With the stretch run of the 2025 NFL regular season here, we're getting much-needed clarity about contenders and pretenders. On the AFC side, the Houston Texans, powered by a special defense that ...

The league's wins leaders, New England (11) and Denver (10), are a fascinating study in contrasts -- and wouldn't it be fun if they were to meet in the playoffs? Both are compelling, emerging teams, ...

1. Patriots (last week No. 3; 11-2): The post-Brady/Belichick doldrums are officially over. 2. Broncos (No. 2; 10-2): The No. 1 seed is inching within reach. 3. Rams (No. 1; 9-3): After a visit to the ...

The New England Patriots, with the league's best record at 11-2, have moved up the ranks. Significant jumps in the rankings include the Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills, and Chicago Bears as five teams ...

Once again, a team that was in the top spot in the Power Rankings was toppled. The Los Angeles Rams went to Carolina and Matt Stafford committed three turnovers in an upset by the NFC South team. That ...

Remember when the Chicago Bears began the 2025 season 0-2, and questions about whether the Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson marriage would actually work led most of the morning sportstalk shows? Yeah, ...

The NFL Week 13 schedule is almost in the books, with the final game of the week the New York Giants at New England Patriots on Monday Night Football (Dec. 1). Down go the Los Angeles Rams after the ...

Are power rankings completely dumb and meaningless? Yes. Yes, they are. However, personally speaking, whenever I see them, I click. And now that I've sucked you in with promises of many power rankings ...

The Los Angeles Rams remain the top-ranked team for the fourth consecutive week. The Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs both moved up two spots in the rankings. The Philadelphia Eagles and ...

The Chiefs aren't dead yet! Neither are the Texans, Ravens and ... the Cowboys? We'll see about the last one; that narrative could be dead by Thursday night. The Eagles are almost certainly in the ...

Is the NFL season barreling toward a third Super Bowl meeting between the Rams and Patriots? Steelers-Cowboys (three times) is the only Super Bowl matchup to happen more than twice. Rams-Patriots ...

Sunday at Ford Field was not a leisurely afternoon for the Detroit Lions, but the performance was good enough to secure their seventh victory of the season and a firm spot among the NFL’s best. In ...