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NFL Power Rankings Week 9: 1-32 poll, plus a ray of hope for every team
While it doesn’t always seem like it, we believe the NFL Power Rankings should look at the bright side of each team. That’s what we’re doing this week, as every NFL Nation writer picks a point of optimism for the team they cover. Whether it’s a player, coach, statistical trend or position group, each team […]
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 readingNFL Power Rankings Week 8 – 1-32 poll, plus players who need to step up in 2020
As the NFL Power Rankings charge toward midseason, this is a good time for assessment. And this week, it’s about identifying who must pick up the slack over the final 10 weeks of the campaign. While most of the selections below are individual players, position units and even coaches bear some of this burden. How […]
Continue readingFrustration mounts for Deshaun Watson, J.J. Watt after Houston Texans fall to 1-6
HOUSTON — Throughout Deshaun Watson‘s career — in high school, college at Clemson and with the Houston Texans — he has never been through a losing season when healthy. Yes, the Texans were 4-12 in 2017, but Watson was responsible for three of those wins before he tore an ACL after seven games in his […]
Continue readingArizona Cardinals win on OT field goal to knock Seattle Seahawks from ranks of unbeaten
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Of all the players to lead the Arizona Cardinals to an overtime win over the Seattle Seahawks, it was one of the most unlikely. Rookie linebacker Isaiah Simmons intercepted Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson with 1 minute, 4 seconds left in overtime on his fourth snap of the game. Simmons didn’t play in […]
Continue readingNFL playoff fallers in 2020: Ranking the biggest busts, including the Cowboys, Vikings and Texans
If an NFL team is out of the playoff picture in Week 7, it’s probably not going to make its way back in by January. Last year, 10 of the 12 teams that were in playoff positions as we entered Week 7 made it into the postseason. The only exceptions were the Raiders (who missed […]
Continue readingNFL MVP watch 2020: Can anyone catch Russell Wilson? Is Ryan Tannehill a legitimate contender?
Somehow, in spite of COVID-19 outbreaks and the weekly shuffling of the schedule, the NFL has made it through six full weeks of the 2020 season. NFL MVP awards aren’t won on five or six games alone, but the leading candidates are starting to build their cases. So who is deserving of consideration through this […]
Continue readingKyler Murray’s run of success at Dallas’ AT&T Stadium continues as Arizona Cardinals roll
All Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray does at AT&T Stadium is win. Murray improved to 7-0 all time at the stadium through high school, college and the NFL after leading the Cardinals to a 38-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Monday. AT&T Stadium is 41 miles from Murray’s hometown of Allen, Texas. He went […]
Continue readingNFL trade deadline offers: 13 proposals for players who could get dealt in 2020, including Sam Darnold, Dwayne Haskins, Zach Ertz
The NFL trade deadline used to be a waste of time. Not anymore. While there were no actual trades on deadline day a year ago, we saw 11 significant trades in the two weeks leading up to it. The big acquisitions seemed like cornerback Jalen Ramsey (Rams) and wide receivers Mohamed Sanu (Patriots) and Emmanuel […]
Continue readingFantasy football waiver wire: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Preston Williams among top streaming pickups for NFL Week 6
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 available in a majority of ESPN Fantasy leagues who have enticing matchups in the week ahead that make them worthy of consideration for your […]
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