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The Detroit Lions brought a nine-game winning streak into their annual Thanksgiving Day game. The Chicago Bears were competitive against the Lions in Week 13, as rookie quarterback Caleb Williams hit wideout DJ Moore on a long touchdown late in the fourth quarter to make it a three-point contest. Ultimately, that’s as close as the […]

The San Francisco 49ers had a disastrous showing against the Green Bay Packers in Week 12. The 38-10 rout was the worst loss to Green Bay in 49ers’ franchise history. The usually defensive-minded team allowed 38 points for the first time since 2020. Starting quarterback Brock Purdy missed the game with a shoulder injury, forcing […]

The Cleveland Browns have enjoyed playing the role of spoiler over the last several weeks with gritty wins over the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. While the Browns are well out of playoff contention at 3-8, they could be a tough out the rest of the way. Particularly if reigning Defensive Player of the […]

The Dallas Cowboys snapped a five-game skid with a surreal victory over their NFC East foes, the Washington Commanders, in Week 12. Despite the wild win, Dallas is just 4-7 as injuries have derailed the team’s season. As the Cowboys prepare to host their annual Thanksgiving Day game, Dallas will once again be missing multiple […]

Perhaps you’ve heard the New York Jets are struggling this season. The team is well on its way to missing the playoffs for the 15th straight year – the longest postseason drought in all professional sports. The Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh. Offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was relieved of his play-calling duties, and general […]

The Baltimore Ravens were victorious in the Harbaugh Bowl on Monday night in Week 12. With the big win in primetime, Baltimore is just a half game behind the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North. The team moved up to the fifth seed in the conference heading into Week 13 as the playoff picture starts […]

The Dallas Cowboys came away with a wild win over the Washington Commanders in Week 12. The teams scored a combined 41 fourth quarter points and the Cowboys survived a last-second surge by Washington to get the victory and snap a five-game losing streak. Despite dealing with back and foot injuries, CeeDee Lamb suited up […]

The Minnesota Vikings squeaked past the Chicago Bears with an overtime win on Sunday. The 30-27 Week 12 victory extended Minnesota’s winning streak to four straight games as the team improved to 9-2 on the season. Despite narrowly beating the 4-7 Bears, the Vikings look like legit playoff contenders. They currently hold the NFC’s top […]

The New York Giants are mired in a disastrous season that somehow manages to get worse each week. New York got obliterated by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 12, extending the team’s losing streak to six straight games. The 30-7 annihilation dropped the G-Men to 2-9 on the season, which is tied for the […]

The NFC North-leading Detroit Lions bring a nine-game winning streak into their annual Thanksgiving Day matchup. The Lions will face Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving this year and Detroit’s defense will look to get after the rookie quarterback, who’s already been sacked an NFL-leading 44 times on the season. The Lions will […]

The much hyped battle of the Harbaughs has concluded with John leading his Baltimore Ravens to a win over Jim’s Los Angeles Chargers. Jim threw down the gauntlet prior to the Monday Night Football matchup with an epic quote that spoke volumes about the coaches. “I would lay down my life for my brother, but […]

The New York Giants made the decision to end the Daniel Jones era prior to Week 12. After benching the sixth-year quarterback, the Giants released Jones on Friday. Now that he’s cleared waivers, the veteran QB is free to sign with any team that would like to acquire him for the minimum. While it’s still […]

The Cleveland Browns held on to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night in Week 12. While Steelers’ wideout George Pickens blamed the conditions in Cleveland for the team’s loss, the Browns deserve all the credit for a gritty 24-19 victory. Jameis Winston has gone 2-2 since becoming Cleveland’s starting quarterback in Week 8. And […]

The Carolina Panthers pushed the Kansas City Chiefs to the brink on Sunday with a furious fourth quarter comeback. The Chiefs overcame Bryce Young’s heroics with some Mahomes magic but the Panthers’ offense has improved since the second-year passer was reinstated as the starting quarterback. On Monday, Carolina made a move aimed at bolstering the […]

The Carolina Panthers went toe-to-toe with the Kansas City Chiefs in a surprisingly suspenseful Week 12 matchup. Ultimately, the Chiefs thwarted Carolina’s fourth-quarter comeback, improving to 10-1 on the season. While the Panthers showed signs of improvement, the team lost Ja’Tavion Sanders to a frightening injury during the game. Fortunately, Carolina received positive news about […]

The Denver Broncos rebounded from back-to-back losses by wrecking the Atlanta Falcons in Week 11. Quarterback Bo Nix shredded the Falcons’ defense in the most impressive performance of his excellent rookie season and the Broncos won 38-6. However, standout safety Brandon Jones missed the game with an abdominal issue. Now Jones’ Week 12 availability is […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered Week 7’s matchup against the Baltimore Ravens at 4-2 on the season. The Buccaneers set a franchise record with 594 yards of offense against the New Orleans Saints in Week 6 and Tampa Bay looked like legitimate contenders. Then disaster struck as the team lost wideout Chris Godwin to a […]

The New York Giants are in the market for a starting quarterback. After cutting ties with longtime starter Daniel Jones on Friday, the Giants began the process of homing in on their quarterback of the future. On Saturday, representatives of the team were in Miami taking in a college football game. The Giants attended the […]

The Los Angeles Chargers overcame a late-game surge by the Cincinnati Bengals for an epic Week 11 win to improve to 7-3 on the season. The Chargers face another challenging NFC North foe in Week 12 as the Baltimore Ravens come to town. But Los Angeles should have some help on the defensive side of […]

The Baltimore Ravens have struggled all season against opposing quarterbacks as the team has the league’s worst passing defense. While there was plenty of blame to go around for Baltimore’s Week 11 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Eddie Jackson wasn’t at fault. The veteran safety was a healthy scratch against the Steelers. Week 11 marked […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers faced the Cleveland Browns in a divisional matchup Thursday night in Week 12. The Steelers have been one of the hottest teams in football since naming Russell Wilson the starting quarterback in Week 7. But the Jameis Winston-led Browns snapped Pittsburgh’s five-game winning streak with a 24-19 victory at home in the […]

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar DH Shohei Ohtani won the National League MVP Award for the 2024 season. It’s Ohtani’s second straight MVP, after he took home the honor last season as a member of the Los Angeles Angels. He’s now won three MVPs in his incredible seven-year career. While Ohtani was, obviously, the focus of […]

The San Francisco 49ers suffered a frustrating loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 11 as Geno Smith led a clutch, game-winning drive punctuated by the veteran passer’s 13-yard touchdown run in the final seconds of the fourth quarter. It was the 49ers’ third divisional loss after having a lead in the last two minutes […]

Following the New York Giants’ Week 10 loss to the Carolina Panthers in Germany, the team finally decided to bench quarterback Daniel Jones. The overseas defeat dropped the Giants to 2-8 on the season, which is the second worst record in the NFL behind the 2-9 Jacksonville Jaguars. Backup QB Tommy DeVito will start in […]

The New York Jets are playing out a lost season (again). Barring a miracle, the team will miss the playoffs for the 15th straight year, the longest postseason drought in all of professional sports. Owner Woody Johnson fired head coach Robert Saleh after Week 5. GM Joe Douglas was shown the door after last Sunday’s […]

The Green Bay Packers survived a fourth quarter comeback by Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears to steal a win in Week 11. Chicago’s rookie passer orchestrated a seven-play, 42-yard drive in the final three minutes of the game that set the Bears up for a game-winning, 46-yard kick. But Williams’ heroics were ruined by […]

The Dallas Cowboys suffered an embarrassing loss to the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football in Week 11. The blowout defeat dropped the team to 3-7 as the Cowboys have lost their first five home games for the first time since 1989. Despite the disastrous start, head coach Mike McCarthy issued a defiant take on […]

The Kansas City Chiefs’ bid for a perfect season ended in Week 11 when the Buffalo Bills handed the team its first loss of 2024. While Patrick Mahomes focuses on using the defeat to fuel the Chiefs’ season moving forward, Kansas City’s QB made headlines this week for another reason. Prior to the Chiefs’ Week […]

Long before Kyle Shanahan earned a reputation as one of the NFL’s best coaches, his father Mike Shanahan was revolutionizing the game with innovative offensive schemes. Mike Shanahan is best known for his 14-year run as the head coach of the Denver Broncos. He won the Super Bowl twice with the Broncos and, including the […]

The San Francisco 49ers had the lead late in the fourth quarter of the team’s Week 11 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. But Geno Smith led a last-minute comeback and the 49ers lost another close game to a division rival. San Francisco now has three losses to NFC West opponents after having the lead with […]

The New York Jets have the longest active postseason drought in all of sports. It’s been 14 years since the Jets last made the playoffs. And the team is well on its way to making it 15 straight. Failure on this level doesn’t just happen by itself. Unyielding incompetence of this magnitude needs a guiding […]

The Indianapolis Colts entered Week 11 on a three-game skid. The team had dropped to 4-6 on the season and was having trouble deciding who should be starting at quarterback. Fortunately for Indianapolis, the schedule makers gifted the Colts a matchup with a terrible New York Jets team. As it turns out, that’s all Indy […]

The Dallas Cowboys got embarrassed by the Houston Texans, losing 34-10 on Monday Night Football in Week 11. It was the Cowboys’ fifth straight loss as the team fell to 3-7. Dallas has yet to win a home game this year, starting the season 0-5 at home for the first time since 1989. Monday night […]

Milwaukee Brewers’ left fielder Jackson Chourio finished third for the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year Award. The NL ROTY honor ultimately came down to a two man race between Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitcher Paul Skenes and San Diego Padres’ center fielder Jackson Merrill, with Skenes winning NL Rookie of the Year. However, Chourio’s top-three […]

The Arizona Cardinals have won four straight games and five of their last six contests to improve to 6-4 on the season. The team is now in first place in an extremely tight NFC West, where all four teams are separated by just half a game. As the NFC playoff picture starts to develop, the […]

Nothing has worked for the Dallas Cowboys this season. Even AT&T Stadium has let the Cowboys down, as a piece of the retractable roof broke off and crashed to the field prior to Dallas’ Monday Night Football matchup against the Houston Texans. The falling debris didn’t injure anyone (unless you count Jerry Jones’ pride) and […]

The Seattle Seahawks picked up a huge win over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 11. Trailing by four points late in the fourth quarter, Geno Smith engineered a clutch, game-winning drive that he capped off with a 13-yard touchdown run in the final seconds of the contest. It was Smith’s first win over the […]

The roof caved in on the Dallas Cowboys’ season when starting quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending injury during the team’s Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. In a bizarre twist befitting the Cowboys 2024 campaign, the roof actually caved in prior to the team’s Monday night matchup against the Houston Texans in Week […]

The Milwaukee Brewers won the NL Central and reached the postseason for the second-straight year. While the Brewers’ season ultimately ended with a painful meltdown against the New York Mets in the Wild Card round, the team boasted one of baseball’s top bullpens in 2024. However, Milwaukee is well known for its aversion to spending […]