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Why to Care about LFA? Mexican Football League

Football is a great sport and is growing everyday. In the case of Mexico, a new professional league appeared last year with four teams (Raptors, Condors, Eagles, and Mayas) in Mexico City.  This 2017 season, two teams will be added: Fundidores, from Monterrey,  and Dinos, from Saltillo. Both of them are from major cities in northern Mexico, where football is really important. But, how this league came to appear? Well, Mexico has a stong tradition of american football since the 1950's. There are two college leagues  –  ONEFA and CONADEIP.  –  Both leagues play at a level of an NCAA division II or III. Even the Olympic Stadium of 1968 was built before for football games. It is part of a college tradition in Mexico to be part of a football team. There was a time that baseball along with american football were the main sports in the country. Nowadays football has come back, but now in a professional league, which will be played from February to May. It will be a great option to wat

PREVIEW Atlanta Falcons vs Philadelphia Eagles

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After beating 26-13 the LA Rams as visitors the Falcons dream with another year in the Superbowl. They were the lowest seed in the NFC. So they are visitng the No.1 The Eagles from Philly. The Falcons have showed improvement in the end of the season. They beat divisional rivals and they made it to the playoffs in a really competitive division. They went to LA and beat the Rams and the defense were able to stop a potential MVP Tod Gurley. And the offense scored more than 20 points. Se , they are flying Philly with a high hope and with a great possibility to be in the NFC Championship game, when they could face the Saints or the Vikings. In the other hand, the N.1 First seed the Eagles (13-3) are had a week off and are ready to show why they stood in that place. However, after the Carson Wenz injury, they Eagles have not been the same. And they finished their regular season at home losing against the Cowboys. Nick Foles is a good back up QB. But that will be enough to beat the At

Mexico's NFL game is decided: LA Rams vs Kansas City chiefs

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Mexico's NFL game is decided: LA Rams vs Kansas City chiefs This information was revealed by ESPN.  2018 will be the third consecutive game of regular season. Preceded in 2017 with the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots, and in 2016 the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans. Both editions of the game in Mexico have been seen with good eyes for the NFL and that is why the agreement of the league to keep having the games in Mexico. The two formed editions the Azteca Stadium was full until the end of the game. Even in the game Raiders Patriots, where the Raiders could not stop Patriots offense and were outscored 33-8. So, the reception of the games have been really well since 2016. But, in those cases they were teams were famous in Mexico, specially the Raiders, and of course the Patriots, since all of the bandwagons known in Spanish as villamelones.   This year, the Rams and the Chiefs will visit Mexico. Both do not have a large tradition of fans in Mexico,

Game preview: Alabama vs Georgia

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Game preview: Alabama vs Georgia These two titans from college football will face next Monday in the 2017 college playoff final between Georgia and Alabama in Atlanta. It will be an interesting game from many perspectives. The coaches know really well, actually Kirby Smart HC of Georgia has been member of Nick Saban coaching staff from 2004 to 2015. But now is different, Smart is leading the bulldogs for second year and is ready to compete against his former boss and one of the most complex college team. Georgia has good coaching and also combine it with a strong running game and also an underrated QB Jake Fromm, a freshman QB who handle well the semifinal stage of playoffs, completed 20 to 29 and finish with 210 yards and no INT. However sooners defense is not as competitive as Alabama. So Fitzpatrick and Alabama safeties will be a threat to Georgia passing game. In the other side of the ball, Smith and the defense of Georgia had an important night stopping sooners  and Baker

PREVIEW NFC Wild card Atlanta vs LA Rams

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The playoffs are set and ready to go. The Atlanta Falcons will visit the LA Rams, the relocated franchise have made it to the playoffs in the second year in LA, and have clinched their division since 2003. Are they contenders? Can the defense stop Matt Ryan and Atlanta offense and make their way to the Divisional match up against the Eagles? Photo from CBS Sports The  Falcons are No 6 seed and have won the last three games against division opponents. They still have Matt Ryan and a strong running game with Coleman and Freeman. However their offensive production is not the same as last year when they made it to the Super Bowl. And they will face one of the most dangerous offensive in the NFC. The LA Rams has MVP Candidate Todd Gurley and second year Jard Goff with a talented options of wide receivers. In my opinion, the balanced offense of the LA Rams will take the game and will face the Eagles in the next game.

NFC Wildcard Saint vs Panthers. PREVIEW

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For the third time in this NFL 2017 season the Saints and the Panthers will face. But now it will be postseason, wild card match up. The Carolina Panthers are visiting the New Orleans Saints, the champions or their division. It is interesting that this year the NFC has in playoffs three of the NFC south division; the Saints, the Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons. Photo by Canal Street Chronicals This time will be different. In the serie, the panthers were sweeped by the saints. And this time the panthers come from losing against the Falcons with a really erratic Cam Newton. However the panthers offense cannot be discarded. They finished 10-6, the same as the Saints, they won important game i.e against the Patriots in New England and finally Cam Newton accounted for an overwhelming 4,056, for 78.3%. So the Panthers are always a threat. In the other hand the Saints are recovered from past season were they struggled a lot. This time the running game is fundamental with Mark Ing

Bills are back in Playoffs since 1999. Do they have chances?

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Buffalo Bills are back in playoffs after 18 years. Since the year 2000 the AFC East has been dominated by the Patriots. This year was no the exception,  but the Bills made it to the playoffs by wining to the AFC wild card. The bills ended the season 9-7and will face the jaguars who had a record of 10-6. They won their game against the dolphins and also, the Baltimore Ravens lose against the Bengals who eliminated them from their dream to be in playoff. Instead, the Titans and the Ravens will be in playoffs. The Titans will visit the Chiefs in Kansas City, and the Bills will visit the Jaguars in Jacksonville. The Buffalo Bills had a complicated season and they were not consistent in their games. Nevertheless they may have opportunity to win. They have win  3 of the last 4 games and they have a good running game. But unfortunately Leshean McCoy is questionable for the game due to an ankle injury. In the other hand the Jacksonville Jaguars has lost their last 2 games, includin

Pregame review Titans 9-7 visits KC 10-6

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The Kansas City Chiefs will recieve the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Wildcard round in Arrowhead Stadium. The Titans defeated the Jaguars 15-10 in week 17 to finish with a 9-7 record. In the other hand, the Chiefs win over the Broncos, with their rookie QB Mahomes, 27-24 and won the AFC West with a 10-6 record. It will be an interesting AFC match up. Besides the Kansas City wining record, the team show many doubts. After starting the season winning their 5 games and being the last undefeated team they started losing their effectiveness int he game against the Steelers. After that game they lose 5 games in row and had to win the division title against the Chargers who started 0-4 and had many problems in their special teams.  The Kansas City are not the same who started the season with a win over the Patriots . Will be a team who struggled to win a division with teams that have several problems.  If that is not enough  The Titans edged the Chiefs by a 19-1