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Coach Eric Mangini and Willie Colon join Danny Parkins to hand out NFL Superlatives, including Most Dominant, Most Shocking and Most Disappointing. Source link

With the San Francisco 49ers riding a five-game winning streak and in striking distance of the No. 1 seed in the NFC, running back Christian McCaffrey has been steadily powering Kyle Shanahan’s offense.  And because of that, McCaffrey has wormed his way back into the MVP hunt late in the season.  The explosive runner passed…

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf‘s two-game suspension for his confrontation with a fan during their win over the Detroit Lions will be upheld, the league announced Tuesday. He’ll miss the remainder of the Steelers’ regular season as they take on the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens in the final two weeks of the year. …

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t condone the actions that led to wide receiver DK Metcalf’s two-game suspension by the NFL following an in-game altercation with a fan, but added Metcalf has his full support during the appeals process. The league punished the two-time Pro Bowler by forcing him to sit out the first-place Steelers’…

There were a lot of playoff-vibes games this week. And there was a lot of pressurized quarterback play, with signal-callers sinking or swimming in the face of divisional title races and/or the wild-card hunt. This was a special week that should make fans ravenous for the playoffs.  The Stock Market isn’t your typical QB rankings….

Soldier Field (Chicago) — The only other time the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears had played on a Saturday during the oldest rivalry in NFL history, Vince Lombardi and George Halas patrolled the sidelines. Perhaps fittingly then, on a raw and blustery night at Soldier Field this past Saturday, the 212th all-time meeting between these historic…

One year ago, the New England Patriots, Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars combined to go 13-38. Today, with one week to go in the regular season, they are a combined 34-11 and division leaders. It’s a reminder that quick turnarounds are possible in the NFL, especially when the right coach and quarterback are in place….

The San Francisco 49ers look like they’re getting hot at the right time. San Francisco beat the Indianapolis Colts 48-27 on Monday night for its fifth straight game. The 49ers are 11-4 and remain a game behind the Seattle Seahawks (12-3) for the top spot in the NFC West. San Francisco has won double-digit games…

Caleb Williams‘ sensational second season has elevated the Chicago Bears — a rise Colin Cowherd believes has the quarterback and his team on a special trajectory. Williams and the Bears (11-4) won an instant classic over the Green Bay Packers in Week 16 to clinch their first playoff berth in five years. In the aftermath…

There were bunches of big bets and interesting player-prop parlays between Thursday and Sunday, in NFL Week 16 odds and College Football Playoff odds. But arguably the most intriguing play is one that remains alive heading to Monday night. Picking any NFL game against the spread is often no easy task. Throwing three or four…