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NFL Week 12 game picks, schedule guide, fantasy football tips, odds, injuries and more
The Week 12 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 readingSean McVay expects bigger roles for Odell Beckham Jr., Von Miller when Rams play Packers on Sunday
“A lot more, hopefully,” McVay said Friday when asked if he expected to get more out of the veteran duo in their second appearance since joining the Rams, who are 7-3 and coming off a bye. The Rams will need an all-hands approach against Aaron Rodgers and the 8-3 Packers at Lambeau Field as they […]
Continue readingNFL playoff picture 2021: Standings, bracket after Thanksgiving games, plus Week 12 outlook
Welcome to a special Thanksgiving Day edition of our NFL playoff picture. If you kept only one eye on the games, or even if you watched them closely, we have a lot to discuss. The outcomes of two matchups shook up the playoff standings in both conferences. Among the takeaways: The Buffalo Bills regained supremacy […]
Continue readingNFL Thanksgiving Day games history: Why the Lions and Cowboys play every year, best moments, traditions, records
Thanksgiving Day to sports fans is as much about football as it is about the traditional turkey dinner. From high school football in the morning to watching the afternoon game on TV as dinner starts, this tradition is as old as time. Well, almost as old as time. The Detroit Lions have played at home […]
Continue readingNFL MVP, Super Bowl futures watch: Patrick Mahomes, New England Patriots move up
Kansas City (+750) is the second favorite behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+600) and certainly had some intriguing value a month ago at 13-1 odds. In my eyes, the Chiefs still seem too sloppy, and Mahomes is still not the amazing version who won the 2018 MVP. But the defense, which has not allowed more […]
Continue readingNFL playoff picture 2021: Week 11 standings, bracket, scenarios and outlook for the postseason
We’re kicking off our weekly NFL playoff picture amid chaos, confusion and pandemonium. With most of 11 weeks in the books, it feels accurate to say the following about the NFL: There are no great teams. There are a handful of good teams. There are many teams of questionable repute. There are some really, really […]
Continue readingNFL Week 11 fantasy football questions and answers: Reporters give advice on Russell Wilson, AJ DIllon and more
Quarterback play has been all over the place in the NFL season, surely driving fantasy football managers to consider throwing their phones against the wall with the accuracy of Patrick Mah … err … the accuracy of Russell Wils … err … the accuracy of Matthew Staf … err … you get the picture. Surely […]
Continue readingFantasy Football Cheat Sheet: NFL Week 11 fantasy tips on players to start, sit, stream
The ESPN+ cheat sheet provides a rundown of the best tips from all of our fantasy football content. You’ll find answers to the biggest start/sit questions of the week, along with NFL injury updates, matchup advantages and wild-card plays from Matthew Berry, Eric Karabell, Mike Clay, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Matt Bowen, Field Yates, Seth Walder, […]
Continue readingNFL MVP watch 2021: Ranking the top candidates and risers in a close race, including Tom Brady and Lamar Jackson
The NFL is a strange place in 2021. Every franchise has lost at least two games, marking just the fourth time since the 1970 merger we’ve seen that 10 weeks into the season, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. And that kind of parity impacts how we judge the league’s best players. No Most […]
Continue readingDraymond Green, Phil Mickelson, Philip Rivers and Al Michaels join Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli Manning in Week 10
At this point in the season, you might have heard rumblings of the rumored “ManningCast curse” — a dreaded phenomenon in which every active player who comes on Peyton & Eli Manning’s Monday Night Football broadcast subsequently loses the next game played. First, it came for Travis Kelce and Russell Wilson in Week 2 after […]
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