The Zach Wilson Drinking Game
What better way way to kick it off Zach Wilson's career than with a drinking game? Belly Up contributor Ryan McCarthy has your rules.
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Predicting The 10 Worst NFL Teams in 2021
At this point of the NFL off-season, rosters are relatively set. Veterans and late-round rookies will be cut from teams as the season draws near, but the bulk of the units are here to stay. So looking at the rosters, divisions, and strength of schedules, let’s predict the ten worst teams in the NFL by […]
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NFL Draft Post-Mortem: New York Jets
Belly Up contributor Ryan McCarthy breaks down the New York Jets' 2021 NFL Draft picks.
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The Dumbest 2021 NFL Draft Pick Teams Can Make
It’s time for the 2021 NFL Draft, and with it we’ve been inundated with mocks, player rankings, and talk of team needs. Well, what we don’t see is the dumb picks teams can make. With so many busts in NFL history, let’s see what mistakes teams can make. I will also be skipping around. The […]
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The Badgers Trap Game This Season
Every team has the dreaded “trap game” on their schedule. Wisconsin is no exception to this theory. In the Paul Chryst era, the Badgers have lost their trap games in 2018 and 2019. This has often knocked Wisconsin out of the playoff conversation. This season, I see the Badgers October 16th match up against the […]
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Jets Trade Sam Darnold – Now What?
Belly Up contributor and resident New York Jets fan Ryan McCarthy goes over the trade that sent Sam Darnold to Carolina.
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What’s The Most Desirable Head Coaching Vacancy?
What is the most desirable head coaching vacancy?
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New Year’s Resolutions for Each AFC Team
This is a counterpart to my article about the NFC’s New Year’s resolutions. Here are the AFC New Year’s Resolutions. Let me know if any of these are right or wrong! AFC South Resolutions Houston Texans Deshaun Watson is one of my favorite players, so this whole team makes me sad. Watson is with Houston […]
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New York Jets win first game, lose first draft pick
In the most surprising upset of the 2020 NFL season, the New York Jets won their first game of the year against the 9-4 Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. It’s a win that, while certainly impressive, didn’t please many Jets fans. The subject of a football team tanking for higher draft picks is treated very […]
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Biggest Takeaways From Week 13 of the NFL
Before we get into any takeaways from Week 13, I would be failing to not begin with a special shoutout. Sunday marked the 200th episode of the Scott Hanson RedZone era. I began following the NFL heavily around 2010. My earliest memories of loving all things football related involved watching RedZone every Sunday morning with […]
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NFL Week 4: Overreaction Time
Remember all those negative tests from the very beginning of the season? Those are all in the past now. The wonderful days of “All tests return negative” seem so long ago. Now here we are in NFL Week 4 and COVID-19 has officially reared it’s ugly head. That brings me to my first overreaction – […]
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Dumpster Fire Scale: New York Professional Sports
How bad is the New York sports scene currently? Belly Up contributor Ryan McCarthy discusses the dumpster fire that is New York professional sports.
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NFL Week 2: Overreaction Time
NFL Week 2 has come and gone, which means we have another round of overreactions. I did not believe we would even make Week 1, so any week after that is a godsend. The fact that there has been zero positive COVID test in the NFL in the first two weeks is beyond good news. […]
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AFC East 2020: NFL Analysis and Predictions
Please join me with my last Divisional Preview… The AFC East, with this I have finished my NFL Analysis and Predictions series. We still have a lot of questions regarding how the NFL season will be played. Some players have taken the Opt-Out option due to COVID-19. It seems like the season will be played […]
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