The Broadie Report

September 15, 2024 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Week two of the NFL season was known for not being good for the heavy favorites. Upsets ran the day. Here are the good, bad, and ugly this week:

Good: The New Orleans Saints. They dismantled the Dallas Cowboys and Derek Carr is making Raider Nation think “Why did we cut him last year?” Alvin Kamara was solid while the defense held the Cowboys to only one touchdown. Honorable Mentions: Arizona crushes the Rams; Las Vegas comes from ten down in the fourth quarter to stun Baltimore.

Bad: The New York Giants decision to go for the two point conversion twice when they didn’t have to...

September 13, 2024 Posted in  NFL News, PSAs

Well, regrettably, it’s finally time for me to address the elephant in the room when it comes to football, aka Concussions. Miami Dolphins Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (I hope I spelled that correctly) has had three known concussions in his five year career.

There has been a debate as to whether or not Tua should retire after his most recent concussion. I am convinced that he should retire, and, in order to ward off a public relations nightmare, the NFL ought to pay him the rest of his contract’s value, give him the value of another, similar contract to the one he has right now, and health care for the rest of his life. The league can afford it.

September 8, 2024 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Here are my three Takeaways from this weekend’s NFL Action

The Good: The Chargers are for real. In the second half of Sunday’s game vs. the Raiders, they demonstrated why many are convinced that this team is going to the playoffs. The defense, who I thought was terrible, proved me wrong when they held the Raiders to ten points and the offense took advantage of a defense who couldn’t stay off the field for most of the game.

The Bad: Caleb Williams’ efficiency. His only saving grace were the Bears’ defense and special teams, who scored a touchdown each in their win. I saw him miss three deep passes long. If he wants to be in the Hall of Fame he should spend some time on his timing.

The Downright Ugly: The Panthers effort...

August 29, 2024 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Welcome to my inaugural edition of preseason Lamentations. On this topic I will pick three teams who I now project to be worse (or better) than I expected at the start of the preseason.

BETTER: Cincinnati Bengals. They have the one QB not named Tom Brady who has defeated Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs. The defense is passable, so they’ll be in the mix to win the AFC North.

WORSE: Las Vegas Raiders. Great defense, great coach, but no consistent QB. To his credit Gardner Minshew almost led the Colts to the playoffs, but I went from 11-6 to 9-8 with slim playoff hopes with this team.

BETTER: Carolina Panthers. QB Bryce Young is showing signs of improvement and the RBs and receivers are improving as well...

July 21, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

It’s that time of the year to preview the upcoming season. First off, I would like to congratulate the two-time defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs. Will they three-peat?

At the bottom of the standings we have teams like the New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, and the Carolina Panthers all “vying” for the number one overall pick. Who will get it?

My Picks for the 2024 NFL season:

AFC East Champ: Buffalo Bills

AFC North: Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South: Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West: Kansas City Chiefs

AFC WCs: Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders

AFC Championship Game: KC over PIT

NFC East Champ: Dallas Cowboys

NFC North: Detroit Lions

NFC South: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West: San Francisco 49ers

NFC WCs: Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles...

June 23, 2024 Posted in  Baseball, Hockey, NBA, NFL News, PSAs

There has been a marked increase of Fanbases who think their team is much better than they actually are since the end of the 20th century. The fans hopes for their team get destroyed when their superstar player gets injured or something else that isn’t good happens to him. Take heart, Fanbases. There’s always next year.

#10) Detroit Lions. Their fans think they’re going to be Super Bowl Champions with Jared Goff at quarterback and an owner who is cheap, and still believe in the curse of Bobby Layne to this day. It’s bad on both ends of the spectrum.

#9) Los Angeles Dodgers. There is no way that the Dodgers are going to win another World Series with their manager letting the analytics department do his job for him.

#8) New York Knicks...

April 27, 2024 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Here are my final grades for the Raiders’ picks in the 2024 NFL Draft: (NOTE: Undrafted FA signings are NOT included in this analysis).

Day 1: A+

Day 2: B+

Day 3: B-

April 27, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

Here is where the diamonds in the rough lie. For the New Orleans Saints, they might have gotten one in QB Spencer Rattler in the fifth round, two picks after where I had hoped he would go, to the Las Vegas Raiders. They drafted LB Tommy Eichenburg, who is good against the run but struggles in coverage, instead.

Earlier in the day the team drafted CB DeCamarian Richardson. He was said to be a minor steal at that spot in the draft and he is a zone coverage specialist but he doesn’t do as well in man coverage, which is a Raider trademark.

The team drafted a running back in the sixth round, Dylan Laube. Running backs are a dime-a-dozen.

Lastly, in the seventh round, they drafted Trey Taylor, safety...

April 27, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

Day Two of the NFL draft means the best of the rest get picked. For example, the Raiders picked a great offensive lineman in Jackson Powers-Johnson and a serviceable OL in Delmar Glaze.

Powers-Johnson is a larger than average center at Oregon with unbelievable strength and technique. The only reason why he didn’t go in round one is due to injury. The Raiders have to be pleased with this pick. He reminds me of the late Gene Upshaw with how he plays football.

Glaze is a decent tackle who has great pass protection technique but still has some holes in his run blocking technique. His footwork is average at best at this point in his career. Quicker edge rushers can swing him open and get to his QB if he doesn’t improve his footwork. He reminds me of Jermaine Eluemunor.

April 26, 2024 Posted in  NFL News

Round 1 last night had plenty of quarterbacks go in the first dozen picks. Six to be precise. That’s a 1 QB for every 2 picks if you’re mathematically disinclined. And there’s 1 in 3 QBs in the first dozen picks who have made me wish dandruff didn’t exist (head scratcher).

QB Draft Grades:

Bears: Caleb Williams A+.

Commanders: Jayden Daniels: A,

Patriots: Drake Maye: A,

Falcons: Michael Penix Jr.: D-,

Vikings: J.J. McCarthy:B-,

Broncos: Bo Nix: D+

Note: The two Ds are for dandruff because they’re making me scratch my head.

In non-QB draft selections, three stand out.

Los Angeles Chargers: Joe Alt, OT

Las Vegas Raiders: Brock Bowers, TE

Kansas City Chiefs: Xavier Worthy, WR

Biggest Irrelevant Moment of Night One:

JC Latham probably making Roger Goodell see a chiropractor today after lif...