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The No-Fun League Almost Ruined Week 8

maya (Maya Sweedler, editor): We got spoiled by the first few weeks of the NFL season, which saw so many comebacks, upsets and generally bonkers outcomes that Week 8 — at least in terms of results — felt staid by comparison. Sure, the Atlanta Falcons beat the Carolina Panthers in overtime after the Panthers tied […]

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Opposing Defenses Show Us Just How Scary Derrick Henry Is

Derrick Henry is on quite a tear. Through Week 7, the Tennessee Titans running back leads the league for the third time in as many years in rushing yardage. His 43 regular-season rushing touchdowns since 2019 are best in the league. And this past week against the Kansas City Chiefs, he even threw a touchdown […]

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Don’t Tell Derrick Henry That Running Backs Don’t Matter

NFL running backs have had a rough go of it recently, with more and more evidence building for the fungibility of the position. As my colleague Josh Hermsmeyer wrote last week, 2020 has provided even more examples of high-profile RBs being replaced by unheralded backups who don’t miss much of a beat. It’s not that […]

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Is Running The Ball Back?

For the first time since 1970, the top four passing teams by yards missed the playoffs, while the top four rushing teams made it. On Saturday in the wild-card round, the Tennessee Titans needed barely any passing game whatsoever to knock out Tom Brady and the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots, becoming just the fourth […]

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