Awe: a blog about God, football and anything else.
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Analyzing the 2026 NFL Teams Elite Players Based on Consistent Ten AV Seasons
The number ten is associated with numerous systems, achievements, threhsolds and others in our world. In religion there are ten commandments, ten plagues on Egypt, ten Hail Marys in a decade of the Rosary, and the call to tithe or give a tenth of your earnings. Our metric system and counting systems are based on…
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Young Active Quarterbacks that led the league
Dan Marino in his second season led the league in twelve passing categories. That is roughly half of all passing categories recorded. He led in each of the golden colored categories shown. Player GS Season Age Team G GS Cmp Att Inc Cmp% Yds TD Int Pick6 TD% Int% Rate Sk Yds Sk% Y/A AY/A…
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Jaxson Dart, Six Yards and the Men in Between.
The Giants, with Jaxson Dart, achieved a 6.0+ Net Yards/Pass Attempt (NY/A) and Adjusted Net Yards/Pass Attempt (ANY/A) in 2025. They had not done that since Eli Manning was the quarterback in 2018. They were one of sixteen teams that achieved that in 2025. Eleven of those sixteen teams had a winning record. With adjusting…
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Meadowlands Metamorphosis: Is it time for a New York football peak?
Many things occur in cycles. This is evident in nature, planetary orbits, seasons and days. The phenomena also occurs in sports. Teams will excel, decline, rebuild and hopefully excel again. As a New Jerseyan, I took a look at the local NFL teams. The Giants and the Jets share a common cyclic pattern that if…
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This Tremendous Lover by Eugene Boylan – A Great Read!
This Tremendous Lover by Eugene Boylan captures the transcendentals – beauty, truth and goodness – of the Catholic religion. It presents an inspiring incentive and pathway to help one fully live out the promises of Christ. The feature image of the saints was chosen because their teachings and philosophies can be seen as an influence…
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Thoughts on the Feast Day of Saint Catherine of Siena
Do you talk to yourself in your mind going over whatever events have happened, are happening or will possibly happen? I have and do and believe this is a common thing that people do. But what if instead of talking to yourself why not talk to Jesus? Did He not say – I am with…
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The Rockne Blueprint: Turning Giants’ Draft Weaknesses into Strengths
“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points”. – Knute Rockne The Giants draft is viewed as successful by the analysts. However the picks are not without their weaknesses. In the attitude of Knute Rockne lets take a look at these weaknesses and how they may be offest. Rd 1 Pick 5 Arvell…
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Where did They go in the Draft – Conclusion
Friday: Day 2 of the draft is in the books and I updated the the players I had written up and where they went in the draft. The only multiple team pick from the lists is the Falcolns with both their draft picks are prospects that made top bench press performers. Half of the league…
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Constructing the “Titanium Sheer”: A 2026 NFL Draft All-Toughness Team With Speed
The ‘Steel Curtain’ Pittsburgh Steelers (’74-’79) is a gold standard to strive for in regards a team that was recognized for extreme physicality and toughness, coupled with a high-speed offense and an unrelenting work ethic. They included a spread-out mix of draft round picks and had a top five offense coupled with the best defense.…
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Back to Big Blue: Restoring the Giants’ Physical Identity While Adding Elite Speed
The 2026 Giants are striving for an identity under new head coach John Harbaugh. Here are some quotes for what he is looking for. “To me, the number one thing is we have to have guys that love football. You just have to. It’s football. What are we here for? What do we do? What…
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Finding Religious Inspiration in a Secular Age: A Review of Slattery’s “Enchanted by Eternity”
“If Catholicism is only a ‘religion’ then to hell with it”. So starts William Slattery’s book entitled “ Enchanted by Eternity: Recapturing the Wonder of the Catholic Worldview”. The book drew me to it with reviews talking about the kingdom of God on Earth. Slattery starts off with a recollection of his youthful questioning of…
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Four Day Three Draft Quarterbacks Worth a Gamble
According to the odds there is a 99% probability that Fernando Mendoza, quarterback from Indiana, will be the number one pick in the 2026 NFL draft by the Raiders. Among 21 top quarterback prospects in the 2026 draft, Mendoza ranks first in an averaged 2025 net yards per attempt (NY/A) and adjusted net yards per…