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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...
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...
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...
Philly's sputtering running game
27 Nov
, 2025
The Eagles, strange to say, can’t run the ball...
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...
Coming up short
25 Nov
, 2025
McCaffrey is averaging only 3.7 yards per attempt...
Jahmyr Gibbs blows past Giants
24 Nov
, 2025
Helped along by two long touchdown runs, Gibbs averaged 14.6 yards per carry...
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...
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...
Hidden in plain sight
10 Nov
, 2025
Most recently, Demercado exploded through a hole at Seattle and ripped off a 55-yard gain...
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...
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...
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...
Dolphins not that bad?
30 Oct
, 2025
The losses at Indianapolis and Cleveland, of course, are about as low as it gets. Simply dreadful...
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