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How Peyton's and Matty Ice's legacies were in other people's hands, and the rest of the notable news from divisional weekend.

This past August, with the blessing of the boss, I took Simmons's annual Trade Value Column and applied it to the NFL, a league that never has any trades and is subject to more career-altering injuries among its top players than any other sport. That...

After consecutive losses to the Falcons and Texans in Weeks 2 and 3, the buzzards began to surround Peyton Manning. His statistics — 7.1 yards per attempt with a 60 percent completion percentage — were pedestrian. His shocking three-inter...

Even with the addition of Peyton Manning, Denver's Super Bowl dream is dead.

Let's just acknowledge it: The acquisitions portion of the football offseason is over. Listen, we're not any happier about this than you are. Those halcyon days when half the league's teams were linked to Peyton Manning and Robert Griffin III in thes...

Congratulations, Denver Broncos. Your organization appears to have won the Peyton Manning sweepstakes. Now what? First, the Broncos have to negotiate a deal with Manning. The terms being thrown around are five years and $95 million, but this i...

As the Dolphins continue to flounder in their search for a new quarterback this offseason and times seem to get more desperate with each day, they might do well to heed WOPR's advice from WarGames. Their only winning move might be not to play at all....

Although it might not seem like it right now, there actually will be more to free agency than Peyton Manning. While the talent pool isn't quite as deep as the group that hit the market last year, in Mario Williams, it has a franchise player that migh...

The marriage between Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts whimpered its way to a conclusion on Tuesday night, as Chris Mortensen reported that the team will release Manning to avoid paying the $28 million roster bonus due to the future Hall of F...

Don't believe what you read. The 0-13 season endured by this year's dreadful Indianapolis Colts team didn't start with a 27-point loss to the Texans in Week 1. It didn't start with their 20-point loss to the Rams in the opening week of the NFL presea...

When we wrote about the Suck for Luck campaign before Halloween, we suspected that the Miami Dolphins would end up with Andrew Luck, either by producing the worst record in football or via trade. Since then, though, the Dolphins have gone 4-3, pushin...

Tom Brady is putting up some gaudy stats. But how much do blowout wins distort his real impact? Football Outsiders tackles the subject before making sense of the best, worst and most surprising performances of Week 14.

Story | Conversation | December 13, 2010

Peyton Manning has had four interceptions returned for touchdowns in the past two weeks. Does that mean he's losing his edge? Football Outsiders tackles the issue before spotlighting the best, worst and most surprising performances of Week 13.

Story | Conversation | December 06, 2010

Every season has its Billy Volek, the highly sought postseason fantasy stud no one saw coming. Football Outsiders lists a few likely candidates for this season's fantasy playoffs before outlining the best and worst fantasy matchups of Week 13.

Story | Conversation | December 02, 2010

In this look at where Randy Moss fits best, Bill Barnwell points out that there really are only a handful of teams that make sense for the currently unemployed star. St. Louis may top the list, but others also provide a good fit.

Story | Conversation | November 02, 2010

Football Outsiders takes a look at the best, worst and most surprising performances of Week 4, including Bears QB Jay Cutler, whose Sunday night display will go down as one of the worst by a QB in NFL history.

Story | Conversation | October 04, 2010