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Barnwell’s 2019 NFL awards ballot: Picks for MVP, best rookies and more
With one week to go in the 2019 NFL season, I’ve pieced together my regular-season awards ballot. While I would typically wait for Week 17 to play out before making any proclamations, there really aren’t many close races this year; the winners for most of the key awards are comfortably ahead of the competition, and […]
Continue reading49ers lose DL Jullian Taylor for season with torn ACL
Coach Kyle Shanahan announced Friday that Taylor will require surgery and his season will end just as the Niners embark on the postseason. Shanahan said he believes the injury is to Taylor’s right knee. Taylor battled left knee injuries in college. “It was just two people, him and an O-lineman pushing on each other and […]
Continue readingHow defense is sparking Super Bowl hopes in five locker rooms
Playing championship defense is exhausting. Every time a team looks elite on that side of the ball, Lamar Jackson happens. Or pass interference review happens. Or the San Francisco 49ers need 48 points to win in New Orleans. Savvy playcallers run enough shifts and motions to dizzy the best defensive fronts. But defenses are standing […]
Continue readingWeek 16 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus two words to describe each team’s offseason
The NFL Power Rankings are relevant for this season (or, to be more accurate, this week in this season), but we’re at the point where it’s cool to look ahead to the future. We’re not talking Week 16 or 17 future, but start of a whole new decade future. So we’ve asked our NFL Nation […]
Continue reading2020 NFL Pro Bowl rosters for AFC, NFC: Lamar Jackson leads the picks
The game will be held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, at 3 p.m. ET on Jan. 26. Here is every selection for the 2020 game along with analysis from NFL Nation reporters. Players’ career Pro Bowls are denoted in parentheses. Pro Bowlers: Tre’Davious White (1) Stephon Gilmore is widely thought of as the […]
Continue readingPicking fatal flaws and matchups to avoid for 2019 NFL playoff contenders
There are no perfect teams in this NFL season. The Ravens have looked pretty close for the past two months, and the Patriots got off to one of the hottest starts in league history, but there’s no team that would be a mismatch for everybody or a favorite to win on every other team’s home […]
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