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NFL Rank 2022: Predicting the top 100 players, with stats, notes and quotes for the league’s best

The 2022 NFL season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 8, and that means it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best this season, and how do they stack up against each other? To create our list, we asked an ESPN panel of more than […]

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Baker Mayfield’s “mess talk” is entertaining his new Carolina Panthers teammates

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — It seemed a bit odd Tuesday when newly acquired Carolina Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield was chauffeured to Wofford College for training camp in a truck driven by linebacker Shaq Thompson. Now we know why. Smack talk. Or “mess” talk, as Thompson put it Friday when explaining how the former Cleveland Browns star […]

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NFL draft: Which teams have gotten the best value since 2012? We rank all 32

No team has gotten more value out of the NFL draft over the past decade than the Seattle Seahawks — thanks to an elite 2012 class — and no team has drafted less value than the New York Jets, according to our study of the last 10 drafts. Funny thing about the Seahawks and Jets: […]

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Revival engaged: Odell Beckham Jr. giving Los Angeles Rams boost in production, good vibes

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. caught a backward pass, shuffled, then planted his feet during a wild-card playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals, readying for something rare even for his famous skill set. He launched a 40-yard pass to running back Cam Akers, who slowed to haul it in, […]

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Green Bay Packers LT David Bakhtiari won’t play vs. San Francisco 49ers

Bakhtiari, an All-Pro left tackle, was declared inactive before Saturday’s NFC divisional round game against the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field. He was listed as questionable after practicing only one of the three days this week leading up to the game. Bakhtiari tore his ACL on Dec. 31, 2020, and underwent two surgeries: one […]

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NFL divisional-round playoff game picks, schedule guide, bold predictions, odds, injuries, matchup keys and more

The NFL divisional round for the 2021 season is stacked with four great matchups, and we got you covered with what you need to know heading into the second weekend of playoff football. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and, of course, final […]

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Inside the dysfunctional decade of New York Jets and Giants football – What went wrong, what’s next?

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was such a big game that Tony Soprano had to be there. He was seated at the 50-yard line, front row, up close and vocal. On Christmas Eve 2011, the New York Giants and New York Jets met in their quadrennial state championship at MetLife Stadium. For a change, it […]

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Josh Norman’s ‘friendly banter’ with Kliff Kingsbury leads to costly penalty in San Francisco 49ers’ loss to Arizona Cardinals

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — An apparently playful argument between San Francisco 49ers cornerback Josh Norman and Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury in the second quarter of Sunday’s meeting quickly devolved into a costly Niners penalty and Norman’s benching. The 10-yard taunting penalty against Norman gave Arizona a first down on a drive that ended with […]

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San Francisco 49ers TE George Kittle, questionable with calf injury, will ‘do everything I can’ to play

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks as he recovers from a calf injury that kept him on the sideline for most of the week. “I’m going to do everything I can to be able to be on the field on Sunday,” […]

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San Francisco 49ers fear CB Jason Verrett has torn ACL; Raheem Mostert set for more tests on knee

With 7:54 left in a 41-33 win against the Detroit Lions, cornerback Jason Verrett suffered a right knee injury that both he and the team fear is a torn ACL. Verrett is slated to have further testing done on the knee when the team arrives at the Greenbrier in West Virginia later Sunday for a […]

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