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Next Stop: Los Angeles
The league is nearing a vote to decide which one (or two) teams will get to call L.A. home. Plus, the ‘coaches v. quants’ conflict, and the elimination of a nonsensical rule regarding draft picks
A Revolving Door in the Factory of Sadness
What’s the key to building a winning franchise? Joe Thomas: ‘Continuity.’ LeBron James: ‘Consistency.’ Two words never associated with the Cleveland Browns. Sixteen years after their return to the NFL, the franchise is still frantically searching for the right coach
The Super Bowl Bills, Danny Kanell and Don’t Call Me Mr.
Ten things our (Buffalo-born) media critic thinks about the NFL and how it’s being covered this week
We watched “Concussion” with 70 retired players
The MMQB screened Will Smith’s upcoming drama Concussion with 70 former NFL players. For some, it was a panic-inducing horror flick
Fitzgerald: First catch and 1,000th catch
Fresh off his 1,000th career catch, Larry Fitzgerald reflects on his first and how many more he thinks he has left. Plus readers react to Fine 15
King's MMQB: Upset of The Season
The Eagles stunned the Patriots on Sunday—in Foxboro, no less—and Philadelphia's coach had some things to say about his future afterward. Plus a playoff glimpse, an impressive record and more from Week 13
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Ed Werder and His Family: The Hard News
Ed Werder has become a fixture in the NFL while covering stories for ESPN. The news away from his job—concerning his daughter and her husband—has been much tougher to handle
Mike Sherman Goes Back to High School: ‘This Is the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done’
Mike Sherman was coach and GM of the Packers in the Brett Favre years, ran Texas A&M and has been offensive coordinator for three NFL teams. This season he’s coaching a high school in Cape Cod that nearly dropped football a few years back. What’s he doing so far from the spotlight?
Sweetness and the Scout
Relentlessness. Intensity. Hard-headed commitment. The qualities that Chargers scouting director Kevin Kelly looks for in a prospect are the same he saw in his mentor, Walter Payton, with whom he struck up an unlikely friendship on a fateful night in an empty gym as an awestruck teenager
Why Jim Brown Matters
To his football heirs—from Barry Sanders to Adrian Peterson—he’s the one player by which their own greatness is measured. To those who played with and against the Cleveland Browns legend, his prowess, intensity and intellect remain awe-inspiring. Fifty years after walking away from the game at his peak, he still towers over the NFL. Yes, he was just that good
We’re Not Going to Show You These Women Playing Football in Their Bikinis
Most still think of the rebranded Legends Football League as the Lingerie Football League. Chances are you know next to nothing about the players who are still showing all that skin
Breaking Real Bad: Inside the Sam Hurd Drug Case
On Nov. 13, former Cowboys and Bears receiver Sam Hurd faced possible life in prison for drug trafficking. Was he the cocaine kingpin the government made him out to be, or the victim of an overzealous prosecution and excessively harsh narcotics laws? An exclusive 22-month investigation reveals how it all went wrong for one of the NFL’s most promising and well-liked young talents—and why there was more to Hurd’s downfall than we were led to believe
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The Week 14 Twitter Mailbag
Peter King answers questions from Twitter on what Seattle should do with Marshawn Lynch, who has the NFL's best defense this season, and Mike Pettine's job security
Weekend Watch
Weekend Watch: Week 14
Peter King shares his top three games to watch this weekend: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Buffalo at Philadelphia and New England at Houston
Truth in Numbers
The Jaguars Have Been Downright Offensive
With more weapons around him, Blake Bortles has made a giant leap in his second NFL season. You’d be talking about Jacksonville a lot more if its defense hadn’t completely vanished
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Jamaal Charles: ‘I Just Want One More Shot’
The Chiefs star’s season ended in Week 5 when he tore the ACL in his right knee. Charles on his rehab, his status for 2016, what it’s been like to watch his team’s hot streak, and passing the time with video games
Game Plan
Who is Allen Robinson?
The second-year wideout is the first Jag to have a 1,000-yard season in 10 years, one of the NFL’s hottest young stars and a sign of the offensive success to come in Jacksonville. Plus a look at what to watch in Week 14
Business of Football
Next Stop: Los Angeles
The league is nearing a vote to decide which one (or two) teams will get to call L.A. home. Plus, the ‘coaches v. quants’ conflict, and the elimination of a nonsensical rule regarding draft picks
MMQB Fantasy
Fantasy Check: Week 14
Jenny Vrentas and SI.Com's Andrew Perloff share fantasy advice for Week 14, their strategies heading into the playoffs, and which running back you need for the end of the season
The MMQB Podcast
Getting the story on the NFL’s most interesting players, Week 14 preview
Robert Klemko and Robert Mays talk about how they get the inside story on some of the NFL’s most interesting players, discuss Johnny Manziel and Cleveland’s continued ineptitude, Jeff Fisher’s troubles in St. Louis, and how Heisman candidates fare in the NFL
Mediaville
The Super Bowl Bills, Danny Kanell and Don’t Call Me Mr.
Ten things our (Buffalo-bred) media writer thinks about the NFL and how it’s being covered this week
The Corridor of Woe
A Revolving Door in the Factory of Sadness
What’s the key to building a winning franchise? Joe Thomas: ‘Continuity.’ LeBron James: ‘Consistency.’ Two words never associated with the Cleveland Browns. Sixteen years after their return to the NFL, the franchise is still frantically searching for the right coach
Voice of the Fan
‘The Worst Loss Ever’: Part I—NFC
Missed gimmes, blown coverages and bad calls—some of these NFL nightmares are so well-known they have their own nicknames and Wikipedia pages. While there’s no defined criteria to judge the worst loss ever, here are your most heartbreaking stories
The MMQB Mailbag
One in a Thousand
Fresh off his 1,000th career catch, Larry Fitzgerald reflects on his first reception, and how many more he thinks he has left. Plus, readers react to the shakeup in this week’s Fine 15