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2019 NFL playoffs preview: Schedule, bracket, Super Bowl chances for every team
And so, after 256 games over four months, we finally know who will compete for the Super Bowl LIV trophy. The 49ers’ exciting 26-21 victory Sunday night over the Seahawks finalized the NFC bracket and set in motion the next five weeks of NFL playoffs. The win gave the Niners the No. 1 seed in […]
Continue readingSports Misery Index: How miserable is each NFL fan base?
Total score: 27.24 All-sport rank: 2 Ranking by category: Championships, 7; Playoff berths, 3; Playoff wins, 4; Heartbreaks, 28; Rival comparison, 1 Where they’re especially miserable: It has been a rough two decades for the Bills, who made the playoffs only once in the previous 19 seasons since being victimized by the “Music City Miracle” […]
Continue readingBarnwell’s 2019 NFL awards ballot: Picks for MVP, best rookies and more
With one week to go in the 2019 NFL season, I’ve pieced together my regular-season awards ballot. While I would typically wait for Week 17 to play out before making any proclamations, there really aren’t many close races this year; the winners for most of the key awards are comfortably ahead of the competition, and […]
Continue readingHow pro football has changed in the past 10 years: 12 ways the NFL evolved this decade
Pro football began and ended the 2010-19 decade as the country’s most popular sport. A few things happened in between, of course, and what follows is our attempt to pick out the most significant ways pro football and the NFL have changed in the past 10 years. Note: All statistics are courtesy of ESPN Stats […]
Continue readingCan the high-seeded, win-ugly Packers really contend for the Super Bowl?
MINNEAPOLIS — No one talks about the Green Bay Packers, and it isn’t hard to understand why. In a regular season dominated by young quarterbacks, the Packers have an old one who might have seen better days. In a year when we’ve seen the Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints innovate dominant offenses, the Packers […]
Continue readingThe secret to the NFL’s best rushing teams: Why zone blocking is here to stay
We’ve reached that time in the NFL season when we discard fantasy fun and lock in on playoff football. You know what that means: wholehearted tributes to the running game, amid bad weather and injured quarterbacks and everything else that comes in late December. Franchises that employ disciples of those Denver teams will represent at […]
Continue readingSources: Ex-Packers coach Mike McCarthy interviewed with Panthers
The Carolina Panthers have interviewed former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy for their vacant head-coaching job, league sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The interview took place after the Panthers’ loss Sunday to the Indianapolis Colts, sources told Schefter. The Panthers declined to publicly comment on their coaching search. After firing longtime head coach […]
Continue readingTough guy? Players’ coach? Packers’ Matt LaFleur balancing both in first season
GREEN BAY, Wis. — As Robert Tonyan trotted back to the Lambeau Field sideline early in last Sunday’s win over the Chicago Bears, he did not know what awaited him. The Green Bay Packers’ backup tight end had just misconstrued what quarterback Aaron Rodgers wanted him to do on a failed third-down play. As Rodgers […]
Continue readingPackers run over Vikings to clinch first NFC North title since 2016
And by doing so with their 23-10 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night, they assured themselves that they wouldn’t have to come back to U.S. Bank Stadium in the playoffs. Before Monday, they had never won in this building. It wasn’t pretty until the fourth quarter, when Aaron Jones scored the second of […]
Continue readingWeek 16 NFL betting trends to know: Back Mitchell Trubisky?
Houston Texans (-3) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Saturday, 1 p.m. ET • Eleven of Tampa Bay’s past 12 games have gone over the total. The over is 11-3 in Tampa Bay games this season, the best mark in the NFL. • Tampa Bay has won four straight games, going 3-0-1 ATS. Prior to this stretch, […]
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