Archives for January 2022

The Rams opened as betting favorites to win Super Bowl LVI and their quarterback is the favorite to be named the Super Bowl MVP. Matthew Stafford has +110 odds at PointsBet of taking home the prize in Los Angeles on February 13. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is right behind him at +225. Quarterbacks have won [more] … [Read more...] about Matthew Stafford opens as Super Bowl MVP favorite

Bengals rookie kicker Evan McPherson has been a busy man in the postseason. McPherson has been called on to try four field goals in each of the team’s three playoff games and he’s come through on each one of them. That run includes game-winning kicks against the Titans and Chiefs in the last two weeks. [more] … [Read more...] about Evan McPherson: Postseason FG record definitely something to shoot for

The Raiders didn’t keep Rich Bisaccia after he led them to the playoffs as their interim head coach, but the Jaguars are showing interest. Bisaccia is interviewing today for the Jaguars’ head-coaching job, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The Jaguars’ coaching search has been all over the map. There were reports that they were [more] … [Read more...] about Jaguars interviewing Rich Bisaccia for head coach

49ers tight end George Kittle epitomizes his team’s hard-charging, roughneck style. And he pays the price for it. Early in the 2021, he missed time with a calf injury. In recent weeks, however, Kittle’s name was absent from the weekly practice reports, apart from a Wednesday on which he rested before the wild-card game at [more] … [Read more...] about George Kittle on playing injuries: “It’s football, you just deal with it”

With the 49ers leading the Rams by 10 points at the start of the fourth quarter on Sunday, the game should have been over. Obviously, it wasn’t. The turnaround by the Rams defied a couple of significant trends. Both come from Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com. First, the Rams were 1-23 when trailing by 10 or [more] … [Read more...] about Rams, 49ers reverse double-digit trends on Sunday