Rodgers has thrown for 22 touchdowns in the past eight games, and he can spoil the Cowboys’ season on Sunday. Plus, go for the Falcons, Patriots and SteelersTime for the real fun to begin? Wildcard weekend was a damp squib, with every home team winning exactly as it was expected to do. That this was a predictable outcome is evidenced by the fact that more than one third of our Pick The Playoff contestants did, quite literally, predict it. Related: San Diego refused to be bullied by the NFL and billionaire owners | Les Carpenter Continue reading...
For years the Hail Mary was a hopeful heave into the end zone. But the Packers have shown with skill – and a great quarterback – it can become a potent weaponThe first time Aaron Rodgers completed a Hail Mary touchdown pass in the NFL his throw almost hit the ceiling of Detroit’s Ford Field. Videos shot from the stands and field show the Packers quarterback firing the ball so high it nearly grazed a support rafter before landing in the arms of tight end Richard Rodgers 66 yards away. Related: Pity the Cowboys: No1 Dallas are facing the NFL's most dangerous team Related: NFL divisional round: the teams best placed to score an upset Continue reading...
The four games this weekend look like home bankers, but history suggests at least one visiting team will win – and the Steelers perhaps have the best chanceWelcome to what the NFL calls the divisional round of the playoffs, where four teams that won a wildcard playoff game hit the road to tangle with a team that posted a better record during the regular season and thereby got a weekend off. Decks appear stacked. Related: Odell Beckham Jr's real mistake was not making himself invisible Continue reading...
Dak Prescott and Co are a balanced unit but on Sunday the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers showed they are only getting better as the season unfoldsAaron Rodgers is on a run like almost none he has had in his career and suddenly it feels like he might be taking Green Bay to the Super Bowl. All year people have talked about the decline of the NFL, suggesting the league isn’t the same because the quarterbacks are worse than in recent seasons. But 2016 ended with Tom Brady setting an NFL record with 28 touchdowns and only two interceptions, Drew Brees threw for 5,000 yards once more, Matt Ryan had an MVP year and, in his last seven games,...
The regular season’s Pick Six contest is done and dusted, and now Pick the Playoffs can begin. This week, go for Houston, Seattle, Pittsburgh and Green BayFor NFL teams, the playoffs represent the culmination of months of hard graft. But here on the Guardian sport blog, they simply represent a fresh start. Our regular season Pick Six contest is at an end, but now it is time for the Pick the Playoffs to begin. First, though, we must crown our regular season champion. In past years, this has often been a close-run thing, but this time it was not at all; castigers has led the way for weeks and held off one final late push from the chasing pack to...