The Broadie Report

August 14, 2022 Posted in  NFL News

Last year was a great year. The Los Angeles Rams won it all, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI.

As far as last season’s pick go, I got seven out of eight division winners correct, missing the AFC North (Cleveland didn’t win, Cincy did). In the wild card predictions, I got two out of six (Las Vegas and San Francisco).

Here are my picks for 2022.
AFC East: Buffalo. NFC East: Philadelphia
AFC South: Indianapolis. NFC South: Tampa Bay
AFC North: Baltimore. NFC North: Green Bay
AFC West: Los Angeles Chargers. NFC West: Los Angeles Rams

AFC Wild Cards: Las Vegas, Tennessee, Kansas City
NFC Wild Cards: Dallas, San Francisco, and Minnesota.

AFC Championship Game: Buffalo over Las Vegas.

NFC Championship Game: San Francisco over Tampa Bay.

Super Bowl LVII: San Francisco over Buffalo

August 10, 2021 Posted in  NFL News

After a one year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. As it turned out, this was an unexcused absence. For that I apologize. Tampa Bay won it all last year by defeating Kansas City 31-9 in Super Bowl LV. Jacksonville got the number one overall pick. And Tom Brady continues to defy father time.

And now, without further ado, here are my picks for the 2021 NFL Season.

Division Winners:

AFC East: Buffalo                               NFC East: Dallas

AFC South: Tennessee                      NFC South: Tampa Bay

AFC North: Cleveland                      NFC North: Green Bay

AFC West: Kansas City                    NFC West: Los Angeles Rams

AFC WC: Las Vegas, Los Angeles Chargers, Baltimore

NFC WC: Minnesota, New Orleans, San Francisco

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January 30, 2021 Posted in  Amateur Sports, Baseball

One more month until the start of spring training. Less than that until pitchers, catchers, and injured players report. Baseball, even without fans in the stands to start, is back. To fully get what baseball should be, one must study the game, present and past.

The smell of the grass. The smell of the wood and pine tar. What about the leather? In wintertime, tropical countries become the focal point of on-field action while in temperate countries off-field activities commence, like scouting, signing, cutting, and trading players.

Baseball is unlike any other sport. There are games every day/night for several months, with limited exceptions. So a team starting 2-15 won’t be out of postseason contention at that point whereas a team that starts 15-2 won’t be a shoe-in for the playoffs.

May 10, 2020 Posted in  PSAs

This pandemic we are in has really dampened the spirits of many sports fans worldwide. However, you can be rest assured that your humble blogger will never cave in to a pandemic. Take courage and together we will emerge stronger and more united than before.

Sports is coming back. It’s a matter of when, not if. But we have to have an attitude of “Charge!”, not “Retreat!”, if we’re going to win this war. There’s no way around it.

January 14, 2020 Posted in  Baseball, PSAs

Sign stealing in Major League Baseball.

The Astros got caught using technology to steal signs of catchers designed for the pitcher’s exclusive use. A runner on second should be the only one authorized to relay the sign to the hitter, not a centerfield camera or someone in the hitters’ team’s dugout whacking a trashcan. The integrity of the game is in question.

The penalties for illegally stealing signs are in this case a one year MLB ban. The team subsequently let the offenders go and as of the time of this writing there is one more hammer to drop.

The penalties are harsh, warranted, and insufficient at the same time. Harsh because the punishees didn’t themselves engage in the activity. They were warranted because the punishees should have put a stop to the practice yet they didn’t...

October 1, 2019 Posted in  NFL News, PSAs

Ah, the old helmet to helmet hit. Yes it made football popular in the 1970s, but, because people’s brains turned inside out, it is banned at all levels of football.

I have always said there are times to be macho, and only to a certain extent. What Raiders LB Vontaze Burfict calling a meeting with Jack Doyle’s mind, aka hitting his helmet with his helmet, was just simply bush league. Burfict got what he deserved, though the suspension will likely be cut in half on appeal.

Now, the fun part. I hope the NFL and NFLPA sanction a made for TV event where Burfict is tied to a goal post and the offensive players who now have future CTE because of Burfict tee off on him.

Sweet vigilante justice.

August 6, 2019 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

All right, football fans, it’s about time for the annual six month meeting of the minds. That’s also known as NFL football and it’s in more ways than one. Without further ado, here are my predictions:

(From first to last)

AFC East: New England, Buffalo, Miami, New York Jets

AFC North: Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati

AFC South: Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Tennessee

AFC West: Kansas City, Los Angeles Chargers, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos

AFC Wildcards: Los Angeles Chargers, Pittsburgh

AFC Super Bowl Pick: Kansas City

NFC East: Dallas, Washington, Philadelphia, New York Giants

NFC North: Minnesota, Green Bay, Chicago, Detroit

NFC South: New Orleans, Atlanta, Carolina, Tampa Bay

NFC West: Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco, Seattle, Ariz...

April 24, 2019 Posted in  Baseball, Hockey, NBA, NFL News

Ah, the old TV blackout. The source of frustration for all local sports fans as far as the local teams go. Let’s face it, world; Sports blackouts are so twentieth century. The population of metropolises has become too great to justify allowing blackouts to exist.

Well, then, how are teams going to fill up their stadiums? First off, run heavy promotional offers, like half-price admission, free hot dog and soda, bobblehead, free programs to the first X number of customers, etc… Teams can also require a viewer to fork over a monthly or annual fee for watching the games. But blacking games out is a huge PR nightmare.

Last I checked, the time machine has not been invented. It never will. Blackouts should not be around in the twenty-first century.

Game on, fans.

February 4, 2019 Posted in  NFL News

Last night’s Super Bowl brought back memories of my teenage years. Low scoring, dominant defense and special teams, and no major controversies. 13-3. There are those who say this is the worst Super Bowl ever. No, the worst Super Bowl ever, I think, was Super Bowl XXVII between the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills. That game wasn’t even close. 52-17 Dallas. Dishonorable mention: Super Bowl XXXVII between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders. 48-21 Tampa Bay. Blowouts like those are more dubious than the ten point margin displayed in Super Bowl LIII. Defense isn’t pretty to a casual football fan, but to a die-hard who loves to see defense last night’s game was paradise.

The MVP of the Super Bowl was given to WR Julian Edleman, but one can make the case it should be shared amo...

September 6, 2018 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Football is here. Rejoice, fans.

Whether it is a bone headed trade like the Raiders have made five days ago with Khalil Mack or holdouts like the Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell, football unites us all.

So without further ado, here are my pictures for the 2018 NFL season.

(See “What were the Raiders thinking” where it says “The Raiders playoff hopes are survived by…” then the twelve teams I mentioned there, for my playoff prediction. The first four teams of the first six (AFC) are the division winners and the other two are the wild cards. Repeat cycle for the last six teams (NFC).

Super Bowl 53 Preview
Los Angeles Rams over Pittsburgh Steelers

Now for my world-famous First Pick in the next year’s NFL draft prediction (in this case, 2019):
Buffalo Bills

Are you ready for some football?