N.F.L. Roundup
Bucs Release Coordinator In Wake of Health Issues
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jeff Tedford, in his first season as the offensive coordinator at Tampa Bay, had not worked since the third preseason game.
Take a break from the weekly masochism. Here are some suggestions for better ways to spend this Sunday other than watching the 2-10 Jets and the 3-9 Giants.
Jeff Tedford, in his first season as the offensive coordinator at Tampa Bay, had not worked since the third preseason game.
A win would be a huge boost for the Bengals because every team below them in the A.F.C. North has a winning record, leaving the Bengals little wiggle room.
Drew Stanton must rediscover a semblance of efficiency or the Cardinals will plummet while Seattle reasserts itself in the N.F.C. West.
Despite a hot start, the Browns could finish with a losing record for the seventh consecutive season.
Detroit is likely to win this game, but Gerald McCoy and the Tampa Bay defense will at least make the Lions work for it.
Clowney, the top overall pick in the N.F.L. draft, was injured in Week 1 and never completely recovered from the procedure.
It could be a big day for Chris Ivory and Chris Johnson, but there is little reason to believe that will translate to a Jets win.
If the turnover-prone Mark Sanchez challenges Richard Sherman, the game could go sideways quickly for Philadelphia.
Always tough at home, the Broncos can offset the possible absence of the touchdown machine Julius Thomas with running back C. J. Anderson, who is having a breakout second season.
New Orleans is a deeply flawed team, with a defense that puts up little to no resistance and an offense that no longer seems able to overwhelm an opponent.
Jason and Justin Sablich provide weekly player rankings for standard and PPR scoring formats. They will be updated throughout the season.
Although some fantasy playoffs start this week, and waiver wires are generally barren, there are still a few potential difference-makers out there.
Charts resulting from a statistical algorithm find natural tiers and clusters within fantasy football player ranking data.
This chart indicates what kind of fantasy matchup a team’s top running back will have each week.
The Brooklyn Bolts are one of four teams in the Fall Experimental Football League, which hopes to avoid mistakes of past minor league football leagues by keeping costs down while avoiding serious injuries.
Four side-by-side lockers in one corner of the Giants’ locker room have emerged as a distinct power corridor, a kind of leadership command center for a team with more than 20 new players.
Gruden, in his sixth season with “Monday Night Football” on ESPN, had a head-scratching performance during the Jets-Bears game.
Johnny Manziel has spurred ticket and merchandise sales as well as hopes that the Browns may someday win a championship, something that hasn’t happened since 1964.
The wildly divergent paths of the top two picks in the 1998 N.F.L. draft have become shorthand for the frustrating process of identifying character traits that lead to success.