The roster percentages for this column are updated every Friday morning, and any players from the two games on Thanksgiving have been taken out.–> Each week of the NFL season, we will identify fantasy football waiver-wire pickups specifically for those of you looking for streaming options in deeper formats (including IDP leagues). These are players […]
Continue readingForecasting the end of the New England Patriots’ dynasty has not gone well. The Patriots were supposed to be falling apart before the dynasty really started in September 2003, when they lost 31-0 to the Bills in the Lawyer Milloy game. In January 2007, it looked like they were finally giving way to the Colts […]
Continue readingIf it weren’t for the Steelers-Titans game getting postponed, we would be through exactly 25% of the NFL’s regular season. As is custom, with (something close to) the first quarter in the books, I’m taking stock of the league by handing out quarter-season awards for the best performances over the first month of the campaign. […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL season opens Thursday with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs playing host to the Houston Texans (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). The lack of an offseason program and only 14 padded practices in training camp have contributed to a variety of soft-tissue injuries. Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery and wide receivers […]
Continue readingDont’a Hightower‘s nickname is “Boomtower,” in part because of his reputation for delivering big hits on the field. It also fits when describing how his decision to opt out of the 2020 NFL season because of the coronavirus pandemic will affect the New England Patriots. Boom! That hurts. The Patriots have had six players decide […]
Continue readingWith his first pick as New England Patriots coach in the post-Tom Brady era, Bill Belichick had his dog, Nike, nearby and delivered a mild surprise by selecting small-school safety Kyle Dugger of Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University early in the second round (No. 37) of the 2020 NFL draft on Friday. Dugger, whose draft stock […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL draft is less than two weeks away. We have taken a look back at how each 2019 first-round pick and second-round pick performed in his rookie season. Today we take a look at the third round and beyond. Which player picked in Rounds 3-7 of the 2019 draft had the biggest impact […]
Continue readingThe 2019 rookie class had a lot of intrigue, and with the NFL’s regular season well behind us, we ranked the best of the best in the year’s group. We also looked at two first-year players who closed the season well and saw their stock rise, and two whose stock declined in the final month. […]
Continue readingTrades were some of the biggest stories in the NFL over the past year, but the deals that got the greatest attention mostly ended up being disappointing. Nobody could have expected Gareon Conley. Johnson was effective but touched the ball only 127 times, while Conley was inconsistent as an every-down corner. DeSean Jackson started the […]
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