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NFL Week 5 takeaways, stat leaders: Raiders stun Chiefs for upset win, Steelers stay undefeated
Week 5 in the NFL featured Derek Carr and the Las Vegas Raiders exorcising their demons in Kansas City, the New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons picking up their fifth losses, and the return of Washington’s Alex Smith to the football field after a gruesome leg injury two years ago. Elsewhere, the Carolina Panthers won […]
Continue reading2020 NFL quarter-season awards: Picks for MVP, rookies of the year, top coach, best catch, more
If it weren’t for the Steelers-Titans game getting postponed, we would be through exactly 25% of the NFL’s regular season. As is custom, with (something close to) the first quarter in the books, I’m taking stock of the league by handing out quarter-season awards for the best performances over the first month of the campaign. […]
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 reading2020 NFL offseason winners and losers: QBs, free agents, teams and trends
Let’s break down some of the winners and losers from this NFL offseason. Some of the stories in the short term were obvious — you don’t need me to tell you again who won the DeAndre Hopkins trade — but I’m going to try to take a look at the bigger picture to see how […]
Continue readingFive NFL teams trending up, and where they upgraded most this offseason
The bulk of NFL free agency is in the rearview mirror, which means we have a much better feel for the teams that will be contenders during the 2020 season. Yes, the NFL draft will have an impact, but that process is a bit of a crapshoot and we shouldn’t be making drastic changes to […]
Continue readingThe Bucs built it, Tom Brady came. Now what? Inside the GOAT’s ultimate gamble
Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson — that’s what the “Field of Dreams” fans inside the Tampa Bay front office called their pursuit of Tom Brady. John Spytek, director of player personnel and a former Brady teammate at Michigan, came up with the name for good reason. More than any other franchise in American sports, the Buccaneers […]
Continue readingBest signings of 2020 NFL free agency: Barnwell’s nine top grades, with Brady, Brees and Rivers
Most deals signed in NFL free agency turn out to be disappointing. Teams pay players expecting the best seasons from their past, but it rarely works out that way. As a result, most of my grades tend to be a C+ or below. Call me a tough grader, but ask the Jets how their massive […]
Continue readingSources: Ndamukong Suh expected to return to Buccaneers
Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is expected to return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year, $8 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Suh, who signed a one-year deal with the Buccaneers last offseason, may not have put much of a dent in the stat sheet — finishing with 41 combined tackles (22 solo), […]
Continue readingDolphins 315-pounder Christian Wilkins opens scoring
Christian Wilkins, a 315-pound rookie defensive lineman who considers his playing alter ego to be a white Power Ranger, morphed into a receiver on Sunday. Wilkins caught the game’s first touchdown off a play-action pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick on second-and-goal in the first quarter. After bringing in the catch with one hand, he fumbled it […]
Continue reading15 NFL surprises nobody saw coming in 2019, from Lamar Jackson’s rise to crummy kicking
August seems like forever ago in NFL terms, but it has really only been 15 weeks. So much can change in the course of four months, and what might have seemed controversial or even absurd over the summer has turned out to be obvious and factual. In going back through the 2019 season, I can […]
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