SwartzSports 2016 NFL Awards & Playoff Predictions

Power Rankings: NFL Quarterbacks
January 7, 2017

This was an unusual season in the National Football League. Nobody ran away with a single individual award, as virtually every single race has two, three or even four legitimate candidates. No team established themselves as the clearcut favorite to win the Super Bowl, even with New England and Dallas running away with home-field advantage in their respective conferences.  Below are my picks for each of the awards across the…

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SwartzSports 2016 NFL Midseason Awards and Updated Super Bowl Prediction

November 9, 2016

Embed from Getty Images The New England Patriots are dominating the NFL, Drew Brees is on pace for another 5,000-yard season, and the Cleveland Browns can’t win a game. Just as we expected. Then again, Tony Romo may have lost his starting job forever, J.J. Watt is out for the season, and the Oakland Raiders are actually a terrific football team. So maybe you can’t predict football, and that’s what…

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Previewing Each NFL Team’s 2016 Season

August 31, 2016

Embed from Getty Images   It’s just over a week until the official start of the 2016 NFL season. I’ll be publishing a series of NFL articles. This one will focus on a brief preview of each team, ranked in order of how I think they will finish in the division. An asterisk means a wild-card berth. My playoff predictions are below. Stay tuned for a 50 bold predictions article…

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Should the Philadelphia Eagles Release or Trade Running Back DeMarco Murray?

February 4, 2016

The first offseason drama surrounding Eagles running back DeMarco Murray came today when NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport rapoported that the Eagles and Murray could be headed towards a staredown in the next few months.  When you look at Rapoport’s report closely, it really doesn’t provide any more information that we didn’t already know. Basically, the Eagles are very unhappy with Murray after his dismal 2015 season and they’re looking…

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Ranking All 47 Regular Season Games for the Philadelphia Eagles in the Chip Kelly Era

January 2, 2016

Exactly one year ago today, the Philadelphia Eagles handed complete control of their franchise to Chip Kelly. Less than one full year later, they took his power away, releasing him of his responsibilities with the franchise.  It’s been an unbelievable turn of events in the last year, one that you had to see to experience. From Chip Kelly’s failed pursuit of Marcus Mariota to his trade for Sam Bradford to…

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5 Takeaways From Philadelphia Eagles’ Elimination Loss to Washington Redskins

December 27, 2015

Embed from Getty Images   It’s one thing to lose a meaningful game to an NFC East opponent; it’s another thing to do it at home against a Washington Redskins team that has now clinched the division in a year in which the Philadelphia Eagles had countless opportunities to come out on top. The Dallas Cowboys have been without Tony Romo nearly all season. The New York Giants have blown…

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Ranking the 5 Biggest Upset Wins for the Philadelphia Eagles Since 2000

December 7, 2015

  Wow. That’s about the only thing you can say after the Philadelphia Eagles’ shocking 35-28 victory over the New England Patriots, a game the Eagles were supposed to lose by double-digit points against Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.  The Eagles scored 35 unanswered points after a 14-0 deficit, which included three non-offensive touchdowns, yet they still needed a last-second defensive stop to claim their biggest victory of the Chip…

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Chip Kelly’s Philadelphia Eagles Just Aren’t Good Enough to Contend

November 22, 2015

  View image | gettyimages.com A roller coaster of a Philadelphia Eagles season took a major plummet with a disheartening 45-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a squad fresh off a 2-14 record that earned them the No. 1 overall pick in this past year’s draft. Chip Kelly’s no-huddle offense that set franchise records in scoring in both 2013 and 2014 has now been held to under 20 points…

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Eagles Beat Dallas; Previewing Sunday’s Miami Game | SwartzSports Podcast 12

November 14, 2015

  In the 12th edition of the SwartzSports podcast, Cody and Bryn Swartz discuss the Philadelphia Eagles’ overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys last week while preparing for Sunday’s matchup with the 3-5 Miami Dolphins. Can the Eagles slow down Lamar Miller? Will Sam Bradford play another turnover-free game? Are the Eagles the frontrunners to win the NFC East? Cody and Bryn discuss the latest surrounding the Eagles, along with…

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Philadelphia Eagles 2015 Midseason Awards

November 13, 2015

  View image | gettyimages.com   It’s safe to say that the 2015 Philadelphia Eagles’ season really hasn’t gone as anyone has expected. After all, preseason expectations for the team reached the point where national media members were predicting the Eagles to win the franchise’s first Super Bowl. And then the Eagles went out and fell flat on their face in the first month of the season. Although the Eagles…

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