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Lo! The NFL divisional playoff round draws hither
This crazy, six-game slate on Wild Card Weekend lived up to the hype, delivering history and upsets and exciting games, wire to wire. We now have a Divisional Round in the NFL Playoffs that includes the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns. Crazy, right?...

Stop the Patrick Mahomes shoo-in talk for MVP - he's come up empty the last two seasons
The time has come to pump the brakes on Patrick Mahomes....

Seahawks defense makes Rams look futile, Dallas can steal booboo division, and Packers could dethrone Chiefs
The end of the NFL season is next week, which means that playoff spots are on the line....

Colts run through Raiders like beef stroganoff, Chiefs keep sleepwalking to victory, and Steelers look like they are going to New Era Pinstripe Bowl
The NFL seemed to get full control over its COVID situation in Week 14, after a week that saw players literally being pulled out of pregame warmups because of positive tests....

Xavien Howard snags one-handed INT from Ozone Layer against Mahomes
The Dolphins’ Xavien Howard just gave us one of the most spectacular defensive plays of the season....

Which 2-0 NFL teams were frauds? An investigation revisited
Every year, we overreact to 2-0 teams. And every year, a hot team in September cools off by December....

Comparing Mahomes and Brady has become disrespectful to the Chiefs QB, stop it
Don’t let the final score fool you. This game was never in doubt for Kansas City....

Can someone, anyone, guard Tyreek Hill?
Tampa Bay is trying, they really are....

Patrick Mahomes' ketchup obsession has become a disgrace to common decency — says he’ll put it on his turkey
I think it’s time that we have an intervention for Patrick Mahomes....

Jim Nantz wants CBS to pay him like someone with a personality
In some ways you can’t begrudge Jim Nantz for asking for the bag. He probably looks to his right most Sundays, sees the Jerry Lewis soundboard that is Tony Romo, and figures A) Just by having to sit next to that overrated, handsome gas bag for four hours a week is worth $17 million a year. And B) If...

Sunday Scaries: The Week 11 bets to avoid
I regret to inform you that the Jacksonville Jaguars did not make the cut for this week’s Sunday Scaries. Of course they’re not winning games, but they’re covering. So they seem… reliable?...

Deadspin Fixes the Royals: Helping Kansas City help itself
Five years ago, the Kansas City Royals were world champions. It was not a fluke or an accident, but the payoff for implementing a strategy that allowed them to compete despite not having the resources of the Yankees and Red Sox of the world....

Easily, Lamar Jackson’s feat is better than Patrick Mahomes’
Two of the best and brightest quarterbacks in the NFL made news on Sunday....

After escaping from the Jets, who can blame Le’Veon Bell for wanting to win?
It’s not even fair at this point....

Week 5 takeaways: Another coach is gone, the Niners got smacked like they ate an edible, and the Boys’ D is as bad as Trump’s COVID team
After a crazy week in the NFL that saw more players testing positive for COVID-19, a mass reshuffling of games, and coaches getting the boot, here we are again with our weekly NFL takeaways. ...

Deadspin Over/Under Bet of the Week: Hail to this Chiefs total
Over/Under: 54.5...

Sunday Scaries: The Week 5 bets you should avoid
Welcome to another installment of the Sunday Scaries where NFL Sundays are becoming, fittingly, scarier....

The NFL must start handing out forfeits
It’s clear by now that the league is winging it....

It’s all going wrong and the NFL’s malice could cost lives
The recklessness from the NFL is mind-boggling. ...
