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Breakdown: New coach Marc Trestman will benefit from a relatively rare start to the schedule: two consecutive home games. The Chicago Bears haven't received that gift from the schedule makers since 1999. Overall, however, Trestman's first month on...

KC Joyner's Week 10 Fantasy Foresight examines what fantasy owners should do with Eli Manning, Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and Mike Wallace.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2012

New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck says the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense has been the beneficiary of some loose officiating.

Last season's No. 1 playoff seeds should benefit from easier schedules this season, writes John Clayton.

If you heard some applause on the announcement of the new rule change regarding injured reserve, it probably came from the Pittsburgh Steelers headquarters. ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reported that the NFL Players Association has agreed on a r...

KC Joyner examines the offenses and defenses expected to improve the most after adding rookies on one side of the ball. The Cleveland Browns offense should improve the most, as should the New England Patriots defense.

Story | Conversation | June 19, 2012

The way James Harrison sees it, all the NFL's players stand to benefit from Jonathan Vilma's defamation lawsuit against Roger Goodell, even if the New Orleans Saints linebacker loses his fight.

Bruce Arians is still a Peyton Manning fan. He also believes rookie quarterbacks learn best by taking snaps on Sundays.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell advised English Football Association officials on the benefits of adopting the Rooney Rule designed to create more opportunities for black and minority coaches.

Point spreads do not necessary reflect NFL teams' relative strength. They're designed to invite equal action on both teams, to the benefit of the house. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, consider that NFC West teams are underdogs in We...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will retain power to mete out discipline under the personal conduct policy in the CBA still being hammered out by the league and the players' union, league sources tell ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Football Outsides examines the five teams that have been helped most by the NFL lockout.

Story | Conversation | April 19, 2011

The NFL combine is showing off pass-rushers, to the Patriots benefit.

Adam Schefter answers questions relating to the losers of the conference championship games, the Chicago Bears and New York Jets.

Blog | Conversation | January 24, 2011

The call for not-so-obvious MVP Watch candidates went out Tuesday afternoon. There were well-reasoned responses, such as the one from erik22lax nominating running backs Chris Johnson and LaDainian Tomlinson for flourishing without the benefit of p...

Eric Karabell looks at three players who benefit from the timing of their Week 4 bye, and three players who could lose momentum because of it.

Blog | Conversation | September 29, 2010