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Every Friday through the Super Bowl, David Fleming will check in with 12 things about the NFL. This week, he gives 12 things that won't suprise him during Week 1 of the NFL season. Fleming presents his huge upset pick (the Lions over the Bears). He ...

Every few years, a team makes a draft pick the public hates. Darrius Heyward-Bey wears the mantle this time, but he seems to be coping well, writes Seth Wickersham.

The rookie minicamp begins Friday, so we're catching you up with the Jets' draft picks: Player: Sheldon Richardson, first round School: Missouri Position: Defensive tackle Projected impact: Barring an upset, Richardson should be the openi...

CLEVELAND -- It seems like the Browns quarterbacks can't get out of a Steelers game healthy. Rookie first-round pick Brandon Weeden suffered a concussion in Sunday's 20-14 upset win over Pittsburgh. It was just last December when Colt McCoy got a ...

The New York Jets (3-3) are technically in first place in the AFC East via tiebreakers. But that has not convinced AccuScore to pick New York to upset the New England Patriots (3-3) at Gillette Stadium. According to computer simulations, the reign...

If the Colts (2-13), who upset the Houston Texans on Thursday, lose their final regular-season game, they still will get the No. 1 overall pick in 2012 because of a strength-of-schedule tiebreaker. In Week 17, the Colts play at Jacksonville. The M...

The Miami Dolphins played one of their best games of the season in Week 8. But that wasn't enough to convince AccuScore to pick the winless Dolphins to upset the Kansas City Chiefs. Despite coming off a short week, Kansas City (4-3) was picked to ...

Who says the New England Patriots (5-1) are clear favorites over the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2)? Despite many trends to the contrary -- including Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's mastery of Pittsburgh -- AccuScore picks the Steelers to upset New En...

The St. Louis Rams will be without tight end Michael Hoomanawanui for Week 1, no surprise given concerns over aggravating his calf injury. It's an upset, at least to me, that 2011 first-round draft pick Robert Quinn is also not active for the Rams...

SAN ANTONIO -- Normally after an interception, Tony Romo gets a little upset. After DeMarcus Ware surprised Romo by dropping back in coverage near the goal line in red zone drills to pick off a pass intended for Dez Bryant on Monday, however, Romo...

ENGLEWOOD, CO. -- Tim DeRuyter believes his lasting image of Von Miller exemplifies who the Denver Broncos' first-round pick truly is. It was moments after an upset win against visiting Nebraska in November. Ninety-thousand-plus fans flooded Texas...

In a mild upset, the New England Patriots didn't trade the 17th draft pick. Then they used it to draft 6-foot-8 Colorado tackle Nate Solder. Why the Patriots took him: The Patriots seem to have strength at tackle. Young right tackle Sebastian Voll...

The AFC North blog held its own in Week 16 with a 2-1 record. The Cincinnati Bengals' upset of the San Diego Chargers was the only blemish. Here are our picks for Week 17 (all times are ET): Cincinnati Bengals (4-11) at Baltimore Ravens (11-4),...

We had another winning weekend in the AFC North blog by going 2-1. Only the Cleveland Browns' upset over the New England Patriots ruined our undefeated streak. But we're going to keep the momentum going with "Walker's AFC North picks" for Week 10 ...

The AFC North blog had a great Week 7 picking division games. Only the Cleveland Browns' upset of the defending champs prevented an otherwise flawless record. In an effort to keep the momentum going, we have two tough games to pick this weekend. H...

We found out in the season opener the impact Kansas City Chiefs second-round pick Dexter McCluster can have on the team when he returned a franchise record 94-yard punt for a touchdown in the team's upset win over San Diego. After a Week 3 perform...