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Raiders’ Title Hopes Cruelly Evaporated After Devastating Derek Carr Injury

December 25, 2016

You could read the lips of Derek Carr after he went down in a heap, his right ankle stuck and twisted under the body of 270-pound Indianapolis defensive lineman Trent ...

Tyreek Hill Has the Makings of a Star, but Also an Ugly Past None Should Forget

December 23, 2016

Tyreek Hill is one of the most electric young stars in all of sports. The Kansas City Chiefs receiver is helping a franchise go from staid and predictable to electric. ...

Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: Packers May Be as Good as We Thought They Were

December 21, 2016

Aaron Rodgers—with help from Ty Montgomery—is Aaron Rodgers again, skipping bowl games and the owner fight club.       1. The Packers Are Back (or Maybe They Never Left) In a season ...

Patriots Have That Super Bowl Look Again After Throttling Broncos in Denver

December 19, 2016

DENVER — Early Sunday afternoon, Tom Brady experienced what he always does here against the Denver Broncos: frustration, closed windows and getting knocked on his ass. Brady entered the Pats' latest ...

Another NFL Season Brings Another Round of Coaches Facing Unemployment

December 16, 2016

Welcome to the speculative, nasty and brutal phase of the NFL season: the part where we find out which head coach will get fired at year's end. In conversations with head ...

Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: Texans’ Mistake Looming Larger as Playoffs Near

December 14, 2016

(The Texans are toast, Luke Kuechly's future, and the greatest NFL coaching tree of all time.)      1. The Texans Can't Win with Brock Osweiler You are the Houston Texans. Your defense is fast ...

In a Flash, Odell Beckham Again Proves He’s Worth Every Bit of Trouble

December 12, 2016

If you want explicit evidence of why the New York Giants put up with a moody, occasionally dirty, sometimes petty third-year wide receiver, what happened in one of the biggest ...

Dismal Showing in Loss to Chiefs Quashes Derek Carr’s MVP Candidacy

December 9, 2016

What you saw on Thursday night, in an ugly, punt-tastic shambles of a game, was an MVP candidate die a slow death, in a slopfest of errant throws, dropped passes ...

Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: Playoff Picture Is Starting to Come into Focus

December 7, 2016

Sorting out the playoff picture, understanding the Jets' woes and reassessing our view of Todd Gurley.      1. Contenders, Pretenders and Frauds In a league where often there are few surprises, one thing ...

Blowout Loss Spotlights Toothless Panthers’ Shocking Demise

December 5, 2016

The Carolina Panthers are done. It's over. They're deader than disco. If they are mathematically eliminated or not at this point is irrelevant. This team looks like it no longer cares. ...

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