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                   Welcome to my newest blog tilted In The Trenches. I will breakdown some of the bet match-ups involving the best offensive and defensive lines in the NFL. Establishing the line of scrimmage is what every teams aims to accomplish. The offensive line has to be able to push the line of scrimmage back so that running backs have room to run. Defensive linemen have to stand firm at the point of attack and limit the amount to room the running back has. It’s the life line of football and seems to the least talk about aspect of football. Not anymore, I will give credit to the “Big Uglies”, the players that get down and dirty. The players that don’t get to do pretty dances after scoring touchdowns. Everything that happens in the NFL starts up front in the trenches. Houston vs Jags             I know you’re think why would we need to highlight this matchup in ...

                        College Football is a lot more interesting when there is chaos! I think everyone wants to see the best four teams but they want to see those teams challenged and battle tested. The College football selection committee has created that. No longer can teams play these cupcake schedules, win their respected conferences, and make it to a bowl game. You have to earn it! The season means everything, your resume has to better than the next schools, and you have to win your conference. I would hate to be on the selection committee this year.             Is there anyway to get this thing wrong this season? There are ten team worthy of playing in the playoffs this year. But, this isn’t little league sports, everybody doesn’t win in this scenario. That will make a bunch of people mad and it should. Oklahoma, Clemson, Wisconsin, Auburn, Alabama, ...

            Everyone wants to just give the AFC to the Patriots. While I agree that on paper the Patriots are the best team in the NFL, I don’t agree that there aren’t other teams that can beat them. The Oakland Raiders are one of the teams that I feel can give the Patriots some major problems. The Raiders are one of the teams this off-season that didn’t make splashy free agent signings (unless you consider the 30+ year old Lynch splashy). They had a great draft and this team was an injured quarterback away from playing in last year’s super bowl. Key Additions: Marshawn Lynch: I’m giving the Raiders this one because I have no faith that bringing in an old ass Lynch will somehow make that offense that much better. This is a pass first offense and Derek Carr makes this team go. Lynch will bring some power and toughness to this offense. I strongly doubt that he will be a 1000-yard rusher this season. He will be a huge factor in short yardage and th...

                          The 2017 Denver Broncs are an intriguing team. Vance Joseph will be the Broncos 3 rd head coach since Elway has taken over as vice president. John Foxx and Gary Kubiak were both able to get the Broncos to the super bowl, with Kubiak winning one. Joseph will have some big shoes to fill because Broncos fans want to see this team get back to the super bowl. This defense is good enough to win it all but the offense just hasn’t caught up. Key Additions: New Coach: Gary Kubiak stepped down as the Broncos head coach due health reasons. Kubiak was a good offensive mind and got enough out of this offensive unit to win a super bowl. New Head Coach Vance Joseph will have to do the same. Joseph is a former defensive coordinator, runs a tough defensive scheme, and has some horses on this Broncos team. I think it was a great idea to bring in a defensive coach be...

                       The AFC West division is one of the toughest divisions in the NFL. The Denver Broncos are three years removed from winning the super bowl. The Raiders appeared to be legit super bowl contenders, last season, until their hopes crumbled with Derek Carr’s leg. The Kanas City Chiefs have been one of the league’s most consistent teams in the NFL not named the New England Patriots. I understand that they aren’t winning super bowls, or appearing in any for that matter, but they just seem to win 10 games a season and make the playoffs. Then you have the San Diego/LA Chargers! This team seems to catch every possible bad break. Injuries seem to take out one of their key players every year. Phillip Rivers is feeling the pressure to perform at such a high level that he has become a turnover machine. Penalties and other unfortunate events caused this team some close games in 2016. Will anything be different...

                      With two pre-seasons games under our belts and an entire off-season to digest, it’s time to run down how the NFC will shake out this year. Top Seeded Teams:            The teams in this category are the teams that will be competing for one of the top two spots in the NFC playoff pecking order. These teams appear to be better than all the other teams in the conference. I feel there are three teams that will be competing for the two top spots in the NFC.             Dallas Cowboys are one of the teams that will be in the running for the top spot. The Cowboys are quietly becoming the class of the NFC. In 2014, they just missed clinching one of the top spots because they won one less game in the conference than the Seahawks and Packers. That year the Cowboys, Seahawks, and Packers all finished with a 12-4...