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Why don’t more NFL prospects try to dictate landing spots?
AROUND THIS TIME every year, Archie Manning places a call to former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, who is retired and often watching baseball or immersed in a book. It’s sort of a thank you, and Eli Manning will text, too, as thoughts drift back to 2004 and an afternoon at the NFL […]
Continue readingFive offseason moves to improve all 16 AFC teams
More Teams. More Games. Victor Cruz says the Bengals should draft LeSean McCoy and is a replacement-level back at this point of his career. Bodine’s spot at center already has been filled by Spencer Long, who signed a three-year, $12.6 million deal earlier this month. The team can free up about $4.5 million in cap […]
Continue readingWhy No. 1 pick Jameis Winston is monumental risk for Buccaneers
Beathard was general manager of the San Diego Chargers in 1998 when, after failing to persuade Indianapolis Colts GM Bill Polian to deal him the first overall pick and the right to land Peyton Manning, he gave Arizona a truckload of assets to trade up to take Ryan Leaf with the second pick. Plenty of […]
Continue readingJets need Bryce Petty to be great
This has everything to do with Williams’ stated ambition in his first mass interview as a Jet. Before his career had even started, Williams was describing a career highlight as a sack of Tom Brady, preferably his first sack as an NFL player. Never mind that nobody wants to wait until Week 7 to get […]
Continue readingMailbag: Six things we learned from 2015 free agency
Thanks to a quiet agreement between the NFL and the NFLPA, the period in which teams can sign players classified as unrestricted free agents was shortened (it previously ended on June 1). It was a smart change. Very few unrestricted free agents get deals in May, and if they do, the deals are usually for […]
Continue readingWho is the face of Packers in the post-Aaron Rodgers era?
More Teams. More Games. Andrew Hawkins makes his pick for the Lions’ clash with the Packers on Thursday night. (1:06) GREEN BAY, Wis. — The new face of the Green Bay Packers in the post-Aaron Rodgers era is right there in plain view for everyone who pulls out of the east parking lots of Lambeau […]
Continue readingNFL bookmaker roundtable: wild-card round line moves, sharp bets
Nick Bogdanovich, director of trading, William Hill: The game that has had the biggest line movement is Seattle Seahawks-Minnesota Vikings. The line opened at Seattle -3.5, moved to Seattle -5, and now sits steadily at Seattle -5.5. Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports at MGM: The Vikings moved from +5.5 to +4.5. The […]
Continue readingTom Brady tops NFL starting QBs against the spread
No quarterback in the Super Bowl era with at least 48 starts covered the spread more frequently than Phipps, according to ESPN Stats and Information research. In Phipps’ 71 career starts, his teams covered the spread 62.0 percent of the time (44-24-3) during the regular season, despite a 55-108 touchdown-to-interception ratio. When it comes to […]
Continue readingBreaking down the NFL MVP betting market
There are three factors that generally derail an MVP candidacy: injuries, poor performance and being an elite player on an otherwise bad team. Rodgers and Brady have not only managed to avoid all three of these pitfalls but are excelling when nearly every other superstar has been influenced by at least one of those factors. […]
Continue readingSwami Sez: Chris Berman’s wild-card round NFL picks
Season record: 51-32 ATS (last week: 2-3) Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers Running back Jay Ajayi isn’t going to run for 200 yards again, as Pittsburgh has had plenty of time to get a game plan ready. Quarterback Matt Moore doesn’t scare me like Connor Cook does, as Moore has started more than 20 games […]
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