Shelly Holt

Shelly Holt

NFL – 2017 WEEK 9 – STATS THAT STICK OUT

Matthew Stafford, QB (Lions) DET 30 at GB 17 The highest paid QB in the league earned his keep during the Lion’s Week 9 win over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau.  The 29-year-old looked dominant and helped his ailing…

NFL – 2017 WEEK 8 – STATS THAT STICK OUT

­­Russell Wilson, QB (Seahawks) HOU 38 at SEA 41 After Wilson put on a show during Week 8’s shootout between the 6th year QB and the young Texans rookie QB (Deshaun Watson), he is on many early lists of candidates…

NFL – 2017 WEEK 7 – STATS THAT STICK OUT

Derek Carr, QB (Raiders) KC 30 at OAK 31 When I saw the stats after last Thursday night’s game in Oakland, I knew Carr would finish Week 7 as the passing leader.  The 26-year-old went 29-52, threw for a whopping…

NFL – 2017 WEEK 6 – STATS THAT STICK OUT

Trevor Siemian, QB (Broncos) NYG 23 at DEN 10 At first, it was surprising to see this second year QB out of Northwestern as the passing leader for Week 6 given the troubles the Denver offense has endured recently (1-2…

PGA – IS A SHOT CLOCK COMING TO THE TOUR?

Last week, it was reported that the European Tour would experiment with a shot clock at an event in 2018 with the objective of addressing the slow pace-of-play problem permeating the sport. This trial is scheduled to take place during…

NFL – 2017 WEEK 3 – STATS THAT STICK OUT

Apologies for the delay in posting this weekly column and Week 4’s column which is coming shortly.  I was in Europe on vacation for 10 days with a bad internet connection and no real ability to research and post articles.…

NFL – 2017 WEEK 2 – STATS THAT STICK OUT

Tom Brady, QB (Patriots) NE 26 at NO 20 Incredibly, Brady took home his 28th career AFC Offensive Player of the Week award following his first-rate performance during Week 2 after he threw for 447 yards and had 3 TDs,…

NFL – 2017 WEEK 1 – STATS THAT STICK OUT

Welcome to the 2nd annual series I call “NFL Stats That Stick Out”. During each week of the season, I will take note of those players who performed at the top level. I will also include at least one dubious…

NFL – 2017 PREDICTIONS

MY PICKS – AFC: AFC EAST WINNER – Patriots AFC NORTH WINNER – Steelers AFC SOUTH WINNER – Titans AFC WEST WINNER – Chiefs AFC WILD CARD 1 – Broncos AFC WILD CARD 2 – Raiders AFC CHAMPION – STEELERS…