by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 11/6/2025 Sportz Nation Start 'Em (Matt Hylen) Quarterbacks Credit to AP Photo/Duane Burleson Jared Goff at WAS Coming off a solid day in Week 9, Goff has an opportunity to bring the Lions' offense to its ceiling in Week 10. We have not seen Detroit's offense light up the scoreboard since Week 5, but with Washington's defense banged up, that likely will change. Expect Goff to put up huge numbers against the Commanders, who allow the 4th most poi

by Zak Drapeau, Matt Hylen and Joe McLaughlin 11/6/2025 Sportz Nation Quarterbacks (Zak Drapeau) Photo by Noah K. Murray/ Associated Press Josh Allen at MIA Lamar Jackson at MIN Bo Nix vs LV Jaxson Dart at CHI Caleb Williams vs NYG Jared Goff at WAS Jalen Hurts at GB Justin Herbert vs PIT Baker Mayfield vs NE Daniel Jones vs ATL Matt Stafford at SF Sam Darnold vs ARI Drake Maye at TB J.J. McCarthy vs BAL Jordan Love vs PHI Another week, another ranking with Josh Allen and La

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 11/5/2025 Sportz Nation (Zak Drapeau) Steve Garcia vs Brian Ortega David Onama vs Aaron Pico Steve Garcia soaking in the UFC Vegas 110 crowd after Main Event, TKO Win over David Onama Photo by Rich Storry/ Imagn Images Alright, first things first: Steve Garcia has earned a Top-10 ranking but still hasn't faced anybody in the Top-10, so let's give him Brian Ortega. This fight is perfect because Ortega is looking for a Top-10 guy to fight as we

by Zak Drapeau 11/3/2025 Sportz Nation AP Poll -11/1 Zak's Poll 1. Ohio St 1. Ohio St 2. Indiana 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 7. Ole Miss 8. BYU 8. BYU 9. Texas Tech 9. Notre Dame 10. Notre Dame 10. Texas Tech 11. Oklahoma 11. Texas 12. Virginia 12. Oklahoma 13. Texas 13. Vanderbilt 14. Louisville 14. Virginia 15. Vanderbilt 15. Louisville 16. Georgia Tech 16. Utah 17. Utah

by Zak Drapeau 11/3/2025 Sportz Nation The New England Patriots have extended their league tied-best win streak to 7 with their 24-23 Win vs Atlanta this weekend. When the game came down to the final minutes, it was Atlanta Kicker and former Patriot-cut Parker Romo missed an Extra Point attempt that would have tied the game with less than 5 minutes on the clock. _________________________________ Game Summary The game started well enough for the Patriots when the Patriots mar

by Zak Drapeau 10/31/2025 Sportz Nation Game Preview While College Gameday is visiting the Cincinnati-Utah game, the real action will be going down in Austin when the Vanderbilt Commodores visit the Longhorns. Graphic by ESPN College Football via Youtube.com Both teams have opposite auras this season if you will. Vanderbilt being the Cinderella team who was never supposed to be here but is playing some of the best football in the country and Texas being an extreme favorite i

by Matt Hylen Zak Drapeau 10/30/25 Sportz Nation Start 'Em (Matt Hylen) Quarterbacks Credit to Pro Football Network Kyler Murray at DAL Kyler Murray has been sidelined since Week 5 with a foot injury, but all signs point towards a return in Week 9. Murray has been serviceable thus far for fantasy managers in 2025, but I think this weekend could be a big one for him. This will be Murray's first game playing against a bottom-ten-ranked defense, which should make things a lot e

by Zak Drapeau, Matt Hylen and Joe McLaughlin 10/30/25 Sportz Nation Quarterbacks (Zak Drapeau) Photo by Terrance Williams/ Associated Press 1. Lamar Jackson at MIA 2. Patrick Mahomes at BUF 3. Justin Herbert at TEN 4. Dak Prescott vs ARI 5. Jared Goff vs MIN 6. Josh Allen vs KC 7. Kyler Murray at DAL ** 8. Daniel Jones at PIT 9. Jordan Love vs CAR 10. Jaxson Dart vs SF 11. Drake Maye vs ATL 12. Caleb Williams at CIN 13. Matthew Stafford vs NO 14. Jayden Daniels vs SEA ** 15

Credit to Getty/UFC Current Rankings: C Tom Aspinall 1 Ciryl Gane 2 Alexander Volkov 3 Sergei Pavlovich 4 Curtis Blaydes 5 Jailton Almeida 6 Waldo Cortes Acosta 7 Serghei Spivac 8 Derrick Lewis 9 Ante Delija 10 Marcin Tybura 11 Shamil Gaziev 12 Tai Tuivasa 13 Mick Parkin 14 Valter Walker 15 Tallison Teixeira _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight Our Hypothetical Fights ___________________________________ C Tom Aspina

by Zak Drapeau 10/28/2025 Sportz Nation Graphic by tiermaker.com Tier 1: Super Bowl or Bust 1. Detroit Lions -- 5-2 (Won 5 of Last 6) Last Week: BYE Week What else is there to say besides the Lions are the CLEAR best team in the league to this point. Jared Goff should get some MVP votes, Dan Campbell has been one of the best Head Coaches of the last half-decade and they've only lost on the road to the Packers and Chiefs. __________________________________ Photo by Joe Sarg

by Zak Drapeau 10/27/2025 Sportz Nation Photo by Nicole Hester/ The Tennessean/ USA Today Network via Imagn Images AP Poll (10/26) Zak's Poll 1. Ohio St 1. Ohio St 2. Indiana 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 7. Ole Miss 8. Georgia Tech 8. Notre Dame 9. Vanderbilt 9. Georgia Tech 10. Miami 10. Vanderbilt 11. BYU 11. BYU 12. Notre Dame 12. Texas Tech 13. Texas Tech 13. Miami 14. Tenness

by Zak Drapeau 10/27/2025 Sportz Nation By a score of 32-13 the Patriots beat the Browns yesterday as they extend the NFL's longest active winning streak at 5. In those 5 games, the Browns are beating teams by an average of 15 points. Besides the Bills, the Patriots haven't had any tough games in that stretch but they are still beating these teams the way a great team should. ___________________________________ Photo by Maddie Meyer/ Getty Images Game Review The first half w

by Zak Drapeau 10/25/2025 Sportz Nation MVP: Baker Mayfield Runner Up Patrick Mahomes Photo by Lon Horwedel/ Imagn Images Oddsmakers have Mahomes as the run away favorite for the MVP award right now but that has to be about the league's biasness toward him. Mayfield has almost identical stats, a better team record and is doing it with a much more injured and inexperienced receiving core. Mayfield has led his team to a 5-2 record and the #4 seed with his top options, Mike Ev

by Zak Drapeau 10/24/2025 Sportz Nation Game Preview While College Gameday will be in Nashville for the Missouri@Vandy game, the real showdown will be between Ole Miss and Oklahoma. Both teams have lost and fell down the polls in the last two weeks which means the loser of this game will have a LONG way to go to make it to the CFB Playoffs at the end of the season. With both teams being 6-1 at this point in the season, Oklahoma will be the favorites in this game having one o

by Zak Drapeau 10/24/2025 Sportz Nation Yesterday on October 23rd, a bombshell NBA-story dropped involving arrests of former and current NBA players surrounding betting scandals. As of now, we know that three people associated with the NBA have been arrested and indicted by a Grand Jury, including current Miami Heat Point Guard Terry Rozier, Current Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups and former Cavaliers player and Lakers Assistant Coach Damon Jones. Accordi

by Zak Drapeau, Matt Hylen and Joseph McLaughlin 10/23/2025 Sportz Nation Quarterbacks Photo by Adrian Kraus/ Associated Press 1. Josh Allen at CAR 2. Patrick Mahomes vs WAS 3. Jalen Hurts vs NYG 4. Baker Mayfield at NO 5. Daniel Jones vs TEN 6. Dak Prescott at DEN 7. Bo Nix vs DAL 8. Caleb Williams at BAL 9. Drake Maye vs CLE 10. Justin Herbert vs MIN 11. Jordan Love at PIT 12. Joe Flacco vs NYJ 13. Aaron Rodgers vs GB 14. Brock Purdy at HOU 15. Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson

by Zak Drapeau 10/23/2025 Sportz Nation Start 'Em (Matt Hylen) Quarterback Credit to AP Photo/David Zalubowski Bo Nix vs DAL Though the first three and a half quarters were not great, Nix ended Week 7 with a stellar passing line. Having thrown for 279 yards, rushed for 48 yards, while tallying 4 total TDs makes me extremely confident in Bo heading into Week 8. Nix also plays the worst defense in the NFL in the Dallas Cowboys, who give up the most passing yards (276.9 per gam

by Zak Drapeau 10/21/2025 Sportz Nation 1. Detroit Lions /\1 5-2 Last Week: 24-9 Win vs TB After a week away from the top spot Detroit regains the status after their decimation of the Buccaneers. Whether they were give home town advantage in penalties at the end of the game or not, the Lions were by far the better team and is the better team in the NFL than any other, with one of the strongest defenses in the league and lucky enough to be one of the least injured....

by Zak Drapeau 10/20/2025 Sportz Nation AP Poll (10/19) Zak's Top-25 Photo by Jadarian Price/ WSBT 1. Ohio St 1. Ohio St 2. Indiana 2 Indiana 3. Texas A&M 3. Alabama 4. Alabama 4. Texas A&M 5. Georgia 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 6. Oregon 7. Georgia Tech 7. Notre Dame 8. Ole Miss 8. Georgia Tech 9. Miami 9. Ole Miss 10. Vanderbilt 10. Oklahoma 11. BYU 11. BYU 12. Notre Dame 12. Texas 13. Oklahoma 13. Vanderbilt 14. Texas Tech 14. Texas Tech 15. Missouri 15. Tennessee...

by Zak Drapeau 10/12/2025 Sportz Nation Graphic by NFL Welcome To My First NFL Mock Draft of the 2025-26 Season. I will keep this header brief but I want to give a few notes about this exercise and about the class as a whole: Draft Class Notes 1. This draft class is not very good especially in the top end. 2. This Quarterback class is not good compared to years prior. With no one running away with a QB1 ranking, watch for the first non-QB #1 selection since Travon Walker in