Here’s where the top eight rushers from the 2014 season rank at around the midway point of the 2015 season: 6th, 11th, 21st, 27th, 10th, 61st, 38th, 30th. The final two names on that list: 25-year-old Eddie Lacy and 23-year-old Jeremy Hill, both of whom averaged north of 4.5 yards per carry during 1,000-yard breakout […]

1. New England Patriots (8-0; Last Week- No. 1) This has been too easy for the Patriots, through half of their schedule. 2. Cincinnati Bengals (8-0; Last Week- No. 3) Andy Dalton is only behind Tom Brady in QB rating at 111.0. He’s thrown 18 touchdowns and just four interceptions, while ranking second in the […]

Week 10 in the NFL is here, and you might be entering the weekend with your own preferences regarding which games to focus on, and which to place on the backburner. Most of you have your favorites and fantasy players to track. But in case you’re completely neutral or need help breaking ties with regard […]

With eight weeks remaining in the 2015 NFL regular season, here’s how we view the MVP race… 1. Tom Brady, Patriots — He’s actually coming off his second-worst performance of the year in terms of passer rating, but 96.0 ain’t bad and Brady still led the Pats to another one-sided victory. He’s still the league’s highest-rated […]

With Andrew Luck out an estimated 2-6 weeks, the AFC South has become more interesting than it’s been in years. The Indianapolis Colts still control the division with a 4-5 record, but without Luck they could become vulnerable between now and the first week of January. The good news for Indy is that the Houston Texans, Jacksonville […]

It was one of the first things you heard after St. Louis Rams cornerback Lamarcus Joyner knocked Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater out with what at the time was ruled an illegal hit — or officially an act of “unnecessary roughness” — Sunday in Minneapolis. Fox play-by-play man Thom Brennaman declared that it was “a dirty […]

My only question for Wes Welker: Why? Welker, who is returning to the NFL with the St. Louis Rams, spoke publicly Tuesday for the first time since signing his deal with the team. And while he predictably batted aside questions about his extensive concussion history, he wasn’t able to clarify for me why exactly this […]

This year on This weekend in NFL stupid, we’re focusing on one extremely stupid winner with an honorable mention or two on a weekly basis. To close out an especially stupid Week 9 of the 2015 regular season, we look back on one of the worst game-management decisions of the year. The winner: Atlanta Falcons […]