Years ago when visiting NFL Films in late summer the master film maker Steve Sabol responded to my question about the upcoming season with the following; "coach, there are 32 puzzles waiting to be put together, with 16 teams talking Super Bowl, and the other 16 talking play-offs!" Are we ready for the 2026 season? Plan on being here each week attempting to enlighten, and possibly entertain all of you. Page 16 of the Sporting News magazine has their breakdown of the play-offs and SB 61 will be the first SB victory for Buffalo over the Bears! Was honored to have lunch this summer with the distinguished Mr. Rick Gosselin and we both agree that the Bears might make the play-offs but will struggle. Instead of the last place schedule they have the first place schedule, and that will make a difference, and as such we both like the Lions to rebound. We can all ask those fateful questions for each team, yet am slow to decide how strong a team is, thus usually takes me to the end of October to have a "feel" for each team. Have read more than once how bad both the Cardinals and Dolphins are gonna be. Dr. Z and myself enjoyed how Vegas would list the amount of wins they projected for a team, then of course you could bet over or under the total. Saw that both Miami & Arizona have 4 1/2 wins listed. Ok, folks which team finishes with a better record, and are they the two worst teams in the league? Next week will address the games of the first week of the season. See ya round campus!
