Over the past two weeks, I’ve posted several articles about position groups, asking Hog’s Haven members to rank those position groups & head coaches in the NFC East.
It was nice to see commenters (mostly) put away the tendency to root for the home team and try to be (somewhat) objective. Burgundy-colored glasses certainly had an effect, but it was more akin to a halo effect, where — when it was close -- the advantage went to the home team. Overall, though, commenters were pretty fair in their assessments.
At a time of year when NFL blogs struggle to offer anything to readers, and when comments on most NFL-related articles number in the dozens and often don’t muster more than a single-digit total of comments, Hogs Haven members really came through on these ranking articles.