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That’s makes it another great time for a new Sporting News first-round mock for the 2023 NFL Draft. The order is getting close to being set for the top 31 picks with quarterbacks once again shining brightest in the spotlight. Before the postseason all-star games and pre-draft scouting showcases, here’s checking on how the night of next April 27 might play out: BIG BOARD: Ranking the top 70 players in 2023 NFL Draft...

The +105 morning-line odds on Chicago imply a 48-to-49 percent chance of a Bears win. In AccuScore simulations, however, they come out victorious in 59 percent of games. We would, therefore, list the Windy City franchise as a -145 favorite. AccuScore is always interested to get plus-money against a false favorite, especially when backing a home dog. More NFL: Current spreads and totals | Power ratings The average score after 10,000 simulations is 24-21in favor of Chicago....

From key injuries to fines for big hits, we cover it all in Friday’s edition of NFL news and notes. Three things that matter Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill will be a game-time decision There’s a chance Tyreek Hill could return Sunday. Chiefs coach Andy Reid told reporters Friday that the star receiver will be a game-time decision in Week 6 against the Texans after missing the team’s last four games with a shoulder injury....

Which means we’ve been debating this longer than most of us have been around to debate it. The first sudden-death overtime playoff game was in 1958. That concept was introduced to the regular season in 1974. The rules have been tweaked once or twice, but the entire initiative has been misguided from the start, because so much rides on the randomness of a coin toss. Ron Wolfley, 15 years into his gig as the Arizona Cardinals radio analyst, loved the sudden-death overtime that was in place when he played for the Cardinals, Browns and Rams from 1985 to 1995....

Thanksgiving presents a trio of games right off the bat, with Sunday and Monday providing some interesting closing matchups involving Pennsylvania teams. There are also a couple of massive spreads in favor of the Dolphins and Chiefs. With all that in mind and without further ado, here’s are Sporting News’ picks against the spread for every NFL Week 12 game. (Odds courtesy of Sports Interaction) NFL POWER RANKINGS: Cowboys, Patriots climb ahead of Week 12...

The Patriots are one of them. Yet out of all the contenders, New England has the best chance of not only surviving its injury woes, but succeeding in spite of them. Just what the rest of the NFL needed to hear, right? Unfortunately for the Patriots, they’ve had a month to get used to the knowledge that they won’t get Rob Gronkowski back. Since his last game Nov. 27 against the Jets (and that barely was a game; he left in the first quarter), the Patriots are 4-0....

Both teams will look to win this game. It will be a battle of defense and attack. The 49ers are solid in defense with a good offense. Let’s take a look at the best value bets for this game. Bet #1: Melvin Gordon III, Rushing Yards over 39.5 (-113 on FANDUEL) Melvin Gordon III will start in Sunday’s NFL game. He has done well for the Denver Broncos so far this season....

Eight teams entered Week 16 having already clinched NFL playoff berths, leaving four spots to be claimed over the final two weeks of the season. The seedings in both the AFC and NFC brackets were undetermined, but that changed in Week 16. The Ravens became the first team to lock themselves into a No. 1 seed, which gives them home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture...

Here’s the NFL playoff picture update with fewer than three weeks left in the 2018 regular season. MORE: NFL standings | Week 14 scoreboard NFL playoff picture AFC Who would be in: Chiefs (11-3), first in AFC West The Chiefs missed their chance to clinch the division after blowing the two-touchdown lead against the Chargers at home on Thursday night. They have the division record tiebreaker and still control both the West and the race for the No....

Our other predicted Super Bowl team, the New Orleans Saints, was bounced by the Minnesota Vikings’ miraculous last-second play that may go down as the greatest divisional playoff finish ever. It’s the first walk-off touchdown in the history of the NFL playoffs, after all. MORE: Ranking the best Super Bowl-winning teams of all-time So far, the playoffs have been quite unpredictable. Half of the games have been won by the underdog....

The early betting lines for the wild card games have been released, as have the overall Super Bowl championship odds. Here are the betting lines from Draft Kings released Sunday night for the first round of 2021 NFL playoff games. Saturday, January 9, 2021 1:05 p.m. — No. 7 Indianapolis at No. 2 Buffalo (AFC), CBS Buffalo (-6.5) is the favorite 4:40 p.m. — No. 6 L.A. Rams at No....

The winter wonderland around Christmas is a chilling reminder the new year is coming and only 14 teams can play in the tournament for Super Bowl 57. Some of the best championship contenders flexed by either grinding out tough victories or finding a complete groove. Even the teams near the bottom found some extra competitive spirit for the holidays. It’s time to deck the halls with another edition of Sporting News NFL power rankings, from still a most cheerful No....

It seems like a possibility. The Associated Press is reporting that the league is going to discuss the league’s roughing the passer foul at the NFL’s midseason owners meeting ahead of Week 6. However, the report says that the NFL “isn’t planning to make any rule changes” in-season despite outrage over two calls from Week 5 of the 2022 NFL season. MORE: Roughing the passer call against Chris Jones sparks NFL rules debate...

“What kind of hurts him is all the other crimes related to NFL players, the domestic violence and the assaults,” says Michael DelSignore, a defense attorney in Fall River, Mass., where jury selection for Hernandez’s trial in the 2013 death of Odin Lloyd begins Friday. “The idea of (potential jurors) idolizing the players has gone down a few notches,” continued DelSignore, who has analyzed Hernandez’s cases in Sporting News and has blogged about them....

This year, the NFL is back with a bigger schedule than ever, with the league expanding the regular-season schedule to 17 games, pushing back the Super Bowl to the second week in February. The schedule change, which was unilaterally imposed by the league’s owners, is the first time the regular-season schedule has been expanded since 1978. The league is keeping with its traditional 12-team playoff format, though, a year after expanding the playoffs to 14, letting two more teams in in an effort to recoup some losses from the Gridiron fans looking to the next big event after the 2021 NFL Draft can look no further than the league’s schedule release....

The Rams will have a difficult path to walk to repeat as Super Bowl champions. While the division around them is still tough, they’ll be playing the reloaded AFC West, arguably the toughest division in football come the 2022 season. For the NFC East, a pair of long-time division rivals will share the ease of the league’s fluffiest schedule, as the Cowboys and Commanders will play an easy slate of games this upcoming season, based on 2021 win percentage....

Although the playoff picture for the AFC and NFC won’t be finalized until Week 18, it’s time to keep looking at the updated standings and which teams would be in the playoffs if the season ended after Week 16. Here’s a breakdown of the NFL’s latest playoff field and seedings, as well as a look at the contenders on the brink of joining the postseason party: POWER RANKINGS: Cowboys, Packers climb in playoff picture; Steelers jump Patriots, Jets for Week 17...

As league owners gathered Monday in the nation's capital for their fall meetings, the Oneida Indian Nation held a symposium across town to promote their "Change the Mascot" campaign. Oneida representative Ray Halbritter said the NFL was invited to attend. MORE: President Obama’s name suggestion | Week 5: What you missed | Best images Instead, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said, a meeting has been scheduled for next month -- and could happen sooner....

Trubisky connected with Pickens on a deep ball on the sideline where rookie wide receiver stretched out his right arm, came down with the ball and controlled it as his shoulder/arm hit the ground for an insane one-handed catch. NFL fans were in awe and compared his catch to Odell Beckham Jr.’s insane one-hand catch that made him famous. NFL fans in awe of George Pickens’ insane one-handed catch George Pickens coming into his own in rookie season While Pickens has always been a first-round talent, he slid to the second-round in the 2022 NFL draft due to concerns about his behavior....