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Fantasy football waiver wire for NFL Week 16: Baker Mayfield, Salvon Ahmed among top streaming pickups

The roster percentages for this column are updated every Friday morning, and any players from Thursday’s Chargers-Raiders game have been taken out.–> Each week of the NFL season, we will identify fantasy football waiver-wire pickups specifically for those of you looking for streaming options in deeper formats (including IDP leagues). These are players available in […]

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Last-play safety in Baltimore Ravens-Cleveland Browns game swings millions at sportsbooks

One bettor’s bad beat is another’s fortunate win. The last play of the Monday night thriller between the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns produced both. A desperation, multi-lateral play by the Browns as time expired resulted in a safety for the Ravens that covered the spread and swung millions of dollars in bets at sportsbooks […]

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NFL Week 13 fantasy football inactives watch: Who’s in and who’s out?

Refresh often for the latest information. Note: After Week 12’s COVID-19-related postponements, the league has made some changes to the Week 13 schedule. The Washington-Pittsburgh game, originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon, has been moved to Monday at 5 p.m. ET. The Baltimore-Dallas game, originally scheduled for Thursday night, has been moved to Tuesday night. To […]

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Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield expects new looks from defenses after Odell Beckham Jr. injury

BEREA, Ohio — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield called Odell Beckham Jr.‘s season-ending knee injury “just awful” and said he expects different looks from opposing defenses moving forward with Cleveland minus its top wide receiver. “Teams are going to play us differently,” Mayfield said before Wednesday’s practice. “I think it’s about understanding the looks we’re getting […]

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NFL Power Rankings Week 8 – 1-32 poll, plus players who need to step up in 2020

As the NFL Power Rankings charge toward midseason, this is a good time for assessment. And this week, it’s about identifying who must pick up the slack over the final 10 weeks of the campaign. While most of the selections below are individual players, position units and even coaches bear some of this burden. How […]

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Fantasy fallout: How to sort out Steelers receivers? Who steps up in Cleveland?

Nobody has a more stacked lineup of fantasy analysts and NFL team reporters than ESPN. It’s the rare backfield by committee that is actually a good thing for fantasy managers. Every Tuesday, we’ll ask our NFL Nation reporters a series of burning questions to help inform your waiver-wire pickups and roster decisions. The Pittsburgh Steelers […]

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Fantasy football intel for all 32 NFL teams ahead of Week 8

The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy football perspective, with at least one mention of each of the league’s 32 teams. Though efficiency will be discussed plenty, the column will lean heavily on usage data, as volume is king (by far) in fantasy football. Use these tidbits to make the best waiver-wire pickups, […]

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Fantasy football waiver wire for NFL Week 8: Gio Bernard, Carlos Hyde among top pickups

It is often said that running back is the most difficult position to find in fantasy football. This year has put that to the test, as the two top drafted backs (Christian McCaffrey and Saquon Barkley) have appeared in a total of four games this season, and this week has put this to the test […]

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‘He’s all ball’: No excuses for Browns’ Baker Mayfield in Year 3

BEREA, Ohio — Before knowing that the coronavirus pandemic would sweep the country, Kevin Stefanski knew he needed to go meet his quarterback. The new Cleveland Browns head coach phoned his father, a front-office executive with the Detroit Pistons, to inform him he was headed to Austin, Texas, the following morning to see Baker Mayfield. […]

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Baker Mayfield, Browns teammates work out in Texas

With the Browns’ practice facility closed through at least the end of the month because of the coronavirus outbreak, Mayfield invited a few of his receivers and tight ends to his hometown of Austin, Texas, to work out. Those who showed this week included receivers Rashard Higgins and Damion Ratley and tight ends David Njoku […]

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