Football Daily Dose: Dose: Cardinals Sack Vikings The Minnesota Vikings gave a much improved effort on Thursday night after being decimated by Seattle in Week 13, but ultimately fumbled away their chance at forcing overtime before losing 23-20 to the Arizona Cardinals. The Vikings held the Cardinals to just two touchdowns after coughing up 38 points last week, but weren’t able to capitalize after … [Read more...]

Breaking News: Week 14 NFL Chat Patrick Daugherty Breaking News Thursday, December 10, 2015 Patrick Daugherty answers all your Week 14 questions in a 3PM ET Friday chat.  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. … [Read more...]

Cardinals clinch playoffs, as Vikings fumble away chance to tie The Arizona Cardinals clinched a playoff berth on Thursday as they hung on for dear life with a 23-20 win over the Minnesota Vikings. The victory was clinched as the Vikings were driving to tie the game in the final seconds. Teddy Bridgwater had played his best game of the season, but the Vikings let him down by mismanaging the … [Read more...]

Adrian Peterson's 100th career touchdown is an absolute gem There has been a clear pattern for the Minnesota Vikings and Adrian Peterson this season. When he gets the ball a lot, good things happen: Entering Thursday's game against the Arizona Cardinals, they're 8-0 when he gets 20 or more carries. And when he doesn't, they're 0-4. Simple as that. [Yahoo Daily Fantasy: $10 could win you $30K … [Read more...]

Matchups: Silva's Week 14 Matchups 1:00PM ET GamesBuffalo @ PhiladelphiaThe game total on Bills-Eagles is 47 points with visiting Buffalo favored by one. The Bills' team total is 24 points. ... Although Philadelphia escaped with its first victory since Week 9, DC Billy Davis' defense emerged from last Sunday's upset of New England having coughed up four more touchdowns, and with an average of … [Read more...]

Jimmy Clausen might make (depressing) history Sunday vs. Seahawks We’re admitted stat wonks here at the Shutdown Corner, so when we saw this statistic from Associated Press’ Tim Booth, we admittedly got a little excited. Baltimore Ravens fans might not share the same zeal, however. If Ravens quarterback Matt Schaub can’t go this weekend against the Seattle Seahawks because of a chest injury, … [Read more...]

Football Daily Dose: Dose: Ingram Sent To IR Heading into Week 14, hopefully you secured a spot in your league(s) fantasy playoffs and are making a legitimate push for a title ring (or rings). This is an exciting time not only because of fantasy playoff implications, but this week features a handful of games that project to be relatively high-scoring and we always have the injury-related fantasy … [Read more...]

Michael Crabtree extension is a good sign for improving Oakland Raiders Wide receiver Michael Crabtree was an afterthought for most of the offseason. Now no teams will have a chance to consider him as a free agent next offseason. Crabtree will sign a four-year contract extension with the Oakland Raiders for $35 million, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport said. The deal has $19 million in guaranteed … [Read more...]

Of course the NFL fined Antonio Brown for the goalpost celebration You knew this was coming. The NFL has decided to fine Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown for his Super Mario Bros. celebration when he slid down (or, really, off) the goalpost after his punt return score against the Indianapolis Colts. Bill Phillips of WPXI and Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported … [Read more...]

Broncos waive Christian Ponder; let the Peyton Manning questions begin Less than two weeks after signing quarterback Christian Ponder, the Denver Broncos announced they've waived him, leaving the team with Trevor Siemian as the only backup behind starting QB Brock Osweiler. Peyton Manning remains sidelined with a plantar fascia tear, according to DenverBroncos.com. [Yahoo Daily Fantasy: … [Read more...]