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• Giants vs. Vikings Week 1 opening odds: The Giants open as favorites at home

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Giants will open as home favorites over the Vikings The New York Giants will open the 2024 season as 1-point favorites at home against the Minnesota Vikings, per Draftkings Sportsbook. Vegas is expecting this to be something of a low-scoring affair, with an over/under of 41.5 on the game — the lowest total of the weekend. The ...2024
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• 5 things we love and 5 things hate about the Lions 2024 schedule

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK With 9 nationally televised games and a Week 5 bye, there are plenty of things to love and hate about the Lions 2024 schedule. Yeah, this is America’s team. Following a year where they seemed to capture football fans’ hearts around the world, the Detroit Lions will play in nine nationally televised games in 2024, with five of them being in primetime slots. ...2024
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• 5 things I think about the Rams 2024 draft class

Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books. How did the Rams’ crop shake out? The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books, and the Los Angeles Rams crop has been finalized for the year. The team also spent time after the conclusion of the draft to sign undrafted free agents, which are of particular interest to the Rams because they have one or two UDFA’s make the roster...2024
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• Why extending Tua Tagovailoa is a wise decision - The Splash Zone 4/19/24

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours. Whether you agree with it or not, the Miami Dolphins have made it clear that they view Tua Tagovailoa as their long term quarterback with an extension on the horizon. Chris Grier made that cle...2024
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• Best and worst free agent signing for each NFC West team

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images How do the Rams’ signing match up to their division rivals’? The dust is settling on the NFL’s free agency period as teams and fans turn their attention to next month’s NFL Draft. How did the four NFC West teams fare in free agency? The San Francisco 49ers are looking to maintain their hold on the division and keep contending for Super Bowls. Last season ...2024
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• Colts Free Agency: 5 Defensive Backs the Colts Could Target

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Colts still have a need in the defensive backfield. What options remain in Free Agency to fill it? 2 weeks into the 2024 NFL Free Agency, and the Colts still have an estimated $22.4—$23 million in cap space remaining. With the biggest domino in the Defensive Back market falling in the recent L’Jarius Sneed trade, there could be moves in the horizon ...2024
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• Dolphins Offseason Primer - The Splash Zone 2/24/24

Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours. The Miami Dolphins enter another offseason after losing in the Wildcard round for a second straight year. The high scoring offense fell off near ...2024
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• You share your thoughts on the Miami Dolphins future!

Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images Last night I discussed the Super Bowl and our Miami Dolphins' trouble making it out of the first round of the playoffs, let alone making it to the big game. I then asked the following question So beyond getting through the first round of the playoffs how far away do you think this team is from making it back to the Super Bowl or winning the Super Bowl? P...2024
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• History suggests 49ers will have steep climb back to contention in 2024

Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Perhaps no team understands the daunting road ahead of 49ers better than the Rams As the confetti settles on the San Francisco 49ers’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII, we can take an early peek at how this defeat impacts Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers moving into next season. Recent history suggests that San Francisco will face an up-hill...2024
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• Super Bowl LVIII: Kansas City Chiefs Vs. San Francisco 49ers Live Thread & Game Information

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Super Bowl LVIII between the reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will take place this evening at Allegiant Stadium from Paradise Nevada. The 49ers were the NFC's bye team. San Francisco defeated the Green Bay Packers 24 to 21 in the Divisional Round of the NFC’s playoff and then the Detroit Lions 34 to 31 in the NFC’s Champion...2024
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• 2023 recap: 7 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ defense, special teams

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Recapping the 2023 Detroit Lions season with the best and worst defensive performances of the year. Talk about a roller coaster. While the offense was consistent throughout the season, the Detroit Lions defense was the opposite of that. Overall, it was an improvement from the 2022 season, but while there were more good plays and games from this defense, the i...2024
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• The case for and against retaining Ravens’ key offensive free agents

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Following a gut-wrenching defeat in the AFC championship game, the focus will now shift to the offseason for the Baltimore Ravens. Albeit much sooner than everyone hoped, the Ravens will have many questions to answers in the coming weeks and months. One of the most important items will be free agency, where the Ravens are set to have more than 20 incumbe...2024
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• NFC Championship Round: Detriot Lions @ San Francisco 49ers Live Thread & Game Information

Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images This evening’s NFC Championship Round Game features the NFC North’s Detroit Lions and the NFC West’s San Francisco 49ers. The Lions defeated the Los Angeles Rams in the Wildcard Round and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Divisional Round to earn their spot in the Championship Game. The 49ers were the only team in the NFC with a bye w...2024
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• AFC Championship Round: Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens Live Thread & Game Information

Set Number: X163807 TK1 This afternoon’s AFC Championship Round Game features the AFC West's first-place Kansas City Chiefs and the AFC North’s first-place Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs have made their way through the playoffs by defeating our Miami Dolphins in the Wildcard Round home and then the Buffalo Bills in an away game in last week's Divisional Round. Baltimore held the AFC’s only b...2024
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• Giants vs. Vikings Week 1 opening odds: The Giants open as favorites at home
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• 5 things we love and 5 things hate about the Lions 2024 schedule
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• 5 things I think about the Rams 2024 draft class
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• Why extending Tua Tagovailoa is a wise decision - The Splash Zone 4/19/24
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• Best and worst free agent signing for each NFC West team
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• Colts Free Agency: 5 Defensive Backs the Colts Could Target
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• NFL free agency: Giants re-sign WR Isaiah Hodgins

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Hodgins brings valuable depth to Giants’ WR core The New York Giants announced Thursday evening that they have agreed to terms with veteran wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins. Hodgins concluded the 2023 season with 21 receptions, 230 receiving yards, and three touchdowns. Now entering his fifth season, the Giants claimed Hodgins off waivers from the Buffalo Bi...2024
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• Random Ramsdom: Les Snead has a couple complimentary picks to work with

Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 3/9/24 Les Snead and the Los Angeles Rams are one of a few teams with a more than one complimentary pick to work with. It’s an exciting time as the LA Rams still have possession of their first round pick and number of other picks and fans certainly can’t wait to see how the team ends up deciding to use them. How do you think the Rams will use them? Thank you so...2024
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• Dolphins Offseason Primer - The Splash Zone 2/24/24
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• You share your thoughts on the Miami Dolphins future!
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• Giants vs. Vikings Week 1 opening odds: The Giants open as favorites at home
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• 5 things I think about the Rams 2024 draft class
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• Best and worst free agent signing for each NFC West team
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• History suggests 49ers will have steep climb back to contention in 2024
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• Super Bowl LVIII: Kansas City Chiefs Vs. San Francisco 49ers Live Thread & Game Information
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• 2023 recap: 7 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ defense, special teams
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• The case for and against retaining Ravens’ key offensive free agents
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• We likely haven’t heard the last of the Rams-Lions rivalry

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Matthew Stafford-Jared Goff trade tied together the fate of their respective teams While at times the Matthew Stafford-Jared Goff quarterback swap between the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions in 2021 seems like ancient history, the blockbuster trade put both teams on a collusion course that we are seeing play out in real time. The Rams were a team ...2024
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• NFC Championship Round: Detriot Lions @ San Francisco 49ers Live Thread & Game Information
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• AFC Championship Round: Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens Live Thread & Game Information
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• You share your thoughts on the Miami Dolphins future!
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• 2023 recap: 7 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ defense, special teams
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• A brief Q&A with former Texan and NFL legend J.J. Watt

J.J Watt x Dawn The former Texans defensive end sits down with BRB for a few questions. J.J Watt is widely known for his dominant play on the field, playing 10 years in Houston for the Houston Texans, along with two years in Phoenix for the Arizona Cardinals. During that time, Watt accumulated 114.5 career sacks to go along with five All-Pro selections and five Pro Bowl selections. Another...2024
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• Overreactions to the Ravens’ divisional round win over the Texans

Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images Spicy yet reasonable takes following the Ravens’ latest victory. The Baltimore Ravens punched their first AFC Championship game ticket in over a decade with a 34-10 drubbing of the Houston Texans on Saturday. There were several encouraging performances in this divisional round bout, where the Ravens continued to play their best against the best competiti...2024
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• NFL Picks Divisional Playoffs - Will all the home favorites advance?

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The DBN staff predicts the Divisional Playoff games. The Cleveland Browns are out of it, but we still have a jam-packed weekend of NFL Divisional Playoffs ahead of us. Here are my predictions for each game, followed by the rest of the DBN staff’s picks. Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens - Saturday, 4:30 PM ET C.J. Stroud and the Texans dismantled the Browns...2024
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• Divisional Round Preview: How to attack the Texans’ defense

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports The Ravens are poised to have success against an ascending Houston unit on Saturday. The top-seeded Baltimore Ravens will host the fourth-seeded Houston Texans on Saturday to kick off divisional-round weekend action. While it is a rematch from Week 1 when the two teams faced off for the 2023 season opener, neither are the same and they both have come a long way ...2024
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• Previewing the Ravens vs. Texans Divisional round showdown

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images It’s do-or-die for Baltimore The Baltimore Ravens are back in the game after a bye week in the Super Wildcard round of the NFL playoffs. Now, they play host to the red-hot Houston Texans in the Divisional round. Teams (Regular Season Records) Baltimore Ravens: 13-3Houston Texans: 10-7 DraftKings Sportsbook) Ravens -9.5OVER/UNDER: 43.5Mo...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Tyreek Hill makes light of being jammed by L’Jarius Sneed

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, January 16 The latest Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill jokes Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed ‘jammed’ him to ‘Cancun’ | NFL.com The Kansas City Chiefs defense bullied the Miami Dolphins in the bitter cold at Arrowhead Stadium in Saturday’s 26-7 domination during Super Wild Card Weekend. Physical K.C. cornerback L’Jarius...2024
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• Winners & Losers: Jared Goff outclassed Matthew Stafford in Detroit

Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images LA’s red zone shortcomings determined outcome in Wildcard round The Los Angeles Rams were one of the hottest football teams in the National Football League coming into the NFC wildcard round. LA started the year 3-6 but turned a corner once Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, and Cooper Kupp all rounded into full health. The Rams were playing with house mon...2024
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• Jaguars' Cam Robinson avoids season-ending injury

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Good news for the Jaguars, as LT Cam Robinson will reportedly be available to return from Sunday's knee injury in three to six weeks. The Jacksonville Jaguars will reportedly be without their starting left tackle Cam Robinson for three to six weeks after Robinson left Sunday's Houston Texans road victory with a left knee injury. #Jaguars OT Cam Robinson...2023
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• Winners & Losers: Jared Goff outclassed Matthew Stafford in Detroit
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• Rams boost four rookies on NFL.com All-Rookie Team

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images LA’s stellar 2023 draft class continues to receive the recognition it deserves Heading into the season, the Los Angeles Rams were viewed as a rebuilding team with a long ways to go. Enter a remarkably strong draft class and LA was able to finish a surprising 10-7 with a trip to the Wild Card Round. GM Les Snead’s stellar draft haul received further recogniti...2024
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• PFF grades: LA should be confident if Russ Yeast must start in wildcard

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Jordan Fuller left Week 18 with an ankle injury, thrusting Russ Yeast into action Week 18 went just about as well as the Los Angeles Rams could have hoped for entering their regular season finale against the San Francisco 49ers. Sean McVay rested LA’s key starters—including Aaron Donald, Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, Cooper Kupp, and Ernest Jones—and sti...2024
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• Jordan Love throws for 272 yards and three TDs in Packers' 48-32 win over Cowboys | NFL Highlights

Jordan Love threw for 272 yards and three TDs in the Green Bay Packers' 48-32 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the wildcard round of the playoffs....2024
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• Dolphins have third-longest active streak of winning seasons in NFL
Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins, after a generation of mediocrity, appear to be coming out of their malaise. The Miami Dolphins, once the winningest team in NFL history, have fallen off since the end of the Dan Marino era at the turn of the century. For an entire generation, the Dolphins have been an afterthought with occasional seasons of surpr...2023
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• BREAKING: Buccaneers to sign QB Baker Mayfield
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Bucs woke up feeling dangerous and now have found their new signal caller The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have themselves a QB. It was reported by Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network that Baker Mayfield is signing a year deal with the Buccaneers with a value of up to $8.5 million dollars. Mayfield was always high on the Bucs list of available options at the q...2023
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• Rams continue to deny Chargers an opportunity to call LA “home”

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images It was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Rams. Chargers couldn’t beat a Chiefs team without Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce. The outlook of the 2023 season seemed bleak for the Los Angles Rams, even to the point where Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff felt compelled to write a letter reassuring fans that the team was on the right track. Behind leader...2024
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• CeeDee Lamb Week 18 dominance should put his name in season award conversations

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports CeeDee Lamb forever. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Washington Commanders on Sunday 38-10. The win gives the Cowboys the NFC East title, as well as securing them the number two seed in the playoffs. The importance of the win can’t be overstated, as it gives the Cowboys at least two home playoff games if they advance that far. The offense was led by QB Dak Prescot...2024
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• The Linc - Bench James Bradberry?

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 12/20/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... In Roob’s Bonus Eagles Observations: Is it time to bench James Bradberry? - NBCSP1. Is it time to bench James Bradberry? You can sure make a case for it. Bradberry isn’t remotely the same player he was last year, and his struggles on that last drive Monday ni...2023
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• 2023 NFL Week 13 Power Rankings: Dallas Cowboys continue to rank among the best

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Our latest NFL power rankings, including where outlets across the internet have the Dallas Cowboys. There is just one NFL game left in the month of November and it just so happens that our favorite team is set to play in it. We have indeed reached December football (effectively speaking) which means the stakes are higher than ever before. With critical attenti...2023
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• 12 Thoughts as the Seahawks kick off the 2023 season

A collection of FTR thoughts that weren’t turned into their own articles ... It’s Seahawks game day so I’ll keep this brief - well, “brief” in an FTR sense, anyway. Thought No. 1 It’s been a while since the Seahawks have whooped the Rams. They swept the series last year, but both games were very close, with one of them requiring overtime for Seattle to seal the win. The Seahawks won by double di...2023
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• Evaluating the pros and cons of signing RB J.K. Dobbins to a contract extension
Ravens RB J.K. Dobbins is entering the final year of his rookie contract and is seeking a new deal. | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images There are solid reasons for and against giving the fourth-year pro a new deal sooner rather than later. The Baltimore Ravens have numerous players that will be either playing on the final year of their current contracts during the 2023 season. Fourth-ye...2023
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• Giants vs. Vikings Week 1 opening odds: The Giants open as favorites at home
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• 5 things we love and 5 things hate about the Lions 2024 schedule
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• 5 things I think about the Rams 2024 draft class
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• Colts Free Agency: 5 Defensive Backs the Colts Could Target
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• Random Ramsdom: Les Snead has a couple complimentary picks to work with
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• Time to stop making excuses - The Splash Zone 2/13/24

Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours. Tyreek Hill was making his media rounds during Super Bowl week and got to watch his former team win another championship without him. The Miami Dolphins receiver got on the topic of next seas...2024
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• Phinsider Question Of The Day: When Will It Be Our Time Again?

Well with the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVII last evening another NFL season is officially in the books. The end of the season also marks another season in which our own Miami Dolphins neither won a championship nor even made it to the big game. The Dolphins have now made it to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons which is an improvement but they have yet t...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Tyreek Hill makes light of being jammed by L’Jarius Sneed
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• The Linc - One trend working in the Eagles’ favor?

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 1/11/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Hype Trap Bet: The NFL wild-card narratives to fade or follow - ESPNNARRATIVE: Teams that finish the season poorly are doomed in the playoffs; the Eagles won’t advance far in the postseason. Analysis: I don’t necessarily disagree with that second statement, but ...2024
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• 2023 NFL Power Rankings Wildcard Round: Ravens stay on top despite meaningless season finale loss

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The latest power rankings following their Week 18 defeat in a game in which they rested several starters. The vast majority of national pundits still view the Baltimore Ravens as the undisputed best team in the league even after they after they had their six-game winning streak snapped in a Week 18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers that saw several starter...2024
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• Are the Ravens the ‘sleeping giant’ in AFC for the 2023 season?
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Despite having a former unanimous league MVP under center, the team has been flying under the radar compared to some of the other top contenders in the conference. Professional sports teams with a former league MVP still in their prime are rarely overlooked, especially in the NFL. However, with an AFC loaded with playoff and championship contenders, and all...2023
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• The Curse of 1998: Part 3
Fred Smoot celebrates a Victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006. | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images The Love Boat, Whizzinator, Super Bowl Tickets, and the continued descent into hell In Part 2, we explored how the Minnesota Vikings truly began their descent into the NFL’s version of Dante’s Inferno, crossing into Limbo with 2003’s tragic season-ending loss to the Arizona Ca...2023
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