Conor Orr’s Preseason NFL Power Rankings: The Defending Champs Are No. 2 The Seahawks are being overshadowed by a rival in their own division. Plus, Conor’s actual Super Bowl pick clocks in at No. 3. Sports Illustrated · Sep 8
One Thing We Learned About Every Team During the Preseason With the regular season getting underway this week, here’s a look back at what we learned about each team during the preseason. Sports Illustrated · Sep 7
Albert Breer’s Takeaways: Where Every NFL Team Stands Heading Into the 2026 Season From question marks at key positions to coordinators with something to prove to injury returns to track, here’s a check-in of all 32 teams. Sports Illustrated · Sep 7
How an Injury-Plagued 2025 Can Help Jayden Daniels in the Long Run The Commanders’ starting QB and breakout star in 2024 is anxious to show the football world what he’s been working on for the past five months. Sports Illustrated · Sep 4
Why Jared Goff ‘Doesn’t Fail’ and Keeps Getting Better Coach Dan Campbell has strong praise for his longtime quarterback, explaining why ‘he is massively underrated.’ Sports Illustrated · Sep 2
Ranking the NFL’s Best Skill-Position Groups of 2026 Six of the 10 teams didn’t make the playoffs in 2025, but all possess the talent to break through this season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 28
Albert Breer’s Takeaways: Caleb Williams’s Humbling Process Helped Him Become a Confident QB Today Learning Ben Johnson’s complex offense by ‘drinking through a firehose’ is now paying dividends. Plus, thoughts on the Browns’ and Falcons’ QB situations and more. Sports Illustrated · Aug 17
Albert Breer Empties His Bears Notebook From Training Camp Caleb Williams's maturation continues as he works to become a more consistent passer. Plus, a lofty Colston Loveland comp, questions at safety and more. Sports Illustrated · Aug 9
How the 2024 NFL Draft’s Quarterback Class Stacks Up Entering Year 3 Here are reasons to be excited, areas to improve and what would make a successful third season for all six first-round QBs. Sports Illustrated · Jul 29
Conor Orr’s 14 Teams That Can Actually Win Super Bowl LXI The NFL is more wide open than usual this season, but we can still narrow down the field and exclude a few teams you might not expect. Sports Illustrated · Jul 21
Ranking the Five Best Running Back Duos in the NFL Ahead of the 2026 Season The run game is enjoying a return to prominence after seventeen players rushed for 1,000 or more yards in 2025. Sports Illustrated · Jul 2
The Bears Are Getting A Hallmark Movie, And Fans Keep Making The Same Snarky Plot Suggestion Bear Down. Cinemablend · Jun 26
Albert Breer’s Mailbag: Two Things the NFL Can Learn From the World Cup The sky judge could someday prevent soccer-level flopping in football. Plus, Caleb Williams’s growth, Marvin Harrison Jr.’s struggles and more. Sports Illustrated · Jun 25
'Nowhere else would we accept that level of surveillance' – Between Whereabouts, nighttime testing and 'clean anxiety', is the anti-doping system in need of reform? Strict liability, the Whereabouts system and the fear of contamination – Cyclingnews investigates the unseen pressures athletes face to prove they're not doping Cycling News · Jun 23
Sports Illustrated · Jun 17 Breakout Candidates for Every NFL Team in 2026 These NFL players could be on the rise in 2026.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 11 Sam LaPorta Among Potential 2026 Fantasy Football Tight End Busts Players that managers should beware of in drafts, or who could fail to meet expectations based on a previous high level of fantasy success.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 10 Super Bowl LXI Road Map: Why the Bears Can (or Can’t) Win It All Chicago is loaded offensively with quarterback Caleb Williams and skill-position talent, but its lack of talent on the defensive line could be its downfall.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 5 Top 10 Must-Have Players To Target In 2026 Fantasy Football Drafts After laying out his top sleeper and breakout picks at each offensive position in recent weeks, our fantasy guru caps it with the best of the best targets.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 4 Matt Verderame’s Early Super Bowl LXI Sleepers for 2026 Includes Two NFC North Teams Six teams outside the top 10 of Super Bowl odds heading into training camps that could surprise, as the Seahawks and Patriots did in 2025.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 1 Albert Breer’s Quick-Hitters: Why Ben Johnson’s Praise for Luther Burden III Stands Out Among the notables from the past week, Ben Johnson lauded the upside of one of his young WRs, Matthew Stafford spoke out about his new backup QB and more.
Sports Illustrated · May 29 Matthew Stafford Buzz, Lamar Jackson’s Contract Among Hot Topics in Week 1 of OTAs What Gilberto Manzano learned on his two-day L.A. tour. Plus, Puka Nacua discusses rehab stint, Justin Herbert’s offseason tour with his girlfriend and more.
The Guardian - US · May 24 Ohio State reels from multiple scandals amid wider crisis in higher education Ohio State is grappling with sexual abuse allegations and questions over donor influence as financial pressures mount across higher education
Sports Illustrated · May 22 One Reason for Every NFL Team to Be Optimistic ‘Tis the season of feeling good in the NFL.
Sports Illustrated · May 18 The Best Game of Every Week Throughout the 2026 NFL Season From a season-opening showdown in Melbourne to divisional games in Week 18, here are the matchups for fans to start getting excited about.
Sports Illustrated · May 15 Conor Orr’s Best 11 Games of the 2026 NFL Season As always, our list of the most consequential matchups on the schedule includes a few with stakes that may be flying under the radar.