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17 NFL games, 2,000 yards rushing, 7-9 records and more math to make your head hurt

The NFL has officially voted to expand the regular season to 17 games, opening up a whole can of oddities to accompany it. What happens to single-season NFL records? What about playoff seeding? What even is a .500 team? There’s so much to unpack. I’m sitting over here absorbing this news playing a huge game […]

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Chase Claypool in bar brawl as sideshow antics of Steelers’ wide receivers rolls on

I bet the Pittsburgh Steelers would really enjoy a boring, uneventful offseason from their wide receiver room. Unfortunately, that’s not quite in the cards. TMZ released a video of soon-to-be second-year receiver Chase Claypool involved in a fight outside a bar in Costa Mesa, Calif. on March 13. Read more…

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Big Ben can help the Steelers by packing up his withered arm and going away

The NFL offseason promises to be almost NBA-like in its drama. There are multiple QBs on the market that could actually make a difference, with Matthew Stafford and Deshaun Watson at the top of the trade market. The Dolphins are willing to dangle Tua Tagovoiloa in order to get Watson, or maybe a higher pick […]

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Have we seen the end of Big Ben? QB at a crossroads at the confluence

It was not a festival of football yesterday. The Titans and Ravens were at least passionate and close, though at times it resembled two old rhinos fighting for hours at the zoo because they were bored. You might have thought after watching Mitch Trubisky and the Bears that offensive football couldn’t get worse. And… Read […]

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2020 Idiot of the Year: Our Warrior Proceeds with Jon Gruden, Dana White, along with a Chilly look at the mirror

Welcome into Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Our expert staff has worked tirelessly to provide this yearly collection of the sport and sports-adjacent characters who most profoundly left us wish we {} staged as babies. Read…