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49ers RB Raheem Mostert runs over Packers with 220 yards, 4 TDs
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — To take the biggest step toward completing one of the most dramatic turnarounds in NFL history, the San Francisco 49ers did what they’ve done so often throughout the season: They rode the wave provided by an unlikely hero. With Raheem Mostert, the journeyman running back/accomplished surfer, putting together one of the […]
Continue readingKyle Shanahan tells his 49ers their regular-season win over Packers ‘holds zero relevance’ this week
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator in 2015, Kyle Shanahan remembers getting drubbed by the Carolina Panthers in Week 14. Two weeks later, the teams met again and the Falcons handed the Panthers their only loss of the regular season. It’s a memory at the top of Shanahan’s mind this week […]
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 readingBarnwell’s bizarro 2019 NFL season: Moves and injuries that could have changed everything
Of course, we can see the direct impact of those slight changes over the course of a game like Sunday’s NFC West decider. When narrow games or important decisions go a different way, everything we know about what happened in an NFL season can change. An injury happening to a different player or at a […]
Continue readingThe secret to the NFL’s best rushing teams: Why zone blocking is here to stay
We’ve reached that time in the NFL season when we discard fantasy fun and lock in on playoff football. You know what that means: wholehearted tributes to the running game, amid bad weather and injured quarterbacks and everything else that comes in late December. Franchises that employ disciples of those Denver teams will represent at […]
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