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Chad Millman and Bryan Leonard preview Week 15 NFL matchups and line moves, including Philadelphia Eagles-New York Giants, New York Jets-Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints-Baltimore Ravens and more.

Blog | Conversation | December 17, 2010

Chad Millman and Mirage bookmaker Jay Rood preview Week 14 NFL matchups and line moves, including New England Patriots-Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Washington Redskins and more.

Blog | Conversation | December 10, 2010

Chad Millman and Mike Merlet preview Week 13 NFL matchups and line moves, including New York Jets-New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears-Detroit Lions and more.

Blog | Conversation | December 03, 2010

Chad Millman and Al McMordie preview Week 11 NFL matchups and line moves, including Minnesota Vikings-Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos-San Diego Chargers and more.

Blog | Conversation | November 19, 2010

Chad Millman and The Sports Boss preview Week 9 NFL matchups and line moves, including San Diego Chargers-Houston Texans, New York Giants-Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs-Oakland Raiders and more.

Blog | Conversation | November 05, 2010

Chad Millman and legendary Vegas bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro preview Week 8 NFL matchups and line moves, including Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers-New York Jets, Washington Redskins at Detroit Lions and more.

Blog | Conversation | October 29, 2010

ESPN The Magazine's NFL preview issue (Sept. 7) contains previews of all eight divisions. Here's the AFC North.

Story | Conversation | August 31, 2009

A trio of Insider's top NFL analysts provides its analysis behind its picks for division champs, wild-card winners and sleeper teams that could go deep.

Story | Conversation | September 03, 2012

The 2011 predictions are in. ESPN.com provided its crystal ball by launching its NFL season previews. The Pittsburgh Steelers are the pick to repeat as AFC North champions this year. Out of a five-person panel, three picked Pittsburgh. Adam Scheft...

Christopher Harris previews the wide receivers for the 2011 fantasy football season, noting that there is a lot of talent at the top, but it might be worth waiting on drafting a wideout.

Football Outsiders does its 'Number Crunching' (a stats-and-trends based preview) for Week 2. A look at the numbers reveals the importance of a Ravens blitz, Wes Welker, Dallas Clark and Houston's use of the two-back set in this weekend's key games.

Story | Conversation | September 16, 2010

Every Thursday, Football Outsiders president Aaron Schatz writes Number Crunching, a preview of every game that weekend in terms of interesting trends within the matchups. This is the Week 1 edition, focusing on the importance of Ray Rice, Colts' LBs and the Cowboys' second-half D.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2010

Hidden bonuses in the NFL every year are compensatory picks. This is when the league awards teams with extra mid- and late-round draft selections for losing productive free agents the previous year. Although predicting the round is not an exact scie...

Football Outsiders previews Week 16 in the NFL. Every game is covered, so there's quite a bit of info, but here's a key nugget: There are four stat splits that tend to translate into wins. The Colts are near the top of the NFL in all four. Coincidence?

Story | Conversation | December 23, 2009

Football Outsiders analyzes Week 12 in the NFL. Ideas: Oakland isn't THAT bad; Reggie Bush is poised for a big game vs. New England; Pittsburgh needs to play better in the second half; David Garrard gets knocked around too much and a plan for Houston.

Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

ESPN The Magazine predicts the 2009 season. Their Super Bowl champion? The San Diego Chargers.

Story | Conversation | August 31, 2009