It wasn’t too long ago that we wrote about the Baltimore Ravens building an unconventional offense around a dual-threat quarterback. With Lamar Jackson under center, the Ravens deviated from th...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-cant-lamar-jackson-find-the-contract-he-wants/
Already one of the best quarterbacks ever, Patrick Mahomes found room to get better in 2022. Mahomes leveled up against zone coverage in particular and won his second MVP award with one of his sh...
This year’s Super Bowl in Arizona will be the first ever played in a state with legalized gambling. Fans in Glendale will be able to bet while at the game using their phones, and gambling trade...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/this-obscure-super-bowl-prop-bet-will-baffle-you/
In some ways, it’s not surprising to see the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles facing off in Super Bowl LVII. These two teams are pretty familiar with the championship limelight, as bo...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-eagles-and-chiefs-got-back-to-the-super-bowl/
There are plenty of reasons to think Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will be an instant classic. The teams are evenly matched, led by a couple of grea...
The NFL has had quite an eventful year. In fact, the 2022 season has been characterized by a series of controversies that, when taken together, seem like a microcosm of the criticisms and existen...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-massive-the-nfl-really-is-in-4-charts/
The teams are set for Super Bowl LVII, and now it’s time for the longest two weeks in sports — the wait between the NFL’s conference championships and the Big Game itself. One upside of the...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-stars-are-going-to-blow-up-in-super-bowl-lvii/
If this weekend’s conference championship games feel as if they were predestined, it’s no accident. In fact, many prognosticators projected a version of this for these four teams — the San ...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-2022-conference-championships/
According to most of the football world, Jalen Hurts should not be a Philadelphia Eagle. Even Hurts was incredulous at the beginning. When his phone rang on draft day and the area code was 215 �...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-eagles-built-a-winner-by-overdrafting-quarterbacks/
NFL watchers have been talking about how stacked the AFC is all season — not just that its top teams, like the Buffalo Bills, are better than the NFC’s best, but that second- and third-tier A...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-chalky-afc-is-stronger-than-the-schlocky-nfc/
Among die-hard NFL fans, there are really only two ways to feel about the Dallas Cowboys: Either you love them or you hate them. And around this time of year, as we get into the final stretch of ...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-the-dallas-cowboys-avoid-another-playoff-flop/
When Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach died last week at the age of 61 due to complications related to a heart condition, it sent shockwaves through the football world. “I can’...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mike-leach-remade-football-in-his-pass-happy-image/
If it seems like there are a ton of tight games each week in the NFL this season, you’re definitely not imagining things. When it comes to close contests, 2022 is shaping up to be an all-timer....
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-games-have-never-been-closer-heres-why/
It’s the holiday season, and the playoff race in the NFC East could give us an unprecedented gift: All four teams in one division making it to the postseason, which has never happened in the 90...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-entire-nfc-east-can-make-the-playoffs/
It’s fair to say that both Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks entered the 2022 season with very low expectations. Coming off a disappointing 7-10 season in 2021 that saw the team finish last i...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/geno-smith-redemption-seahawks-2022/
The Baltimore Ravens were cruising on their first drive Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Quarterback Lamar Jackson began the game by drilling a laser 20 yards downfield to tight end Mark ...
We’ve all seen a team lose football’s biggest game, march into the following season, and then tumble into a ravine. In fact, the post-Super Bowl defeat hangover has happened enough times that...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-rams-super-bowl-afterparty-turned-into-a-historic-hangover/
Bragging rights are the lifeblood of football, and perhaps no state is more passionate about that fact than Texas. You may have heard that the state has a particular fondness for the sport, to th...
The Indianapolis Colts are a mess. After years of neglecting to address the quarterback position, on Monday owner Jim Irsay and general manager Chris Ballard fired head coach Frank Reich for unde...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-colts-hired-jeff-saturday-as-head-coach-we-have-questions/
neil (Neil Paine, acting sports editor): Hello football fans! With Maya wrapped up in election coverage, we’re going to have a little bit of a different chat today — I’ll be leading, which ...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/somehow-the-packers-would-love-to-be-the-jets-right-now/