Sinking Suh, Rising Ware, and a Bargain in Buffalo: Looking Back at the...
If the 1-3 Dolphins continue this current slide, there will be plenty of cautionary tales to be told about Miami, but the worst — and most expensive — may come in the form of Ndamukong Suh. Through...
View ArticleThe NFL Quarter-Season Awards
The vast majority of the NFL’s 32 teams have made it through four games, which means it’s time to begin one of my favorite annual recurring features. It’s fun to hand out awards during each quarter of...
View ArticleWeek 5 Takeaways: Separation Anxiety
The same old Bengals appear to have learned some new tricks. Unsurprisingly derided after falling behind 24-7 to the Seahawks at home during the third quarter, Cincinnati launched into a stirring...
View ArticleTaking the NFL’s Statistical Temperature
ESPN tracks a staggering variety of statistics for the NFL’s 32 teams. Some of them are wildly useful, like figuring out which teams do the best job of exceeding expectations given the down and...
View ArticleYour NFL All-Surprise Team
It’s been a weird season, even by NFL standards. It seems bizarre to think that the Colts and Eagles were among the favorites to win the Super Bowl as recently as six weeks ago. That was a world in...
View ArticleWeek 7 Picks: Welcome to Finding Your NFL Roots
Let’s just get it out of the way: Even I think the term “football babies” is a little creepy, but it’s going to be the way we get into this Friday’s picks column. No, this isn’t a reference to that...
View ArticleThe NFL Top 25 Rankings
It’s about time for an NFL Top 25 ballot. I’m jealous of college football, where the nation’s finest coaching assistants and interns submit votes each week on behalf of their institution’s head coaches...
View ArticleNFL Week 7 Winners and Losers: Panthers and Vikings Are Turning Up the Heat,...
Winners The Vikings Matthew Stafford is going to start calling in sick when Minnesota is on the schedule. In two starts against the Vikings this season, Stafford has been hit 21 times, including the...
View ArticleThe Eagles on the Brink
If it’s ever going to happen for the Eagles, now is the time. Philadelphia has hit its bye week. It has two weeks to make whatever changes are necessary to spark its flagging offense, which is 28th in...
View ArticleNFL Week 8 Picks: The Weight of the Interim Label
The Patriots made short work of Dan Campbell’s Coach of the Year campaign on Thursday night, handing Miami’s interim coach his first defeat with a 36-7 rout in Foxborough. There’s no shame in losing to...
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