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Tristan H. Cockcroft

Nov 21, 2024, 06:45 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Making tough lineup decisions each week can be the most challenging part of the fantasy football process.

My weekly matchup rankings provide a schedule-independent method to evaluate positional matchups, listing all 32 opposing defenses in order of most to least favorable for opposing players at all four skill positions (quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end). Instead of relying on seasonal totals, we calibrate points-allowed data to show how each defense fared relative to the difficulty of the schedule it has faced. This provides a fairer approach to judging the quality

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Stephen Holder, ESPNNov 21, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

CloseStephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. He has chronicled the NFL since 2005, covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2005-2013 and the Colts since 2013. He has previously worked for the Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Indianapolis Star and The Athletic.Open Extended Reactions

INDIANAPOLIS — On the Indianapolis Colts‘ first play

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Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

CloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher.Open Extended Reactions

FRISCO, Texas — The way it is told now, there was always going to be a on-field transition with the switch at defensive coordinator from Dan Quinn to Mike Zimmer.

As much as the schemes of the Dallas Cowboys‘ coordinators of the recent past and present have similarities, there are some differences

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Jenna Laine, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

CloseJenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN.Open Extended Reactions

TAMPA, Fla. — Help is on the way for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it’s coming in the form of Pro Bowl wide receiver and the franchise’s all-time leading receiver Mike Evans.

Evans has missed the last three games with a hamstring injury, tied for the longest absence of his 11-year career, and coach Todd Bowles

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNNov 21, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — Four days before making his season debut against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 7, Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb wrote a story in The Players Tribune reflecting on his long journey back to the field.

Thirteen months prior, in a Week 2 Monday night game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chubb tore

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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AS HALFTIME DREW to a close of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ pivotal Week 10 game at the Washington Commanders, the public address system at Northwest Stadium crackled to life with a directive to fans: cheer on the home team by waving the burgundy towels.

And though the team distributed north of 40,000 rally towels to fans as they entered the stadium on Nov. 10, Commanders fans were quickly engulfed by a pulsing yellow

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Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterNov 20, 2024, 08:06 PM ET

CloseJosh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University. You can follow him via Twitter @joshweinfuss.Open Extended Reactions

TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals first-round pick Darius Robinson said Wednesday that the last few months have been full of “a lot of ups and downs.”

Speaking for the first time this season, the defensive end

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Brady Henderson, ESPNNov 20, 2024, 06:52 PM ET

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RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks‘ headquarters lost power as a result of severe winds from a storm that ripped through western Washington on Tuesday.

The Virginia Mason Athletic Center was using limited backup power Wednesday after a “bomb cyclone” caused a mass outage that affected hundreds of thousands of people in the western part of the state.

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Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterNov 20, 2024, 05:49 PM ET

CloseRob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him on Twitter at @RobDemovsky.Open Extended Reactions

GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not that Jordan Love obsessed over the NFC divisional playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers this offseason, but he did have all spring and summer to think about it.

Now that the 49ers

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Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterNov 20, 2024, 05:35 PM ET

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — All the hoopla that surrounded quarterback Tommy DeVito last year made him an instant sensation. Now, the second time around with him as the New York Giants‘ starting quarterback, he’s trying to keep it relatively mild.

The local product and undrafted free agent out of Illinois will start against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

“Last

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