sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): The NFL’s regular season finally came to a close on Sunday, with the playoff spots filled and the on-their-way-out coaches ready to be fired. But before we jump fully into the postseason, let’s talk about the games that mattered in Week 17. The AFC had more drama for its last […]
No one who has watched Patrick Mahomes over the past two seasons will dispute that he’s a special player. In his first season as a starting quarterback, he passed for 50 touchdowns (tied for the second-most all time) and won the MVP. But just in case we needed another reminder of his greatness, Mahomes gave […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): Week 14 of the NFL season brought us a couple of marquee matchups between top contenders — along with a few head-scratchers. Let’s start with the thrilling game between New Orleans and San Francisco. neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): Amazing game. Salfino (Michael Salfino, FiveThirtyEight contributor): It’s probably good for […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): Upsets abounded during Week 6 of the NFL season. The Jets got a healthy Sam Darnold back and grabbed their first win, Pittsburgh won on the road (but in front of a lot of their fans) against the Los Angeles Chargers, and the Vikings beat the Eagles in what felt […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): In Week 5, we saw two teams get their first wins of the NFL season, a coach receive his pink slip and an undrafted rookie quarterback out of Samford — yes, Samford — make his NFL debut, nearly leading his team to a comeback win. We also saw last season’s […]