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Fantasy football Week 9 picks, sleepers, busts and rankings: Matthew Berry loves and hates these QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs
We are now through eight weeks of the NFL season — basically, the halfway point. And while it has been a season unlike any other, games have, in fact, been played for eight weeks. Not always in the order expected, but we do have a really good sample size. One of the challenges of fantasy […]
Continue readingNFL quarterback midseason awards: Best and worst signal-callers, top rookies, amazing throws, most turnover-prone
The first eight weeks of the 2020 season have featured, in many ways, the best streak of cumulative quarterback play in NFL history. It has been easy to miss amid daily updates of coronavirus pandemic protocols and super-early coaching changes, but the league’s aggregate Total QBR of 65.6 is nearly 10% higher than the next-best […]
Continue readingNotable Bets: NFL ‘dogs bark in Week 8, betting public suffers
The bettor risked $270,000 on the Eagles to win the first quarter at -270. A sweat ensued. The underdog Cowboys, behind third-string quarterback Ben DiNucci, took a 3-0 lead and then recovered a Carson Wentz fumble on the Eagles’ first possession. The Cowboys appeared poised to add to their lead, driving inside the Philadelphia 10-yard […]
Continue readingPittsburgh Steelers rally from 10-point hole to beat Baltimore Ravens, remain undefeated
With one final throw, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson threatened to knock off the NFL’s last remaining undefeated team on Sunday. But Minkah Fitzpatrick swatted the ball away from Willie Snead IV in the end zone as time expired to give the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers a 28-24 victory, allowing them to stay perfect for yet […]
Continue readingNFL playoff risers in 2020: Are the Packers, Cardinals and Buccaneers really this good?
Last week, I looked at the NFL teams whose playoff chances have fallen most significantly since the start of the 2020 season. This week, I’m going in the opposite direction and looking at the five teams whose chances have improved the most since the beginning of the campaign, according to the estimates of ESPN’s Football […]
Continue readingFantasy fallout: How to sort out Steelers receivers? Who steps up in Cleveland?
Nobody has a more stacked lineup of fantasy analysts and NFL team reporters than ESPN. It’s the rare backfield by committee that is actually a good thing for fantasy managers. Every Tuesday, we’ll ask our NFL Nation reporters a series of burning questions to help inform your waiver-wire pickups and roster decisions. The Pittsburgh Steelers […]
Continue readingFantasy football intel for all 32 NFL teams ahead of Week 8
The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy football perspective, with at least one mention of each of the league’s 32 teams. Though efficiency will be discussed plenty, the column will lean heavily on usage data, as volume is king (by far) in fantasy football. Use these tidbits to make the best waiver-wire pickups, […]
Continue readingFantasy football intel for all 32 NFL teams ahead of Week 7
The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy perspective, with at least one mention of each of the league’s 32 teams. Though efficiency will be discussed plenty, the column will lean heavily on usage data, as volume is king (by far) in fantasy football. Use these tidbits to make the best waiver-wire, trade and […]
Continue readingPittsburgh Steelers defeat Cleveland Browns, move to 5-0 for just second time
PITTSBURGH — Before facing the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward said the team wasn’t focused specifically on targeting quarterback Baker Mayfield‘s bruised ribs. But he did say the plan was to inflict “good punishment.” And that’s exactly what the Steelers did, sacking Mayfield four times and intercepting him twice in a 38-7 […]
Continue readingFantasy football highs and lows from NFL Week 6: D’Andre Swift delivers
D’Andre Swift comes up huge for the Lions Yes, the matchup was extremely favorable — the Jaguars entered granting opposing running backs nearly five full PPR fantasy points above average — but Swift’s career-best 27.3 point performance contained additional promising developments. Typically the Lions’ passing-down back, with Adrian Peterson a clear step ahead of Kerryon […]
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