Multiple records broken, a shocking lack of blitzes, and an under-the-radar receiver performance: Breaking down the Eagles’ blowout Super Bowl LIX by the numbers www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...

The (other) big game is HERE. Introducing Connections: Sports Edition, a spin-off to test your ball knowledge. Can you find the common thread? Test your knowledge www.nytimes.com/athletic/con...

After last night's record-setting performance by Jameis, teams are currently 18-14 in the games where they set a franchise passing record. Kinda surprised! Panthers, Browns, Cowboys, Broncos, Lions, Colts, Jaguars, Chiefs, Chargers, Dolphins, Vikings, Saints, Giants, and Buccaneers all with Ls.

Before December 2023, I think the only Radiohead song I had ever heard was Creep. Whoops

Earlier this year, while doing preseason predictions, I laid out the case for what a running back's MVP season would look like. It was a long-shot, and I really didn't think it was all that realistic. Saquon Barkley's making the case right now.

Think I cracked Miami’s cold-weather problem: just switch colorways after November 1. Can’t wear teal below 50 degrees

DeMarvion Overshown can really do it all. -Cowboys Co-leader in sacks. -2nd-most tackles on team. -Most PDs on team outside the secondary Now, the owner of the team’s only pick six (and only defensive touchdown) of the season. If Dallas was better, he’d be a DROY dark horse

Osa Odighizua enters today’s game with the fourth-most pressures among DTs and as many pressures as Micah Parsons but only has 2.0 sacks on the year. He’s already taken a massive leap this year, but when those pressures start converting he’s going to be a PROBLEM

The Chargers — allowing the third-most yards after contact per carry this season before tonight — finding out they have to tackle Derrick Henry

Everything looked effortless for the Buccaneers as Tampa Bay picks up a 30-7 win over the Giants and Tommy DeVito. The first few weeks of the post-Daniel Jones era are not going to be fun. www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...

Bucs-Giants has been pretty standard fare thus far but we’ve gotten at least three or four insane acrobatic plays in this one

Gross-weather AFC North football also applies here. Russell Wilson hasn’t missed a pass but has three sacks and a fumble? Perfection

That time of year

The most iconic moment of the 2024 NFL season thus far has officially been immortalized in Madden www.nytimes.com/athletic/593...

THIS IS NOT A DRILL THE COLTS JUST RAN A GOALLINE WING T PACKAGE WITH TWO DEFENSIVE TACKLES IN THE BACKFIELD lost yards on the play, but we've never been more back

Watched peak cinema tonight boxd.it/7NXNu5

One part of the old site I’ll miss: curating algo got so busted that I turned my For You page into 100% bird pics. Didn’t follow any birders or nature accts. Just started liking bird pics. More showed up. Kept liking. Repeat. Could scroll for hours w/o seeing X crap. Just birds. Need BSky birds!

What happens when you mix one of the lowest defensive spends, a bunch of rookie-contract players, and one of the most demanding defensive schemes in the NFL? Answer: a top-5 defensive unit by DVOA For the first time in the Mahomes era, the Chiefs D is carrying the team

Daron Bland has been absolutely eating off those sideline outs/fades. Third pick six of the year, second one on that kind of play

This is the funniest bit from a TV show in recent memory

Quick thread (do we thread here?) dumping my notes from my latest piece over at FTN. Few odds and ends, one-liner stats, etc. that stood out to me and couldn’t make it in the article

Latest over at FTN: We take a look at the charting stat Interceprion-Worthy Throws, how they add great context for QB performance, and fun little outliers that pop up

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I’m movin different

Latest over at FTN: this has been a long time coming, but it's time for the Patriots to rebuild. A bad team with bad skill players dragged down by bad coaching decisions. Where did it go wrong, where will things go from here, and how long will they stay bad?

New at FTN Fantasy's DVOA page from @caleclinton.bsky.social: How the Detroit Lions' culture change is reflected in their best-ever DVOA start. www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN...