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The all-playoff era team: The best players of the past decade
It’s a simple premise and yet a near-impossible challenge. The story of the past decade of college football is littered with superstars — from Lamar Jackson‘s mystifying talent to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag at Ohio State to Tua Tagovailoa rescuing Alabama from the brink of defeat to a former walk-on in Stetson Bennett […]
Continue readingLawrence headlines preseason All-America team
More Teams. More Games. Laura Rutledge examines the legend of Trevor Lawrence and what the Clemson QB has in store for college football fans in his second act. (1:41) Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team presented by Regions Bank. He has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on […]
Continue readingIndianapolis Colts rule out WR Michael Pittman against Jacksonville Jaguars
Pittman, the team’s top receiver, has been recovering from a quad injury. He caught nine passes for 121 yards and a touchdown in the Week 1 tie against the Houston Texans. Coach Frank Reich had expressed optimism that Pittman would be able to play after he began experiencing pain Wednesday and was removed from practice. […]
Continue readingNFL Week 1 — Steelers, Browns and Saints prevail in early slate to remember
Football is back and the first Sunday of the 2022 NFL season did not disappoint. The early slate of games had a little bit of everything. The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts recorded the first tie of the year, while the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals narrowly avoided the second. The New Orleans Saints and […]
Continue readingNFL Week 1 takeaways: What we learned, big questions for every game and future team outlooks
Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season — we saw it all. Quarterback Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took care of business on the road against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, as Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott struggled to get anything going against the Bucs’ defense. And that was before Prescott left the […]
Continue readingIndianapolis Colts’ Julian Blackmon out for season after tearing Achilles
This is Blackmon’s second significant injury in less than two years. He tore an ACL during the Pac-12 championship game while at Utah in 2019. Blackmon, who was selected in the third round of the 2020 draft, recovered quickly enough to play in 15 games and intercept two passes as a rookie. Blackmon’s season ends […]
Continue readingNFL Week 6 fantasy football inactives watch: Who’s in and who’s out?
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Continue readingIndianapolis Colts WR T.Y. Hilton activated from IR, to make season debut Sunday vs. Houston Texans
INDIANAPOLIS — Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton will make his season debut Sunday against the Texans after the team activated him from the injured reserve list Saturday. Hilton had been out since suffering a disk injury during practice late in training camp. The injury was severe enough that Hilton contemplated retirement, including having a conversation […]
Continue readingFantasy football 12-team, PPR mock draft with the Fantasy Focus crew
With the NFL season only a week away, the Fantasy Focus crew took part in a 12-team, PPR mock draft and had some new things to consider. The No. 1 Fantasy Football game just got better with ESPN+ leagues. Play against other ESPN+ members for the ultimate challenge, and by joining an ESPN+ Fantasy League, […]
Continue readingFantasy football 12-team, 1/2 PPR mock draft: First eight picks are RBs
In the eighth mock draft of the season, members of our ESPN Fantasy Football and NFL staff took part in a 12-team, 1/2 PPR league. After last week’s two-QB mock draft, the biggest difference was naturally that the first round shifted back to being dominated by running backs. And, of course, quarterbacks returned to being […]
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