Quick Slant: The Love and the Hate - The NFL's Most Historical Inter-Conference Rivalry Plays Out on SNF
Cowboys @ Steelers, Sunday @ 8:20 PM Few inter-conference matchups are as historically prestigious as Dallas and Pittsburgh. They have combined for eleven Super Bowl victories, three against each other—more than any other pairing. The Cowboys had a streak of consecutive winning seasons from 1966 to 1985, the longest of
Week 5 Walkthrough: Dontayvion's Inferno
Welcome to the Week 5 Walkthrough. In this article, I'll outline critical fantasy football context for the fifth glorious football Sunday. (The stats below are from PFF, NFLfastR, rbsdm.com, RotoViz, FantasyLabs, Fantasy Points, ESPN, and NFL Next Gen). Quick Links * Packers at Rams, 4:25 PM * Jets
Week 5 Rankings
These are PPR redraft rankings, with input from Pat Kerrane, Steph Miller, Sam Sherman, Daniel Racz, and Sackreligious. Updated Sunday, 10/6 at 11:30 AM Eastern Quarterback RankNamePositionTeamOpponent1Lamar JacksonQBBALCIN2Josh AllenQBBUFHOU3Jayden DanielsQBWASCLE4Jordan LoveQBGBLAR5Joe BurrowQBCINBAL6Brock PurdyQBSFARI7Justin FieldsQBPITDAL8C.J. StroudQBHOUBUF9Kyler MurrayQBARISF10Geno SmithQBSEANYG11Patrick MahomesQBKCNO12Trevor LawrenceQBJAXIND13Dak PrescottQBDALPIT14Sam DarnoldQBMINNY
Quick Slant: Two Remarkably Similar Teams (to Varying Degrees of Success) Vie for the NFC South Lead on TNF
Buccaneers @ Falcons, Thursday @ 8:15 PM The Buccaneers and Falcons come into Week 5’s matchup with the division lead on the line. The 2-2 Falcons were the NFC South’s off-season pet after they added a new coaching staff and the top free agent QB to a roster many
Week 5 Rest of Season Rankings
The rest of season rankings below are intended for standard 10 to 12 person, 0.5-1 PPR leagues. They are redraft rankings, not best ball. As a result, ceiling outcomes (particularly at positions like QB/TE) are prioritized. These rankings are intended to be useful for trade values, waiver decisions,
FAABulous Football Week 5: Now Entering the Bye Weeks
Welcome to Week 5 This season has had its share of drama already with a slew of injuries, benchings, and trade rumors… Now add on the start of bye weeks and we all probably have some roster spots that we need to fill in the upcoming weeks. There are four
Quick Slant: Grit and Grace on MNF - Motown's Underdog Against Seattle's Overachiever
Seahawks @ Lions, Monday @ 8:15 PM The Lions were last year’s darling – representatives of a city that’s a blue-collar hammer, cold and tough, devastated by the end of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the Great Recession, driven to mass poverty, and desperate for a win. And
Quick Slant: Dolphins and Titans Prepare to Get Busy Livin' or Get Busy Dyin' on the MNF Undercard
Titans @ Dolphins, Monday @ 7:30 PM The Dolphins have received waves of bad news this season. A sluggish start against Jacksonville yielded yardage but little scoring; it was unknown the Jags would be one of the worst teams in the AFC approaching the quarter turn, so the blip seemed like
