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Is the AFC West the best NFL quarterback division ever? Where Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Justin Herbert, Derek Carr rank
In case you haven’t noticed, the AFC West is stacked. The biggest prize in the division’s offseason spending spree was Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson, who is expected to fill the post-Peyton Manning hole the team has desperately been trying to take care of for the past half-decade. When you consider Denver had been rolling with […]
Continue readingNFL Week 16 game picks, schedule guide, playoff scenarios, fantasy football tips, odds, injuries and more
The Week 16 NFL schedule is stacked with great matchups, including the Saints’ historic win over the Vikings on Friday. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each game and […]
Continue readingCould the 49ers move on from Jimmy Garoppolo? Options to replace him in 2021, plus San Francisco’s other issues
You’d forgive the San Francisco 49ers for thinking 2020 just wasn’t meant to be their year. After losing to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV in February, the 4-4 Niners have dealt with a catastrophic flurry of injuries that have served to compromise their chances of competing in the NFC this season. They were preseason […]
Continue readingNFL playoff fallers in 2020: Ranking the biggest busts, including the Cowboys, Vikings and Texans
If an NFL team is out of the playoff picture in Week 7, it’s probably not going to make its way back in by January. Last year, 10 of the 12 teams that were in playoff positions as we entered Week 7 made it into the postseason. The only exceptions were the Raiders (who missed […]
Continue readingTime running out for Matt Ryan to prove he can make Falcons contenders again
Whether the Atlanta Falcons’ Matt Ryan remains one of the NFL’s top quarterback depends on who you ask. When 46 ESPN NFL experts predicted the Top 100 players coming into the season, they ranked Ryan 37th among all players and ninth among quarterbacks — although analyst Matt Bowen labeled Ryan overrated in relation to the […]
Continue readingTexans, Deshaun Watson agree to 4-year, $160M extension, agent says
HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have agreed to a four-year, $160 million contract extension with quarterback Deshaun Watson, his agent David Mulugheta told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The total value of the deal, to be signed later Saturday, is $177.54 million with nearly $111 million in guarantees, trailing only quarterback Patrick Mahomes‘ 12-year deal […]
Continue readingMadden NFL 21 preview and ratings: Best players, rookies, teams, 99 club, more
It is, in some ways, the final game of one era and the start of another one. Madden NFL 21 will begin on PlayStation 4 and XBox One. It eventually will be one of the first games to appear on the next generation of consoles, PlayStation 5 and XBox Series X, too. The game will […]
Continue reading260 players who could win 2020 NFL MVP: Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, kickers and more
Picking an MVP in advance of a typical NFL season is difficult. Remember last year? The trendiest candidates heading into the regular season were Carson Wentz, Baker Mayfield and Russell Wilson one obvious example, but Mahomes is the only one with the sort of airtight accomplishments to be added to this list. Although this is […]
Continue readingFantasy football: Deep QB sleepers for 12-team and 2-QB leagues
In a standard fantasy football league, waiting on a quarterback is commonplace. Just look at ESPN.com’s player projections: The lowest-rated starting-caliber quarterbacks in a 12-team league right now are Carson Wentz (10th), Drew Brees (11th) and either Josh Allen (12th) or Aaron Rodgers (13th), depending on preference. Not winding up with Lamar Jackson or Patrick […]
Continue readingGrading Cam Newton’s move to the Patriots: Little risk, huge potential, and a new-look Patriots offense
In the end, Cam Newton and the New England Patriots made too much sense for each other. In a league in which every other starting quarterback opportunity was full, the Patriots gave the former league MVP his only realistic chance of being a Week 1 starter on a competitive team. And while I don’t doubt […]
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