The Worst Plays in NFL History
You've seen Brandon Marshall's blunder from last weekend by now. Marshall's bizarre lateral attempt flum
View ArticleYour Comprehensive Week 4 NFL Picks
It's Underdog Week! I had the Ravens last night. OK. It's Underdog Sunday! Jets (-1.5) over DOLPHINS Underdog Sunday in America ... via London! Matt...
View ArticleWeek 4 Wrap: The Haves vs. the Have Nots
EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece was published before reports surfaced that the Dolphins had fired head coach Joe Philbin. There are six
View ArticleThe NFL Quarter-Season Awards
The vast majority of the NFL's 32 teams have made it through four games, which means it's time to begin one of my favorite annual recurring features. ...
View ArticleWeek 5 Takeaways: Separation Anxiety
The same old Bengals appear to have learned some new tricks. Unsurprisingly derided after falling behind 24-7 to the Seahawks at home during the third...
View ArticleTaking the NFL's Statistical Temperature
ESPN tracks a staggering variety of statistics for the NFL's 32 teams. Some of them are wildly useful, like figuring out which teams do the best job o...
View ArticleSo Long, Head Ball Coach: Steve Spurrier Steps Away From the Sport He Forever...
I'm thinking about Steve Spurrier in October of 1966, on the sidelines of a football game between Florida and Auburn, staring down a head coach named ...
View ArticleYour NFL All-Surprise Team
It's been a weird season, even by NFL standards. It seems bizarre to think that the Colts and Eagles were among the favorites to win the Super Bowl as...
View ArticleBreak Out or Get Out: Eight NFL Players Poised to Take a Leap or a Fall in 2015
This week, our NFL coverage is focusing on franchises that are a small nudge -- in one direction or the other -- from taking their rightful place in t...
View Article'The Grantland NFL Podcast': NFC East Preview
On today's Grantland NFL Podcast, Robert Mays and Bill Barnwell break down the NFC East and wonder whether the Cowboys can repeat as division champs. ...
View ArticleTales From the Training Room: An NFL Injury Roundup
All it took was one meaningless preseason game to dramatically affect two very meaningful offenses' chances of repeating their 2014 success. You alrea...
View ArticleWeek 7 Picks: Welcome to Finding Your NFL Roots
Let's just get it out of the way: Even I think the term "football babies" is a little creepy, but it's going to be the way we get into this Friday's p...
View ArticleThe NFL Top 25 Rankings
It's about time for an NFL Top 25 ballot. I'm jealous of college football, where the nation's finest coaching assistants and interns submit votes each...
View ArticleNFL Week 8 Picks: The Weight of the Interim Label
The Patriots made short work of Dan Campbell's Coach of the Year campaign on Thursday night, handing Miami's interim coach his first defeat with a 36-...
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