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Eight years ago Al Lucas was killed from an on-field hit during an arena football game. How would a similar tragedy today affect the NFL?

For those of us who grew up with the lopsided Super Bowls of the 1980s, it seems as if we've had an unusual run. The past few years of Super Bowls have stayed tight, the result in doubt until the very end. It's almost miraculous we haven't had one go...

Seahawks (+7) over 49ERS I've been mangling the meaning of "irony" since the eighth grade, so tell me if this scenario qualifies ... A writer recklessly picks the 2012 Seahawks to win the NFC because he likes their charismatic QB, then push...

Bears (+5.5) over PACKERS If you watched the Bears thrash the Colts on Sunday, you couldn't help but notice Jay Cutler throwing the football to new teammate Brandon Marshall over and over and over again. It happened 15 times in all, with Marshall c...

The short version: Pass on all of them.

Disclaimer: This article is part of my series on free agency from the perspective of the agent, where I prepare Scott Boras-esque "books" that detail where each player stands in the marketplace and why he deserves as much of your team's money as poss...

Scheduling games on Thanksgiving might very well be the greatest thing the NFL's ever done. Can you imagine how boring the day would be without football? How lucky we are to avoid bonding with our families under the guise of watching Detroit get blow...

The current class of NFL rookies are making an unprecedented impact in the league.

Yesterday on Grantland, my esteemed colleague Bill Barnwell handicapped the race for the 2011 NFL MVP award. Because the list was designed to predict whom a bunch of sportswriters will vote as the Best Quarterback on the Best Team, it provided few su...

A look back at the Dallas-Washington rivalry.

Don't believe everything the scoreboard tells you during the opening week of the National Football League.

Which teams are on the way up?