For decades, the battle to win football games has pivoted on the battle to win the passing game. The connection between winning and net passing yards per pass play — that is, outgaining your opponent on passing yards minus sack yards lost per pass play — has been well known in football circles since the […]
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 […]
The NFL is a passing league nowadays. A running back hasn’t been named league MVP since Adrian Peterson’s 2,000-yard rushing season in 2012. But could Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey be the one to break that streak? He’s off to a blistering start to the 2019 season. Not only does he lead the NFL […]
Deshaun Watson entered Week 5 trying to rebound from yet another sack-filled performance. Over the past two seasons, he’s been dumped more times than any other passer. But rather than point fingers at his team’s porous offensive line, he resolved to address his role in the problem. “I held the football too long, and I […]
Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers went into AT&T Stadium as 3.5-point underdogs Sunday night and quickly blew out the Dallas Cowboys. Then the rest of the game happened. The 24-0 lead the Packers built by the early third quarter slowly fell apart — until, with 10:29 left on the clock, Dallas Cowboys quarterback […]