Las Vegas Raiders at New England Patriots
Two Patriots young stars are dealing with injuries. Christian Gonzalez is out and Will Campbell is dealing with an injury. I think the Raiders win, cover (+2.5), and the over (44.5) hits.
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
I think the Packers win, cover (-2.5), and the over (47.5) hits.
Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills
I’ll take the Bills to win, cover (+1.5), and the under (50.5) to hit.
What I think will make a successful Patriot’s season:
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles will win, the Cowboys cover (+8.5), and the over (47.5) hits.
Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Chargers (In Brazil)
The Chiefs win, cover (-3), and the over (46.5) hits.
This is one of the most shocking NFL trades I can remember. For the Cowboys to trade a superstar edge rusher who is just entering the prime of his career is mind boggling.
I think it is a terrible idea to trade him. The first round picks they got will likely both be in the 20s or higher because the Packers are a perennial playoff team. And guess what? Best case scenario the Cowboys draft a player… who is just as good as Micah Parsons. And that is unlikely as he is one of the best players at one of the most premium positions in the sport.
This deal really only makes sense if you just blow the whole thing up and trade Dak, CeeDee, and any other player of value and go total rebuild. At this point, they should do exactly that. Including trading the guy they got from the Packers, Kenny Clark (who is a really good player in his own right, but is 29).
Watching the Cowboys documentary shows why it is better to completely rebuild from nothing with a ton of draft picks, rather than let yourself get stuck in the hopeless middle of the pack with nowhere to go.
For the Packers, this is just perfect. I already picked them to make the Super Bowl before and now I feel even better. In the loaded NFC North, this helps them so much.
And good for Micah, getting the largest non-QB deal ever with a four-year, $188 million contract that includes $136 million guaranteed.
These standoffs rarely lead to trades nowadays so it’s exciting to see one happen.
I was not expecting new jerseys, but these are awesome. They are part of the NFL’s new Rivalry collection of uniforms that teams will wear versus – you guessed it – their rivals.
I love the color scheme and little details. This article breaks down those details. And this video shows off the unis in a cool hype video.
Who are the active NFL head coaches to have won an FBS National Title?
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Hint 1: There are two
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Hint 2: They coach in the same Time Zone
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Hint 3: They used to coach different teams in the same division
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ANSWER:
Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh
Only one coach besides Tom Coughlin beat a Tom Brady and Bill Belichick-led team twice in the postseason. Who is it?
Hint 1: He is an active coach.
Hint 2: He defeated them both times at Gillette Stadium by at least two possessions.
Hint 3: His 13 postseason wins are the seventh-most all-time, putting him ahead of notable coaches such as Coughlin, Pete Carroll, Bill Cowher, Bill Walsh, Sean Payton, Tony Dungy, Mike Shanahan, and Mike Tomlin.
Answer: John Harbaugh. The Brady-Belichick Patriots had an overall home postseason record of 20-4. They were 2-2 against Harbaugh and 18-2 against everyone else.
Updated 2/9/2026
One of my favorite sports topics is relocation and expansion in the Big Four Sports Leagues. In this post (https://wheelhouseblog.com/2025/03/19/big-four-relocation-and-expansion/), I gave my original thoughts on which Big Four teams should relocate and which cities should get new teams. In this article I have made some updates to my MLB relocation/expansion plans.
I predict the MLB will expand to 32 teams. 5 new cities should get teams, with 2 expansions and 3 relocations.
The 3 relocations will need to happen before expansion occurs. The first team that should relocate is the Tampa Bay Rays. Despite having decent success, the Rays constituently have poor attendance, even for playoff games. With the new stadium project in the Tampa area collapsing and Tropicana Stadium having its roof ripped off, Tampa needs to leave soon.
I think it makes sense for them to move to Nashville. There is already a lot of momentum for a new team to go to Nashville and be called the Nashville Stars. There also is rumors that the new Tennessee Titans stadium complex will have room for a new MLB stadium which puts it in a great location. Nashville is a good sports town and the Rays moving there solves a current issue while also allowing them to stay in the AL East (for now).
I also think the Chicago White Sox should relocate. They are having tons of issues with finding a new stadium and with current attendance issues. There is already another team in Chicago and they would be a prime candidate to move to Austin. The city has a large, growing metro population that would be a great market to move into. Plus the team would have the San Antonio market close to them.
I also think the the LA Angels should move to Portland. Portland is a big sports city/area without an MLB team. The city recently approved a potential $800 million dollar tax to help build an MLB stadium if a team were to move there. The Angels are second citizens in their town and are due for a move.
The two expansion cities I see for the MLB are Charlotte and Salt Lake City. Charlotte would give the MLB access to the Carolinas market, which is a pretty big baseball area. Salt Lake City already has 2 other sports teams and is a sports crazy town. They also have a big group trying to bring the team there.
Based on the moves above and the Athletics moving to Las Vegas, here are the new divisions I imagine once 32 teams are in the league:
American League
| AL East | AL North | AL South^ | AL West |
| Baltimore Orioles | Cleveland Guardians | Austin Bats (formerly Chicago White Sox)* | Las Vegas Athletics |
| Boston Red Sox | Detroit Tigers | Colorado Rockies** | Portland Pioneers (formerly LA Angels) |
| New York Yankees | Kansas City Royals | Houston Astros* | Salt Lake City Seagulls |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Minnesota Twins | Texas Rangers* | Seattle Mariners |
National League
| NL East | NL North | NL South^ | NL West |
| New York Mets | Chicago Cubs | Atlanta Braves | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Cincinnati Reds | Charlotte Aviators | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Pittsburgh Pirates* | Milwaukee Brewers | Miami Marlins | San Diego Padres |
| Washington Nationals | St. Louis Cardinals | Nashville Stars (formerly Tampa Bay Rays)** | San Francisco Giants |
Notes:
To start, the Bruins have some numbers from recent players that need to be retired eventually. These don’t all need to happen ASAP, but all these guys should have their number in the rafters:
33 – Zdeno Chara
37- Patrice Bergeron
46 – David Krejci
40 – Tuukka Rask
30 – Tim Thomas and Gerry Cheevers
63 – Brad Marchand (once he is retired from the league)
To soon to tell, but they are on their way:
88 – David Pastrnak
73 – Charlie McAvoy
I have to make a caveat here. With the sheer amount of numbers needed for the NFL, I think the Patriots HOF shares a similar role as retired numbers do for other teams. For the Patriots, I think only all-time greats should have their numbers retired, especially since the Pats already have 8 numbers retired.
87 – Rob Gronkowski
56 – Andre Tippett
I also think Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick eventually deserve statues outside Gillette Stadium near where the Brady statue will be put up.
49 – Tim Wakefield
33 – Jason Varitek
15 – Dustin Pedroia
24 – Dwight Evans and Manny Ramirez
The Celtics do such a great job with retiring numbers, there are no pressing players that need to be retired.
To soon to tell, but they are on their way:
0 – Jayson Tatum
7 – Jaylen Brown
I also think the Bill Russell and Red Auerbach statues in Boston should be moved to TD Garden or new ones should be built at the Garden if they don’t want to move them. And they should build a Larry Bird statue there to join them.
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