Five plays after New England retook the lead with a 51-yard field goal by Nick Folk, Buffalo captured its first advantage on a 53-yard pass from Josh Allen to John Brown. Allen faked a handoff to Devin Singletary and as Kyle Van Noy and Lawrence Guy closed in on him, delivered a strike that traveled […]
Continue readingThe quarterback class for the 2020 NFL draft has the potential to be loaded. There’s still much to learn about the signal-callers, however, and questions remain about whether at least a few might still return to school for another season. Heisman-winning LSU quarterback Joe Burrow leads the group and could be the No. 1 pick […]
Continue readingAugust seems like forever ago in NFL terms, but it has really only been 15 weeks. So much can change in the course of four months, and what might have seemed controversial or even absurd over the summer has turned out to be obvious and factual. In going back through the 2019 season, I can […]
Continue readingThe 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 readingThe 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 readingThere 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 […]
Continue readingOAKLAND, Calif. — The jeers were noticeable as Derek Carr jogged to the Black Hole to thank fans for the support they had shown him since arriving to the Oakland Raiders as a second-round draft pick in 2014. And after fans showered the quarterback’s scrum with beer, soda and assorted trash, the boos from the […]
Continue readingThe Bills secured at least an AFC wild-card berth Sunday in a 17-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, marking coach Sean McDermott’s second playoff berth in his three seasons in Buffalo — joining Wade Phillips and Lou Saban as the only Bills coaches to do so. After missing the playoffs for 17 straight seasons from […]
Continue readingWith seven teams competing for six playoff spots, the AFC is down to two serious battles. Sunday’s results all but locked Baltimore into the top seed in the AFC, with the victorious Ravens taking a one-game lead over the Patriots with both the head-to-head tiebreaker and three games left to play. Lamar Jackson. • Predictions […]
Continue readingNEW ORLEANS — You couldn’t watch Sunday’s breathless 49ers-Saints game without concluding that either of those teams could beat the other anywhere, anytime. This is an overreactions column, but that is most definitely not an overreaction. And oh yes, the Niners and Saints absolutely could meet again in next month’s NFC playoffs. Could be right […]
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