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With the Playoffs on the Line, Should the Broncos Miss Peyton Manning?
December 22, 2016
Early in the fourth quarter against the Patriots, with the Broncos pinned deep in their own territory like a turtle on its shell, I really started to miss him. Trevor Siemian ...Monday Morning Digest: Packers, Patriots Stay Hot on a Cold-Hearted NFL Sunday
December 19, 2016
Baby, it was cold outside around the NFL on Sunday. The Patriots like it cold, so they clinched the playoffs with temperatures in the teens in Denver. The Packers know a ...If Not Tom Brady, Then Who? Analyzing the Best Alternative MVP Candidates
December 15, 2016
This year's MVP race is being run on a muddy track, uphill, with candidates carrying 100-pound cement bags on their backs. No MVP candidate can separate himself from the pack. And ...Jeff Fisher Became Too Much of an Embarrassment for the Rams to Overlook
December 12, 2016
Jeff Fisher could afford to be stubborn, predictable, hidebound, uncreative, uninspiring, indefensibly mediocre and historically unsuccessful and still keep his job as head coach of the Los Angeles Rams. He just ...Monday Morning Digest: Packers Pick off Seahawks to Pump Up Playoff Bid
December 12, 2016
This week's Digest has answers to all of your biggest questions: • Can the Packers run the table now that their secondary can out-boom the Legion of Boom? • Can the Dolphins reach the ...Giants Defensive Line Must Find a Way to Be Great Without Jason Pierre-Paul
December 8, 2016
Jason Pierre-Paul slipped quietly through the Giants locker room after a walkthrough practice last week. He stopped at his corner locker, posed for some promotional photographs holding a newspaper announcing ...NFL Playoff Picture Has Been Reshaped by the Two-Point Runback
December 6, 2016
Take a trip with us into an alternate reality. The Raiders are in complete command of the AFC West, two games ahead of the 8-4 Chiefs, three ahead of the 7-5 ...Monday Morning Digest: Chiefs, Steelers, Packers and the Art of Winning Ugly
December 5, 2016
Sunday began with news that Jeff Fisher got a contract extension no one outside of Rams headquarters believes he deserves. It ended with Earl Thomas suffering an injury that could ...After Week 12 Statement Win, There’s No Denying Derek Carr’s MVP Credentials
November 29, 2016
Derek Carr's hand looked like the mangled weather vane you find in a field after a tornado splinters the old barn. His pinkie was like a Christmas tree ornament-sized rendering ...Monday Morning Digest: Raiders, Buccaneers Thrill in Scary NFL Thanksgiving Week
November 28, 2016
Thanksgiving isn't supposed to be scary. Halloween is supposed to be scary. Thanksgiving, and the Sunday that follows, is all about feasting. But it was a Sunday of terror for teams ...Archives
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