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NFL Week 15: Top Ten Performances

Falcons caused their fans an undue amount of stress in doing so. Minnesota (13-2) beat the Chicago Bears, 30-12, and moved into a first-place tie with the Detroit Lions in the NFC South. The Lions and Vikes are on course for a winner-take-all head-to-head in Week ...

MNF doubleheader: Will Vikes seize opening?

The Buffalo Bills’ 48-42 win over the Detroit Lions late yesterday afternoon set the needles on the NFL’s Richter Scale to bouncing wildly. The seismic outcome in the Motor City was felt all the way out to the Pacific Northwest, where the Green Bay Packers’ ...

Week 15 Answers to NFL Jeopardy

  Direct from the NFL’s official New York stats and facts geekdom, here are barstool-worthy highlights from the weekend No. 14 games played before the Sunday night battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers. You can even play NFL ...

NFL Week 15: More info than you need

Derrick Henry. Here is excellent bar stool intel from the inner sanctum of National Football League Headquarters. … You can use it with friends and family at home, showing your vast knowledge even before these factoids are mentioned by Troy Aikman or your ...

TNF: 49ers hanging by thread

The next installment of the NFC West’s oldest rivalry takes place Thursday night, as the 49ers (6-7) visit Los Angeles to battle the Rams (7-6). It will be the 152nd meeting between the two teams with the 49ers holding a 78-70-1 advantage.  In recent years, the ...

Top 10 performances of NFL Week 14

First, a quick recap from the MNF experience, as the road Bengals topped Dallas, 27-20. Tied 20-20 at the two-minute warning, the game turned when a blocked Cincinnati punt was mishandled downfield by Dallas upback Amani Oruwariye and recovered by the Bengals near ...

HOF: Tyrer siblings are grateful

In one of the biggest dramas in the Pro Football Hall of Fame history, former Kansas City Chiefs tackle Jim Tyrer is being discussed for induction — as a finalist for the 2025 Class — for the first time in 44 years after killing his wife and himself at a time he ...

Jim Tyrer: HOF Seniors selector's insight

Note: Fellow Senior Blue Chjp Committee selector Ron Borges will present the unique case of offensive tackle Jim Tyrer to the committee during the next cutdown meeting. He recently sent a letter to Senior Selectors outlining Tyrer’s case. Borges agreed to post ...

HOFame: Judging the Judge

Must-see: Amazing Lester Hayes interceptions with endorsements by Mike Haynes, opposing receivers Ahmad Rashad (“Best defender I ever played against”), Harold Jackson (he changed the game) The Judge. Lester the Molester. These are names that football fans ...

HOF Contributor debate heats up

Long-time colleague Jim Gray called Thursday night to tell me I was right. I thought he was talking about the Mike Tyson fight, which was a sad affair. “No, no,” said Gray. “I am talking about Ralph Hay being selected as the contributor by the Pro Football Hall ...

Analyzing Hall of Fame Cuts

  Raiders great Steve Wisniewski, a year away from the Abyss (Editor’s Note: This is part of a series on the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s quest to select the Class of 2025 with a new process and personnel. Written by Frank Cooney, a Seniors Blue Ribbon ...

TNF: Chargers, Broncos collide

  Thursday Night Football, Dec. 19, 8:15 p.m. ET, SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles, CA), Amazon If you were thinking that the Denver Broncos (9-5) and the Los Angeles Chargers (8-6) have not played an important game against each in a while, you’d be right. You have ...

2025 Draft: Previewing edge prospects

The edge rusher is a premier position in the a modern version of pro football always seeking ways to encourage more passing. The importance of franchise passers like Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, C.J. Stroud, Justin Herbert, and Jalen ...

2025 Draft: ILBs seek relevance, respect

Over the past few draft cycles, there has been a lack of a bonafide, blue-chip prospect at the interior linebacker position. In recent memory, we have heard differing opinions on who is the top linebacker and what is his value in a draft. The position of inside ...

Bet on future DBs—they can cover

As part of our series on football’s defensive back scene, the Hall of Football consulted our ever-evolving database of ~17,000 active college and high school players to evaluate the position's future, looking at the horizon at least six years down the road—approximately ...