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Fair To Compare? Reviewing Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes' First Six Seasons As A Starter
Patrick Mahomes is a Super Bowl champion...again. Mahomes led the Chiefs to their third title in the last five seasons on Sunday night. It was the team's fourth Super Bowl appearance in that span. The only Super Bowl loss for Mahomes came against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. That Bucs team was... Read More
Can Brad Keselowski Break His 100+ Race Winless Streak This Season?
In 2022, Brad Keselowski joined what was then Roush Fenway Racing, buying into the team, which was then renamed Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. At the time, Roush was far from its glory days. The team hadn't won a race since 2017. That changed in Keselowski's first year with the team, as Chris Buescher found victory... Read More
Power Ranking College Football Conferences Following 2024 Realignment
Realignment has reshaped college football as we head into 2024. The Power 5 doesn't really exist anymore, as all but two teams have left the Pac-12. The Big Ten and Big 12 have made some sweeping changes to their makeup. With all that happening, how do we make sense of how the conferences stack up... Read More
Winners And Losers From The 2024 College Football Transfer Portal
It used to be that the main way to win in college football was to out-recruit everyone. Bring in the best freshman class, develop it, and win a title down the line. With the advent of the transfer portal, there's a new way to win, which is to grab top talent and use that talent... Read More
Will Noah Gragson Find His Footing (and Speed) In 2024?
Last season, Stewart-Haas Racing struggled to find speed. So did Noah Gragson, who ran for Legacy Motor Club before he found himself embroiled in controversy and lost his ride with the team. Now, SHR and Noah Gragson have teamed up together in 2024, with Gragson taking over the No. 10 car that Aric Almirola had... Read More
Top Five Biggest Upsets In Super Bowl History
It's Super Bowl week. While that mostly means it's time to look ahead to the big game, it's also a chance to look back at past Super Bowls. The favored team doesn't always come out on top in the Super Bowl. Sometimes, we get major upsets in the game. That's the beauty of a one-game... Read More
Early 2024 College Football QB Rankings: Studs, Breakouts, And Sleepers
Every year, some great college quarterbacks move on to the NFL. This year, guys like Caleb Williams and Drake Maye will hear their names called as they shift to the next level. But there's still plenty of talent left in the college ranks. From returning stars to guys poised for a breakout campaign, the quarterback... Read More
Comparing And Contrasting The Offenses, Defenses, And Special Teams For Super Bowl LVIII
On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will meet for Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. These are two of the NFL's best teams. The 49ers were the No. 1 seed in the NFC, while the Chiefs were the No. 3 seed in a tight AFC. How do these teams match up... Read More
Ranking All 10 National Championship Winners: Four-Team College Football Playoffs Era
The four-team playoff era of college football is over, with the 12-team playoff set to take over in 2024. All in all, this format lasted for 10 seasons. We saw some really great football teams win titles over that span, but which is the best of the best? Let's rank all 10 championship winners from... Read More
Ranking The Top 10 Players In Super Bowl LVIII
We're just about a week away from Super LVIII, which will pit the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers against each other. This is the second time in recent memory that these two teams have met in the big game, with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes earning his first Super Bowl ring when these... Read More
Top 10 Biggest Blown Leads In NFL Playoff History - Where Does The Lions' Collapse Rank?
This past weekend, the Detroit Lions had a 17-point lead over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. Detroit couldn't hang on though, as the Niners came back to win the game. Detroit tied the 2012 Falcons for the largest blown lead in NFC Championship Game history. Despite that, the Lions' collapse wasn't... Read More
The 10 Best Moves NFL Teams Made In 2023
The 2023 NFL season is almost over, with only a Super Bowl left to be played. It was a great season of football, but what were some of the biggest moves that led to this strong season? From hitting on draft picks to making the right free agent signing to just playing the right guy... Read More
College Football Teams Set To Regress in 2024
The 2024 college football season is set to be one of the most exciting seasons we've ever seen because of the many changes in the sport. There are a ton of conference switches plus we have the advent of the 12-team playoff. While there's still a way to go before actual football is played, it's... Read More
College Football Teams On The Rise in 2024
The 2024 college football season is set to be one of the most exciting ever. There are a ton of conference changes plus we have the advent of the 12-team playoff. While there's still a way to go before actual football is played, it's never too early to start thinking about what teams will do... Read More
Predicting Every Conference Champion For The 2024 College Football Season
The 2023 college football season is over and it's time to look ahead to next season. With the Pac-12 gone, we're down to just nine conferences in the FBS. The consolidation of the Power 5 into the Power 4 is going to shake some things up in college football. In fact, multiple teams have viable... Read More
Early Sleepers For 2024 Fantasy Football Rookie Drafts
It's time for dynasty fantasy football players to turn their attention to next season and the upcoming rookie class. While most rookie drafts will wait until after the NFL Draft when we know the landing spot for rookies, that isn't always the case. Some leagues do early drafts before we have all the information about... Read More
Top Players To Watch At The 2024 Senior Bowl
It's almost time for the Senior Bowl, the annual all-star game that features the top seniors in college football. While this event isn't necessarily a who's who of NFL Draft prospects since only seniors are eligible to compete, it still features several players who will make an NFL impact. For example, last year's game featured... Read More
What Is The UFL? Explaining The XFL/USFL Merger
Spring football leagues have a fraught history in this country. They arrive, people get excited about them for a little bit, and then they disappear back into the nothingness from which they came. That cycle looked to be repeating itself after the USFL and XFL both relaunched. Could two competing leagues work? It turns out... Read More
Predicting The 12-Team Playoff Bracket: 2024 College Football
The four-team playoff is over! 2024 brings about a new era of college football with a 12-team playoff field, featuring four byes and enough teams to end some of the controversy about who gets in. Arguing that the 13th-ranked team should have been in likely won't be as divisive as arguing the fifth-ranked team should have... Read More
NFL Playoffs Overtime Rules Explained
It's playoff time in the NFL. While the rules for the NFL playoffs are almost essentially the same as the rules for the NFL regular season, there is one place where the rule books differ. That place is overtime. Because of various changes to the game, overtime in the NFL postseason features some notable differences... Read More
Way-Too-Early College Football Power Rankings For 2024
The college football season is over, but college football never really stops. With the portal, recruiting, realignment, and everything else, college football is a year-round sport. That means it's never too soon to look ahead to the future, so let's try to make sense of what the 2024 college football season is going to look... Read More
All-Time Leading Rusher For Every NFL Franchise
Below is a list of the all-time rushing leaders for all 32 NFL franchises. The NFL teams are listed in alphabetical order, along with each team's leading rusher over the course of their time with the team. Some NFL franchises have had elite run games, but most teams haven't had a player finish with 10,000... Read More
Top Five Most Improved Players Of The 2023 NFL Season
The 2023 NFL regular season is over, so it's time to look back on what was an exciting season of NFL football. One that featured several great performances. Some of those performances came from the expected players, but not all of them did. Some players who had disappointed earlier in their careers -- or at... Read More
Nick Saban's Coaching Tree: Ranking The Best Saban Assistants Turned Head Coaches
With Nick Saban's college coaching career over, it's time to look back on his various achievements. Except in this case, it isn't his achievements we're looking at, but his former assistant coaches. Saban's got a long coaching tree thanks to his many years around college football. Let's analyze which of those assistants turned head coaches had... Read More
Ranking The Top Five Active Head Coaches In College Football After Nick Saban's Retirement (2024)
Nick Saban retired earlier in January, clearing the way for someone else to claim the title of the best coach in college football. Saban was arguably the greatest college coach of all time, winning seven national championships across his time at LSU and Alabama. With Saban gone, it's time for a new name to top... Read More
Last Five Super Bowl Winners, Ranked
Nothing's bigger than the Super Bowl. The most-watched sporting event in the country every single year, it's a huge event that caps off the NFL season and crowns the best team in the league. But not all great teams are created equal. Some Super Bowl champion teams are just better constructed than others. It doesn't... Read More
Which NFL Franchises Have Never Won A Super Bowl?
With the next Super Bowl set to be played in February, it's time to brush up on our history of the biggest game in American sports. Plenty of teams have won the Super Bowl, but what about the teams that haven't won it before or the teams that have never even played in the big... Read More
Which NFL Franchise Has The Most Super Bowl Wins?
With the Super Bowl set to be played in February, it's time to brush up on our history of the biggest game in American sports. Numerous teams have won multiple Super Bowls, but it takes an elite franchise to rank among the teams with the most Super Bowl victories. Which NFL franchise has won the... Read More
The Top Five Super Bowls of All Time
Another Super Bowl is on the horizon. The biggest game in sports has featured some exciting matchups over its 50-plus-year history, but which games have been the biggest and most exciting of them all? Obviously, that's up for considerable debate, but let's do our best to answer it. After digging into every Super Bowl matchup,... Read More
Is Cedric Tillman Injured or Healthy? Fantasy Football Injury Update
Cleveland Browns rookie wide receiver Cedric Tillman suffered a concussion during Cleveland's Week 18 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. That concussion has put his status in doubt as the Browns prepare to face the Houston Texans in the Wild Card Round on Saturday. Will the Browns have Tillman back for this important contest? Let's take... Read More