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Cat Scratch Reader
Six games to go with the playoffs on the horizon. How difficult is the remaining schedule for the now 10-1 Detroit Lions?
The win streak goes on.
When the Detroit Lions defeated the Indianapolis Colts, it almost felt casual. Aside from a few minor scares early on, there was little threat from the Colts. The Lions did what they do best: churn out yardage with their run game and passing attack and smother with their defense. Detroit now sits at 10-1 with their eyes firmly on the playoffs, but with six games remaining, the road is far from over.
The...
Pride of Detroit
Atlanta (6-5) tries to get back to winning against the Chargers.
With a Tampa Bay Buccaneers win, the Bucs are effectively a game-and-a-half back on the Atlanta Falcons right now, thanks to Atlanta’s needed tiebreaker. Fending off Tampa Bay means winning often down the stretch, beginning with Week 13.
Atlanta’s now 0-3 against the AFC this year, so they’ll need to buck a trend here against the Los Angeles Chargers. A talented team with a top-flight quarterback in Justin Herbert and a capable ground game, the Chargers bring one of the league’s better defenses to bear, as well. That means...
The Falcoholic
Positive for the purple!
With tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup not set to have any affect on it (since it’s an all-AFC matchup), it’s time to take a look at the updated playoff picture in the NFC. As it stands right now, our Minnesota Vikings are in an outstanding spot with six games remaining in the regular season, so let’s take a look at how everything has shaken out so far, with current odds supplied to us by our friends from FanDuel.
Daily Norseman
New York Giants news for Monday
Good morning, New York Giants fans!
Big Blue View
The Bengals are a team that do have to do some scoreboard watching this year, and in Week 12 the teams currently slated for playoff spots did their jobs.
Stats to Know From The Bengals First 11 Weeks of 2024
Joe Burrow’s 89.3 PFF-pass grade is the second-highest in the NFL and trails only Baltimore's Lamar Jackson. PFF also has charted Burrow with 21 big-time throws, the second-most behind Buffalo's Josh Allen. Burrow additionally has a 77.8 PFF-pass grade under pressure this season, the second-highest grade in the league among QBs with at least 50 dropbacks under pressure.
[Bengals AFC...
Cincy Jungle
The post Daily News & Links: Ex-Steelers Player Son Receives Offer from Pitt; Steelers Offense Not Dynamic Enough appeared first on Steelers Now.
Steelers Daily News & Links: Your daily stop for all of the news and links from the Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL
On Sunday, Pitt offered 2026 three-star cornerback Jay Timmons from Pine-Richland, the son of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons.
Timmons (5-11, 175lbs) is in the midst of a breakout junior season and holds offers from Akron, Eastern Michigan, Temple, Toledo and WVU.
Timmons had a standout performance in Pine-Richland’s 20-9 win over Peters Township in the...
Steelers Now
Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 11/25/24.
Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ...
In Roob’s Observations: The Saquon show continues as Eagles take down Rams - NBCSP
1. Let’s have a conversation about Saquon Barkley. I’m out of adjectives to describe what he’s doing. Completely bat-bleep preposterous. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, he opens the third quarter of a one-possession game with a 70-yard touchdown run and then follows that with a 72-yarder to put the game away in the fourth quarter. Barkley is the sixth player in NFL history with two 70-yard touchdown runs...
Bleeding Green Nation
In toppling the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cleveland Browns have already secured their Super Bowl victory for the 2024 season. Even though they’re sitting at just 3-8 and quite possibly looking at drafting a quarterback early in the first round, they simply cannot help themselves when it comes to getting their win against big brother. Now, […]
Steelers Depot
More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Daily Dawg Chow.
The latest Cleveland Browns coverage from Dawgs By Nature:
Dawgs By Nature
The New York Giants have six games remaining on their 2024 regular season schedule but some players are already looking ahead to next year.
Following Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at MetLife Stadium, linebacker Brian Burns praised the team’s rookie class but did it in a way that may indicate he’s checked out.
From The Athletic:
*The rookie struggles can be chalked up as growing pains, and Burns said, “they’re going to be key players for us next year.” It was a bit alarming, however, that Burns was talking about next year with six games remaining...
Giants Wire
Playing time analysis.
The official snap counts from the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 12 road win over the Los Angeles Rams are in! Let’s take a look and run through some analysis.
Bleeding Green Nation
