by Mario Mergola | Nov 5, 2015
Originally Posted on XNSports One week following a relatively widespread massacre, the National Football League took some time off. Week 8 featured a relatively balanced mix of outcomes across the board, from favorites and underdogs to ‘obvious’ and ‘trap’ games, and...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 29, 2015
Originally Posted on XNSports The National Football League is in the middle of a reversal. The early part of 2015 featured an odd, but distinct set of outcomes. As a whole, favorites were cruising to victories at an unsustainable rate. Games that would normally be...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 22, 2015
Originally Posted on XNSports It was only a matter of time before the league pulled the rug from under the collective feet of the football-watching world. As detailed in last week’s column, favorites — and, more accurately, ‘popular’ picks — were enjoying an...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 15, 2015
Originally Posted on XNSports Something strange is happening in the early part of the 2015 season: teams are playing to their expected level of production. Considering each National Football League season contains only sixteen games, the sample size for a particular...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 8, 2015
Originally Posted on XNSports The first four weeks of any season operate like the first quarter of a football game — teams are trying to establish their position and opponents are getting a feel for one another. The same is true for the perception of a given...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 1, 2015
Originally Posted on XNSports It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. The National Football League is built for parity and turnover. With the exception of a handful of teams that seemingly always remain at the top or bottom of the league, the nature of the sport allows...
