Category: Football

The NFC South was the worst division in the NFL this past season, but it turned into an epic race that saw three teams finish with an 8-9 record. Thanks to a four-game win streak from the Atlanta Falcons and a disastrous 2-7 stretch from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers that earned a home playoff game.

The Panthers became the fifth team in NFL history to win their division with a losing record, and the first team to make the playoffs twice with a losing record. Still, 2025 was a step in the right

In 2026, 12 of the NFL’s 32 teams have either a new head coach, quarterback, or both. To determine those in the best positions, the same criteria were used from completing this exercise last year:

A team needs just one new starting quarterback or coach to qualify (for example, Cam Ward is entering Year 2 with the Tennessee Titans, but this is his first season with Robert Saleh atop the staff).What constitutes a “new starting quarterback”? Any projected starter who didn’t start Week 1 or multiple games for his current team the year prior.Just to be clear, we ranked the duos, not their

Dynamic duos are always valued in both sports and pop culture. From the NBA Jam video game to Batman and Robin, and Scooby Doo and Shaggy, people enjoy team-ups in pursuit of a shared goal. 

The NFL is no different. Now that the offseason dust is settling, many fresh, exciting new quarterback-wide receiver duos have formed. As recently as Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles shipped three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots, but that wasn’t the only notable wide receiver trade. The Denver Broncos scooped up Jaylen Waddle from the Miami Dolphins, and the Buffalo Bills took

Darnell Washington parlayed his breakout 2025 season into a lucrative contract extension. The Pittsburgh Steelers reached an agreement with their 6-foot-7 tight end on a four-year, $42 million extension that includes $21 million guaranteed, according to ESPN. 

A 2023 third-round pick, Washington was on the final year of his rookie contract. While he is primarily a blocking tight end, the former Georgia Bulldog started to show his receiving prowess last season before he suffered a Week 17 injury during Pittsburgh’s loss to the Browns. He set career highs in receptions (31) and yards (364) while establishing a quick rapport with Aaron Rodgers. 

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Quarterback projections are usually wrong for one simple reason: We spend too much time talking about the quarterback and not enough time talking about everything around him.

Every spring, evaluators obsess over arm strength, athleticism, release mechanics and highlight-reel throws. Then September arrives, and we’re reminded that rookie quarterbacks don’t enter the NFL in a vacuum. They enter ecosystems. Some inherit stable organizations, proven play-callers and ascending offensive lines. Others walk into rebuilding projects where every dropback feels like an exercise in survival.

The data back that up.

To see which factors actually mattered most, I ran a model using college and rookie