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Championship week is here, and there are a few familiar faces as well as some new ones. The Chiefs went into Buffalo and brought more heartbreak to the Bills with wide right making an appearance in the 4th quarter. The 49ers snook a win away from the Packers with Jordan Love throwing a heartbreaking (and completely unnecessary) pick. The Lions took care of business against Baker and the Buccaneers...

The playoffs are where the wheat is separated from chaff and, oh boy, was there ever some chaff to be culled this year. The AFQ boys break down the (not so Super) Wild Card Weekend action, laughing at the Cowboys and Eagles, cooing over the potentialities of the Texans and Packers, and being very grateful that we don’t live in Buffalo or Kansas City at this time of year. We also break down the lat...

WEEK 18 REVIEW + WILDCARD PREVIEW The regular season is over and for the successful few that means playoff football but for those less lucky it often means big changes. However, this week saw an unprecedented shift in the NFL landscape as multiple legendary coaches saw their tenures end. Bill Belichick's 24 year tenure ends after 6 Super Bowls but little success post-Brady. Pete Carroll's Seahawks...

It’s the last week of the regular season and teams are out there fighting for their lives. Sure, the 49ers and Ravens have locked up the top spots, but what about the other 12 playoff positions? Buffalo takes on Miami on Sunday Night Football in a game that could see them as the 2nd seed in the AFC, or out of the playoffs entirely! Jacksonville needs to beat Tennessee to lock up a postseason ticke...

The last time the Detroit Lions won their division, not only did the NFC North not yet exist, but neither did Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You". A simpler time, perhaps a better time. The AFQ boys celebrate the historic achievement of Dan Campbell's boys by breaking down the ins and outs of their crucial victory over the Minnesota Vikings. In our survey of the Week 16 action, we als...

WEEK 15 REVIEW + WEEK 16 PREVIEW It is the festive season but for Brandon Staley there will be little festive joy and he and long-term General Manager Tom Telesco were dismissed after an embarrassing TNF beatdown. We review the ups and (many high profile) downs of the Staley era and assess what interest there will be in Chargers team with Justin Herbert but not much else. We also breakdown the oth...

Week 14 is in the books and somehow 30 teams are still live for playoff football, but some of them don’t seem to pass the smell test. On the NFC side the Eagles have lost two straight games to the 49ers and the Cowboys losing their number one seed and division title for now, while the wildcard teams include the Packers (who lost to the Giants) and the Vikings (who have swapped QB again and put up...

Just when you thought the Bengals were out, Jake Browning pulls them back in! The Bengals pulled off the MNF upset over the Jags to keep their playoff hopes alive, and the AFQ boys are here to break down the action. We take a look at all the highlights from Week 13, including the puntless wonder that was the Cowboys' win over the Seahawks, the 49ers laying down a marker with a crushing victory ove...

WEEK 12 REVIEW + WEEK 13 PREVIEW As the playoffs come into view, some less successful teams are cleaning house early as the Carolina Panthers fire Head Coach Frank Reich after only 12 games in a season marred by poor offense, play caller flip-flopping and rumours of coach-owner disagreements stretching all the way to Bryce Young pick at #1 in the draft. The Commanders also clear out underperformin...

Change is coming to the AFC North. Matt Canada has been removed as OC for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Deshaun Watson is gone for the Browns and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow is gone for the season too. The injury bug is hitting a lot of teams, but who can figure a way through it and make it to the playoffs? We look at last weeks game including the clash of the 1 Seeds between the Chiefs and the Eagles, a c...

Six walk-off FGs in one week, including a Broncos retake after the Bills have too many men on the field, and a seventh one missed by Carolina - week 10 in the NFL certainly had a distinct theme. The AFQ boys break down all the action, focusing on four of the six FG-won games: the Stroud-led Texans continuing their assault on our expectations (and our hearts) with a win over the Bengals; DeShaun Wa...

WEEK 9 REVIEW + WEEK 10 PREVIEW We have reached the halfway point of the regular season and that means we have a good idea of the contenders and pretenders in the NFL this season. In this week's episode we update our preseason predictions and give our assessment of what may be coming down the track this season. We review a fun slate of Week 9 games with a focus on the breakout party for CJ Stroud...

Trade deadline is here and there are a lot of players moving around the NFL. The “Young and Sweaty” Defence in Washington will be repping Chicago and San Fransisco, Josh Dobbs will be trying out the colour purple, and the Raiders decided to fire their coach and GM instead of getting in on the action. We also look at last weeks games and how they change the NFL landscape. Are the Chiefs cooked? Are...

I GOT THE SKILLS TO OUTPLAY THE BILLS (WEEK 7 REVIEW + WEEK 8 PREVIEW) It's Week 7 of the NFL and that means it's time for some high-calibre teams to be declared outright frauds. This week, it's the Bills and the 49ers in the hot seat after disappointing defeats, while the Eagles and Ravens defied fraudom with statements wins over the Dolphins and Lions respectively. The AFQ boys break down these...

WEEK 6 REVIEW + WEEK 7 PREVIEW The 1972 Dolphins can sleep easy as a chaotic Week 6 saw the last two undefeated NFL teams go down in spectacular fashion. We break down how a ferocious Browns defense stifled an ailing 49ers offense to give PJ Walker enough room to win out (with a little help from an inaccurate 49ers kicker) and we also dig into how a complacent Eagles outfit were ambushed by an eli...

The Jags ruled the roost in London while a Bills team sleepwalked into a surprisingly one-sided loss, and most of AFQ were there to see it. The 49ers showed themselves to be the class of the NFC with a demolition of the Cowboys and Jonathon Taylor got paid! The AFQ boys break down all the games from last week, how injuries and signings are going to impact teams moving forward and preview the match...

It's Week 2 of the NFL's Taylor Swift Experience, and while Brittany Mahomes was partying with Taylor and her celebrity pals in the VIP suite, her husband Pat struggled to shake off the attentions of the Jets' defense and Zach Wilson, long the anti-hero of the Jets' fanbase, showed he was capable of looking like a competent NFL quarterback. The AFQ boys break down all the action from Week 4 of the...

WEEK 3 REVIEW + WEEK 4 PREVIEW Swiftie madness took over football this week as a blooming romance in Kansas City capped a weird and wonderful week of NFL action. We breakdown the best of Week 3 including an appropriately dumb showdown between the Vikings and Chargers, a shock Jordan Love comeback to gain his maiden Lambeau victory against the Saints, a shock kicker battle victory as the Colts lean...

Week 2 is in the books and boy has the injury bug hit hard. Burrow has reaggravated his leg injury, Nick Chubb is out for the season and the Lions are missing 4 or 5 starters already! But its not all doom and gloom. Seattle showed they have the moxie to hang in there as NFC contenders, Miami showed they have a run game to support their speedster WRs, and the Giants showed they could score points?...

Who would be a NY Jets fan? The brave new world of the Aaron Rodgers era at MetLife Stadium lasted only four plays before a season-ending injury left Jets fans staring down the prospect of another season of Zach Wilson. The AFQ boys break down all the action of Week 1, beginning with the drama and tragedy of the Jets-Bills game, but also taking in big wins for the Lions over the Kelce-less Chiefs,...

WEEK 1 PREVIEW Football is back and we open with an excellent slate of games to open up the season. We preview every week 1 game and ask if the Lions superior trench talent can sink Mahomes and Chiefs on opening day, get excited for the possibility of the new look Colts against a Jaguars team coming off an impressive end to last season, look forward to a potential AFC contender shootout as the Dol...

The preseason is over and real football is about to start back. We wrap up all the news that’s happened in the last few weeks and look forward to the 2023/24 season with our awards show, The Premature Congratulations! Who will be MVP? What player will disappoint the most? What stars will breakout this year? All this and much, much more on your one stop shop for news, views and overreactions to all...

The AFQ boys complete their divisional previews by focusing this week on the NFC West, a division with possibly both the best and the worst team in the NFL. Are the Cardinals really planning to start Colt McCoy Week 1? Could this be the 49ers' year? Are the Rams stuck between a complete rebuild and trying to run it back one more time? And can the Seahawks surprise everyone again? All these questio...

The AFQ boys continue their tour around the league with a preview of the upcoming season for the NFC South, perhaps the most uninspiring division in the entire National Football League. How will the Bucs adjust to the post-Brady era? Is the Arthur Smith Falcons projects anything to get excited about in its third year? Why does it feel like the Saints are still living under the shadow of the Payton...

We continue our divisional previews by assessing an in-flux NFC North. Can Justin Fields make the sophomore jump after the Bears invest in new weapons and offensive linemen for the budding superstar? Will the Lions finally evolve from plucky challenger to divisional master as their divisional opponents are stuck in transition? Are we seeing the end of the Kirk Cousins era in Minnesota and what can...