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Most (and least) improved running games

3 Dec , 2025
With the numbers in front of me, they’re not quite as jaw-dropping as I expected. The Bears currently slot as the 16th-most improved running team of the 32-team era. That’s cool...
Ben Johnson Liam Coen Kyle Monangai D'Andre Swift Saquon Barkley

Hitting the Marcus Mario-ta

3 Dec , 2025
It's not certain that Mariota will start this week, with Jayden Daniels (elbow) a possibility. But Dan Quinn said the starter hasn't been cleared for contact yet, so early lean is Mariota...

Footballs are flying in New Orleans

1 Dec , 2025
The Saints, of course, have a popgun offense. They’ve scored only 12 touchdowns in their last 10 games. But all but 2 of them, at least, have come through the air. And they pass a bunch...
Tyler Shough Kellen Moore

Max Brosmer gets his shot

30 Nov , 2025
Of the last 11 such quarterbacks (and I wouldn’t make this up) over half have won their first starts. Tyson Bagent two years ago...
Max Brosmer

Philly's sputtering running game

27 Nov , 2025
The Eagles, strange to say, can’t run the ball...
Saquon Barkley

Charging ahead with L.A. Defense

26 Nov , 2025
Using the search tools at pro-football-reference.com, I found that he's one of 11 quarterbacks this century to take at least 10 sacks in a game...
Geno Smith Marcus Mariota Jacoby Brissett

Coming up short

25 Nov , 2025
McCaffrey is averaging only 3.7 yards per attempt...
Christian McCaffrey Brian Robinson

Jahmyr Gibbs blows past Giants

24 Nov , 2025
Helped along by two long touchdown runs, Gibbs averaged 14.6 yards per carry...
Jahmyr Gibbs Isaiah Crowell Derrick Ward

The Full Monty

19 Nov , 2025
The Lions come off an ugly loss at Philadelphia, but they've got a different kind of situation this week. They're home and favored by 10.5 against the Giants...
David Montgomery

Rampaging rookies

16 Nov , 2025
He’s just the latest score 3 TDs in a game. Quinshon Judkins (who shared time with Henderson at Ohio State) had a 3-touchdown game against the Dolphins...
TreVeyon Henderson Ashton Jeanty Quinshon Judkins Cam Skattebo RJ Harvey

Hidden in plain sight

10 Nov , 2025
Most recently, Demercado exploded through a hole at Seattle and ripped off a 55-yard gain...
Emari Demercado Michael Carter Bam Knight Zonovan Knight Trey Benson

Fields of screams

9 Nov , 2025
Granted, they were playing against a good Cleveland defense, but how does any pro quarterback make it through a game in 2025 with only 54 passing yards? And Fields, remarkably, has had three other...
Justin Fields Tyrod Taylor

New sheriff in town

3 Nov , 2025
Brissett may be a journeyman type veteran, but nowadays he’s looking like he’s got some Joe Flacco in him...
Jacoby Brissett Kyler Murray

The great kickoff experiment

2 Nov , 2025
Teams are returning over twice as many of the kickoffs, which is as expected (with increased penalties for touchbacks, teams don’t want opponents getting to start at the 35-yard line – they’re putt...
Charlie Jones Antonio Gibson

Dolphins not that bad?

30 Oct , 2025
The losses at Indianapolis and Cleveland, of course, are about as low as it gets. Simply dreadful...
Mike McDaniel Tua Tagovailoa
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