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Mahnen’s Fearless NFL Week 5 Predictions: When bookmakers, passports and bad math collide
Week 4 produced a 9-7 record, the first winning week of this exercise and enough evidence for the model to demand a contract extension. The...
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NFL Week 4: Patriots stun Bills, Panthers topple Lions as Falcons erupt for 45
NFL Week 4 delivered another collection of surprises, huge individual performances and close finishes, with the New England Patriots knocking off the Buffalo Bills, the...
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Mahnen’s Fearless NFL Week 4 Predictions with a Jameis Winston World Cup Bonus
Week 3 produced a 7-9 record, which was two wins better than Week 2 and therefore qualifies as a breakthrough under the relaxed standards of...
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NFL Week 3: Falcons stun Packers, 49ers survive Cardinals as Bears rout Eagles
NFL Week 3 delivered another round of surprises, close finishes and emphatic statements, from the Atlanta Falcons stunning the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field...
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Mahnen’s Week 3 NFL picks: Fearless and Increasingly Questionable NFL Week 3 Predictions
I have reached the point where using these picks as betting advice would not merely be unwise…it would deprive ridicule of its highest purpose. Week...
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Fearless and Still Flawed NFL Week 2 Predictions
There are easier ways to lose money than using my NFL predictions as betting advice. Most casinos have thoughtfully placed machines near the entrance, while...
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NFL Week 2 features unbeaten showdowns and bounce-back opportunities
The NFL rolls into Week 2 with 16 games spread across Thursday, Sunday and Monday, with several teams looking to build on impressive opening wins...
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NFL Week 1: Upsets, shootouts and statement wins open the 2026 season
The NFL’s opening weekend delivered just about everything, from the Arizona Cardinals stunning the Los Angeles Chargers to a 96-point shootout in Carolina, an overtime...
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Arizona Cardinals deliver biggest shock of NFL Week 1 so far
The Arizona Cardinals have delivered the biggest shock of NFL Week 1 so far, knocking off the heavily favored Los Angeles Chargers 26-14 at SoFi...
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Mahnen’s Week 1 NFL picks: Passports, Buckeyes, beer prices and a secret formula
An entirely scientific system involving countries, passports and beer prices has already produced one wrong answer. The NFL season is underway, which means it is...
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NFL Week 1 opens with international spotlight and full Sunday slate
The NFL regular season kicks into gear this week with 16 games spread across five days, beginning Wednesday night in Seattle and featuring the league’s...
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NFL roster cuts tracker 2026: Players released by all 32 teams at 53-man roster cutdown deadline
The NFL preseason is wrapping up and cut day is almost here. By Sunday, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. ET, all 32 NFL clubs must trim their rosters to...
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NFL preseason final week: All 32 teams get one last chance before roster decisions
The NFL preseason reaches its final weekend with all 32 teams taking the field from Thursday through Saturday, giving players one last game to make...
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NFL Preseason Week 2: Blowouts, shutouts and young players make their mark
The San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys delivered some of the biggest wins of NFL Preseason Week 2, while several...
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Fights break out, punch thrown at heated Bears-Bengals joint practice
By Mike Moraitis Things got more than a little heated during joint practice between the Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday. The biggest fight...
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NFL preseason Week 2: Roster battles intensify as all 32 teams return to action
The NFL preseason moves into Week 2 with all 32 teams back in action and the competition for roster spots beginning to tighten. After the...
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NFL Preseason Week 1: Rookies at the forefront as all 32 teams take the field
The Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens were among the teams making early statements as all 32 NFL clubs took the field...
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NFL preseason Week 1: 16-game slate puts roster battles and new faces in the spotlight
The NFL preseason shifts into full gear this week with all 32 teams in action, beginning with the Detroit Lions visiting the Cincinnati Bengals and...
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NFL training camps set to open with 10 new head coaches, several QB changes and plenty of hope
By Rob Maaddi The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived. Every team is 0-0 so there’s hope in each city that this season ends with...
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Former NFL WR Alshon Jeffery reportedly reaches conditional agreement to have felony insurance fraud charges dropped
Former NFL wide receiver Alshon Jeffery has reached a conditional deal with prosecutors to have two felony insurance fraud charges against him dismissed, USA Today...
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NFL training camp schedules 2026: Report dates, locations, joint practices, preseason games and more for all 32 teams
The next phase of the NFL offseason begins in July, as teams around the league hold annual training camp practices leading up to (and in...
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Prisco’s NFL Power Rankings, post-draft edition: Cowboys set to make Super Bowl push
A revamped defense and an explosive offense have Dallas primed to finally make a legitimate Super Bowl run under Dak Prescott By Pete Prisco I...
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NFL Power Rankings: 49ers crack top five after 2026 free agency frenzy; Ravens, Chiefs back on the rise
By Eric Edholm, Lead Draft Writer The first week of free agency blew through like a storm, with more than $3.4 billion in contracts handed...
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Could the Chicago Bears leave Illinois? Indiana makes a play for the historic franchise
By John O’Connor SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A turf war over a football team is developing between two Midwestern states with a sometimes-discordant history. The...
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Ranking all 32 NFL owners based on their leaked NFLPA report card grade: Steelers get D-, one team got an F
The NFLPA report cards weren’t supposed to be available to the public this year, but they got leaked out anyway, so we’re going to break them...
