Every year, I offer up my own piece of vaguely NFL draft-related content by producing a mock draft consisting entirely of trades. There are 32 picks in the first round and for each of those selections, I try to construct a trade that makes sense for two or more teams given their respective needs and […]
Continue readingEven though the 2021 NFL season is roughly five months from kicking off, it’s never too early to speculate about win totals. Or to gamble on them. As far as the latter is concerned, Caesars William Hill released its initial projected win totals for each team for the coming season. There’s a lot that will […]
Continue readingYes, the next fantasy season is many months away and the below rankings will be impacted in a significant way by retirements, free agency, the draft, coaching changes and much more. Nonetheless, we need to start somewhere, so below is the first run of “The 192” for 2021. The 2020-21 NBA season may have already […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL regular season came to a close Sunday. To say it was an unusual year is an understatement. The league worked through a season disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, holding games on every day of the week for the first time in history. The Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens both experienced COVID-19 outbreaks […]
Continue readingThe Broncos (5-9) enter Sunday tied for last place in the AFC West. Their opponents, the Los Angeles Chargers, also have speculation surrounding the future of their head coach, Anthony Lynn. The Broncos recognize the importance of stability and believe in Fangio, according to sources. They know how he operates, respect his approach and believe […]
Continue readingThe NFL Power Rankings are a big fan of the holidays (who doesn’t love Thanksgiving football?), so we’re using this space this week to identify what we’re thankful for across the league. Whether it’s feel-good stories (Washington), great success (Steelers) or being creative (Jets), our NFL Nation writers picked one aspect of the teams they […]
Continue reading“I don’t have bad attitude about it right? But I’m definitely not happy with the results that we have right now, right? It’s unacceptable,” Fant said Tuesday. “We want to be better than what we’re doing … you look at the numbers and we’re not living up to our potential and we have so much […]
Continue readingD’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 […]
Continue readingThe NFL Power Rankings are inherently a judge of each team’s strength. But to find out which team is the strongest, you have to consider their weak spots. That’s what we’re doing in this week’s rankings. As we rank teams this week, each NFL Nation reporter assesses where the teams they cover have gone wrong […]
Continue readingWhile the NFL Power Rankings are a weekly thing, it’s never too early to jump ahead and look toward the playoffs. With roughly a quarter of the season in the books, that’s what we’re doing. This week, we determined each team’s postseason chances, according to the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI), then we had each […]
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