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Oakland Raiders’ Offseason To-Do List

January 17, 2017

Today would've been the first day of Derek Carr's preparation for a "Tuck Rule" rematch.  It's just another day of recovery instead—for both the best Oakland Raiders quarterback since that 2001 ...

Chris Simms’ All-22 Team from NFL Divisional Playoffs

January 17, 2017

I had my dad on speed dial after I played the Packers back in 2008.  We were the eventual AFC No. 1 seed. The opposing quarterback was a third-year kid with ...

NFL Playoff Predictions 2017: Chris Simms’ Projections for the Divisional Round

January 13, 2017

I gave Chris Draft the three magic numbers he was inching up to my center to overhear.  Then I sat back and watched the veteran linebacker walk directly into my trap. ...

NFL Playoffs 2017: Chris Simms All NFL Wildcard Team

January 11, 2017

If you didn't enjoy watching blowouts during Wild Card Weekend, you're not alone. But never fear! The top-seeded playoff teams are ready to suit up, and judging by the NFL's recent ...

Chris Simms’ Post-Wild-Card Playoff Power Rankings

January 9, 2017

What did we learn from the most lopsided NFL Wild Card Round since 1981?  The same lesson I learned growing up around my dad's Giants teams or playing alongside some all-time ...

NFL Wildcard Predictions: Chris Simms’ Projections

January 6, 2017

Fake crowd noise didn't work.  Loud music didn't work. Even a random air-horn blast from Tennessee Titans offensive line coach Art Valero failed to prepare us for the Seattle Seahawks' home crowd. ...

Chris Simms’ NFL Regular-Season All-22 Team

January 4, 2017

I didn’t start studying game film so I could be an NFL quarterback or a Bleacher Report analyst. I started because that’s all I knew.  My home away from home growing up? ...

Chris Simms’ Final Regular Season NFL Team-by-Team Grades

January 3, 2017

I avoided the paper stack in my locker like it was a bad final report card.  Because that’s exactly what it was. John Shoop, my quarterback coach with the Buccaneers back ...

NFL Picks Week 17: Chris Simms’ Game-by-Game Picks

December 29, 2016

The best season of my career wasn’t supposed to end with a Ray Lewis “Squirrel Dance.” But it did—and the answer to why my Titans veered off our Super Bowl course ...

Chris Simms’ NFL Power Rankings Ahead of Week 17

December 27, 2016

I had to see the quarterback my coaching friends up in Oakland were raving about. So I flew out to Raiders training camp in the summer of 2014. I watched the ...

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