for interesting headlines. But don't ever believe those exorbitant ticket prices for major events you see on social media and in media reports for major events. The Super Bowl is always a prime target for the press and Super Bowl LIV ticket … [Read more...]
NFL Playoffs Conference Championships Weather For Kansas City & San Francisco
Single-Digit Temperatures May Affect Chiefs-Titans Outcome Kansas City and San Francisco – well, Santa Clara – are hosting the NFL Playoffs conference championship games and the weather conditions could have an effect on the winners. The games are Sunday, Jan. 19. Here is the weather forecast, the kickoff times (Eastern time) and the network. • AFC Championship, … [Read more...]
NFL Playoffs Divisional Round Weather For All Four Home Team Cities
Pleasant Conditions In San Francisco & Baltimore With Frigid Temperatures In Kansas City & Green Bay With all games at outdoor venues, the NFL Playoffs Divisional Rounds are at the mercy of Mother Nature, and here is the weather forecast for all four host cities. In addition to the game-time conditions, listed is the game, the time (ET) and network on … [Read more...]
Packers-Bears Show What’s Wrong With The NFL
Poorly Played Game Sets Pro Football Back 100 Years By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger On the 100th anniversary of the National Football League, the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears set pro football back a century. The offensive ineptitude from both teams produced just 467 combined yards. The Packers averaged a paltry 3.7 yards per play, the … [Read more...]
NFL Opening Weekend Has Become An American Party
Kickoff Game 2019 Features Packers-Bears Rather Than Defending Super Bowl Champion By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Let the party begin. The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears kick off the 2019 season on Thursday, Sept. 5. It marks the start of a NFL opening weekend, which has become an American party. When the NFL started Thursday night games … [Read more...]
What’s So Wrong With The Patriots Always Being In The Super Bowl?
America Should Embrace, Not Scorn, Winners By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Half the talk leading into Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta was this: "Not the Patriots. Not again!" This was from people whose teams were eliminated in the regular season or the playoffs or from others who simply wanted to see a different team on TV between the … [Read more...]
NFL’s Unfair OT Rules – And Tom Brady – Puts Patriots In Super Bowl LIII
This Is Thee League's Version of Deflategate By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger It's tough to beat Tom Brady. The guy is as tough as a crocodile, as resilient as cockroach. You just can't keep him down – he keeps coming back and back and back. And it's even tougher when the other team doesn't even get the ball. That's what happened as Brady … [Read more...]
New Orleans Saints Tailgate Party Guide & NFC Championship Game Concerts
From The Tailgate Party Scene To Inside The Mercedes Benz Superdome By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Who dat!? Where dat!? Is dat another touchdown!? I said those three things a lot during my New Orleans Saints game-day experience at the start of the 2018 NFL season. From the tailgating to the Mercedes Benz Superdome and onto Bourbon Street … [Read more...]
NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend Cities Weather Forecasts
Cold For Kansas City-Tennessee; Los Angeles Sunny And Warm With this winter blast putting half the country into a deep freeze, the first round of the NFL Playoffs – Wild Card weekend – will escape much of the bad weather that has snow and below-freezing temperatures as far as the Deep South. Here's a rundown of the four games on Saturday and Sunday. All times … [Read more...]
NFL Reschedules Dolphins-Bucs Opener In Face Of Hurricane Irma
Sunshine State Sports Update: Florida & Florida State Games Currently On As Scheduled With Hurricane Irma headed toward Florida, the NFL is taking no chances with by endangering fans, players and officials. It has changed the plans for the Dolphins-Buccaneers opener, which was scheduled for Sunday. On Wednesday, it announced the game will be rescheduled to Week 11, … [Read more...]
How New England Won Super Bowl LI (And How Atlanta Lost It)
Tom Brady & Patriots' Experience Beats Falcons' Regular-Season Mentality By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger For three and a half quarters, the coaches and players had a vice grip on the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons had a Super Bowl championship within their grasp. Then they loosened the it and lost the game, 34-28, the only Super Bowl … [Read more...]
Johnny Manziel Quits Partying; Eyes Return To The NFL
Former Browns QB Claims He's Taught Himself To Be Sober By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The never-ending fraternity boy of the NFL has quit drinking, quit partying. "I refuse to let my entire life of sports from the age of 4 be squandered by partying," Johnny Manziel wrote (rather randomly, don't you think?) to ESPN's Ed Werder. So his party days are … [Read more...]
An Open Letter To The Los Angeles Chargers
After Relocating From San Diego, Here's How To Win Over Fans In L.A. Dear L.A. Chargers: Now that you've decided to make Los Angeles your new home, there's a few things you need to do in oder to build a fan base here. You're pretty much starting from scratch, you see, for there are not many Chargers fans in L.A. (Heck, there aren't many Rams fans either, not after the … [Read more...]
L.A. Top NFL Sports Bars Game Watching Locations Hermosa Beach
Where To Watch The Bears, Rams, Seahawks, Vikings, & Other Teams In Los Angeles There's more than Rams fans in Los Angeles. Many more, and when it comes to finding bars where transplanted fans watch their teams, look no further than Hermosa Beach. There are several lively bars on and around Pier Plaza that have specific groups watching their teams, as well as a … [Read more...]
How The Chargers Not Charging To L.A. Affects USC Football
Coliseum Was Prepared To Make Major Change To Accommodate NFL The announcement by Chargers owner Dean Spanos that he will keep his team in San Diego for the 2016 season while he seeks a new stadium deal has an interesting affect on football in Los Angeles. And not just the NFL, but one college team, as well: USC. Artificial Turf Plan Now On Hold Without the Chargers, … [Read more...]
NFL Teams Continue To Flirt With Moving To Los Angeles
Chargers, Rams & Raiders Expected To File To Relocate L.A. The San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams appear to be ready to file documents to apply to move to the Los Angeles market as early at this week. The Chargers and Raiders are exploring a joint venture in Carson while the Rams have unveiled plans for a stadium at the old Hollywood Park site, … [Read more...]