Ever notice how the Super Bowl feels huge and unforgettable while you’re watching it… but a few months later you find yourself thinking:
“Wait… who won the Super Bowl last year again?”
It happens to everybody. The game feels historic in the moment, but once the offseason rolls along, the details start slipping.
Here’s a simple trick that fixes that problem for good.
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Alright guys, pruning season is past, and it’s time to see what the 2026 NFL coaching tree looks like. Like every year, wilted branches get trimmed and burned in the brush pile, while new growth is carefully grafted in, hoping these fresh coaching branches will flourish and blossom.
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I stumbled across a pretty cool website the other day: WhatIfSports.com. It’s fun to mess around with and built entirely around settling the debates sports fans love, including teams from different eras, legends who never crossed paths, and dream matchups that could only happen in a simulator. Best of all, it’s completely free to use, so you can run simulations, test hypothetical matchups, and settle sports debates without spending a dime. If this sounds like a cool site to you, I recommend checking it out.
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The tournament finale did not disappoint. In a clash that had everyone on the edge of their seats, the Bills’ mascot narrowly edged out the bear in a tense, hard-fought battle. Every moment was contested, every move countered, until the final decisive pin left the bear defeated and the bison standing victorious.
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The NFL Mascot Death Match Tournament is down to its final two. After two very different semifinal battles, the Bills and Bears have earned their places in the championship round.
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The NFL Mascot Death Match Tournament is officially down to the quarterfinals, and only eight mascots remain standing.
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The NFL has announced the official Week 18 schedule, setting the dates and matchups for the final weekend of the regular season.
Latest Update 1/10/2026: The Tournament is complete! We have a Champion!
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AFC Mascot Death Match Bracket
NFC Mascot Death Match Bracket
As we all know, artificial intelligence will destroy humanity in the not-too-distant future. But before the machines turn us into pink mist, there is still time for one last noble pursuit: pointless, absurd entertainment.
That brings us to the NFL Mascot Death Match Tournament.
In this tournament, I asked AI to decide the winners of hypothetical, no-holds-barred death matches between NFL mascots. This is not about men in foam suits high-fiving children on the sidelines. For the purposes of this tournament, each mascot is treated as the actual creature or character it represents, dropped into a fight that reflects what would realistically happen if these beings were forced to settle things the old-fashioned way.
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The NFL has locked in its Week 17 slate. This year’s Saturday, December 27 lineup features a two-game showcase, starting with the Houston Texans traveling to face the Los Angeles Chargers at 4:30 p.m. ET. Later that evening, the Baltimore Ravens head to Green Bay for an 8 p.m. ET kickoff.
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The NFL has announced a pair of schedule adjustments for Week 16. The New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens matchup has been moved into the Sunday Night Football slot. Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Bengals will now face the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
I’ve updated all One Page Schedules here on Football Weblog to include these changes. You can view the updated versions by using the NFL Schedules button below or by selecting them from the site menu.
The NFL has officially locked in the kickoff times for its Week 16 Saturday games on December 20th. Two matchups that had been sitting in the “TBD waiting room” now have firm start times.
The Eagles at Commanders will kick off at 5:00 PM ET, followed by the Packers at Bears at 8:20 PM ET — the NFL’s version of dinner and dessert.
Football Weblog has updated its One Page Schedules to reflect these latest changes. You can view the revised NFL schedules by clicking the NFL Schedules button below or by finding them in the menu.
The NFL has shuffled the Week 14 schedule – because that’s what they do.
The Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers matchup has been bumped to 4:25 PM ET on Sunday, December 7. Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Buffalo Bills game slides into the 1:00 PM ET slot.
Football Weblog has updated its One Page Schedules to reflect these latest changes. Check out the revised NFL schedules by clicking the NFL Schedules button below or finding them in the menu.
You are currently reading Part 3 of 3 of How to Stream a Fantasy Football Kicker. Reading the first two parts of this article goes a long way in explaining that you don’t want to just write off the kicker position in fantasy football. As you probably know, adding just a point or two to each of your fantasy football games will likely reward you with an extra win or two during your season, so it’s important. The first two parts also cover the basics you’ll need to make sense of this final installment in the series.
As already mentioned in the first two parts, How to Stream a Fantasy Football Kicker finds its basis in our original 2013 post, “Using the Science of Statistics to Select a Fantasy Kicker.” Click the blue buttons below to be conveniently taken to those previous posts:
Using Statistics to Select a Fantasy Kicker
How to Stream a Fantasy Kicker (Part 1 of 3)
How to Stream a Fantasy Kicker (Part 2 of 3)
The crux of these posts revolves around the creation of an Excel spreadsheet that uses Vegas odds to project team scoring, making selecting a kicker data-driven for fantasy football success. This latest and last post on the topic will explain how to use AI to speed up the process of making this spreadsheet and populating it with data.
How to Stream a Fantasy Football Kicker is a three-part series, and you’re currently reading Part 2 of 3. If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, I highly recommend starting there. It covers the basics you’ll need to make sense of what’s coming next. Click the blue button below to catch up.
How to Stream a Fantasy Kicker (Part 1 of 3)Also, all three parts of this series are built on my 2013 post, Using the Science of Statistics to Select a Fantasy Kicker. Think of it as the ancient scroll that started it all – the foundation for everything we’re doing here. Click the blue button below to check out the original post and see where it all began.
Using Statistics to Select a Fantasy KickerQuick Recap of Part 1
In the first post, I explained how fantasy football owners can gain an edge by streaming kickers, rotating them weekly based on matchup potential and using Las Vegas odds instead of traditional rankings.
Instead of focusing on traits like leg strength or accuracy, which have little correlation with a kicker’s fantasy success, the key is to target kickers from teams that Vegas expects to score the most points, since those teams tend to produce the best fantasy kicker results.
While this whole process may look a bit heady and intimidating at first, it’s actually easier than assembling IKEA furniture without cussing. By applying simple math to point spreads and over/under totals, you can quickly estimate each team’s projected points and make smarter weekly kicker choices.
What You’ll Learn in Part 2
In this post, I’ll show you how to streamline the entire process using Excel, allowing you to quickly find the best kicker options each week without doing all the math manually.
You’ll be copying Vegas odds from a website and pasting them into an Excel spreadsheet that automatically calculates projected team points and ranks every team accordingly.
Once the spreadsheet is built, it can be reused every week during the season. The steps are explained in detail so that anyone, no matter how comfortable you are with computers, can follow along successfully.
A Note Before We Begin
Although this process is much easier than folding a fitted bed sheet, if it still feels overwhelming, you might want to wait for Part 3. That section explains how to use AI to automatically create your kicker spreadsheet and happens to be the same method I use each week.
If you’re ready to give it a whirl, though, let’s roll up our sleeves and dive into the Excel approach.
Before You Begin
Before diving in, I highly recommend reading my 2013 post, Using the Science of Statistics to Select a Fantasy Kicker. That earlier article lays the groundwork for what follows here, so even though this post is titled “Part 1,” it’s really the second step in the series. You can click the blue button below to check out the 2013 post before continuing.
Using Statistics to Select a Fantasy KickerHow to Stream a Fantasy Football Kicker (Part 1)
The place kicker position is one of the most overlooked spots in fantasy football, but it doesn’t have to be. With a little strategy, it can become a consistent difference-maker each week. This post (the first of three) explains how to gain an edge by streaming kickers using Las Vegas odds to predict which kickers will score the most points, rather than relying on traditional rankings that are skewed by taking into account factors like leg strength or accuracy.
Most fantasy owners treat kickers as an afterthought, drafting them late and rarely making changes. Even if predicting kicker performance seems confusing, there’s still a smart way to do it. Ignoring the position is a strategy destined to fail.
Other fantasy owners may take an even worse approach. Fearing they might miss out on a good kicker, they draft one far too early, using valuable early picks on a kicker at the expense of talent in other important positions.
Unfortunately, you can’t rely on cheat sheets or “expert” rankings, either, since they almost always incorporate factors into their rankings that (surprisingly) don’t matter for fantasy, even though it seems like they should, such as a kicker’s long leg or accuracy. While those traits are important for NFL teams, they’re poor predictors of fantasy performance. As I explained in my 2013 post, the strongest indicator of a successful fantasy kicker is simple: he plays for a team that scores a lot of points.
If you agree with my premise – and yes, I’m shamelessly confident here – that the best fantasy kickers play for high-scoring teams, you might be tempted to rely on a team’s past point totals when selecting a kicker. A smarter approach is to predict their upcoming scoring potential – and that’s where Las Vegas odds come in. Oddsmakers use massive datasets, advanced models, and real-time betting markets to set their lines. It’s nearly impossible to out-predict them, making their data an invaluable tool for fantasy owners.
I’ve used Vegas odds for years to choose my weekly kickers, and I’ve been very happy with the results. It also adds excitement to the weekly add/drop process – like a mini-draft every week. Since most owners overlook kickers or don’t understand their true fantasy value, it’s often easy to land one of the top options each week (based on this system) with little competition.
Here’s how it works: Suppose the Colts are favored by 14.5 over the Titans, with an over/under of 48.0. Half the spread is 7.25, and half the over/under is 24.0. Add those together to get the favorite’s projected points – in this case, Vegas expects the Colts to score about 31.25. For the underdog, subtract the first number from the second. That gives the Titans about 16.75 projected points, making the Colts’ kicker the better fantasy play.
That’s the foundation of my system: simple math guided by Vegas data.
Now, I realize that manually calculating all the available fantasy kickers’ rankings using this system can be time-consuming, but I’ve developed methods to speed things up. In the next post, I’ll show how to streamline the process using Excel to quickly identify the best kicker candidates each week. A third post will follow, demonstrating how to take it even further by using AI to automate the analysis.
Stay tuned – your kicker spot is about to get a serious upgrade.
Click the blue button below to proceed to How to Stream a Fantasy Kicker (Part 2 of 3).
How to Stream a Fantasy Kicker (Part 2 of 3)