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2012-2013 AFC North Season Preview

Cleveland Browns Rookies

Who will win the AFC North?  Will the Browns surprise in 2012?  Will one of last years 3  AFC North playoff teams regress?  Find out how your team did in this 2012-2013 AFC North Season Preview. Pittsburgh Steelers 12-4 Outside of Tom Brady, the Steelers have the only other quarterback in the AFC with Hall [...]

Rant Sports Initial 2013 NFL Mock Draft

Collin Klein

  My initial 2013 NFL Mock Draft is based off of the 2012 Rant Sports NFL Power Rankings plus the potential playoff match ups that could unfold. 1. Minnesota Vikings select USC QB Matt Barkley In the rare event that the Vikings finish with the leagues worst record, it’s likely that the Christian Ponder era will reach its conclusion.  I’m [...]

2012 MLB Draft National League Draft Grades

Stanford ace Mark Appel was the top prospect in this year’s MLB Draft.  FInd out what grades I gave the National League Teams. National League East Draft Grades Atlanta Braves, A Grade: Hometown pitchers Lucas Sims and Alex Wood help the Braves out.  Sims is a high school pitcher while Wood attended Georgia.  Both arms [...]

2012 MLB Draft American League Draft Grades

Mike Zunino

Mike Zunino was the clear cut #1 catcher in the 2012 MLB Draft.  Which team took him in the 2012 MLB Draft? American East Draft Grades Baltimore Orioles, B Grade: The Orioles made some solid picks.  Kevin Gausman and Dylan Bundy could provide a Randy Johnson/Curt Schilling like one-two punch in the O’s rotation if [...]

2012 MLB Mock Draft

Mark Appel

The 2012 MLB Draft takes place on June 4, 2012.  The MLB Draft is becoming more vital for MLB teams with low budget payrolls.  The San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals are two perfect examples of ball-clubs building through the MLB Draft. Stanford pitcher Mark Appel only surrendered two home runs in 2011.  Appel even managed to win a start [...]

2012 NFL Draft Day 1 Grades

Riley Reiff

Iowa Left Tackle Riley Reiff was projected to be a top 10 pick.  Reiff fell to the Detroit Lions at 23 overall.  Reiff was hands down the best value pick in round 1.  Pittsburgh got a good consolation prize with David DeCastro.  Reiff filled a greater position of need and value with offensive tackles being [...]

2012 NFL Mock Draft Day 1 Edition

Morris Claiborne BCS Title Game

1983 was the year of the quarterback.  Nearly 30 years later like that draft there is a Stanford quarterback destined to be drafted by the Colts once again.  This time, the Colts will keep the Stanford quarterback rather than trading him on draft day.  Like the 1983 NFL Draft, I also have 6 quarterbacks going [...]

New York Giants Offseason Outlook

Super Bowl 46 MVP

Eli Manning won his second Super Bowl.  Now Eli has one more title than his older brother.  The Giants pick 32nd in the 2012 NFL Draft. Free Agency Recap The New York Giants added Martellus Bennett at tight end.  New York also traded for Keith Rivers.  Giants general manager Jerry Reese always seems to find [...]

New England Patriots Offseason Outlook

Tom Brady's 2012 Offense

The New England Patriots have had a record of 21-3 in the regular season since I did my first Patriots piece for Rant Sports following a tough loss to the Cleveland Browns back in 2010.  Congrats to the New York Giants again.  While this regular season success is tops in the NFL over the last [...]

San Francisco 49ers Offseason Outlook

Jim Harbaugh

Jim Harbaugh took the San Francisco 49ers team to the NFC Title game in his first year after leaving Stanford.  The only way this personal achievement gets topped is if Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck one ups the ole ball coach by getting the Indianapolis Colts to the Super Bowl as a rookie.  I think its [...]