This week’s NFL schedule pairs the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles against each other, which takes this week’s Throwback Thursday feature back to Thanksgiving Day of 1968, to a dull, sloshing game between these 2 teams that became known as the “Thanksgiving Mud Bowl”. You rarely see games like this played nowadays with the advent … Read More
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NFL – Throwback Thursday: “The Catch”
With the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys matching up on this week’s NFL schedule, picking the Throwback Thursday feature was a no-brainer. It’s one of the most memorable games in NFL lore, the 1981 NFC Championship game played between these two franchises. Played on January 10, 1982, it was a classic game whose outcome … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: A Giant Mismatch
We’ve often featured games played between division rivals in our Throwback Thursday posts, and this week’s will go back to the 1961 season to take a look at a game played between two longtime Eastern Division/NFC East rivals, the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, who play on this week’s NFL schedule. In 2013, we … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Snowplow Game
The Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots square off this week on the NFL schedule, and for this week’s Throwback Thursday feature we’ll harken back to a game played between these 2 franchises on December 12, 1982. It was one of the strangest games ever played, and it eventually was tagged with the nickname “The … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: “Hello, NFL, We’re The Cleveland Browns”
It’s that time of year again, the beginning of the NFL season, when we revive one of our favorite pastimes on Rayonsports.com , the weekly Throwback Thursday post. Each week during the season, we pick out a matchup on that week’s schedule and then feature a game from the past between those teams. To open … Read More
NFL – Buffalo Bills’ 2016 Season Preview
The Buffalo Bills enter the 2016 season under heavy scrutiny from their fan base after finishing a disappointing 8-8 in Rex Ryan’s first season as head coach. Ryan had boasted, basically guaranteed, that his team would make the playoffs last year, and he didn’t deliver on the promise. With contributions from co-writer Josh Pohlman, here is my … Read More
NFL – Buffalo Bills’ 2016 Draft Picks Rounds 4-7
The Buffalo Bills entered the final day of the NFL draft with some holes left to fill on their roster, with four picks left to use to accomplish that. They entered the draft with a pair of fourth round choices but used one of those in a package they sent to the Chicago Bears in … Read More
NFL – Buffalo Bills’ 2016 Day Two Draft Picks
The Buffalo Bills made a move on Friday night to improve their position in the second round of the NFL draft, trading 4th round choices this year and next to swap second round picks with the Chicago Bears. The trade moved them up from # 49 to # 41, and they proceeded to pick another likely … Read More
NFL – Buffalo Bills’ 2016 First Round Draft Choice
In past years, Rayonsports.com has waited until after the NFL draft is complete to post a summary of the Buffalo Bills’ picks, but this year, we’ll publish on each day of the draft, looking at the team’s choices that day. We begin tonight with the club’s opening round pick, Clemson defensive end/linebacker/edge rusher Shaq Lawson. … Read More
NFL – Mock Draft 2016 Round One
The NFL’s annual college draft has become a national event, and predicting the choices of each team in the league, the analysts’ and experts’ “mock drafts”, has become a cottage industry. Rayonsports.com will join the fun this year for the first time. Even though the possibility of trades exists, our picks will be chosen considering … Read More