Time will tell who got the best haul of players in Kansas City from Thursday’s first round, but there were encouraging signs from Seattle, Houston and PhiladelphiaAfter months of rumor and speculation, Thursday night’s first round of the NFL draft featured less chaos than anticipated. There were few eyebrow-scorching picks and, instead, a steady stream of sensible selections.Let’s look at some of the winners from the opening night. Continue reading...
The Texans quarterback had been on pace to rewrite the rookie quarterback record book until suffering a season-ending ACL tear in practice on ThursdayAn NFL season marked by big-name player injuries and declining TV ratings was dealt more of the former on Thursday when Texans rookie DeShaun Watson tore his ACL, an incident that will likely lead to more of the latter.Through eight weeks of the 2017 season, Watson proved to be the most exciting player in the NFL at the sport’s marquee position and the league’s new appointment-viewing player. Most every record for rookie quarterbacks was in his sights, too. Related: Texans' Deshaun Watson out for year as Colts deny Luck injury is 'career ending' #Clemson's Dabo Sweeney says...
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...
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...
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...