NFL Game Recaps: Divisional Round Playoffs

Patriots 35, Ravens 31 It isn’t usual when the narrative leading up to the game comes exactly to fruition, but that’s exactly what happened in this thriller. The Ravens, who were said to have New England’s number after beating them in the playoffs twice in the past five postseasons, established separate 14-point leads in each…
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NFL Game Recaps: Week 12, 2022

NFL Game Recaps of previous weeks and seasons can be found via links at the bottom of the page. Bills 28, Lions 25 The Bills were nine-point favorites entering the first Thanksgiving game on the slate, but they found themselves in a dogfight in the fourth quarter. The Bills lost Von Miller to a knee…
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Why the Slide?: Shaun Wade, CB, Ohio State

This series was created a number of years ago in response to questions about why certain well-known prospects went unselected in NFL drafts. For these articles, I reach out to sources with NFL teams to find out why their organizations passed on drafting a given player, and/or, what were the reasons for other teams to…
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2017 NFL Mock Draft: Round 2

Last update: Thursday, May 5, 2016. Round 2 added. Next update: Next week. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. The order of this 2017 NFL Mock Draft based on the current NFL Power Rankings. *** This mock draft will be updated each week. Check out old versions of this 2017 NFL Mock Draft in the archived…
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2019 NFL Rookie Quarterback Rankings

I’ve watched all of the preseason games thus far and have written about them in my Preseason Recap page. In my write-ups, I’ve discussed fantasy football implications and broken down how most of the rookies have looked. While doing so, it dawned on me that it might be interesting to rank the rookie quarterbacks (those…
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2014 East-West Shrine Game: Team Interviews

2014 East-West Shrine Game: Tuesday’s East Team Interviews By Charlie Campbell – @draftcampbell Here is a recap of the player interviews that were conducted in the tent after Tuesday’s practice by the East team. Typically, these interviews with area scouts are to set up longer, formal interviews for a night during the week. While teams…
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American Football Icons: a smart guide to the stars shaping the game

  Spotlights follow production, not hype. American football crowns icons when big moments meet repeatable skill and when film confirms what stadium noise suggests. Across eras, quarterbacks with calm pockets, receivers with separation craft, pass rushers with closing burst and safeties with perfect angles set the standard fans remember long after confetti settles. Modern attention…
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