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The Evolution of Urban Shopping Districts Post-COVID-19
By: Perkins Eastman
Tags: Retail, Shopping, Urban Planning, Architecture

The Evolution of Urban Shopping Districts Post-COVID-19

Is the coronavirus the end of retail as we know it? With the holiday shopping season upon us, a great deal of speculation and concern is circulating about the future of retail and shopping. The statistics are dire. Across the country, as many as 25,000 stores in urban centers could close permanently by the end of the year, according to Coresight Research. Major retail brands — such as Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, and JC Penney — have gone, or will be going, bankrupt, and in some cases, closing permanently. Many of the shopping districts that historically relied on these anchors to attract shoppers are in trouble, and mall and retail property owners are quickly trying to reposition their properties to adapt.

Brad Perkins, FAIA, MRAIC, AICP, Chairman and Co-Founder of Perkins Eastman, has been monitoring the impact of the coronavirus on shopping districts in New York and beyond.

“In New York, the situation is very serious. Hundreds of restaurants and retail stores have closed and many more will not survive the winter. All of this has led to people predicting that the central shopping districts of major cities are dying and will never fully recover.”

But Brad’s many years’ working with commercial real estate, retail, and mixed-use clients worldwide have given him perspective.

“I might be more worried if I had not heard this same prediction several times before,” Brad remarks. “The great world cities have always come back — in many cases stronger than before. This was the case in New York City during the recessions of the 1970s and again in the 1990s, and neither of those eras resulted in the end of dedicated shopping areas,” he adds.

Instead, Brad believes “the pandemic is just accelerating changes that were already underway. The spaces devoted to retail and shopping are not disappearing, they are evolving.”

Brad’s predictions, which follow below, highlight how vital repositioning, adaptation, and flexibility will be for the evolution of the urban shopping district:

1 | Balancing brick-and-mortar with e-commerce

E-commerce was part of the retail landscape long before the pandemic. Over the last 20 years, most large- and mid-size retailers and brands have built an active online presence, allowing customers the flexibility to shop for products over the Internet. As the coronavirus continues, these changes in shopping methods are only becoming more habitual. The 22 percent surge in online shopping on Black Friday that reached a record $9 billion in sales in the U.S., according to Adobe Analytics, illustrates that the pandemic is leading more people to shop from the comfort of their sofas than to risk heading to crowded stores. Additionally, this year Cyber Monday had its biggest online shopping day ever in the U.S., according to Adobe Analytics.
Digital Blue Foam Introduces Revolutionary Design Software To City Design Masters Students at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
By: Sayjel Vijay Patel
Tags: Urban Planning, Architecture, Design School, Generative Design

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Digital Blue Foam Introduces Revolutionary Design Software To City Design Masters Students at Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Singapore/Budapest — 09, December, 2020 — Digital Blue Foam (DBF) and Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) today announced a partnership that will allow the university’s Master of Science (Architecture) students to experience the full revolutionary power of the DBF design software in their coursework, dramatically reducing design time so they can focus on what matters.

Under the agreement, the Msc Science (Architecture) students taking the Specialization in City Design module will learn to use Digital Blue Foam and develop their projects with the software. They will have the opportunity to sketch directly onto an environmental analysis and make building designs more humane and sustainable.

Each participating student will:

be given access to DBF’s online tutorials participate in one-hour guest lectures with DBF co-founders on machine learning and the functionalities of the DBF software monthly group catch-ups with a representative from DBF to discuss the student’s projects and their experience using the DBF software

Digital Blue Foam, a Singapore-based design technology firm founded by architects, has created an easy-to-use software for architects and city planners that offers geospatial data on every city, unparalleled user experience, a powerful design engine, and project analytics tools — all in one fully web-based platform. The software is being used by some of the world’s leading AEC companies such as Takenaka Corporation of Japan.

Camiel Weijenberg and Sayjel V. Patel, co-founders of Digital Blue Foam, said: “We are pleased to partner with Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the largest university in Hungary to train architects. We believe that by educating the next generation of architects on the latest tools and technologies, we will shape the way they design — efficiently, intelligently, and sustainably — and contribute to the industry.”

“…Digital Blue Foam is a wonderful educational tool to explain many factors in urban development such as different site data, shades in different seasons, and zoning values…”

Associate Professor Bálint Kádár, the university’s Department of Urban Planning and Design and lead for the partnership, said: “I believe Digital Blue Foam is a wonderful educational tool to explain many factors in urban development such as different site data, shades in different seasons, and zoning values. Students who are familiar with Digital Blue Foam as a generative design tool will have a faster learning curve and will be more prepared for future design technologies. We look forward to using and learning from the software in our Master programme coursework.”
Blueprint to Police Relations and Successful Community Planning and Development
By: Nathaniel Jones, Bas, Pbc-Ued
Tags: Sustainability, City Management, Community Devlopment, Police Relations, Urban Planning

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Coming Back Stronger: An Agenda for a Cleaner, More Resilient, More Equitable America
By: Joe Distefano
Tags: Equity, Cities, Covid 19, Urban Planning, Recovery

Arguably more than ever before in our lifetimes, the year 2020 has demonstrated how natural and human events can conspire to create profound challenges to the collective resilience of our environment, health, economy, and livelihood. Worsening climate change, income inequality, and impacts from an ongoing pandemic have battered our economy and further exposed longstanding disparities in access and opportunity.

While there are many aspects of this collective crisis over which we have limited control, there are undoubtedly strategies we can take to not only mitigate their effects, but significantly bolster our resilience, equity, and overall sense of agency.

To that end, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, today published an in-depth and important report, “Coming Back Stronger.” The report outlines a high-level strategy to recover from the human tragedy and economic crisis induced both by the pandemic and natural hazard events brought about by climate change.

To develop the strategy discussed in the report, RMI leveraged the mapping and analytics capabilities of the UrbanFootprint platform to evaluate numerous scenarios in key sectors: access and mobility; public and commercial buildings; broadband access and quality; water availability and treatment; the natural environment; and energy and utilities.
Origin-Destination Network Analysis of NY CitiBike Data
By: Moses Levich
Tags: Micromobility, Data Science, Transportation, Network Analysis, Urban Planning

New York City’s privately-owned CitiBike program is the largest bikesharing program in the United States. Operated by Motivate, a Lyft subsidiary, the program has grown to include over 1,000 stations and 15,000 bikes.

CitiBike data is publicly available here. Trip histories including time, origin and destination location, and demographic data are released monthly. The August 2020 file contained over 2.3 million trip entries. I performed a network analysis on this dataset using Python and NetworkX to visualize the spatial distribution and connectivity of CitiBike stations, and to determine which stations are most and least connected.

September’s CitiBike dataset consisted of 2,329,514 trips spread across 1,059 stations. A simple plot of the stations can be seen here:

CitiBike Station Locations, as of Sept. 2020, New York City.

Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn are well-represented here, while the rest of Brooklyn, central and eastern Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island are not served by CitiBike.
NYC Community Fridges: Food Assistance During the Pandemic
By: Parker Maclure
Tags: NYC, Covid 19, Urban Planning, Food Assistance, Community Fridges

NYC Community Fridges: Food Assistance During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we know it in so many ways. Since the start of the pandemic, millions of people across the country lost their jobs due to stay at home orders and the shuttering of entire industries. Here in New York City, job recovery has been slow. Unemployment in the city has stubbornly remained above the national average, coming in at 16% in August. This widespread economic hardship has rapidly pushed more New Yorkers into food insecurity. Over 1.5 million residents are struggling to feed themselves, a 38% increase since before the pandemic, and one out of four NYC children are food insecure, a 49% increase.

This dramatic increase in need has strained existing food assistance programs. According to a June 2020 report by Food Bank For New York City, three quarters of local food pantries reported an increase in visitors since the start of the pandemic. This has been further complicated by the fact that food pantries have been struggling to stay open due to economic pressures. The report also found that 39% of food pantries had to shut down during the pandemic, a disturbing figure considering the dramatic increase in need.

With meager assistance from the government, community organizations have stepped up to fill in the gaps. Throughout the five boroughs, new community fridges have popped up outside of bodegas, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. Some are run by mutual aid networks, some are simply put out by the businesses that power them. Most of the fridges are open 24/7 and provide a place for people to drop off food or take what they need for free. The stock ranges from fresh produce to pre-made meals and baby formula.
Python for Transit: Line frequencies in a map from GTFS
By: Santiago Toso
Tags: Data Visualization, Python, Transit, Transportation Planning, Urban Planning

Python for Transit: Line frequencies in a map from GTFS

In this article, we will see how to get line frequencies from a GTFS using the Python package gtfs_functions. You can find the repository and official documentation on GitHub.

If you are looking for an extensive explanation of the package, I recommend you first read this introduction. Here, we are going to directly dive into the specific use case of getting stop frequencies in a map.

Package installation and GTFS parsing

To install the package and parse the GTFS run the code below. For the article, I downloaded the GTFS from SFMTA (San Francisco, CA).

Calculate line frequencies

The function lines_freq takes 5 arguments:

stop_times calculated in step 1

calculated in step 1 trips calculated in step 1

calculated in step 1 shapes calculated in step 1

calculated in step 1 routes calculated in step 1

calculated in step 1 cutoffs: list of numbers that define the time windows we want to aggregate the data by.

The output for one specific line shows:

GeoDataFrame output for the function lines_freq().

Which has the following columns:

route_id from the GTFS

from the GTFS route_name

dir_id : the direction is “Inbound” if it had 0 in the GTFS and “Outbound” if it had a 1.

: the direction is “Inbound” if it had 0 in the GTFS and “Outbound” if it had a 1. window : service window defined from the “cutoffs” input.

: service window defined from the “cutoffs” input. frequency : hourly frequency in minutes per trip in the window.

: hourly frequency in minutes per trip in the window. ntrips : number of trips in the widow.

: number of trips in the widow. max_freq: highest hourly frequency in the day in minutes per trip.

highest hourly frequency in the day in minutes per trip. max_trips : maximum number of hourly trips that take place in that stop.

: maximum number of hourly trips that take place in that stop. geometry

Show results on a map

You can always export the GeoDataFrames we saw and open them in your favorite GIS software, but I added a function to allow the user to quickly take a look from the notebook before going into that workflow. It is not meant to be presentation-ready or fully customizable, just to take a quick look.

The function map_gdf() is built on top of the folium library and allows you to quickly visualize and style the data on a map.

It takes 6 arguments as shown below. For example, to visualize line frequencies:

Acknowledgments & References

Far from taking credit from other’s work, I want to acknowledge that some functions of this package were built on top of great and more generic packages and were just slightly modified to better serve this specific workflow.

For example, the function import_gtfs() heavily relies on partridge, a powerful Python library created by Remix founders that makes parsing a GTFS very easy. Similarly, map_gdf() and save_gdf() are built on top of folium and geopandas respectively.
Why Federal Transit Subsidies are a Necessity Right Now
By: Armaan Khare-Arora
Tags: Covid-19, Congress, Public Transit, Urban Planning, Public Policy

Why it matters. Historically, public transport’s primary sources of revenue have been from fares and local subsidies, both of which have hit all-time lows due to the current pandemic. The lack of revenue has forced public transport systems around the country to reduce operations significantly, suspending routes, and overnight activity. According to the New York Times, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the largest transit agency in the country, faces a $15.9 billion deficit through 2024 after revenues from fares, tolls, and state and local subsidies were cut when the pandemic hit. The shortage will force the agency to undergo massive shifts to stay afloat, such as cutting bus routes, increasing wait times, and suspending subway lines. The problem is particularly challenging for minorities and lower-income workers who rely on public transport to get to work. A Pew Research study demonstrates that among urban residents, 34% of Blacks and 27% of Hispanics report taking public transit daily or weekly, compared with only 14% of whites. The suspension of public transit will disproportionately detriment lower-income and minority individuals, perpetuating the structural harms that have been apparent in America since its conception in 1776.

My take. With a utilitarian approach in mind, public transit should fundamentally be about providing as much access to as many people as possible. However with the revenue pressure from the pandemic, that philosophical approach is at severe risk. As with most of the complex issues America faces today, there are multiple solutions to the threat of service cuts to the transit system. As of right now, all hope lies in a proposed $15 billion for public transit agencies as part of a $908 billion pandemic-relief package. Unfortunately, the plan is met with resistance from Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell whose proposed bill offers no public transit financing. Congress needs to compromise and offer financial relief and subsidies for the transport systems to help them through the pandemic. However, while the stimulus bill provides a band-aid short-term fix, a much-needed one at that, public transport systems will continue bleeding out due to a systematic and administrative ineptitude apparent within the system. Christina Goldblum from the New York Times writes that the public transport system “has a reputation for massive overspending and labor redundancies.” Potential remedies include but are not limited to; following the Japanese Shinkansen model of only having one worker on the train at a time, switching to a proof of payment method, and reworking the maintenance systems to be more cost-effective. Using the money given by Congress to transition to a more efficient model, public transport can both survive and improve, further serving the American people.
Average post-WWII cities are built for anti-happiness.
By: Erik Bassett
Tags: Urban Design, Urban Planning, Urbanism

Average post-WWII cities are built for anti-happiness. Rather than ranting about cars and suburban sprawl, I’ll let our vacation habits tell the story.

When most of us save up thousands and block off that precious PTO, it’s often to stroll the human-scale streets of cities that grew organically in the soil of human interaction and interdependency and ingenuity. When the urban world is our oyster for that week or that month, we don’t bask in the sterile tracts of Levittown; we meander around the cramped hills of Paris or the alleys of Tokyo.

We then come home to place-less places of fallow pavement and withdrawn faces, wondering, “Why am I not happier here?” Gazing out the car window with speed-induced tunnel vision, we have a quiet inkling of an answer.

A city of auto-worshipping McModern mono-architecture reminds us who matters. It’s not us.
Climate Adaptation in Informal Urban Settlement Is Everyone’s Responsibility
By: Iccdi Africa
Tags: Women, Adaptation, Urban Planning, Climate Change, Wash

According to the presentation by Dr. Muyiwa Adegun, there is a need for power symmetry to combat the issue because the issues affecting climate change are multidimensional. “It requires a robust agenda for addressing informality issues, urban design, and finance. These are very important because the issues emanating from climate change impact are multidimensional. They are multisectoral. Thus, we need more places from social sciences, natural sciences, design, technology, and others to come up with a research and evidence-based solution in addressing climate adaptation impact”

He further stated that some non-structural solutions needed to combat climate change can be gotten from the environment. “Some solutions to address climate change impact are derived from natural systems. That is why if you want to reduce the impact of temperature, you need to invest in forestation, tree planting, and others.”

Similarly, a fellow researcher, Dr. Elinorata Mbuya pointed out that because of the heat waves in informal settlements in the coastal and urban regions, some residents have resulted in the opening of windows, sitting outside for fresh air amongst others as a non-structural coping strategy. This according to her helps them deal with the heatwave that has become prevalent in the region. “The heat stress is increasing in coastal cities. But it depends on the collective decision and collective action by everyone to combat this”
The Rising Prominence of African Sustainable Cities
By: Ronald Chagoury
Tags: Africa, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Ronald Chagoury Jr

Urban areas are becoming more popular with each passing year; by 2050, it is projected that around 68% of the world’s population will live in cities. This shift to an urban residence majority makes for increased opportunities in business and lifestyle, but it also presents challenges when it comes to environmental protection and sustainability.

The impact of urban centers on the environment is largely negative. With rapidly-growing populations and increased demand for transportation, sustenance, and energy, cities that strive to accommodate their inhabitants risk increasing their carbon footprint and accelerating the decline of the planet’s resources. Keeping this detrimental potential in mind, city planners around the world have sought solutions to promote eco-friendly urban living solutions.

Already, cities like Copenhagen, Denmark, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Portland, Oregon have integrated eco-friendly practices and features to support growing populations as well as the environment. With features such as public transportation powered by renewable energy, bike lanes, and a heightened awareness of water consumption, these cities have made small changes that have a big impact.

In order to be both sustainable and eco-friendly, a city must focus on its social, economic, and environment impact. Key features of a sustainable eco-city include food and water self-sustenance, minimized pollution output, and population growth accommodations.

The inaugural African Climate Summit in 2019 hosted discussions pertaining to climate risk and urban areas with sustainable cities being presented as a possible solution. Across the African continent, cities have begun adopting sustainable practices. Some nations, like Nigeria, have pledged to abide by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations; these goals include sustainable city and community design, affordable and clean energy, and climate action.

Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, which is already home to more than 24 million individuals, will host the Chagoury Group’s Eko Atlantic project; located on Victoria Island, Eko Atlantic will feature mixed-use buildings, green infrastructure, and world-class public transportation as a demonstration of sustainability in urban settings. Additional initiatives will include self-sufficient clean power supplies, an abundance of locally-sourced greenery, and innovative traffic solutions.

The future of urban development is sustainable. With sustainable, eco-friendly practices and designs, developers can improve existing cities in addition to creating new ones, thereby promoting a greener existence in urban centers in Africa and around the world.
كيفية التقليل من استخدام المركبات الخاصة واثرها الصحي والبيئي على المجتمعات
By: Meshal Sal
Tags: Saudi Aramco, Saudi, Urban Planning, Saudi Arabia, Civil

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What is a 15-minute city?
By: Richard Haas
Tags: City Living, Future, Innovation, Urban Planning, Architecture

Could this new vision for city-life become the new normal?

An artist render of the 15-minute city courtesy of Paris en Commun

The mayor of Paris recently announced something radical: A promise to remove over half the city’s parking spaces.

In other cities across the world this would have make her a very unpopular politician.

In Paris it’s a promise that won socialist Anne Hidalgo her re-election earlier this year.

This drastic proposal is just a small part of her mission to turn Paris into ‘the city of fifteen minutes’, a vast city-wide project that would affect nearly every aspect of urban life.

The guiding principle for the 15-minute city is simple.

The grounding principle for the plan is to ensure every Parisian lives within a 15 minutes’ walk or cycle from essential services such as grocery shops, parks, cafes, sports facilities, schools and even workplaces.

To do this, Hidalgo aims to make key thoroughfares in Paris inaccessible to motor vehicles, turn traffic-choked intersections into pedestrian plazas and create bike lanes on every street.

The driving force behind this idea is Carlos Moreno, a smart city professor at Paris-Sorbonne University. Moreno views his plan as an alternative to today’s city.

He presents a picture of an urban utopia where people know each other and “say bonjour” rather than rushing around in a “permanent state of anxiety”.

Moreno’s plan is based on four major pillars: ecology, proximity, solidarity, and participation. With these pillars, he hopes we can create more liveable and people friendly cities.

Perhaps, the idea of a 15-minute city is not as radical as it first sounds.

David Belliar, the deputy mayor of transport in Paris points out that while motorist account for 13% of all trips in Paris, they are lavished with 50% of the space. A similar imbalance is common in cities all over the world.

Even in the cycle-friendly city of Copenhagen, where bicycles make up 62% of trips, cars still take up 54% of all space.

Even in bike friendly Copenhagen cars take up a disproportionate amount of space. Image courtesy The Guardian

Here in the UK, the COVID-19 crisis has already given us a glimpse of a 15-minute city life. Without the burden of lengthy commutes, people across the country explored local cafes, shops and parks for the first time.

In greater Manchester footfall in the city centre has only recovered to 49% of its pre lockdown level, while surrounding town centres have fared far better.

London, cycling increased 119% during lockdown.

Although it may seem unlikely at first, with brave leadership and enough public support, the 15-minute city could soon be part of the new normal across the world.
Fixing the Suburbs: Increasing Density with Lots in the Sky
By: Big Picture
Tags: Futurism, Tech, Urban Planning, Technology, Real Estate

Fixing the Suburbs: Increasing Density with Lots in the Sky

When the first homeowner in the suburbs sold the overhead rights to their property, their neighbors probably thought they were crazy. Then they realized they could do it too. Subdividing their property to sever off a two foot square at each corner of the lot took some legal wrangling, but once the precedent was set it could become commonplace. The steel frame arrived in pieces on the back of a truck, and was raised into place with a crane, anchoring to those squares at each corner of the lot. When finished, it looked like a square, flat topped bridge slightly wider than the house underneath, creating a new piece of real estate big enough for 4 tiny homes. When the city realized it could help them meet density targets without approving new construction, they loved it too. And so a new layer was added to the suburbs, a second story, of small and tiny homes, accessible by a few flights of stairs or an elevator. And then another layer was added, and another. And soon the suburbs weren’t suburbs at all, but something better.
Smart cities are the future of resilient, equitable societies
By: The Labs
Tags: Big Data, Data Science, Cities, Urban Planning, Artificial Intelligence

In Singapore, a robot dog roams the streets making sure people maintain social distancing. In England, a man asks his smart phone for directions to the nearest train station. In Australia, drones scour the countryside counting koala populations in the wake of a bushfire.

These are just a few examples of the myriad ways smart cities are designed and implemented to improve our lives, and the livelihood of the environment around it.

Associate Professor Tan Yigitcanlar from QUT’s School of Built Environment specialises in smart city research.

“These visible signposts of smart cities are really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what a smart city really means,” Yigitcanlar said.

“What lies beneath the water lies an immense quantity of data, predictive algorithms and powerful analytics that drive our cities to be more than just bricks and mortar.”

It’s about prediction and planning

While the term “smart cities” may bring to mind futuristic visions of flying cars and fully automated civic services, the reality of a smart city lies in the predictive power and algorithmic planning that allows that automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to happen smoothly.

“Digital technology and data are part of the intrinsic fabric of our cities’ urban systems and infrastructure, driving efficiencies and improving quality of life for those who live within the city,” Yigitcanlar said.

“We completed a study of 180 Australian local governments — covering two thirds of Australia’s population — and found that 35% of them qualified as smart cities. And they’re rapidly becoming smarter.”

By using interlinked systems of data analysis and prediction, smart cities have the potential to create resilient and robust cities in the face of natural disasters and disease pandemics.

“Let’s look at Covid-19 as an example: a smart city knows about hospital capacities, healthcare capabilities, population numbers and locations, and trends for infection and disease morbidity and mortality,” Yigitcanlar said.

“The city’s systems can understand the limits of healthcare infrastructure, and model what will happen if those limits are surpassed, and can also predict methods to mitigate that collapse.

“It can also measure public perception about the disease, leadership response to the pandemic, any public health measures put in place to protect the population.”

This wealth of information about our cities and their inhabitants can also predict behaviours and impacts during a severe weather event.

If a cyclone is predicted to hit northern Queensland, a smart city will have data on how many houses have cyclone-proof roofs, previous data from similar weather events and the damage caused, information about crisis centres, evacuation plans, tracking of emergency foods and water supplies, and cost analyses of repair and clean-up from damage.

“Experts can interpret these predictions and models and decide on the best courses of action to create the best outcomes for a city and its population,” Yigitcanlar said.
Preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft
By: Sean Patrick
Tags: Mock Draft, NFL, Draft, Football, NFL Draft

Air Force Academy in action. (Image above via WikiImages at Pixabay)

Welcome to the new home. I’ve been writing about the NFL Draft since 2008 and after a short break to go back to school, I am set to use this space as a place for all things NFL Draft.

Going to have a bit of everything here including some of my previous writing. Mock drafts, player previews, fantasy projections, and team needs are just a few of the topics that will be found here. Thanks for stopping by.
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Week 16 Fantasy & Gambling Preview
By: Champions Round
Tags: Fantasy Football, NFL, Football, Gambling, Fantasy Sports

Week 16 Fantasy & Gambling Preview

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Marvin Hall — Browns WR

Hall, who played with the Lions up until a couple of weeks ago, all of a sudden finds himself as the only available Browns wide receiver. The Browns lost all four of their top WRs due to COVID contract tracing. Cleveland will make due with two practice squad players and Hall, who was productive in Detroit.

Giovani Bernard — Bengals RB

The Texans have the worst rush D in the NFL. Simple as that. Bernard should have room to run and Cincy doesn’t have a ton of offensive weapons at this point.

Jalen Reagor — Eagles WR

Reagor hasn’t found his groove yet this season, but a matchup against the Cowboys defense with a competent QB? Maybe this is his week to breakout.

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Russell Wilson — Seahawks QB

It’s tough at this point in the year to bench a QB like Wilson. To be honest, it’s probably impossible. But I would be fading Wilson here. The Rams are a tough matchup for Seattle and they’ll be ready to go after a loss to the Jets. Wilson will likely have a tough time toping 20 points.

Ezekiel Elliott — Cowboys RB

Yeah, yeah. Zeke is going to play. But did you see what Tony Pollard did last week? Elliott will be in a time share at best against a stout Eagles defensive line.

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Calvin Ridley — Falcons WR

Ridley has averaged 113 yards per game in his career when Julio Jones doesn’t play. Add in the fact that the Falcons will likely be playing from behind and you have a great spot for Mr. Max Bet himself.

David Montgomery — Bears RB

Montgomery has been wildly productive over the past couple of games and figures to continue his hot streak against the lowly Jaguars.

Stefon Diggs — Bills WR

Diggs has been one of the best players in the NFL this season and will face the Patriots on Monday. Stephon Gilmore is out for the season, meaning Diggs will avoid one of the best corners in the NFL.

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There’s not a whole lot of teaser pieces this week, but here are a couple that could be worth looking at: HOU (-1.5), CAR (+8.5), LAR (+7.5).

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Jaguars Defense Allow Chicago Bears To Kick Field Goal With 8 Seconds Remaining On Clock
By: Omotayo Hassan
Tags: Jaguar, NFL, Chicago Bears, Football, Field Goal

Jaguars Defense Allow Chicago Bears To Kick Field Goal With 8 Seconds Remaining On Clock Omotayo Hassan ·Dec 27, 2020

After failing to protect the short yard gain, the Jaguars give up easy field goal right before halftime. Football is such a unpredictable sport, but that’s what keeps the fan’s interesting allowing the NFL to grow year after year even after set backs.

A little error such as the one Jaguars just made on defense can indeed cost you the game.

The score is 13–10 the Chicago Bears go into halftime with three point lead over the Jaguars.

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The New York Giants 3 All-Time Leaders in Receiving Yards
By: Sawyer Petrick
Tags: NFL, Frank Gifford, Football, Ny Giants, Odell Beckham Jr

The New York Giants 3 All-Time Leaders in Receiving Yards

A screenwriter based in New York City, Sawyer Petrick has written a script for the web series The Look and consulted on the feature film script The Speech. Outside of his work, Sawyer Petrick is a passionate fan of the National Football League’s New York Giants.

Sixty-eight players have recorded at least 1,000 receiving yards with the Giants since the team’s inception in 1925. Below are the team’s top three all-time leaders in that category:

1. Amani Toomer — Selected by the Giants in the second round of the 1996 NFL draft, Toomer spent his entire 13-year career with the Giants and recorded 9,497 receiving yards and 54 touchdowns. He won a Super Bowl with the team in 2007.

2. Odell Beckham Jr. — Despite playing only five seasons in New York, Beckham Jr. ranks second in team history with 5,476 receiving yards. He recorded 1,305 receiving yards in his rookie season in 2014 and was named AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. He joined the Cleveland Browns in 2019.

3. Frank Gifford — Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977, Gifford played for the Giants from 1952 to 1964, during which time he accumulated 5,434 receiving yards and 3,609 rushing yards. He played in eight Pro Bowls and won a championship with the Giants in 1956.
The Stigma On Lamar Jackson Is Completely False
By: Michael Messele
Tags: Lamar Jackson, NFL

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Right out of college everyone doubted the transition of his success to the NFL. The fact was that people only thought success only came from a traditional drop-back quarterback and not one that can use his athleticism to his advantage.

The thinking is that you can’t be both, but in fact Lamar Jackson's career completion percentage is only 2% lower than Patrick Mahomes. With Patrick Mahomes being regarded as the best quarterback in the league, that's not too bad for a “running back”. Lamar also protects the ball with never having thrown more than 9 picks. While he doesn't throw for 4,000 yards each season, it’s not his sole responsibility for his receivers to run after the catch and to make a play. He can only do so much to try and put his receivers in the best position to succeed.

While sports analysts have always been consistent with criticizing Lamar by saying he can’t arcuately throw the ball down the field. In addition using his running ability to predict a downfall in his career to the likes of RGIII (Robert Griffin III), Michael Vick, and Cam Newton. But on the same token praise and astonish over the running ability of Josh Allen and others.

Looking at the roster for the Baltimore Ravens it’s obvious it’s a defensive team with a run first mentality. With their best receiver being a tight end in Mark Andrews. Marquise brown has not lived up to his expectations of being a tremendous run after the catch receiver with his amazing speed, and Willie Snead being an average receiver with never recording 1,000 yards in a season. The team also hasn't made moves to improve their receiving room to push them over the top.

Now lets look at the top quarterbacks and their receivers. First, Patrick Mahomes has Tyreek Hill, and Travis Kelce. Seconded, Tom Brady has Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Antonio Brown. Third, Drew Brees has Michael Thomas, and Alvin Kamara who is a great catch passing running back. These are just a few to look at. Team success can defiantly rise and drop due to the production of who is catching the ball. For example the Houston Texans were a playoff team a year ago with aspirations of making a super bowl run. With letting go all pro receiver Deandre Hopkins the Texans have dropped all the way down to being out of playoff contention.

Imagine Lamar with Stephon Diggs, Devontae Adams, or even Deandre Hopkins, his production would skyrocket. But sadly the criticism would be the same, “Oh it’s the talent around him that's making him great” we never have the same criticism when it comes to other quarterbacks around the league. Just because you haven't seen something be done doesn't mean it can’t. Dive deeper and look beyond the surface to see who Lamar Jackson as a player actually is.
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Tampa Bay vs Detroit Live Stream to improve his overall record to let’s get to it. Here were Andy Katz’s predictions and final results for his games to watch this week in Live…

On this week’s episode of March Madness 365, Andy Katz and Chad “March Chadness” Aycock broke down and predicted the winner for some of the top college basketball games on the schedule.

Katz was also joined by CBS Sports’ Seth Davis, San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher, and Notre Dame’s Mike Brey on this podcast.

The Bulldogs stayed at №1, where they’ve been all season. Gonzaga took care of business by beating then-№3 Iowa 99–88 on Saturday, Dec. 19. It was the Zags’ second win over a top-10 team and their third against a ranked opponent this season.

Baylor remained at №2, but there was plenty of movement from that point on. Iowa fell to №4 while Kansas and Villanova each rose two spots to №3 and №5, respectively. After getting upset by Northwestern late Sunday night, Michigan State dropped eight spots to №12.

The second half of the top ten includes №6 Houston, №7 West Virginia, №8 Tennessee, №9 Wisconsin and №10 Texas.

The Big Ten may have the most ranked teams at seven, but the Big 12 has five ranked within the top 15. Four of those are in the top 10, while two are in the top five.

№2 Baylor and №8 Tennessee remain undefeated. The other three — №3 Kansas, №7 West Virginia, №10 Texas and №15 Texas Tech — have a combined record of 27–5.

№22 Xavier, №24 Virginia Tech and №25 Oregon all joined the party in this week’s AP poll.

The Musketeers are 8–0, and opened Big East conference play with a buzzer-beating victory over Marquette on Sunday afternoon.

Virginia Tech already boasts two Top-25 wins this season. The Hokies beat then-№3 Villanova on Nov. 28, and then-№24 Clemson on Dec. 15.

won over the Spartans for the first time in almost a decade. Pete Nance added 15 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Aaron Henry scored 11 points for Michigan State, and Malik Hall finished with 10 points and nine boards.

The West Coast is the best coast, at least that’s what UCLA legend Bill Walton will tell you. This particular West Coast matchup does offer something exciting though because the Aztecs have emerged as one of the best teams (almost) no one expected this season. San Diego State (5–0) is №15 in Andy Katz’s latest Power 36 rankings. Wins over UCLA and Arizona State have impressed Katz and he doesn’t see the Aztecs slowing down anytime soon.p. The Zags haven’t played a game since Dec. 2 but the Hawkeyes haven’t played a game outside of Iowa City all season. Both teams are undefeated in this potential Final Four preview, but Katz likes Gonzaga to pull off a close win.
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Tampa Bay vs Detroit Live Stream to improve his overall record to let’s get to it. Here were Andy Katz’s predictions and final results for his games to watch this week in Live…

On this week’s episode of March Madness 365, Andy Katz and Chad “March Chadness” Aycock broke down and predicted the winner for some of the top college basketball games on the schedule.

Katz was also joined by CBS Sports’ Seth Davis, San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher, and Notre Dame’s Mike Brey on this podcast.

The Bulldogs stayed at №1, where they’ve been all season. Gonzaga took care of business by beating then-№3 Iowa 99–88 on Saturday, Dec. 19. It was the Zags’ second win over a top-10 team and their third against a ranked opponent this season.

Baylor remained at №2, but there was plenty of movement from that point on. Iowa fell to №4 while Kansas and Villanova each rose two spots to №3 and №5, respectively. After getting upset by Northwestern late Sunday night, Michigan State dropped eight spots to №12.

The second half of the top ten includes №6 Houston, №7 West Virginia, №8 Tennessee, №9 Wisconsin and №10 Texas.

The Big Ten may have the most ranked teams at seven, but the Big 12 has five ranked within the top 15. Four of those are in the top 10, while two are in the top five.

№2 Baylor and №8 Tennessee remain undefeated. The other three — №3 Kansas, №7 West Virginia, №10 Texas and №15 Texas Tech — have a combined record of 27–5.

№22 Xavier, №24 Virginia Tech and №25 Oregon all joined the party in this week’s AP poll.

The Musketeers are 8–0, and opened Big East conference play with a buzzer-beating victory over Marquette on Sunday afternoon.

Virginia Tech already boasts two Top-25 wins this season. The Hokies beat then-№3 Villanova on Nov. 28, and then-№24 Clemson on Dec. 15.

won over the Spartans for the first time in almost a decade. Pete Nance added 15 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Aaron Henry scored 11 points for Michigan State, and Malik Hall finished with 10 points and nine boards.

The West Coast is the best coast, at least that’s what UCLA legend Bill Walton will tell you. This particular West Coast matchup does offer something exciting though because the Aztecs have emerged as one of the best teams (almost) no one expected this season. San Diego State (5–0) is №15 in Andy Katz’s latest Power 36 rankings. Wins over UCLA and Arizona State have impressed Katz and he doesn’t see the Aztecs slowing down anytime soon.p. The Zags haven’t played a game since Dec. 2 but the Hawkeyes haven’t played a game outside of Iowa City all season. Both teams are undefeated in this potential Final Four preview, but Katz likes Gonzaga to pull off a close win.
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Atlanta Falcons @ KC Chiefs

Patrick Mahomes is ALWAYS a top QB1 option with his multitude of weapons. Matchups DO NOT GET ANY BETTER than the Falcons. Yes, they have been slightly better since the coaching change, but not enough to back off the Chiefs. Travis Kelce encounters a top TE match-up, while Tyreek Hill’s slight hamstring gives him a questionable tag going into the weekend. Any limitations by Hill points to Mecole Hardman and Sammie Watkins. I have interest in Watkins regardless of Hill’s health.

*Run backs: Calvin Ridley has seen targets of 14, 12, 9, 10, and 13 in games without Julio, and is #3 PPR behind only Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill. Russell Gage is a perfect for come from behind production and has 17 targets the last 2 weeks. IF you don’t buy Matt Ryan supporting enough of the 54-point total, the Chiefs DST is an option while Ryan is turnover prone and the tendency to take sacks.

Baker Mayfield comes in RED HOT and Jarvis Landry appears to be close to a full grade of health scoring 3 TDs over his last 4. Playing Mayfield and Nick Chubb who has 6 TDs over his last 6 games could produce the majority of the Browns production vs the Jets. Rashard Higgins could be a sneaky pair with Mayfield as well.

Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys

Jalen Hurts dual threat ability is the perfect set up vs Dallas who is missing their top linebacker. We could see his best passing performance as the 49ers QBs combined for 33-points and 458 combined yards vs Dallas. More than any pass catcher, Miles Sanders has seen the best uptick with Hurts under center with 36 touches over the last 2 games. If forced to choose a pass catcher, it’s Jalen Reagor. Dallas Goedert and Zach Ertz could see a TD with the Eagles consistently running 2TE sets with both players on the field.

*Run backs: I somewhat hope Zeek sits to put Tony Pollard back in play as I appreciated his explosiveness last week. Amari Cooper is the best WR bring back vs Hurts with Michael Gallup nursing a hip. If Gallup is active with a clean bill of health, I like Gallup for cheaper.

Denver Broncos @ LA Chargers

Justin Herbert’s 300-yard collection should continue vs Denver. Keenan Allen has had a few extra days to get better as he and Mike Williams played more as decoys last Thursday night. Allen’s 139 targets, Austin Ekeler’s pass game involvement, and Williams boom-bust play pair well with Herbert. Any limitations by either WR elevates Jalen Guyton as Hunter Henry is on the COVID list.

*Run backs: Noah Fant vs LA who has allowed the 8th most fantasy points to TEs, and Melvin Gordon (revenge game) present good targets in lineups featuring LA players. Tim Patrick is the better WR option for Drew Lock.

Deshaun Watson as usual has a sky-high ceiling vs the Bengals. Brandin Cooks will encounter the toughest CB match-up, yet he’s Watson’s most targeted WR. Outside of the goal line fumble, Keke Coutee, has played well with his increased playing time, and Chad Hansen are in plus match-ups are discount stacking partners with Watson.
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