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Why NFL insiders think I'm wrong about what 10-7 is worth and say 'keep swinging' for QB savior in the draft
Shouldn’t the year-in, year-out bad teams try to get good before obsessing about championship-or-bust results and acquiring the rare species of Super Bowl-caliber quarterback?
'You’re not just gambling on roulette': Why the Super Bowl has become the perfect venue for trick plays
Something about the championship environment seems to cause coaches to feel safe breaking the glass on that in-case-of-emergency play call.
What each of the NFL's 30 teams left watching the Super Bowl need this offseason
What is one thing that each of the other 30 franchises needs in order to gain ground on the AFC and NFC champions?
The under-the-radar weapons who could help send their teams to the Super Bowl
Sunday’s two games offer plenty of star power, but what if the tickets to Super Bowl LVIII are punched by someone unheralded?
What an NFL playoffs breakthrough would mean to Detroit and Buffalo, as told by players who lived through both droughts
Pent-up frustration will be fueling the raucous atmospheres in an unlikely pairing of home playoff crowds for Buccaneers-Lions and Chiefs-Bills.
Which NFL playoff newcomers have the most staying power
Sure, it seems now like those four teams start every season with a playoff berth clinched, but all great runs start somewhere.
An NFL Draft prospect guide to the college football championship game
The Michigan-Washington matchup has plenty to offer to armchair scouts ready to start filling out mock drafts.
Inside the wildest NFL MVP race we've seen in years
Unlike in years when Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady or Peyton Manning was a runaway favorite by this point, the MVP odds seem to change week by week in 2023.
Are all these backup QBs in playoff races changing the market for the offseason?
Years of believing “if you have two quarterbacks, you have none” has been replaced by the thought: “If you don’t have two quarterbacks, you are done.”
How Jordan Love's evolution might give the Packers the last laugh in Aaron Rodgers trade
In case you missed it, Jordan Love is reshaping the narrative around the blockbuster Aaron Rodgers trade.
NFL head coaches have never had such hot seats — is that such a bad thing?
Since 2016, there have been eight times an NFL head coach lasted one season or less. More often than not, pulling the plug early has led to quick improvement.
How Tim Boyle and Tommy DeVito prepared — together — for their unlikely chances
Never could two third-stringers who spent hours throwing side-by-side under the eye of trainer Tony Racioppi have dreamt they'd be quarterbacking both the Giants and Jets by Week 12, but...
Are the Bills cooked? Are the Steelers legit? Separating NFL contenders from pretenders
It’s time to play “Playoff Contender or Playoff Pretender” with 17 NFL teams whose seasons hang in the balance.
How the Deshaun Watson and Russell Wilson debacles compare — and rank among worst NFL trades ever
Nineteen months later, the pertinent question is, “Which team made a worse trade?”
How the out-of-nowhere rise of Bears viral QB Tyson Bagent inspired a promising thoroughbred — with our help
Kentucky Derby-winning trainer John Servis wanted to name a horse after Tyson Bagent months before most football fans had ever heard of the now-viral NFL quarterback. At the time,...
What makes the NFL's controversial 'Tush Push' so effective — and dangerous
There is little question what the Eagles — creators of the most controversial play in football — would have done in that situation.
Why it was always likely to end ugly for Bill Belichick and the Patriots — and what he might do next
It feels stunning that Belichick’s 24-year reign presiding over the New England Patriots could be spiraling toward a potential ugly divorce at season’s end, but it shouldn’t.
Will NFL MVP ever go to a defensive player again? We asked some voters
Micah Parsons has been called “a game-wrecker,” “a Lawrence Taylor-type player,” “the most dominant force in the NFL” and a lot of other descriptions with lofty praise. But will the...
Why the Cowboys are still America's Team — no matter how this promising season turns out
America loves winners, underdogs and the Dallas Cowboys.
Why a 2,000-yard receiving season is 'a matter of time' — and Tyreek Hill is set up to do it
All things are aligned for Tyreek Hill to make sure this Y2K is not a bust. When Hill predicted in July that he would become the first receiver in NFL...