Week 2 of the 2021 NFL season featured surprise performances and unfortunate injuries across the board. Sam Darnold and the Panthers are now 2-0 after dominating a Saints team that overwhelmed Green Bay in Week 1. The Bills bounced back with a convincing blowout win in Miami, the Rams squeezed out a win in Indianapolis […]
Continue readingJameis Winston and Kyler Murray came out firing. Aaron Rodgers and Josh Allen did not. It was a topsy-turvy Week 1 in the NFL and for fantasy football managers. Some top picks delivered as expected. Some sleepers came through, too. But plenty of players expected to perform well underwhelmed. And the rookie class mostly left […]
Continue readingThe Week 2 NFL schedule for the 2021 season is stacked with great matchups, and we’ve got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and, of course, final score picks. Additionally, ESPN […]
Continue readingGAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dan Mullen arrives at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium one morning in August looking like death warmed over. Florida’s head football coach isn’t doing a bad Ed Orgeron impression as he croaks hello, sounding as if he has gravel lodged in his windpipe. He has strep throat. He trudges upstairs to his office […]
Continue readingOWINGS MILLS, Md. — The injuries continue to relentlessly pile up for the Baltimore Ravens just two weeks into the regular season. Ravens backup cornerback Chris Westry is expected to miss at least a month with a torn lateral meniscus, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Thursday. Westry was third among the team’s cornerbacks […]
Continue readingUnderdogs went 12-4 ATS in Week 1, the most covers by underdogs in a Week 1 during the Super Bowl era. Green Bay was blown out by New Orleans in Week 1, but good news for Green Bay bettors in Week 2: Since the start of the 2019 season, Green Bay is 6-0 ATS following […]
Continue readingHENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders defensive tackle Gerald McCoy suffered a season-ending left knee injury in Monday night’s Week 1 overtime win against the Baltimore Ravens, a source confirmed Wednesday. Raiders coach Jon Gruden said Tuesday that he feared McCoy had suffered a “long-term” injury, the same day it was revealed that right guard […]
Continue readingOWINGS MILLS, Md. — Heading into Sunday night’s showdown, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson downplayed his winless record against Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Jackson is 0-3 against Mahomes — losing to him in each of the past three seasons — while going 30-5 (.857) against the rest of the NFL. This marks the […]
Continue readingUnderdogs went 12-4 against the number in Week 1, with nine outright winners, the most in the first week of a season since 1983. Here are the ATS records for all 32 teams, league and team trends, and over/under records for the 2021 season. ATS: 0-1 O/U: 0-1 What we know: The over went 4-1-1 […]
Continue readingAlas, the Raiders went 2-6 in their new digs and Davis, in a show of solidarity with fans — who were not allowed into the venue for games last season with the COVID-19 pandemic raging and no vaccine available yet — stayed away from home games. Now? “This is Inaugural Season 2.0,” Davis said courtside […]
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