December 9, 2017 Posted in  Amateur Sports, NFL News, PSAs

On Monday, December 4, 2017, a football game was held in Cincinnati between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals. It featured multiple personal fouls, injuries, suspendable offenses, but, most damning, a player who may never walk again.

For the Shazier hit that paralyzed him from the waist down, he committed the cardinal sin of tackling/hitting: He had his head down on impact. Key thing to consider.

As for the nature, being masculine is OK. Being too much of that is a problem. Football is and embodies masculinity. The overmasculinity of teams like the Steelers and Bengals is toxic masculinity, while being smarter in hitting/tackling is acceptable masculinity.

Course of action: Implement a rule that if a player lowers his head to hit someone, that player is to be ejected...

August 28, 2017 Posted in  NFL News

It’s that time again. Welcome to the Broadie Report’s 2017 NFL Picks. These picks were made regardless of injury or suspension that will occur in the future. That means suspensions for Ezekiel Elliott and Vontaze Burfict will be considered in these picks. So will the torn ACL for Julian Edleman.

So, without further ado, here are my picks:

Division Winners

AFC East: New England

AFC South: Indianapolis

AFC North: Pittsburgh

AFC West: Oakland

NFC East: NY Giants

NFC South: Tampa Bay

NFC North: Green Bay

NFC West: Seattle

Wild Cards:

AFC: Kansas City, Houston

NFC: Dallas, Washington

AFC Champion: New England

NFC Champion: Green Bay

Super Bowl LII Winner: New England

First Pick in the 2018 NFL Draft: Los Angeles Rams

MVP: Derek Carr

Coach of the Year: Mike McCarthy

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January 4, 2017 Posted in  NFL News

The 2016 NFL regular season has concluded. My biggest surprise team is the Detroit Lions. I did not have them making the playoffs this season. Kudos to their coaches for their accomplishments this season. I expect them to possibly win the NFC North in 2017 as Aaron Rodgers ages and the Viking Quarterback situation is still a bit iffy.

The biggest disappointments are the two teams I picked at the start of the season to come out of the AFC, Jacksonville Jaguars and the Oakland Raiders, for different reasons. I’ll start with the Jaguars. Their coaching rivaled the Cleveland Browns as the worst coaching in the league in ’16. QB Blake Bottles was awful; however, poor coaching likely had a lot to do with his struggles. I expect the new coach to rectify the situation...

September 7, 2016 Posted in  NFL News

2016 NFL Predictions

AFC East – New England

AFC South – Indianapolis

AFC North – Pittsburgh

AFC West – Kansas City

WCs – Oakland, Jacksonville

NFC East – Dallas

NFC South – Carolina

NFC North – Green Bay

NFC West – Seattle

WCs – Arizona, Minnesota

Super Bowl 51 Champion – Carolina (over New England)

First overall pick in the ’17 NFL Draft: San Francisco

May 30, 2016 Posted in  NFL News, PSAs

The offseason in the NFL more often than not is littered with players getting in trouble with the law. Each year between the conclusion of mandatory minicamp and the beginning of training camp there isn’t much to do for a young player who’s single that is productive. If I were a young player and I had some free time, I’d go buy a PlayStation 4 and play video games, or go to movies with my friends, or go to baseball games, hoping to be seen.

Unfortunately a few players party at clubs, consume alcohol, get behind the wheel of a vehicle inebriated, and either get arrested for DUI or cause a much larger tragedy, like getting into an auto accident and taking the life of a person. This kind of behavior is very deplorable and very preventable...

March 16, 2016 Posted in  NFL News

I never thought I’d see this day which the NFL admitted to a congressional committee that playing football is linked to CTE.

This move was the all-time blunder because it will be the end of football as we all know it. Parents will keep their kids away from the sport. It will be regulated just like boxing is. Keep government out of sports unless an existing law is repeatedly being breached. Sports is America’s last remaining bastion of freedom. Let’s fight to keep it that way for good.

Back to the NFL. I’m sure NFL for the witness at the congressional hearing stands for Not for Long. That relates to his job. Or the NFL stands for Non-Functioning Losers.

January 29, 2016 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

An agreement was reached to have the San Diego Chargers move to Los Angeles and share a stadium with the Rams.

Where does this leave the Oakland Raiders? They were denied the Los Angeles bid. They are currently trying to get a stadium in San Antonio or in Las Vegas. It’s going to be interesting where they end up. Could it be Oakland? San Antonio? San Diego? Las Vegas?

It will be intriguing.

January 14, 2016 Posted in  NFL News

As you have all heard, the St. Louis Rams have relocated to Los Angeles. They will actually play at the Coliseum for a couple of seasons before playing in Inglewood, CA when their new stadium gets built.

Let’s be honest; the Rams should not have left LA. Granted, they won SB 34 in 1999, but St. Louis does not seem to be a football city. LA was a bargaining chip for NFL owners to use to get better stadium deals for themselves, which is why it took 21 years for the league to cave in to various requests to have pro football in Los Angeles.

Outlook: The survival of the NFL in LA depends on two things; 1, Winning. If a team there does not win, the fans can just flock to one of countless beaches or ski slopes in the San Bernardino Mountains. No one here wants to see a bad team. 2...

January 2, 2016 Posted in  NFL News

In the past nine years during Commissioner Roger Goodell’s tenure, the impacts of head injuries, most notably concussions, has been brought to light. There was a lawsuit, class-action, against the NFL in which a settlement was reached. People have had myriad mental health conditions as a result of playing football for several years, growing up, in college, and/or in the pros. In recent years the NFL, NCAA, and high school and below have made strides to make the game safer. But it is not enough. To make the game truly safe, there has to be changes in the development of foorball players and technique used to tackle and block.

Let’s start with Pop Warner football, Head injuries at a very young age in a persons life can adversely affect their cognitive development in future years...

November 4, 2015 Posted in  NFL News

This season has been surprising for myriad reasons. Injuries have taken its toll on a lot of teams, while some teams have been fortunate in this regard. Needless to say, each grade on my report card reflects the performance to expectation ratio, that is, if your team is playing better than expected, you’ll get a B or an A; worse than expected, D or F. So without further ado. Here is my report card, offense and defense, and total grade.

AFC East: Buffalo OFF: C. DEF: B TOT: B-

Miami.  B.                   D.          C-

New England A.         A.         A

NY Jets.   C-               C.         C

AFC South: Houston  D.            D+.        D+

Indianapolis  F.           C.          D

Jacksonville. C-          C-        C-

Tenn...