2025 NFL PREVIEW - Baltimore Ravens

BALTIMORE RAVENS                                                                                

2024 Record - 12-5-0

Head Coach - John Harbaugh

2024 Offensive Rank - (1st overall) - 425 YPG; Passing - 237 YPG (7th), Rushing - 188 YPG (1st); SCORING - 30.5 PPG (3rd)

2024 Defensive Rank - (10th overall) - 324 YPG; Passing - 244 YPG (31st), Rushing - 80 YPG (1st); SCORING - 21.2 PPG (9th)

Key Additions for 2025 - DeAndre Hopkins (WR), Chidobe Awuzie (DB), Cooper Rush (QB), Joseph Noteboom (OL)

Key Losses for 2025 - Marcus Williams (DB), Justin Tucker (PK), Brandon Stephens (DB), Patrick Mekari (OL)

OFFENSE - Quarterback Lamar Jackson is back for his eighth season and last year he passed for 4,172 yards with 41 touchdowns and just four interceptions while also rushing for 915 yards (6.6 YPC) and four rushing scores. Derrick Henry (1,921 yards, 5.9 YPC and 16 touchdowns) is the main cog for the running game, which led the NFL as a team last year. Wide receivers include Zay Flowers (74 receptions, 1,059 yards, four TD), Rashod Bateman (45, 756, nine TD) and now DeAndre Hopkins, who had 56 receptions last season for 610 yards and five touchdowns while finishing the season with the Kansas City Chiefs. The tight ends are Mark Andrews, who had 55 receptions for 673 yards and eleven touchdowns and Isaiah Likely (42, 477, six TD). 

DEFENSE - Linebacker Roquan Smith leads the way(154 tackles in 2024) along with fellow backers Kyle Van Noy (12 1/2 sacks) and Odafe Oweh (10 sacks) while up front, DT Nnamdi Madubuike had 6 1/2 sacks. In the secondary are safety Kyle Hamilton (107 tackles) and corners Marlon Humphrey (six interceptions), Nate Wiggins and Jaire Alexander, who had two picks with the Green Bay Packers last year. Safety Ar'Darius Washington had two picks last year. 

OUTLOOK FOR 2025 - The Ravens had another solid season in 2024, winning the AFC North division and then lost to the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs. The offense led the league in total yardage and also averaged over 30 points per game. Head Coach John Harbaugh would like to see the team make the charge this season come January and advance to the Super Bowl, where the Ravens haven't been since the 2012 season. 

The defense led the NFL against the run and looks to improve against the pass in 2025 after allowing 244 yards per game, which was 31st overall last year. The Ravens did have 12 interceptions and amassed 54 QB sacks, which was second in the league. Getting past either the Chiefs or Bills in the post-season will be the goal for this team as they should win another AFC North crown, barring any major injuries to key players. If Lamar Jackson and company can get over the hump in the playoffs, this team could be in the Super Bowl and now is the time for that to happen. Execution, not excuses is what is expected. 

2025 SCHEDULE 

Week One - at Buffalo 

Week Two - vs. Cleveland 

Week Three - vs. Detroit 

Week Four - at Kansas City

Week Five - vs. Houston 

Week Six - vs. L.A. Rams 

Week Seven - BYE 

Week Eight - vs. Chicago 

Week Nine - at Miami 

Week Ten - at Minnesota 

Week Eleven - at Cleveland 

Week Twelve - vs. N.Y. Jets 

Week Thirteen - vs. Cincinnati 

Week Fourteen - vs. Pittsburgh 

Week Fifteen - at Cincinnati 

Week Sixteen - vs. New England 

Week Seventeen - at Green Bay 

Week Eighteen - at Pittsburgh  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 NFL PREVIEW - Philadelphia Eagles

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES                                                         

2024 Record - 14-3-0

Head Coach - Nick Sirianni 

2024 Offensive Rank - (8th overall) - 367 YPG; Passing - 188 YPG (29th), Rushing - 179 YPG (2nd); SCORING - 27.2 PPG (7th)

2024 Defensive Rank - (1st overall) - 278 YPG; Passing - 174 YPG (1st), Rushing - 104 YPG (10th); SCORING - 17.8 PPG (2nd) 

Key Additions for 2025 - Azeez Ojulari (DE/Edge rusher), Matt Pryor (OL), Kenyon Green (OL), Adoree' Jackson (DB), Sam Howell (QB)

Key Losses for 2025 - Milton Williams (DL), C.J. Gardner-Johnson (DB), Josh Sweat (LB),  Darius Slay (DB), Mekhi Becton (OL)

OFFENSE - The Eagles won the Super Bowl last season, blowing out the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22 and head into this season looking to keep the offense humming along with quarterback Jalen Hurts leading the way. Hurts passed for 2,903 yards with 18 touchdowns and five interceptions and rushed for 630 yards (4.2 YPC) and scored 14 touchdowns. Running back Saquon Barkley returns after a massive effort last year, going for 2,005 rushing yards (5.8 YPC) and scoring 13 touchdowns. Wide receivers A.J. Brown (67 receptions for 1,079 yards and seven TD) and DeVonta Smith (68, 833, 8 TD) and tight end Dallas Goedert (42, 496, 2 TD) provide solid targets for Hurts in the passing attack. 

DEFENSE - With Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis and Nolan Smith (6 1/2 QB sacks) up front, the Eagles have a solid core to stop the run and pressure opposing quarterbacks. Linebackers Zack Baun (team high 150 tackles) and Nakobe Dean (128 tackles) along with defensive backs Reed Blankenship (78 tackles and four interceptions), Cooper DeJean and Adoree' Jackson will look to offset losing sacks leader (linebacker) Josh Sweat and also (DL) Milton Williams as well as defensive backs C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Darius Slay to maintain a top notch defense, which had 41 sacks and 13 interceptions last season.  

OUTLOOK FOR 2025 - Philadelphia will look to become the first NFC East team to win consecutive division titles since they did it back in the 2004 season. In addition, the Eagles will look to avoid the "Super Bowl hangover" this year. As long as Hurts and company can keep things going on offense, they should soar again and make the playoffs. The defense lost some key players in the off-season, but the new additions will look to offset those losses. If things come together with different players and they can maintain a strong defense, there's no reason to feel the Eagles cannot make another deep playoff run. 

Head Coach Nick Sirianni is no longer on the "hot seat" and would like to see the offense continue to have the balance it showed a year ago and in the red zone, where the Eagles use the (pick your nickname) "Tush Push" or "Brotherly Shove" to score touchdowns and not settle for field goals.  The Eagles are definitely one of the top teams in the NFL and another Super Bowl appearance could happen next February. 

 

2025 SCHEDULE 

Week One -  vs. Dallas 

Week Two - at Kansas City 

Week Three - vs. L.A. Rams 

Week Four - at Tampa Bay 

Week Five - vs. Denver 

Week Six - at N.Y. Giants 

Week Seven - at Minnesota 

Week Eight - vs. N.Y. Giants 

Week Nine - BYE 

Week Ten - at Green Bay 

Week Eleven - vs. Detroit 

Week Twelve - at Dallas 

Week Thirteen - vs. Chicago 

Week Fourteen - at L.A. Chargers 

Week Fifteen - vs. Las Vegas 

Week Sixteen - at Washington 

Week Seventeen - at Buffalo 

Week Eighteen - vs. Washington  

  

 

 

It's That Time Of The Year Again

As the calendar winds into late July and NFL teams begin ramping up and getting into high gear in training camps, Heftyinfo will once again preview all 32 teams starting next week (late July) and throughout the month of August, beginning with the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. 

This season could be one of the most unpredictable in recent memory with all the off-season roster moves and the influx of rookie players coming into the fold for the 2025 NFL season, which kicks off on Thursday, September 4th in Philadelphia when the Eagles play the Dallas Cowboys. 

The 2025 NFL previews will include all 32 teams and, of course, the entire season will have a week by week preview of all the games and also recaps following all the action. The NFL playoffs will also be covered all the way through January, leading up to Super Bowl LX in February. 

Stay tuned.  

With Trump And Company, The Lies Never End

 

Epstein files . . . 

releasing his tax returns  . . . 

build a wall and Mexico will pay for it . . . 

COVID-19 was a hoax . . . 

he never met Stormy Daniels . . .  

The 2020 election was stolen . . . 

he ended numerous wars . . . 

And it goes on and on and on . . . 

Most people get the point. 

 

Republicans Are Evil

The bill that passed out of the United States Senate earlier today for the tax cuts for the corporations and richest people in the country is absolutely the worst ever financial legislation in the history of the United States of America. 

In order to pay for this crap, millions of people will be without health care and children will go without food assistance just so a few people (less than one percent of the entire U.S. population) get another tax cut. 

The republicans hold the majority in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives and this is on them. 

This legislation passed and now will go back to the U.S. House where it likely will be approved and the President of the United States will sign it and then the near 4 TRILLION DOLLARS will be added to the U.S. deficit. 

The evil republicans and convicted felon Donald J. Trump own this. 

Period. 

End of discussion. 

 

 

Elect A Convict, Expect Chaos

Most people that voted in last November's election had a choice to make. 

Either vote for good and positive things from Kamala Harris and the democratic party for the United States of America or vote for evil and tyranny and potential dictatorship attempts by convicted felon and traitor Donald Trump to screw everything up again, just like in his term as president from 2017-2021. 

  

Well, when the results came in and Trump was re-installed as POTUS, Heftyinfo posted it loud and clear . . . 

 

AMERICA - YOU SCREWED IT UP AGAIN! 

Trump and his minions are attempting to sow discourse and chaos in Los Angeles (and likely coming to other major cities in America) if we the people, let them. 

We saw this back in May and early June of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd by cops in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN when the protests were infiltrated by right wing trouble makers and eventually Trump did his idiotic march to Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. to emulate Adolph Hitler in a photo-op by posing with a bible in his hand. 

Fast forward many months later to January 6, 2021 when Trump and his minions led a coup attempt and the capitol in D.C. was attacked by insurrectionists. We all remember that and of course Trump (ever the hypocrite) refused to deploy the national guard in that instance as the chaos continued on for over three hours. 

People had a choice to make in November 2024 and they decided it was necessary to install the oldest president ever to take office. 

When Joe Biden took office in January of 2021, he was the oldest president ever to do so. NOW TRUMP is the oldest president ever to take office. He will be 79 years old on June 14 (Flag Day by the way, it seems many people have forgotten that) and it shows. He speaks incoherently and rambles on and on with a bunch of propaganda and it is all the same crap from his original term eight years ago. 

Lather, Rinse, repeat. 

Divide and conquer  . . . it's always been the master plan for the republicans and now with the aid of domestic terrorist organizations like the Heritage Foundation (Project 2025 creators) and a corrupt U.S. Supreme Court that allows convicted felon Trump to have immunity for his actions as POTUS, it's on steroids. The corporate controlled news media also carries on the narrative of these evil doers with their sugar coated news reports that normalizes the illegality of the actions of Trump and Elon Musk and all the other fascist bozos. 

These evil people love to distract as well, so this latest attempt to be a "strong man" by Trump is to further distract from the largely unpopular policies of this president to cut everything that benefits Americans and gives away more and more money to the richest people and corporations with more unnecessary TAX CUTS FOR BILLIONAIRES.

Stay the course people and fight these terrorists and enemies of the state as they attempt to implement dictatorship and fascism in our country. The thugs and convicts working with the poser president will stop at nothing to have their way and their wet dreams of racism and fascism in the United States of America. 

It's up to WE THE PEOPLE of this country to fight back and NEVER allow that to happen.  

Once again, America - you screwed it up again. 

Electing a traitor and convicted felon to be the President of the United States of America? 

We will see what happens. 

Well . . . here we are. 

Now do something about it.  

 

 

So Long . . . For Now

 

The site Heftyinfo has been around since May of 2009 and in those sixteen years a lot has changed in the world, especially in the United States of America. 

Blogger was once a thriving site to get out the message and blog sites were all the rage back then, but since then PODCASTS have saturated the market and everyone and their dog (or cat) seems to have one. Substack is currently the hot take when it comes to getting out the message involving politics, sports, hobbies, etc. 

 

When this site launched in May 2009, a lot went into the content yours truly put out there. But these days, for whatever reasons, Blogger changed and they are like a distant planet when it comes to communicating with this site. 

Therefore, Heftyinfo will be on hiatus until later this year when football season gets going and football coverage will be the exclusive content for this site. 

Farewell fellow bloggers and subscribers/followers of this site. 

See you again in August.