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The Bills Are Proof That A Team Needs More Than Just A Good QB

The Buffalo Bills — yes, the same Buffalo Bills franchise that hasn’t made the playoffs since 1999 — enter their Week 11 matchup tonight against the New England Patriots with a 5-4 record. Coming into Week 11, that record was good enough for the Bills to hold the second wild-card spot in the AFC. The […]

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The Browns Have A Tight End Who’s Defying Time

Cleveland Browns tight end Gary Barnidge is 30 years old. Most would call him a young man — a millennial, even! He was 4 when the Berlin Wall came down, one of his favorite actors is Jonah Hill, and he’s participated in a reality TV dating show. In NFL years, though, he’s a geezer. Our […]

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The 2016 Cubs Were Only The 70th Most Dominant Team Ever

Back at the start of the season, we ranked the dominance of every team in every season of MLB history using Elo ratings, a measure of relative team strength. The 1939 Yankees came in first, the 1906 Cubs second. Now that 2016 is done, where did this season’s Cubs place? Our updated rankings are below, […]

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The Browns Have A Tight End Who’s Defying Time

Cleveland Browns tight end Gary Barnidge is 30 years old. Most would call him a young man — a millennial, even! He was 4 when the Berlin Wall came down, one of his favorite actors is Jonah Hill, and he’s participated in a reality TV dating show. In NFL years, though, he’s a geezer. Our […]

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Peyton Manning Was At His Worst, But He’s Still The Best

Sunday was bittersweet for Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Playing against the Kansas City Chiefs, Manning broke Brett Favre’s NFL record for most career passing yards when he completed a 4-yard pass to Ronnie Hillman in the first quarter. But aside from setting that new all-time high, Manning could scarcely have had a worse day. […]

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