Ever since Patrick Mahomes’s early season slump, NFL watchers have been waiting for the Kansas City Chiefs’ high-flying offense to return. The Chiefs have averaged 25.3 points per game this season, tied for 13th — which isn’t bad. But after three straight years of finishing between first and sixth, the preseason Super Bowl favorites are […]
Outside of player injuries, penalties may be the most exasperating part of football. While punishing a team for breaking the rules is an important part of ensuring fair play, the arbitrary enforcement of what are often vaguely written laws can have an outsized effect on the outcome of a football game. And among the penalties […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): The Sunday that brought Minshew Mania back to the NFL gave us a little more chaos and a little more clarity. In Week 13, one hapless team (the Houston Texans) was eliminated from playoff contention, while another (the Detroit Lions) got its first win. Does anyone know what happened in […]
Football has no shortage of adages. It’s a game of inches. It’s about imposing your will and dominating your opponent. It’s about grit, and winning through toughness. But what if football is also largely about being lucky? Near the end of the second quarter in the Week 11 game between the Indianapolis Colts and the […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): The chaos that is the 2021 NFL season continued in Week 12, with consistency as elusive as ever. Six teams that won their most recent game lost this week, while eight teams that lost their prior game turned things around with a win. But two-thirds of the way through the […]