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Tretter thinks players in the league can put a quality product on the field without the additional activities. Browns center JC Tretter, who serves as the president of the National Football League Players Association, is pushing to eliminate offseason practices with minicamps and organized team activities to limit the wear and tear on players' bodies.  The coronavirus pandemic took away the NFL offseason program this year as players and teams adapted to virtual meetings.  Rather than players suffering more injuries, Tretter thinks players around the league can put a quality product on the field without the additional activities. "There is no reason for us to ever return to the previous offseason program," Tretter said in an  NFLPA newsletter . "Our collective level of play across the league has actually never been higher."  Tretter pointed to a record-setting number of points through 16 weeks of play, lower penalty numbers and fewer missed tackles.  While...

Fitzpatrick will miss Sunday's regular-season finale against the AFC East division rival Bills. Dolphins backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday's regular-season finale against the Bills, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport . Fitzpatrick missed Miami's practice on Thursday. Under the latest NFL protocols, players with a confirmed positive COVID-19 test must isolate for 10 days regardless of symptoms or subsequent negative tests. The protocol jeopardizes Fitzpatrick's availability for a potential AFC wild-card playoff game in early January. According to Pelissero , the NFL conducted contact tracing after Fitzpatrick's positive COVID-19 test, and no other Dolphins players were identified as high-risk close contacts, including rookie starter Tua Tagovailoa. Fitzpatrick led the Dolphins to a 26–25 come-from-behind win over the Raiders last weekend, putting them in a position to possibly rea...

Senior fantasy football expert Michael Fabiano provides his Week 17 quarterback rankings to help you dominate the competition! Your league is still going?! Consider yourself lucky that you get an extra week to compete. However, Week 17 is always a little tricky with so many teams already locked into a playoff spot and injuries have added up into one wild final week! Let's set a winning lineup and send ourselves to the next round. With a little help from my weekly PPR fantasy football rankings & my start 'em, sit 'em series, you're golden! Week 17 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em : QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS | KICKERS | TEAM DEFENSES MORE: Week 17 Rankings, Articles, Reports & Tools Hub Week 17 Rankings (PPR) QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS WIDE RECEIVERS TIGHT ENDS FLEX ➕ KICKERS TEAM DEFENSES QUARTERBACKS Lamar Jackson, BAL (at CIN) Josh Allen, BUF (vs. MIA) Ryan Tannehill, TEN (at HOU) Deshaun Watson, HOU (vs. T...

Senior fantasy football expert Michael Fabiano provides his Week 17 running back rankings to help you dominate the competition! Your league is still going?! Consider yourself lucky that you get an extra week to compete. However, Week 17 is always a little tricky with so many teams already locked into a playoff spot and injuries have added up into one wild final week! Let's set a winning lineup and send ourselves to the next round. With a little help from my weekly PPR fantasy football rankings & my start 'em, sit 'em series, you're golden! Week 17 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em : QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS | KICKERS | TEAM DEFENSES MORE: Week 17 Rankings, Articles, Reports & Tools Hub Week 17 Rankings (PPR) QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS WIDE RECEIVERS TIGHT ENDS FLEX ➕ KICKERS TEAM DEFENSES RUNNING BACKS Derrick Henry, TEN (at HOU) Alvin Kamara, NO (at CAR) Jonathan Taylor, IND (vs. JAC) David Montgomery, CHI ...

Senior fantasy football expert Michael Fabiano provides his Week 17 wide receiver rankings to help you dominate the competition! Your league is still going?! Consider yourself lucky that you get an extra week to compete. However, Week 17 is always a little tricky with so many teams already locked into a playoff spot and injuries have added up into one wild final week! Let's set a winning lineup and send ourselves to the next round. With a little help from my weekly PPR fantasy football rankings & my start 'em, sit 'em series, you're golden! Week 17 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em : QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS | KICKERS | TEAM DEFENSES MORE: Week 17 Rankings, Articles, Reports & Tools Hub Week 17 Rankings (PPR) QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS WIDE RECEIVERS TIGHT ENDS FLEX ➕ KICKERS TEAM DEFENSES WIDE RECEIVERS Davante Adams, GB (at CHI) Calvin Ridley, ATL (at TB) Stefon Diggs, BUF (vs. MIA) A.J. Brown, TEN (at HOU...

Senior fantasy football expert Michael Fabiano provides his Week 17 tight end rankings to help you dominate the competition! Your league is still going?! Consider yourself lucky that you get an extra week to compete. However, Week 17 is always a little tricky with so many teams already locked into a playoff spot and injuries have added up into one wild final week! Let's set a winning lineup and send ourselves to the next round. With a little help from my weekly PPR fantasy football rankings & my start 'em, sit 'em series, you're golden! Week 17 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em : QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS | KICKERS | TEAM DEFENSES MORE: Week 17 Rankings, Articles, Reports & Tools Hub Week 17 Rankings (PPR) QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS WIDE RECEIVERS TIGHT ENDS FLEX ➕ KICKERS TEAM DEFENSES TIGHT ENDS Darren Waller, LV (at DEN) George Kittle, SF (vs. SEA) Mark Andrews, BAL (at CIN) Logan Thomas, WAS (at PHI) Rob...

Senior fantasy football expert Michael Fabiano provides his Week 17 kicker rankings to help you dominate the competition! Your league is still going?! Consider yourself lucky that you get an extra week to compete. However, Week 17 is always a little tricky with so many teams already locked into a playoff spot and injuries have added up into one wild final week! Let's set a winning lineup and send ourselves to the next round. With a little help from my weekly PPR fantasy football rankings & my start 'em, sit 'em series, you're golden! Week 17 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em : QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS | KICKERS | TEAM DEFENSES MORE: Week 17 Rankings, Articles, Reports & Tools Hub Week 17 Rankings (PPR) QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS WIDE RECEIVERS TIGHT ENDS FLEX ➕ KICKERS TEAM DEFENSES KICKERS Daniel Carlson, LV (at DEN) Justin Tucker, BAL (at CIN) Rodrigo Blankenship, IND (vs. JAC) Tyler Bass, BUF (vs. MIA) W...

Senior fantasy football expert Michael Fabiano provides his Week 17 team defense rankings to help you dominate the competition! Your league is still going?! Consider yourself lucky that you get an extra week to compete. However, Week 17 is always a little tricky with so many teams already locked into a playoff spot and injuries have added up into one wild final week! Let's set a winning lineup and send ourselves to the next round. With a little help from my weekly PPR fantasy football rankings & my start 'em, sit 'em series, you're golden! Week 17 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em : QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS | KICKERS | TEAM DEFENSES MORE: Week 17 Rankings, Articles, Reports & Tools Hub Week 17 Rankings (PPR) QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS WIDE RECEIVERS TIGHT ENDS FLEX ➕ KICKERS TEAM DEFENSES TEAM DEFENSES Colts, IND (vs. JAC) Ravens, BAL (at CIN) Seahawks, SEA (at SF) Bills, BUF (vs. MIA) Rams, LAR (vs. ARI) ...

Carson Wentz's regression exposed other issues on the Eagles' roster. With the Super Bowl further behind them, they have a big project ahead. Our perception of how an NFL team should go through its internal checklist after a bad season is at once probably far too optimistic and not optimistic enough. There are some owners who steep their organizations in complacency. Some who are more comfortable with the familiar. Some who blow it all up because some middling former quarterback on ESPN told them to. Perpetually good teams don’t normally have that problem because they are good at self-analysis. Of course, some teams get good for a little while and lose the ability to do that as well. So that’s why we’re here. With each team that drops from playoff contention, we will answer a 10-part questionnaire on where they are, where they’re headed and how to fix the holes along the way. Some projects will be bigger than others. Which brings us to the Eagles, who had a strange year to ...

The Vikings continued their streak of alternating playoff appearances. How can they get themselves back in the postseason with a higher ceiling? Our perception of how an NFL team should go through its internal checklist after a bad season is at once probably far too optimistic and not optimistic enough. There are some owners who steep their organizations in complacency. Some who are more comfortable with the familiar. Some who blow it all up because some middling former quarterback on ESPN told them to. Perpetually good teams don’t normally have that problem because they are good at self-analysis. Of course, some teams get good for a little while and lose the ability to do that as well. So that’s why we’re here. With each team that drops from playoff contention, we will answer a 10-part questionnaire on where they are, where they’re headed and how to fix the holes along the way. Some projects will be bigger than others. Which brings us to the Vikings, who continued their streak of ...

No coach has more rope than Jon Gruden, but there's still work to be done now three non-winning seasons into his tenure. Our perception of how an NFL team should go through its internal checklist after a bad season is at once probably far too optimistic and not optimistic enough. There are some owners who steep their organizations in complacency. Some who are more comfortable with the familiar. Some who blow it all up because some middling former quarterback on ESPN told them to. Perpetually good teams don’t normally have that problem because they are good at self-analysis. Of course, some teams get good for a little while and lose the ability to do that as well. So that’s why we’re here. With each team that drops from playoff contention, we will answer a 10-part questionnaire on where they are, where they’re headed and how to fix the holes along the way. Some projects will be bigger than others. Which brings us to the Raiders, who have yet to be playoff-relevant heading into t...

When it comes to 2020, there's a lot we all want to leave behind. But what sports take would you most like to renounce? When it comes to 2020, there's a lot we all want to leave behind. But what sports take would you most like to renounce? Is there anything you wish never came out of your mouth? Sports Illustrated host Robin Lundberg and SI fantasy and gambling analyst Bill Enright renounced their worst takes of 2020.

Rivers told reporters that Sunday's game against Jacksonville potentially being his last game crossed his mind. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers has one more game left in the 2020 season to help put the franchise in the playoffs. However, the eight-time Pro Bowl quarterback admitted that Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-14) could be his last. Stephen Holder of The Athletic reported that the idea of Rivers potentially playing in his last game crossed his mind. "If things don't go go the way you want this weekend, it could be... I guess it's healthy to have that thought becaise we're not guaranteed anything going forward," Rivers told Holder. Rivers, 39, is seeking the eighth playoff appearance of his career. The 17-year veteran spent 16 seasons with the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers before coming over to the Indianapolis Colts on a one-year, $25 million deal.  Rivers, who tied Dan Marino for fifth place on the career tou...

Buffalo Bills to Allow 6,700 Fans for First Home Playoff Game in 25 Years The Bills announced Wednesday that New York State has approved a capacity of 6,700 fans to attend the upcoming Wild Card playoff game, the first home playoff game for Buffalo in 25 years.

The Bills are set to host a wild card playoff game for the first time in 25 years. Get ready, Bills Mafia: Your time has come. A week ahead of the wild card round, New York state has approved a capacity of 6,772 fans for the Buffalo Bills, the team announced Wednesday . The Bills currently hold the No. 2 seed in the AFC, and will host a playoff game for at least the first round. The wild card round will mark the first time in 25 years that Buffalo has hosted a playoff game. All fans who attend the game will be required to receive a negative COVID-19 test through the league's testing partner, Bioreference Laboratories, in order to be admitted into the game. Tickets will be made available to season ticket holders who opted into buying tickets earlier this year. Fans will also be required to pay for their own COVID-19 test, which costs $63. The Bills have thrived at home this season despite the absence of their rowdy fans, with a 6-1 home record. They are one of five teams with ...

The Patriots are left playing meaningless games with a bad roster. Here's how things went downhill so quickly. It was fourth-and-one, and into the final minute of the first quarter of Buffalo’s could’ve-been-worse 38–9 beatdown of the Patriots, and a chaotic situation was unfolding. As Josh Allen got his teammates to the line, Bill Belichick’s staff was swapping out one group for another. Josh Uche, Terrence Brooks, Jonathan Jones, Myles Bryant and Chase Winovich rushed off the field, and on came John Simon, Byron Cowart, Terez Hall and Akeem Spence. On one hand, this frantic personnel dance was perfectly Patriots—with Belichick gaming a situation with a certain group of players coming in to combat it. On another, the result was anything but. Defensive tackle Adam Butler jumped offside, Allen gashed New England for 22 yards on a boot, prompting the Bills to decline the resulting penalty and, worst of all, if you count the names above, you’ll see the Patriots only had 10 guys ou...

Week 17 features a handful of games with point spreads greater than 6.5. Are any of the underdogs worth betting on? Sports gamblers looking to cash in on some underdogs in Week 17 have a handful of options to choose from. There’s six games on the schedule with point spreads greater than 6.5. But are any of the underdogs going to cover or win outright? That’s what we asked Sports Illustrated’s gambling analyst Frank Taddeo and editor of AllCardinals Howard Balzer. Are you a DFS player or sports bettor? If so, SI Fantasy PRO has you covered for every sport. Whether it's NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MMA, or the PGA Tour, our staff of gambling analysts and DFS professionals (and our NFL lineup optimizer) will help you beat the book and take home some major prizes in DFS tournaments. And EVERY SPORT is included. Become a member of SI Fantasy Pro today!

Who was the best fantasy player in 2020? Biggest Bust? Sports Illustrated’s Michael Fabiano hands out his end of year awards As the NFL season comes to a close, it’s time to hand out some end of the season awards to the players that exceeded or fell short of preseason expectations. Sports Illustrated’s fantasy football analyst Michael Fabiano dishes out a dozen awards in his article and discusses five of them in the above video including Fantasy MVP, Biggest Bust, and Best Sleeper.  Are you a DFS player or sports bettor? If so, SI Fantasy PRO has you covered for every sport. Whether it's NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MMA, or the PGA Tour, our staff of gambling analysts and DFS professionals (and our NFL lineup optimizer) will help you beat the book and take home some major prizes in DFS tournaments. And EVERY SPORT is included. Become a member of SI Fantasy Pro today!

Now that the 2020 fantasy football season is over, it’s time to look ahead to the Top 5 picks for 2021 fantasy drafts It’s never too early to get ready for next year’s fantasy football draft. In 2020, there was some terrific statical performances but also some heartbreaking injuries. Should Christian McCaffrey or Saquon Barkley be back in the Top 5 in 2021? Is Davante Adams the top ranked receiver? Sports Illustrated’s fantasy football analyst Michael Fabiano reveals his Top 5 picks for 2021.  Are you a DFS player or sports bettor? If so, SI Fantasy PRO has you covered for every sport. Whether it's NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MMA, or the PGA Tour, our staff of gambling analysts and DFS professionals (and our NFL lineup optimizer) will help you beat the book and take home some major prizes in DFS tournaments. And EVERY SPORT is included. Become a member of SI Fantasy Pro today!

Sports Illustrated’s analysts identify the NFL players you’ll want in your lineups Finding players with inexpensive salaries is crucial to success when building lineups in Daily Fantasy Football on DraftKings. Luckily, Sports Illustrated’s fantasy football analyst Michael Fabiano reveals the players he considers bargain buys for DFS contests in Week 17.  Are you a DFS player or sports bettor? If so, SI Fantasy PRO has you covered for every sport. Whether it's NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MMA, or the PGA Tour, our staff of gambling analysts and DFS professionals (and our NFL lineup optimizer) will help you beat the book and take home some major prizes in DFS tournaments. And EVERY SPORT is included. Become a member of SI Fantasy Pro today!

Manziel is slated to begin playing in the 7-on-7 league in February. Former Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has agreed to resume his playing career in the startup football league "Fan Controlled Football," according to ESPN's Kevin Seifert . Fan Controlled Football is slated to begin play in February. The 7-on-7 league will reportedly allow fans to set rosters and call plays, featuring teams owned by Richard Sherman, Mike Tyson and Marshawn Lynch among others. "The more I heard about what this was going to be, the more I felt it was going to be something that was just very fun," Manziel told Seifert . "It's going to be very fan-oriented and something I could get behind without being extremely, extremely, extremely serious, the way that my football career has been in the past." Manziel last played professional football in the Alliance of American Football in March 2019 before the league folded. He also logged a brief stint in the Canadian Fo...

Oftentimes as this point in the season the focus can be on coaches who helmed a team that performed poorly. But what about those who did the best job? Who should be the NFL Coach of the Year. Sports Illustrated host Robin Lundberg and SI fantasy and gambling analyst Bill Enright gave their choices.

Start 'em and sit 'em running backs for Week 17 from senior fantasy football expert Michael Fabiano. Week 17 Start ‘Em: Running Backs Start of the Week Jonathan Taylor vs. Jaguars (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS): Taylor is coming off a two-touchdown performance in Pittsburgh, and he’s now scored 19-plus fantasy points in each of his last four games. During that time, the rookie has seen a near 38 percent touch share and averaged almost 23 points. His streak of success should continue against the Jaguars, who have allowed 18 total touchdowns and the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing backs this season. Week 17 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS WIDE RECEIVERSTIGHT ENDSKICKERSTEAM DEFENSES Be sure to check out my Week 17 rankings before finalizing any lineup decisions or if your league has special scoring rules, sign up for SI Fantasy+ for customized rankings. MORE: Week 17 Rankings, Articles, Reports & Tools Hub Start ‘Em D’Andre Swift vs. Vikings...