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The 2013 NFL draft is over. But how did your team do? Did its draft performance guarantee this year's Super Bowl title and every other one as far as the eye can see? The only way to find out is to read the only 100 percent accurate draft grades ...

The NFL offseason is upon us. Last offseason featured Joe Flacco's declaration that he is the best quarterback in the NFL. That worked out well for him. So let's make some bold predication for the vast football-less hellscape between now and 201...

As you may have heard, the Broncos, Patriots, Falcons, 49ers, Texans, Packers, Ravens, Redskins, Colts, Seahawks, Bengals and Vikings are all in the playoffs. Good for them. We will learn all of their fates in the coming weeks. But what about the...

End-of-year lists and rankings are a popular way to recap the year that was. Best photos, best players, best teams, best quotes, best plays. Yet they are all pretty standard. Every year we get the same lists. Here are 15 end-of-year sports lists...

It's the holiday season. People are reportedly both hustling and bustling. There is no time to waste, so let's get these power rankings kick-started like a Ndamukong Suh foot to the unmentionables. 1. Talking to Random People About Sports (Last ...

It's Thanksgiving. Let us give thanks for snap judgments and freaking out about whatever just happened on our TVs with some Week 11 power rankings! 1. Talking to Random People About Sports (Last week: NR) More than turkey, more than giving ...

Week 10 is in the books and with the Falcons losing, the final undefeated team is defeated. That means the 1972 Dolphins really deserve to top this week's power rankings. But to do that, I'd have to show you a picture of this Dolphins fan, and no one...

Another week has come and gone in the NFL, which means it's time for another power rankings. Guess what? Everything you thought you knew has completely changed. Again. You're so dumb. 1. Andrew Luck (Last week: 12) All season this item has b...

It's time for the Week 8 edition of the Playbook NFL Power Rankings. We are at the halfway point of the NFL season. Consider this the intermission. Please tip the bathroom attendant after you are done reading. 1. Things that can't be unseen (Last ...

Week 7 of the 2012 NFL season is in the books. That's good. Maybe people will read books again. Here are your rankings of all things power. 1. The rolling calamity that is the Kansas City Chiefs (Last week: NR) Quick! Name two things NFL...

It's Week 6 NFL power rankings time. Do you remember where everything stood last week in the NFL? If so, why? These are power rankings. It's a memory- and context-free zone. Get in line or get lost. 1. Andy Reid's farewell tour (Last week: 7) ...

The Seattle Sounders of the MLS are allowing their fans to vote on the fate of general manager Adrian Hanauer. Fans who are season-ticket holders or members of the team's official fan association have between now and Dec. 7 to vote on Hanauer's futur...

Playbook is a sports site, but we also do some pop culture. Why write one article about, say, the 2012 NFL season and an entirely different one about the upcoming fall movies? That's a lot of work when you can just cover both topics at once. "...

You decided to read this. This is about NFL football. It's on ESPN.com. So chances are you follow NFL football at least a little bit. This means you know much more about NFL football than Miami Dolphins franchise quarterback Ryan Tannehill does. Cong...

The NFL regular-season opener is still more than a week away. But there's no reason to wait to overreact to Week 1 results. We have plenty of recent preseason information to freak out about. Follow me to hyperbole! New England Patriots - It's nev...

Michael Vick caused a bit of a stir back in July when he stated the Philadelphia Eagles, a team that has never won even one Super Bowl, have a chance to be a "dynasty." The quarterback of last preseason's Dream Team then doubled down on that sentimen...