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NFL Week 14 Playoff Implications: The Chargers Have A Pulse

UPDATE (Dec. 5, 2:45 p.m.): The interactive tables above have been updated to include the results of Thursday’s DAL-CHI match-up, and that game has been removed (the text of the article has not been updated). The San Diego Chargers’ playoff chances, once as high as 75 percent, were on the verge of dropping into single […]

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NFL Week 14 Playoff Implications: The Chargers Have A Pulse

  UPDATE (Dec. 5, 2:45 p.m.): The interactive tables above have been updated to include the results of Thursday’s DAL-CHI match-up, and that game has been removed (the text of the article has not been updated).   The San Diego Chargers’ playoff chances, once as high as 75 percent, were on the verge of dropping […]

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Skeptical Football: Thanksgiving Preview Edition

On Thanksgiving Day 1892, the Allegheny Athletic Association — featuring the world’s first professional football player, William Heffelfinger — beat the Cleveland Athletic Club with a single touchdown, by a score of 4 to 0. Back then, field goals were worth five points — meaning, yes, a field goal was worth more than a touchdown […]

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Skeptical Football: Thanksgiving Preview Edition

On Thanksgiving Day 1892, the Allegheny Athletic Association — featuring the world’s first professional football player, William Heffelfinger — beat the Cleveland Athletic Club with a single touchdown, by a score of 4 to 0. Back then, field goals were worth five points — meaning, yes, a field goal was worth more than a touchdown […]

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