Greg Cosell's Look Ahead: The Denver Broncos' dominant defense It’s tough to figure out how to beat the Denver Broncos defense. Start with the fact that they have three excellent corners who can all play man-to-man coverage. When you begin with that, it gives you so many options as a defensive coordinator. Then add in the fact that Denver has two high-level pass rushers on each side, Von … [Read more...]

Steve Smith Sr. has four broken bones as a result of Steelers hits The Ravens' Steve Smith Sr. is one of the toughest men in football, but he's now up against one of the strongest tests possible of his pain tolerance: reports early Saturday morning indicate that Smith has suffered four broken bones. Smith was injured late in the third quarter of Baltimore's Thursday night game against the … [Read more...]

Weekend Weather: Weather: Week 4 Forecasts After three weeks of pleasant weather, the NFL will finally experience Mother Nature impacting the schedule this week. Heavy rain is currently falling on the East coast and the reach of Hurricane Joaquin will be felt in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic throughout the weekend. This means that fantasy owners need to pay special attention to pregame weather … [Read more...]

Last Minute Decisions: Injury Report: Week 4 Week 4 of the NFL season is here, and the Rotoworld crew has everything you need to cash in a winning week. Top-ten FantasyPros ranker Patrick Daugherty answers your lineup questions with his Week 4 Rankings, Nick Mensio tells you who to start and who to fade in Start’ Em or Sit ‘Em, and Evan Silva breaks down every matchup in his award-winning Matchups … [Read more...]

NFL against the spread picks: That amazing Steelers' collapse The Baltimore Ravens were favored by 2.5 points at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night. So many folks were either baffled or thrilled by one of the most stupefying coaching games of the season (well, at least the ones that didn't involve Andy Reid handing it off for no reason with less than a minute to go). I was on the … [Read more...]

Two shaky Mike Tomlin calls in OT helped Ravens avoid 0-4 start The Pittsburgh Steelers put their faith in Michael Vick and Josh Scobee, two past-their-prime veterans who were not on the team before August, and it cost them in a 23-20 overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens. By game's end, it was easier to count what the Ravens had — a kicker and a defense they trusted, plus Justin Forsett — … [Read more...]

Watch Mike Vick pancake Ravens cornerback on Le'Veon Bell TD When we considered whether Mike Vick could be an adequate replacement for Ben Roethlisberger, we admit we didn't consider Vick's blocking skills on the positive side of the ledger. Consider it reconsidered. [Yahoo Daily Fantasy Football: Enter our $1 Million Week 4 contest] Watch the 35-year-old Vick get out in front of Le'Veon … [Read more...]

Congress looks to end 'pay for patriotism' at American stadiums New legislation now before Congress would block so-called "pay for patriotism" at sporting events, where the U.S. government paid teams to hold flag-waving on-field "hometown heroes" ceremonies. As noted by NJ Advance Media, the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the defense budget for the next 12 months, would … [Read more...]

NFL draft: Should LSU's Leonard Fournette sit out the 2016 season? LaVar Arrington compares Leonard Fournette to Bo Jackson. Herschel Walker says Fournette better than he was. Adrian Peterson can’t think of anyone better other than himself. Fournette is arguably the best running back in college football right now and the Heisman Trophy favorite, and yet the way NFL rules are set up he’ll … [Read more...]

Awkward ... NFL names Tom Brady its AFC offensive player of the month If the NFL had its way, we wouldn't have seen Tom Brady play at all in September. He was suspended for four games in deflate-gate. Instead, a federal court overturned the suspension, Brady played, and was arguably the best player in the entire league in September. It's fairly awkward that the NFL announced that Brady is … [Read more...]