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...
Seattle’s famous defense has been severely weakened but their victory over the Eagles showed they may be finding form at exactly the right timeLast week, with the Seattle Seahawks weakened by injuries and the NFL’s best team coming to town, Seahawks linebacker KJ Wright uttered the phrase that might ring through the final stages of this NFL season. “Don’t sleep on us, man,” he told The Seattle Times.Y’all still craving Pat Mahomes? pic.twitter.com/MpR2j3NAksMarcus Peters loses it. #chiefs pic.twitter.com/QOR7fCe11d Continue reading...
By plotting his NFL comeback for a Raiders team that’s already given up on the city, Marshawn Lynch’s homecoming has the potential to be very awkwardIt’s been barely more than a year since Marshawn Lynch hung out his shingle as an Oakland clothier. This was during Super Bowl week in nearby San Francisco and the establishment of Lynch’s Beast Mode Apparel in Oakland’s downtown was a holiday of sorts. The city’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, declared the afternoon “Beast Mode Day”, a huge crowd filled the street outside the store and the running back himself cut a ribbon with a giant pair of scissors.It was a message that Lynch, who was born and raised in Oakland, was coming home after a...
The Super Bowl window for Russell Wilson and his team hasn’t closed yet but their offensive line needs to get up to speed before their defensive stars fadeOne yard. One yard is all that stood between the Seattle Seahawks becoming the first NFL team to win back-to-back Super Bowl since the 2003-2004 New England Patriots. One yard is all the Seahawks needed to launch a mini-dynasty.Two years later, after some combination of Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll and Darrell Bevell conspired to throw Super Bowl XLIX away and into the hands of Malcolm Butler, the Seahawks are a lot further than one-yard from greatness. Last season’s attempt to get back to the Super Bowl for a third year in a row...
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...