The Broadie Report

August 29, 2024 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Welcome to my inaugural edition of preseason Lamentations. On this topic I will pick three teams who I now project to be worse (or better) than I expected at the start of the preseason.

BETTER: Cincinnati Bengals. They have the one QB not named Tom Brady who has defeated Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs. The defense is passable, so they’ll be in the mix to win the AFC North.

WORSE: Las Vegas Raiders. Great defense, great coach, but no consistent QB. To his credit Gardner Minshew almost led the Colts to the playoffs, but I went from 11-6 to 9-8 with slim playoff hopes with this team.

BETTER: Carolina Panthers. QB Bryce Young is showing signs of improvement and the RBs and receivers are improving as well...

July 21, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

It’s that time of the year to preview the upcoming season. First off, I would like to congratulate the two-time defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs. Will they three-peat?

At the bottom of the standings we have teams like the New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, and the Carolina Panthers all “vying” for the number one overall pick. Who will get it?

My Picks for the 2024 NFL season:

AFC East Champ: Buffalo Bills

AFC North: Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South: Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West: Kansas City Chiefs

AFC WCs: Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders

AFC Championship Game: KC over PIT

NFC East Champ: Dallas Cowboys

NFC North: Detroit Lions

NFC South: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West: San Francisco 49ers

NFC WCs: Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles...

June 23, 2024 Posted in  Baseball, Hockey, NBA, NFL News, PSAs

There has been a marked increase of Fanbases who think their team is much better than they actually are since the end of the 20th century. The fans hopes for their team get destroyed when their superstar player gets injured or something else that isn’t good happens to him. Take heart, Fanbases. There’s always next year.

#10) Detroit Lions. Their fans think they’re going to be Super Bowl Champions with Jared Goff at quarterback and an owner who is cheap, and still believe in the curse of Bobby Layne to this day. It’s bad on both ends of the spectrum.

#9) Los Angeles Dodgers. There is no way that the Dodgers are going to win another World Series with their manager letting the analytics department do his job for him.

#8) New York Knicks...

April 27, 2024 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Here are my final grades for the Raiders’ picks in the 2024 NFL Draft: (NOTE: Undrafted FA signings are NOT included in this analysis).

Day 1: A+

Day 2: B+

Day 3: B-

April 27, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

Here is where the diamonds in the rough lie. For the New Orleans Saints, they might have gotten one in QB Spencer Rattler in the fifth round, two picks after where I had hoped he would go, to the Las Vegas Raiders. They drafted LB Tommy Eichenburg, who is good against the run but struggles in coverage, instead.

Earlier in the day the team drafted CB DeCamarian Richardson. He was said to be a minor steal at that spot in the draft and he is a zone coverage specialist but he doesn’t do as well in man coverage, which is a Raider trademark.

The team drafted a running back in the sixth round, Dylan Laube. Running backs are a dime-a-dozen.

Lastly, in the seventh round, they drafted Trey Taylor, safety...

April 27, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

Day Two of the NFL draft means the best of the rest get picked. For example, the Raiders picked a great offensive lineman in Jackson Powers-Johnson and a serviceable OL in Delmar Glaze.

Powers-Johnson is a larger than average center at Oregon with unbelievable strength and technique. The only reason why he didn’t go in round one is due to injury. The Raiders have to be pleased with this pick. He reminds me of the late Gene Upshaw with how he plays football.

Glaze is a decent tackle who has great pass protection technique but still has some holes in his run blocking technique. His footwork is average at best at this point in his career. Quicker edge rushers can swing him open and get to his QB if he doesn’t improve his footwork. He reminds me of Jermaine Eluemunor.

April 26, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

Round 1 last night had plenty of quarterbacks go in the first dozen picks. Six to be precise. That’s a 1 QB for every 2 picks if you’re mathematically disinclined. And there’s 1 in 3 QBs in the first dozen picks who have made me wish dandruff didn’t exist (head scratcher).

QB Draft Grades:

Bears: Caleb Williams A+.

Commanders: Jayden Daniels: A,

Patriots: Drake Maye: A,

Falcons: Michael Penix Jr.: D-,

Vikings: J.J. McCarthy:B-,

Broncos: Bo Nix: D+

Note: The two Ds are for dandruff because they’re making me scratch my head.

In non-QB draft selections, three stand out.

Los Angeles Chargers: Joe Alt, OT

Las Vegas Raiders: Brock Bowers, TE

Kansas City Chiefs: Xavier Worthy, WR

Biggest Irrelevant Moment of Night One:

JC Latham probably making Roger Goodell see a chiropractor today after lif...

August 8, 2023 Posted in  NFL News

Well, well, well, 2022 didn’t go as your humble blogger had hoped, with not only the Raiders finishing 6-11 but a division nemesis winning it all. And if RB Josh Jacobs continues to moan over the franchise tag being put on him, I would find it next to impossible for the Raiders to have a decent season in 2023.

Should they gut 2023 and try to get the 1st overall pick in 2024? No way, no how! Tanking is cheating. If a team tries that, they’re just kidding themselves. How do they know that the player they’d pick #1 isn’t going to be a bust? Teams owe it to their fanbases to try to win every single game. Therefore I oppose the Raiders, or any other team, tanking.

My predictions for the 2023 season are in a separate post down below.

August 8, 2023 Posted in  NFL News

My Picks for the 2023 NFL season:

AFC East Champ: New York Jets

AFC North: Baltimore Ravens

AFC South: Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West: Kansas City Chiefs

AFC WCs: Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, LA Chargers

NFC East: Philadelphia Eagles

NFC North: Detroit Lions

NFC South: New Orleans Saints

NFC West: San Francisco 49ers

NFC WCs: Dallas Cowboys, Carolina Panthers, Seattle Seahawks.

AFC Championship Game: Kansas City over NY Jets

NFC Championship Game: Philadelphia over New Orleans

Super Bowl LVIII Result: Philadelphia over KC

First Overall Pick in ’24 Draft: Arizona Cardinals

January 20, 2023 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Well, 2022 didn’t go as expected for the silver and black. Back to the drawing board.

Legend has it that Tom Brady wants to be a Raider. Two days ago I tweeted that if that were to happen I wouldn’t support the team for as long as he was a Raider, but I am having second thoughts… if they re-sign Josh Jacobs at all costs. I’d rather have Brady and Jacobs than no Brady and no Jacobs. But as for the quarterback position goes, I’d rather have Aaron Rodgers, Jimmy Garappolo, or Lamar Jackson sign with the Raiders over Brady. Rodgers is still in his prime, Garappolo seems to know only how to win. Lamar Jackson is the most electrifying QB since Randall Cunningham. In terms of financial sense, Jackson is commanding the most and Garappolo would be a bargain.

In terms of the draft, if they get any o...