The magical season for Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions continues this week as they head into San Francisco where Brock Purdy has been proving doubters wrong all season long, leading his 49ers team to a second consecutive NFC Championship game. Both teams are great against the run (Lions allow the 2nd fewest rushing yards […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. The “Around the Horn” panel explains why Todd Bowles not using his last timeout against the Lions was a terrible decision. (1:45) Late in the third quarter of the Ravens’ divisional round matchup against the Texans, Baltimore, leading 17-10, faced a fourth-and-1 at the Houston 49-yard line. Then, in the bottom […]
Continue readingMayfield connected with wide receiver Mike Evans on a pass play of 27 yards in which he slipped a tackle by Ifeatu Melifonwu along the left sideline, and then a 29-yard gain in man coverage working against cornerback Cam Sutton, setting up Otton’s scoring play with 19 seconds left. That was the quickest 90-yard touchdown […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Tyler Fulghum gives his favorite ways to bet on the showdown between the Packers and 49ers in the divisional round. (0:39) Man and Machine are back after dueling to a 1-1 draw in the super wild-card round. Matthew Stafford went well over his passing yards prop for Man. Unfortunately, Rachaad White […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Trey Palmer breaks a tackle from James Bradberry IV and races home to give the Buccaneers a 25-9 lead. (0:34) TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ensured there would be a new representative from the NFC in the Super Bowl by beating the Philadelphia Eagles 32-9 in the wild-card round […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Dan Graziano reports from Buffalo on how postponing the Steelers-Bills wild-card matchup has affected both teams’ preparations for the game. (1:52) The NFL wild-card games Saturday and Sunday have been fun, but there are still two more matchups Monday that will decide the divisional round schedule, due to the Steelers’ game […]
Continue readingFor those loyal and smart “ESPN BET Live”/”Fantasy Football NOW” viewers out there, you’re well aware. For those new to the game, let me fill you in. I, Tyler Fulghum, am merely a humble man representing the flesh and blood of humanity. Imperfect but beautiful. My nemesis is Mike Clay. He is about algorithms, arithmetic […]
Continue readingMy weekly betting playbook features several data points for each of this weekend’s scheduled games, along with my analysis of a few notable lines I’m interested in betting, although this article is designed in a way that allows you to pick your own favorites. Exclusively for ESPN+ members, If you’d like to see a list […]
Continue readingWhat better time to do your first fantasy football mock draft of 2024 than during the week between the end of the 2023 regular season and the beginning of the playoffs? Many of our ESPN Fantasy analysts and contributors got together to conduct our first of many mocks we’ll do this year and added a […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Eric Karabell breaks down Amon-Ra St. Brown‘s impressive fantasy season. (0:41) The 2024 fantasy football superflex rankings below will be updated throughout the NFL offseason. We know many of you compete in superflex formats that invite/covet second quarterbacks in starting lineups, so these rankings account for that. For those newer to […]
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