Chris Mortensen

Chris Mortensen

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ESPN.com NFL Insider Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist and one of the most respected and accomplished reporters covering the NFL, joined ESPN in 1991 and appears on Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown and SportsCenter.

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Passing = winning in the NFL

Gregg Easterbrook, Page 2

This season, 11 of the NFL's top 12 passing teams have winning records. Coincidence? No way.

Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009

TMQ's annual Bad Predictions Review

Gregg Easterbrook, Special to Page 2

Most sports prognosticators were dead wrong about the 2008 NFL season, as detailed in TMQ's annual Bad Predictions Review.

Story | Conversation | February 09, 2009

Time to look back on some horrible predictions

Gregg Easterbrook, Special to Page 2

TMQ takes a look back at all the NFL prognostications that somehow went awry.

Story | Conversation | February 11, 2008

Express delivery for championship weekend

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Before he gets to his conference championship picks (and a few awards), Bill Simmons opens up a monster mailbag.

Story | January 18, 2008

A fresh perspective on sportswriting

Scoop Jackson, Page 2

A visit with high school students in Kansas proves to be rewarding and enlightening, writes Page 2's Scoop Jackson.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2007

Pats' tapes are gone, but questions remain

Gregg Easterbrook, Special to Page 2

The evidence of the Patriots' cheating has been destroyed, but questions remain about why the NFL did so.

Story | Conversation | September 24, 2007

Belichick's cheating could lead to dark days for NFL

Gregg Easterbrook, Special to Page 2

The seriousness of Bill Belichick's unethical behavior could lead to a decline in popularity of the NFL.

Story | Conversation | September 17, 2007

Welcome to media day

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Camera in hand, Bill Simmons takes to Dolphin Stadium to chronicle the Super Bowl hype.

Story | Conversation | January 30, 2007

Hit the snooze button, coach

Tim Keown, Page 2

What have the new breed of workaholic football coaches have to show for their efforts? Not much says Tim Keown.

Story | Conversation | September 26, 2006

What I've learned in Year 1 ...

Scoop Jackson, Page 2

Scoop Jackson has spent a full year at the Worldwide Leader. His life has forever changed -- here's what he learned in the first 365.

Story | Conversation | February 28, 2006

The Pack must let Brett go

Jason Whitlock, Special to Page 2

Brett Favre doesn't want to retire. He just wants to play for a contender. And the best thing Green Bay could do is trade him.

Story | Conversation | February 02, 2006

Houston must take Vince Young

Skip Bayless, Page 2

Vince Young will be the closest thing the NFL has ever had to Michael Jordan. And the Texans would be crazy to take Reggie Bush over him.

Story | Conversation | January 13, 2006

Under center of attention

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons has another NFL lesson -- a good QB may make a bad team good, but it doesn't work the other way.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2005

Welcome to the Basketball Bag

Bill Simmons, Page 2

The NBA must be nearing the stretch run, because Bill Simmons is dedicating an entire mailbag to basketball letters.

Story | Conversation | February 27, 2008

NFL's contenders and pretenders

Bill Simmons, Page 2

After 10 weeks of NFL fun, Bill Simmons says 16 teams still have playoff hopes. He ranks them in order.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2005