SANTA CLARA -- Entering Monday night, the 49ers were largely billed as an illegitimate undefeated team. A weak opening schedule (Tampa, Cincinnati and the Ben Roethlisberger-less Steelers) was the most glaring excuse. But also: T...
Sunday’s slate of games produced a bevy of mismatches and almost an equal amount of infuriating losses (and the dreaded tie!). But when you take a birdseye view of the final scores, few seem like outliers. The Patriots dominated...
We all have our own way to mark the start of an NFL season. For some, it’s simply the first regular season game, which this year will feature the Packers and Bears in conjunction with the NFL turning 100. For others, it’s the Hall of Fame game. Or Har...
The moment when months of speculation turns into real players selected to real teams is nearing. But first our resident fantasy football expert takes a stab at mocking the first round.... 1. Arizona Cardinals: Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma A yea...
Antonio Brown's strange offseason continued this weekend when he responded to a Twitter troll by one-upping the trolling. Emotion: boy fumbled the whole post season in the biggest ...
Sometimes one team's smart plan can be punctuated by juxtaposing it to another team's bad one, or lack of one. The Giants signing Odell Beckham Jr. to a five-year extension and a lot of guaranteed money just nine months before trading him to Cleveland is ...
Just moments after the Patriots wiped away the first specks of confetti that fell in conjunction with their sixth Super Bowl win, oddsmakers were busy projecting the next champion. The Pats were, of course, enticing for early Super Bowl odds in 2019 , and...
Normally the day following a Super Bowl feels like it should be a national holiday. But given the experience that was Super Bowl 53, work might be a more enthralling option this year. A Super Bowl can be both a defensive coaching gem and dreadfully bor...
The NFL's Championship Round with marked with thrilling chess matches, star players stepping up and Tony Romo officially establishing himself as the analyst in football. Unfortunately Sunday will be far more remembered for Bill Vinovich's crew derailing t...
Moments after the New England Patriots repeated the same drill they’ve executed for the last eight years, this time crushing the Chargers en route to another AFC Championship berth, Tom Brady had a message heading in next week’s penultimate game in K...