Month: October 2021

When setting a DraftKings lineup, it’s key to balance your lineup out while not spending too much on one player or position. This week, we’re doing just that. Last week’s DraftKings lineup performed very well. The big downfall was Daniel Jones exiting the game with injury. When losing a quarterback, it’s hard to recover. This […]

The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. The preseason is the preseason for a reason. The games don’t count in the standings, both teams are testing lineups and systems, slowly working their stars into game shape […]

Going into his third season, the Ja Morant appears poised to make The Leap. Can he be the player the Grizzlies have never had? On May 14, 2019, I spent the majority of my day thinking about a 6.6 percent chance. The NBA Draft Lottery was that night, and those were the odds that the […]

The Buffalo Bills take their place as the NFL’s team to beat, while Kansas City faces an identity crisis and uphill battle to make the NFL playoffs. The Buffalo Bills’ moment has arrived. After dominating the two-time defending AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night in blowout fashion inside Arrowhead Stadium, Buffalo has cemented […]

Entering his third season, how much of his game has New Orleans Pelicans Zion Williamson unveiled? With a full season officially under New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson’s belt, we got to see the dominance that made him a viral sensation in high school, executed at the NBA level. Playing with a poorly built roster, […]

The Cowboys head to New England riding a four-game winning streak. Here are five bold predictions on how Dallas will make it five wins in a row.  Dallas has opened up a two-game lead in the NFC East and certainly looks like a real threat to make a deep playoff run. A trip to Foxborough […]

Steve Sarkisian will watch Arch Manning in-person two days before the 2023 five-star quarterback makes his visit to Texas on Saturday. This week is an important one for Texas and its pursuit of Arch Manning. Per Chad Simmons of On3, Texas football head coach will watch Manning in-person on Thursday night two days before the […]

The Packers survived a comedy of errors from Mason Crosby to edge the Bengals last week. Here are five bold predictions on how they’ll handle the Bears.  Green Bay might have hoped for a comfortable victory against Cincinnati last week, but instead, they were forced to survive and advance against the Bengals in overtime. Of […]

From Nick Saban at Alabama to Dabo Swinney at Clemson, let’s rank the best college football coaching hires of the century. Between the need for recruiting, representing communities on a national scale, replacing your best players every three-four years, being a college coach is a 24/7 job. That’s on top of, you know, coaching the […]