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This weekend will help determine how interesting the AFC playoff race will be down the stretch, John Clayton writes.

Misfortune and luck can lead to landing the right quarterback, John Clayton writes. For the Colts, misfortune led to Luck.

Mario Williams goes back to Houston, where the Texans' defense is everything the Bills wanted theirs to become, John Clayton writes.

The NFC is the superior conference by far in 2012. That actually keeps more AFC teams in the playoff race, writes John Clayton.

John Clayton ranks the NFL's starting quarterbacks from No. 1 to No. 32.

The NFLPA's insistence on getting the penalties reduced is preventing the Saints' bounty story from dissipating, John Clayton writes in his latest mailbag.

Here are 10 things to watch as new personnel, schemes and trends play out in OTAs, John Clayton writes.

Draft-day trades involving high picks are much more amenable than they were under the old CBA, John Clayton writes in his latest mailbag.

Aaron Rodgers and Eli Manning both know firsthand the hard road to the Super Bowl, writes John Clayton.

It might not seem fair on the surface, but the current seeding structure is likely here to stay, John Clayton writes in his latest mailbag.

If John Elway decides he wants a change from Tim Tebow, trades and free agency are probably the routes to take, John Clayton writes in his latest mailbag.

The AFC usually trumps the NFC in head-to-head play, but the tables turned this season, writes John Clayton in his latest mailbag.

While the Jets and Giants engage in a war of words, one coach could be fighting for his job, writes John Clayton.

The fight for the NFC East between the Cowboys and Giants could go one round or the distance. Sunday will determine that, writes John Clayton.

Teams looking for a franchise QB in 2012 will anxiously await Matt Barkley's decision, writes John Clayton in his latest mailbag.

For Jets and other teams hoping to contend, it's time to assert themselves, writes John Clayton.