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Week 2 is commonly referred to as “Overreaction Week.” It usually presents plenty of opportunities to make great value picks where the public is too high or too low on a team based on its outcome in the opening week. PoolGenius is the only site that provides customized picks that maximize your edge in football pools. Check out their Football Pick ’em Picks, NFL Survivor Picks, and NFL Betting Picks....

This is it. This is the end of the 2019 regular season, one last chance to get 16 games right (or wrong) before the playoffs begin. Let’s do this and do it well. Without further ado, here’s our latest fearless forecast for upcoming NFL results. All odds are courtesy of SportsInsider.com. MORE: Get the latest NFL odds & betting trends from Sports Insider NFL Week 17 picks, predictions against the spread Game of the Week: San Francisco 49ers (-3) at Seattle Seahawks...

This week there are plenty of double-digit favorites and a few tricky less-than-touchdown lines through which to navigate. There is becoming a wide separation between the league’s haves and have-nots, but there’s parity at the top and in the muddled middle to create more obstacles. Time to dive into our latest fearless forecast with another 15 NFL games on the slate for Week 5. The point spreads come courtesy of Sports Insider:...

MORE: Get the latest NFL Week 17 odds, lines & more here There are four games between teams with winning records, and those are some of the more-interesting pieces of the puzzle. Pittsburgh and Cleveland meet at 1 p.m. with the Browns looking to clinch their first playoff berth since 2002. Miami also is looking to make the AFC playoffs with rookie Tua Tagovailoa, but they need to beat rival Buffalo to get there....

Here’s a complete view at the standings and seedings coming out of Week 10 and going into Week 11. MORE: Week 10 scoreboard, highlights FANTASY: Week 11 waiver wire pickups AFC No. 1 seed — Patriots (7-2): First place, East. They lost their second game at home this season against the Seahawks. Because it was a interconference game, they hold the slightest of tiebreakers over the Chiefs. No. 2 seed — Chiefs (7-2): First place, West....

The New England Patriots have won the division in 17 of the 19 seasons during which Brady has played professional football, and last season they clinched a 10th divisional title in a row. While the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills have reasons to expect improvement, there is little to suggest the Patriots will not extend their dominance of the division to an 11th straight year this season....

There are also different types of position battles. Some are the kind that make the difference between a player being drafted or left on the waiver wire. Others could vault players into early-round consideration if they emerge victorious. Still others might have a larger impact on the players around them than at their own spot. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2019 Fantasy Cheat Sheet For example, there are a couple of bad teams that currently have quarterback competitions ongoing....

The Cardinals, Rams and Buccaneers all played in the late afternoon and recorded victories over overmatched opponents to keep them at the top. The Packers stayed hot during the Sunday early window. The AFC had the Bills and Chargers off, but among the teams that did play, much changed in the battle for that conference’s supremacy. Here’s how Sporting News sees all 32 teams in the league stacking up against each other in the latest edition of the power rankings entering Week 8:...

That means there’s a new No. 1 team this week in Sporting News’ latest league power rankings. It’s getting harder to figure out the very best, given no team is perfect or undefeated. As for the worst teams, little has changed there with one winless and downright awful team still remaining. From the best to the worst, here’s how SN sees the league as a whole going into Week 9:...

The two teams collide in Week 1 of preseason in Santa Clara, California, and talking points abound in both camps. The Cowboys went 10-6 last season, winning the NFC East and returning to the playoffs after a one-year hiatus, before losing to the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round. During the offseason, however, good news was thin on the ground. Star running back Ezekiel Elliott has not reported to training camp as he continues to seek an improved contract....

The Jaguars have lost both of their games so far this summer, with the latest defeat coming at home against the Philadelphia Eagles last Thursday. Jacksonville, who had failed to score any points in its first preseason game, again sat most of its starters in the 24-10 defeat. Overall, 31 players did not see any action last week, including quarterback Nick Foles, running back Leonard Fournette, cornerback Jalen Ramsey and defensive ends Calais Campbell and Yannick Ngakoue....

Some showed some early promise before fading in later games while others gave fans hope for a brighter future. From the Baltimore Ravens winning their 20th straight preseason game to New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marquez Callaway’s spectacular catches in Week 3, there were plenty of positives alongside intense quarterback battles in New England, San Francisco and New Orleans. NFL teams that struggled this preseason Unfortunately, some NFL teams flattered to deceive this preseason, struggling to make any impact on the scoreboard or in player development....

It’s happened time again — a dark horse team seemingly comes out of nowhere and has made a deep impression on that. Remember the 1988 Bengals that went to the Super Bowl, but were 4-12 the year before? What about the 2008 Dolphins that made it to the playoffs, even though they won just one game in 2007? Of course, the best example is Kurt Warner and the 1999 St....

The intersection of these quarterbacks created a big offensive boom in 2020. Somehow, the potential of the projected starters for every team in 2021 is greater, thanks to a slew of top second-year and rookie draft picks. Weighing past recent peformances but tilting a lot more toward upside for the upcoming season, here’s Sporting News’ latest annual offseason ranking of NFL quarterbacks, 1-32: MORE NFL RANKINGS: RBs | WRs | GMs | Head coaches...

Wearing sandals, the Oakland Raiders running back was subbed into a Seattle Sounders charity match on Sunday and made a brief - but very memorable - cameo. Lynch scored an unorthodox (and very illegal) goal, taking a pass from a teammate and reverting to American football mode in picking the ball up and running it into the goal. Pulido injury a painful blow for Mexico The former Seattle Seahawks running back was shown a red card for his antics but he wasn’t done causing havoc on the pitch, as he picked up the card and tossed it aside....

Unfortunately, it looks like Pittsburgh is going to have to figure out a different formula to win games this season. The Las Vegas Raiders beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-17 on the road after several things went sideways for the home team. NFL Week 2 review: Three moments that cost the Pittsburgh Steelers the game vs Las Vegas Raiders #1 - TJ Watt’s absence Pass-rusher TJ Watt was seen on the sidelines for several plays when the defense was on the field in the second quarter....

Given its history of mistakes in past domestic violence investigations, the league wants to be as detailed and thorough as possible. According to the report, Elliott is viewed by NFL investigators as “Public Enemy No. 1.” MORE: Jerry Jones not worried about investigation The woman who accused Elliott of abusing her in July in Columbus, Ohio, also alleged the two were involved in a previous physical altercation. She called police on Feb....

George Kittle is regarded as one of the best tight ends in the entire NFL. His team, the San Fransico 49ers, are entering the 2020 season as the most recent NFC Champions after losing Super Bowl LIV to the Kansas City Chiefs. In 2018, Kittle set the record for most receiving yards in a season for a tight end with 1,377 yards. In the upcoming Madden game, Madden NFL 21, Kittle is the highest-rated tight end with a 98 OVR position rating....

The league, through VP of officiating Dean Blandino, says “there will be zero tolerance for unsportsmanlike conduct, particularly verbal abuse directed at an opponent.” Blandino’s message is part of a 12-minute video that will be shown to players when officials visit teams’ camps, The Washington Post’s Mark Maske reports. MORE: Openly gay athletes | ESPN suspends Stephen A. Smith A narrator in the video elaborates, according to Maske: “The use of abusive, threatening or insulting language directed at opponents, teammates, game officials or representatives of the league is covered under unsportsmanlike conduct in the playing rules....

The NFL announced Monday it will hold a “skills showdown” as part of the festivities next month in Orlando. Included in the events at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports are a “best hands” competition, “precision passing,” a four-man “power relay challenge,” and a game of “epic” dodgeball. You read that last part correctly and this wasn’t an announcement made on The Onion. MORE: How to fix the NFL, Step 1...