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Best, worst of past decade in NFL: Signings, fantasy players, game and more
The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams. From the social media star […]
Continue readingRe-drafting the NFL: We picked 128 foundational players across all 32 teams
What if every NFL team had a complete do-over in building its roster? What if every single player were a free agent? What if the worst team in the league had a chance to add a Super Bowl MVP at quarterback? Or one of the worst defensive teams out there was able to plop a […]
Continue readingBest small-college studs ever for all 32 NFL teams: Payton, Rice, McNair and more
You don’t have to play at a traditional college football power to achieve NFL stardom. Former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton showed us that. San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice showed us, too. So did the other 30 names on our small-school studs list picked by NFL Nation reporters. In fact, you don’t even […]
Continue readingHow to watch Tom Brady’s top playoff performances on ESPN
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady‘s free-agent departure from the New England Patriots to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a stunning development. The six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback started the week off with a bang, so what better way to end it than this: a Brady marathon of some of the greatest moments of his 20-year […]
Continue readingThe story behind the split of Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots
WE LOOKED FOR clues. Tom Brady‘s final news conference — was that a clue? We wondered what he would say after the New England Patriots lost to the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the playoffs. More than that, we wondered how he would act. “Well done is better than well said,” his father […]
Continue readingHow Bill Belichick gets Super Bowl performances for bargain prices
The New England Patriots have for nearly 20 years shown the ability to maintain a degree of organizational structure and success that is far superior to that of their counterparts. For every team that made the playoffs in the Patriots’ six title-winning years, 10 position groups were analyzed. The Patriots spent less than the average […]
Continue readingPredicting roster turnover for all 12 NFL playoff teams: Which players could move
Roster turnover is a fact of life in the NFL. In a league in which many players don’t have guaranteed money due in the upcoming season and somewhere between five and eight organizations typically swap out their football personnel each offseason, just about every player is on a short leash. Even the league’s banner franchises […]
Continue readingNFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus each team’s most notable 2010s moment
The NFL Power Rankings are not only ending for this season, but they are ending for the 2010s as well. A lot has happened in the league over the past 10 years, but some things mattered more than others. So we had our NFL Nation reporters ring in the 2020s by looking back at the […]
Continue readingSports Misery Index: How miserable is each NFL fan base?
Total score: 27.24 All-sport rank: 2 Ranking by category: Championships, 7; Playoff berths, 3; Playoff wins, 4; Heartbreaks, 28; Rival comparison, 1 Where they’re especially miserable: It has been a rough two decades for the Bills, who made the playoffs only once in the previous 19 seasons since being victimized by the “Music City Miracle” […]
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