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This is it. This is the end of the 2019 regular season, one last chance to get 16 games right (or wrong) before the playoffs begin. Let’s do this and do it well. Without further ado, here’s our latest fearless forecast for upcoming NFL results. All odds are courtesy of SportsInsider.com. MORE: Get the latest NFL odds & betting trends from Sports Insider NFL Week 17 picks, predictions against the spread Game of the Week: San Francisco 49ers (-3) at Seattle Seahawks...

This week there are plenty of double-digit favorites and a few tricky less-than-touchdown lines through which to navigate. There is becoming a wide separation between the league’s haves and have-nots, but there’s parity at the top and in the muddled middle to create more obstacles. Time to dive into our latest fearless forecast with another 15 NFL games on the slate for Week 5. The point spreads come courtesy of Sports Insider:...

The Chiefs meet the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium at 4:25 p.m. in what should be the best game of the weekend. Cincinnati beat Kansas City in the regular season and playoffs last year, and Patrick Mahomes II and Joe Burrow should put on an offensive show. The Dolphins and 49ers also play in the afternoon in a matchup of Super Bowl sleepers. That should be an exciting offensive chess match 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and former San Francisco offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel....

MORE: Get the latest NFL Week 17 odds, lines & more here There are four games between teams with winning records, and those are some of the more-interesting pieces of the puzzle. Pittsburgh and Cleveland meet at 1 p.m. with the Browns looking to clinch their first playoff berth since 2002. Miami also is looking to make the AFC playoffs with rookie Tua Tagovailoa, but they need to beat rival Buffalo to get there....

MORE: Get the latest NFL playoff odds, lines & spreads here The 2021 NFL playoffs features six wild-card matchups over a two-day stretch that should produce an overload of excitement for NFL fans. Indianapolis and Buffalo open the action at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. Los Angeles and Seattle will meet for the third time in the 4:40 p.m. slot, which sets up a prime-time matchup between Tampa Bay and Washington at 8:15 p....

These conclude with Sunday night’s games, which culminated with Green Bay’s 41-17 win over the Chicago Bears. There is one game on Monday night (Seattle at Pittsburgh) and a COVID-delayed game on Tuesday night (Baltimore at Pittsburgh) that could factor into the standings. But here are the current NFL standings, and playoff matchups, that would result if things were decided today. AFC Wild Card Round (top seed gets home game) No....

Sunday was more straight forward with favorites Jacksonville and New Orleans securing their places in the divisional round with predicted wins at home. A sign of the changing NFL landscape is that two teams from the previously laughable AFC South are among the final eight teams in this year’s playoffs. So, how will the divisional round games play out this weekend? AccuScore has made its 2017 NFL playoff picks by simulating each divisional-round game 10,000 times to predict the probabilities of reaching the next round on the road to Super Bowl 52....

The New England Patriots have won the division in 17 of the 19 seasons during which Brady has played professional football, and last season they clinched a 10th divisional title in a row. While the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills have reasons to expect improvement, there is little to suggest the Patriots will not extend their dominance of the division to an 11th straight year this season....

There are also different types of position battles. Some are the kind that make the difference between a player being drafted or left on the waiver wire. Others could vault players into early-round consideration if they emerge victorious. Still others might have a larger impact on the players around them than at their own spot. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2019 Fantasy Cheat Sheet For example, there are a couple of bad teams that currently have quarterback competitions ongoing....

That means there’s a new No. 1 team this week in Sporting News’ latest league power rankings. It’s getting harder to figure out the very best, given no team is perfect or undefeated. As for the worst teams, little has changed there with one winless and downright awful team still remaining. From the best to the worst, here’s how SN sees the league as a whole going into Week 9:...

The two teams collide in Week 1 of preseason in Santa Clara, California, and talking points abound in both camps. The Cowboys went 10-6 last season, winning the NFC East and returning to the playoffs after a one-year hiatus, before losing to the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round. During the offseason, however, good news was thin on the ground. Star running back Ezekiel Elliott has not reported to training camp as he continues to seek an improved contract....

The Jaguars have lost both of their games so far this summer, with the latest defeat coming at home against the Philadelphia Eagles last Thursday. Jacksonville, who had failed to score any points in its first preseason game, again sat most of its starters in the 24-10 defeat. Overall, 31 players did not see any action last week, including quarterback Nick Foles, running back Leonard Fournette, cornerback Jalen Ramsey and defensive ends Calais Campbell and Yannick Ngakoue....

It’s happened time again — a dark horse team seemingly comes out of nowhere and has made a deep impression on that. Remember the 1988 Bengals that went to the Super Bowl, but were 4-12 the year before? What about the 2008 Dolphins that made it to the playoffs, even though they won just one game in 2007? Of course, the best example is Kurt Warner and the 1999 St....

The intersection of these quarterbacks created a big offensive boom in 2020. Somehow, the potential of the projected starters for every team in 2021 is greater, thanks to a slew of top second-year and rookie draft picks. Weighing past recent peformances but tilting a lot more toward upside for the upcoming season, here’s Sporting News’ latest annual offseason ranking of NFL quarterbacks, 1-32: MORE NFL RANKINGS: RBs | WRs | GMs | Head coaches...

Heyward said he had a conference call with the league Tuesday that “was a respectful exchange.“MORE: Top 10 Steelers of all time | Landry Jones likely to start vs. KC “I will continue to wear plain eye black and that gesture will always be in memory of my dad,” said Heyward. He added it was not an attempt to become a distraction or to garner unwanted attention toward him or his father, Craig “Ironhead” Heyward, who died of cancer in 2006....

Wearing sandals, the Oakland Raiders running back was subbed into a Seattle Sounders charity match on Sunday and made a brief - but very memorable - cameo. Lynch scored an unorthodox (and very illegal) goal, taking a pass from a teammate and reverting to American football mode in picking the ball up and running it into the goal. Pulido injury a painful blow for Mexico The former Seattle Seahawks running back was shown a red card for his antics but he wasn’t done causing havoc on the pitch, as he picked up the card and tossed it aside....

“These new media deals will provide our fans even greater access to the games they love. We’re proud to grow our partnerships with the most innovative media companies in the market,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement released by the league. “Along with our recently completed labor agreement with the NFLPA, these distribution agreements bring an unprecedented era of stability to the league and will permit us to continue to grow and improve our game....