NFL schedule release has fans asking, ‘is it the season yet?’
It’s not the holiday season, but yesterday was (one of) the most wonderful times of the NFL year when the league released the schedule for Read More
Author: Callie Caplan
Early NFL retirements raise questions
Feature photo courtesy of Jeffrey Beall. The NFL won’t admit it, but it has to be worried. Within the past three months, five NFL players Read More
Baltimore Ravens – Preseason Storylines
Feature photo courtesy of Keith Allison. With NFL minicamps concluding last week, all 32 teams have entered the quietest period of the offseason. With no Read More
How new technology may affect NFL attendance
Featured photo provided by Chuck Feder NFL fans love the boom of the pregame music. They love the incessant cheering of “Oooohhhh” while the opponent Read More
Can NFL players clean up their act when teams give unlimited chances?
Feature photo courtesy of Derek Kaczmarczyk. Ray McDonald blew his second chance. The Chicago Bears cut the eight-year defensive end on May 25, hours after San Read More
Three of the most overrated NFL contracts in recent history
Feature photo courtesy of RMTip21. By Callie Caplan Deadlines spur action, and nowhere was that adage more evident than hours before the NFL’s franchise tag deadline Read More
The return of Ray Rice
Feature photo courtesy of Keith Allison. Ray Rice hasn’t tweeted since Feb. 12, 2014 – three days before his arrest in Atlantic City on simple Read More
Training camp power rankings
Feature photo courtesy of Ramsey County, Minnesota. By Callie Caplan Breathe in. Breathe out. Congratulations – you survived another NFL offseason. It’s time for training Read More
Another maybe for Aldon Smith
Feature photo courtesy of Au Kirk. Opposing quarterbacks have struggled to escape Aldon Smith’s pass-rushing torment in the backfield throughout the four-year career of the Read More
In Deflategate, Goodell can’t win
Roger Goodell had to be worried. When rumblings of suspected Patriots cheating emerged after New England’s triumph over the Indianapolis Colts last January, the NFL Read More
World Cup Lessons
Feature photo courtesy of F2ComButton. By Callie Caplan The New American Way In the coming days and weeks, young girls across America will hang posters Read More
NFL Free Agency Sleepers
(Photo courtesy of Matthew Paulson) Between the “legal” tampering period the weekend before free agency actually started and the flurry of trades and announced signings Read More
In the Cardinals’ cyber scandal, don’t punish the players
Feature photo credit to Arturo Pardavila III. Major League Baseball has a history of cheating. Stealing signs and using controlled substances on the mound – Read More
10 Things I Think I Think – Super Bowl XLIX
Thank goodness it’s almost Feb. 1. After 17 weeks of regular season football, three weeks of playoff games and an exhausting two weeks of constant media Read More
Ravens’ Secondary Is the Primary Problem
It’s called the “secondary” for a reason. Those defenders are supposed to be the last resort for tackles. They’re supposed to shut down the deep Read More
The Ravens’ (Lack of) Free Agent Frenzy
Before this article starts, I want all Baltimore Ravens fans to take a collective deep breath. Now that we all have some fresh oxygen in Read More
There’s a Certain Air to the New England Patriots…
I won’t begin by explaining the background to “Deflategate.” Chances are, you’ve either heard about it nonstop since Sunday evening, or you live under a Read More
Cracking the 2015 Conference Championship Codes
Some argue that the divisional round of the NFL playoffs is the most exciting. The final eight teams remaining fight to earn a berth into Read More
2015 Divisional Details
Until Sunday evening, the NFL’s Wildcard Weekend lacked palpable drama. Sure, the Ravens pulled off the 30-17 upset in Pittsburgh, the Panthers held the quarterback-needy Read More
The Baltimore Breakdown – Wildcard Round: Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers
In what is perhaps the weekend’s most anticipated wildcard playoff game, the Baltimore Ravens (10-6) and Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5) are set to clash at Heinz Read More
The NFL’s Losing Winners and Winning Losers
Remember the outrage when the Seattle Seahawks won the NFC West in 2010 with a 7-9 record? Witnessing the first team to finish a full Read More
Callie’s Picks from the Sideline – Week 8
What a weekend for the NFL. The most notable achievement of Week 7 was definitely Peyton Manning throwing his 509th career touchdown to surpass Brett Read More
2015 Wildcard Weekend Preview
Wildcard Weekend features an intriguing lineup of games to kick off the 2015 NFL postseason. Take a look below at how each game breaks down Read More
Callie’s Picks from the Sideline – Week 14
Of the 16 games scheduled in Week 14, eight feature two teams deep in the hunt for either a divisional title, wildcard berth or both. Read More
The Baltimore Breakdown – Week 5: Ravens @ Colts
Though I was not alive when the Colts left Baltimore in 1984, I was raised to know that the team in Indianapolis was to be Read More