Greg Cosell's Week 13 Review: Creative Panthers offense is tough to defend The Carolina Panthers have become a very difficult offense to defend, for a number of reasons. The Panthers use a lot of multiple run game concepts. They have expansive pass game concepts. And quarterback Cam Newton makes it all work, thanks to his unique skill set. Newton’s ability to run off designed misdirection … [Read more...]

Dez Bryant would like to advise Roger Goodell about what constitutes a catch Considering his experience in the NFC divisional-round loss to the Green Bay Packers last season, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is uniquely suited to speak about what should and shouldn't constitute a catch, so he would make for a quality consultant with the league's competition committee. When asked … [Read more...]

Richard Sherman 'has been phenomenal this season,' per Richard Sherman Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman "has been phenomenal this season," according to RichardSherman25.com's Richard Sherman. Hat tip to Richard Sherman for sharing this story in a post that's been liked by Richard Sherman and thousands of others on Richard Sherman's Facebook page. Sherman's play has been "through … [Read more...]

Football Daily Dose: Dose: Johnson in Prime Spot Coach Bruce Arians has been known in his time with the Cardinals to tell fibs and stretch the truth about his desired roles for his running backs. But last week, ahead of the Cardinals’ road date with the Rams, Arians said he wanted to get David Johnson 25 touches in his first start as the No. 1 running back. That proved to be a truth, as Johnson … [Read more...]

Matchups: Matchup: Vikings @ Cardinals Thursday Night FootballMinnesota @ ArizonaVikings-Cardinals has a 45.5-point total with host Arizona favored by 7.5. The Cardinals' team total is 26.5. ... Although Mike Zimmer's defense has allowed over 23 points in just 2-of-12 weeks this season, two of those games have occured in the last three weeks (Packers 30, Seahawks 38) and the Vikings are expected … [Read more...]

DeMarco Murray reportedly complains to Eagles owner, has bad timing Strange things afoot in the NFC East. Pick any of the four teams, really, and you'll be prone to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. But let's start at the top. There's a certain hilarious irony that the following report from ESPN's Ed Werder comes out the morning after — by default — the Philadelphia Eagles found themselves in first place after the … [Read more...]

NFL Power Rankings: Steelers could beat any playoff team ... if they get in If you ask any AFC playoff hopeful, or each of those teams' fan bases in an honest moment, they'd admit to rooting hard for the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets to get the wild-card spots. Because that would mean the Pittsburgh Steelers didn't make the playoffs. The Steelers are an interesting case. We saw on … [Read more...]

Cowboys somehow just one game out of first place after wacky victory If you turned off “Monday Night Football” to watch “Fargo” instead, nobody could blame you. But you missed a heck of a finish after 58 minutes of horrible football. Washington Redskins receiver DeSean Jackson looked like a goat after his fumbled punt return set up Darren McFadden's go-ahead touchdown for the Dallas … [Read more...]

Football Daily Dose: Dose: Late Field Goal Lifts Dallas For Darren McFadden and DeSean Jackson, Monday was about redemption. Both players committed costly mistakes but came through when their teams needed them most. Let’s start with McFadden. The Cowboys running back hadn’t lost a fumble all year before Monday. That changed in a hurry as the Redskins recovered two of his fumbles including one at … [Read more...]

Patriots fan pays up bet with Eagles' Connor Barwin, hands him Bud Light You can take to task the New England Patriots who started filing out of Gillette Stadium with about 11 minutes left on Sunday afternoon in their eventual loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, but you have to give one Pats fans a serious hat tip. Eagles pass rusher Connor Barwin was warming up early before the game, he and … [Read more...]