Given the importance of having a great quarterback — and in light of the absence of truly great quarterbacks for every team — there’s a temptation to draft quarterbacks higher than they should be drafted, relative to the available players at other positions.This year, it’s unclear whether the urgency to find a great quarterback will [more]
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The Titans emerge as a potential Aaron Rodgers suitor
As Aaron Rodgers figures out where his career will unfold in 2022, a new potential suitor has entered the picture.On Tuesday, Jared Stillman of 102.5 The Game in Nashville reported that the Packers quarterback has purchased land and is in the process of building a house in Franklin, Tennessee. A suburb of Nashville. Home of [more]
PFT’s final 2021 NFL power rankings
1. Packers (13-4, last week No. 1): Will this year finally be the year that they get back to the Super Bowl?2. Buccaneers (13-4, No. 3): The defense needs to step up, or they’ll be stepping off.3. Titans (12-5, No. 4): Derrick Henry is healthy and, more importantly, fresh.4. Chiefs (12-5, No. 5): Don’t sleep [more]
NFL Week 18 early inactives: David Bakhtiari returns, Aaron Jones will sit
Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information.Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari last took the field in a regular season game in Week 16 of last season, but his long wait to get back on the field will finally come [more]
NFL Week 18 injury report roundup: Who’s starting at QB for the 49ers?
We’ve reached the final weekend of the 2021 regular season.The final 16 games will be played on Saturday and Sunday with the Raiders and Chargers taking the honors for the 272nd and final game of the NFL’s first 17-game season. The injury reports for all 32 teams taking part in those games are listed below:49ers [more]
PFT’s Week 18 2021 NFL power rankings
1. Packers (13-3, last week No. 1): Why would Aaron Rodgers ever want to leave a division he can continue to dominate, indefinitely?2. Rams (12-4, No. 3): If they can win when they’re not playing well, they’ll blow opponents out when they finally do.3. Buccaneers (12-4, No. 5): Without Chris Godwin and Antonio Brown, can [more]
NFL Week 17 early inactives: Lamar Jackson officially out, Marquise Brown active
Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information.All signs pointed toward Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson missing his third straight game this week, but the team insisted that he had a chance to play heading into the weekend. That chance has [more]
NFL Week 17 injury report roundup: Lamar Jackson questionable again this week
Thursday Night Football is over, which means that Week 17 kicks off on Sunday afternoon and that there will be 15 games being played over the course of the day. All 30 of the teams playing in those games have handed in their final injury reports of the week and we have all of them [more]
NFL Week 16 injury report roundup: Derwin James questionable for Chargers
Week 16 of the 2021 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Titans and it continues with two games on Saturday and 12 more on Sunday. The injury reports for the 28 teams taking part in those games are listed below.The teams playing on Monday night won’t release their final injury [more]
PFT’s NFL Week 16 2021 picks
The one-game difference remains, with three weeks to go.Last week, MDS and I split on our disagreements, finishing the weekend (and weekdays) 10-6 each. He continues to lead, 141-82-1 to 140-83-1.This week, we disagree on three. For all picks, scroll away.49ers (-3.5) at Titans MDS’s take: The 49ers are playing their best football recently, and [more]
NFL announces Pro Bowl team, and Kyler Murray beats out Matthew Stafford
Matthew Stafford made only one Pro Bowl in his 12 years in Detroit. He continues to wait for his second Pro Bowl nod, which seemed like a lock in his first season with the Rams.Players, coaches and fans selected Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray over Stafford, even though Murray missed three games this season. The NFL [more]
NFL Week 15 injury report roundup: David Bakhtiari, Billy Turner out for Packers
Week 15 of the 2021 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it was set to continue with 14 more games on Saturday and Sunday, but those plans changed on Friday. The Browns-Raiders game scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Monday while the Washington-Eagles and Seahawks-Rams games set [more]
Week 15 NFL playoff picture: A costly loss for the Bengals in the AFC
The Bengals showed a lot of fight in coming back from 14 points down to force overtime on Sunday, but they wound up losing to the 49ers and it may wind up as a moment of great regret come the offseason.Baltimore’s loss earlier in the day meant that the Bengals would be in first place [more]
Week 13 AFC playoff picture: Ravens move to No. 1 after Sunday night win
The Ravens survived four Lamar Jackson interceptions in a 16-10 win over the Browns on Sunday night and the win has moved them up to the top spot in the AFC playoff picture heading into Week 13.Baltimore got the boost thanks to their win and the Patriots’ victory over the Titans, who have lost two [more]
PFT’s NFL Week 12 2021 picks
MDS has opened up a narrow one-game lead, through 11 weeks.In the eleventh week of the regular season, MDS hit on two of our three disagreements. I went 9-6, and he went 10-5.For the year, I’m now at 101-63-1. MDS is now 102-62-1.For the third straight week, we disagree on three games. For all our picks, [more]