Quick Reads: Talkin' 'bout practice

When it comes to QB success, reps with the first team make all the difference according to Football Outsiders. Just look at the stories of Vince Young and Matt Leinart. Plus, FBO takes a look at the most valuable and least valuable players from Week 12.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009

A goal-line stand can be self-defeating

Recent decisions by the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars add more fuel to the clock-management debate, writes Seth Wickersham.

Home teams throttling Pats after halftime

...10 in the second half and won by a point. "Playing 60 minutes of football," quarterback Tom Brady said at his news conference Wednesday, "I think that's what every team is looking to...

Patriots under pressure to maintain

The Saints have the burden of protecting a perfect record, but the Patriots will be feeling the most pressure on Monday night, writes John Clayton.

The Big Rotowski: Best, worst skeds

Christopher Harris updates his ongoing fantasy football rankings with an eye to the best and worst schedules for the fantasy football playoffs (Weeks 14-17)

...11 2009: New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss (81) gives the thumbs up as quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes behind him. The Denver Broncos defeated the New England Patriots by a score of...

Ten things I learned: Stafford, Cutler, Maroney ...

...and you wouldn't have gotten it right. Hmmm, let's see, there's Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers … And who leads all QB scorers? Matthew Stafford and Brady Quinn, who combined...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Watching Brady, Eli, McCoy and Marshall

...go position by position to discuss other players I feel more fantasy owners are watching. Quarterback: Tom Brady, New England Patriots: You don't think Bill Belichick's boys have something to prove against...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Sorry Charlie

...top of the world. Before Quinn was left in the green room, he was the next Tom Brady. Now, Quinn's EAS-enhanced muscles fire blanks. Can't even throw a bomb that stays...

The Big Rotowski: RB rankings shuffled

Christopher Harris updates his fantasy football rankings for the season, with a number of backup running backs moving up thanks to injuries to starters.

Brady and Manning set to break the bank

...your own? Submit it here. From now through the end of their careers, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady will be compared. This season, each has thrown 16 touchdown passes. This season, each has thrown...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009

SportsNation Guide: NFL Week 10

...Local team chats: ESPN Boston | ESPN Chicago | ESPN Dallas SportsNation would rather have Peyton Manning than Tom Brady dating their sister, but the roles are reversed if a wingman is called for. Maybe it...

Pats-Colts rivalry has layers of intrigue

Patriots-Colts is guaranteed excitement. The aftermath of Sunday's showdown also promises to be compelling, writes John Clayton.

The franchise of the next five years

...and Baltimore. Beyond that, you always can count on New England and Indianapolis as long as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are playing. And if you want a short-term answer to a team...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

FBO: Numbers crunching, Week 10

Football Outsiders applies their metrics to analysis of all Week 10 games. Some observations: the red zone will be the key in CIN/PIT; YAC will be the key in NE/IND; and the Eagles? Not a great road team.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009