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Last Minute Stocking Stuffers for NFL Teams
A holiday tradition unlike any other: a dad-jokey NFL gag-gift column! It would have felt weird to NOT write one!
Mike Tanier
Seahawks
Michael Penix, Jayden Daniels and Other Babes in Toyland
In which your author, a consummate professional, saves all his whining about the Eagles loss until about 3,000 words in.
Broncos
Vikings Penaltyhalla, Texans Sackapalooza
A StatWatch tour of the NFL's invisible numbers finds the Vikings thriving on opponents' penalties, the Texans in a sack race and the Broncos enjoying (too) many happy returns.
Ravens
The Running Back Renaissance That Wasn't
Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry and others made a difference for playoff teams this year. But it wasn't that big a difference. And it won't make much of a difference for other RBs.
NFL Walkthrough
Clusterhump Atop the NFC Standings!
Week 15 Walkthrough eventually gets around to discussing Bills-Lions and Eagles-Steelers, despite having the Broncos, Packers, Texans and the Mahomes injury on the brain.
Patriots
Sickened By a League He's Too Good For, Bill Belichick Plans to Make the NFL Jealous
A Too Deep Zone guest columnist with lots of insider connections explains why Bill Belichick is better and smarter than the league which shunned him.
Down The Stretch
First in Fans' Hearts, Third in the NFC North
Our "Down the Stretch" series examines the Packers, who are very good but stuck in a division with two teams that are better.
Broncos
In the Hall of the (New) Mountain King
Angry Storm God Elway reigns no more. All Hail Snarky Trickster God Sean Payton, his chosen one Bo Nix, and the all-new, all-different Orange Crush!
Kirk Cousins
Patrick Mahomes and the Gospel of Intangibles
The Chiefs issue a Sunday night statement of faith. Plus: a Cousins Kirkcoming, the Seahawks claim the NFC West (for now) and a fool and his $3 million are nearly parted.
Mailbag
Antonio Brown and the Hall of Fame (Mailbag Part II)
Revisiting a classic Football Outsiders debate over one of the most polarizing players in pro football history.
Mailbag
DangeRUSS Minds (Mailbag Part I)
Russell Wilson's resurgence, the Saquon Barkley "conversation," a kicker slump that's not really a slump, and much more.
aaron rodgers
May This Be My Last Aaron Rodgers Headline
It won't be. But Rodgers and the Jets sunk to a new low on Sunday. Also: an Eagles-Ravens breakdown, some Turkey Day leftovers and the Justin Herbert/Kirk Cousins Hobby Horse Bowl.