The second week of the NFL season was punctuated by season-altering injuries to quarterbacks Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger. Brees, who tore a ligament in his thumb, will miss a minimum of six weeks. Roethlisberger injured his elbow and is out for the rest of the season. We’ll look at which team is better positioned […]
On Sunday, injuries at the NFL’s most valuable position — to two of history’s most prolific passers — radically altered the landscape of the season. Sean Payton is about to coach only the second game of his NFL career without a healthy Drew Brees, who is out six-to-eight weeks with an injury to his right […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): Aside from a Jets-Browns matchup that I know we’re all excited about, Week 2 is in the books. And boy, did it have it all. Inexplicable replay decisions! Calls blown dead that should not have been! Fires on the sidelines! Our team is ON FIRE!! ⚔️ @Titans #TitanUp pic.twitter.com/cQOXluTcvu […]
Welcome to the return of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast! On today’s episode (March 19, 2019), we discuss Mike Trout’s deal before we jump into March Madness. It looks like conference tournament wins didn’t help out with bracket seeding for a few key men’s teams, and Jay Williams of ESPN’s “First Take” makes the case […]
In an era when NFL success is defined by passing, one New York team said goodbye to one of the most electrifying young receivers in league history, and the other decided to make a 27-year-old running back the centerpiece of its new offense. Odell Beckham Jr. is out in New York football, and Le’Veon Bell […]