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Which fringe teams still have a shot at one of the seven unclaimed playoff spots? Who has the edge in the five remaining division races? Ali Bhanpuri uses the Next Gen Stats playoff probability model to break down the entire postseason picture ahead of Week 16.

Will the Bills snap the Lions' 11-game winning streak? Can the Steelers end the Eagles' nine-game run? Who prevails on Sunday night in Seattle: Packers or Seahawks? Check out the Week 15 game picks!

Week 15 is teeming with meaningful matchups, with multiple division races, wild-card spots and No. 1 seeds still up for grabs. Ali Bhanpuri uses the Next Gen Stats playoff probability model to break down the entire postseason picture ahead of this week's games. 

Can the Chargers knock off the Chiefs on Sunday night? Which NFC West contender reigns supreme: Seahawks or Cardinals? Will the Bills keep rolling on the road against the Rams? Check out the Week 14 game picks!

Who can clinch a playoff berth in Week 14? Which two teams have the most at stake by far on Sunday? Are the Chiefs and Lions at risk of losing their No. 1 seeds? Ali Bhanpuri takes a deep dive into the 2024 NFL postseason race using the Next Gen Stats playoff probability model.

 Can the Cardinals, Chargers, Steelers and Texans bounce back on the road? And who prevails in the heavyweight fight between the Eagles and Ravens? Check out the Week 13 game picks!

How did Week 12 change the playoff picture? Which teams have the most at stake in Week 13? Ali Bhanpuri breaks down the 2024 NFL playoff race using the Next Gen Stats playoff probability model.

Who takes a critical NFC West clash between the Seahawks and Cardinals? Will the Eagles or Rams win on Sunday night? And which team prevails in Monday night's Harbowl: Ravens or Chargers? Check out the Week 12 game picks.

How did Week 11 change the playoff picture? Which teams have the most at stake in Week 12? Ali Bhanpuri breaks down the 2024 NFL playoff race using the Next Gen Stats playoff probability model.

Will Josh Allen's Bills hand Patrick Mahomes' Chiefs their first loss? Who wins the heated rivalry between the Ravens and Steelers for first place in the AFC North? Bengals or Chargers on Sunday night? Check out the Week 11 game picks.

Ali Bhanpuri uses the Next Gen Stats playoff probability model to shed light on the 2024 NFL playoff picture. Which team is most likely to unseat the Chiefs atop the AFC? Which division frontrunners are most at risk of losing their leads? What is the lone scenario that ends with the Giants winning the NFC East?

Can the Lions keep rolling in Houston? Will the Steelers or Commanders win their fourth straight? Do the Chiefs remain the NFL's only undefeated team? Check out the Week 10 game picks.

Will the Chiefs suffer their first defeat Monday night against the visiting Buccaneers? Check out who NFL.com's Editors picked on "Monday Night Football."

Will the Eagles or Bengals win their third straight game? Who takes Sunday night's rivalry bout between the Cowboys and 49ers? Can Russell Wilson guide the Steelers to another win on Monday night? Check out the Week 8 game picks!

Can the Lions hand the Vikings their first loss of the season? Who wins the Super Bowl rematch between the Chiefs and 49ers? Check out the Week 7 game picks!

Can Jayden Daniels lead the Commanders to an upset of Lamar Jackson's Ravens in Baltimore? How will the Jets fare after the firing of Robert Saleh? Check out the Week 6 game picks!

Will the Bills or Texans improve to 4-1? Who wins an intriguing AFC North bout between the Ravens and Bengals? Are the Chiefs about to suffer their first loss?! Check out the Week 5 game picks!

Can the Titans get their first win in South Beach? Who will prevail in Monday night's NFC heavyweight bout between the Seahawks and Lions? Check out the Week 4 game picks!

Will the Falcons build off last week's win to beat the Chiefs? And can the Jaguars and Bengals earn their first victories of the season Monday? Check out the Week 3 game picks!

Can the Bengals bounce back from a stunning home loss to upset the Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium? Will Caleb Williams and the Bears challenge C.J. Stroud's Texans on Sunday Night Football? Check out the Week 2 game picks!

Who'll take a juicy AFC South showdown between the Texans and Colts? Can the Lions defend home field against Matthew Stafford and the Rams on Sunday night? Will the Jets knock off the 49ers in Aaron Rodgers' return to Northern California? Check out the Week 1 game picks!

Heading into the 2024 NFL season, who are the top 30 players over the age of 30? To answer this question, Ali Bhanpuri, Tom Blair, Gennaro Filice and Dan Parr engaged in a meeting of the minds. Check out the final rankings, as well as the honorable mentions who just missed the cut.

Might Andy Reid's Chiefs make their most aggressive move up the board since selecting Patrick Mahomes in 2017 -- and help the Bears' roster-building efforts in the process? Here are three potential win-win trades in Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft.

If the Bears decide to trade the No. 1 overall selection -- tying themselves to Justin Fields for at least the near future -- what kind of return could they net from a QB-needy team? Here are four hypothetical packages, including one that involves a recent top-10 pick.

The final weekend of the 2022 regular season will have a significant impact on the 2023 NFL Draft order. With that in mind, Ali Bhanpuri provides a viewer's guide for all you draftniks out there, with eight key subplots to follow.

Just how high will the stakes be when Jalen Hurts' Eagles and Dak Prescott's Cowboys face off on Christmas Eve? Ali Bhanpuri and Anthony Holzman-Escareno identify the five most consequential games remaining on the 2022 NFL schedule.

Editors Ali Bhanpuri and Tom Blair assess the 30 best players over the age of 30 heading into the 2021 NFL season. How high did Tom Brady climb from last year's list? Is anyone above Aaron Rodgers?

NFL.com editors evaluated every quarterback who started a game (including the playoffs) during the 2020 NFL season to create a complete ranking from 1 to 59. Did winning Super Bowl LV give Tom Brady enough juice to knock MVP Aaron Rodgers from the top spot?

NFL.com editors rank the four starting QBs playing on Championship Sunday based on who most needs to win Super Bowl LV. What would another title mean for Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers?

NFL.com editors rank the eight starting QBs remaining in the playoffs based on who they'd choose to build around for the next three seasons. Did 43-year-old Tom Brady make the top five?

NFL.com editors rank the 14 starting quarterbacks in the playoffs based on who they trust most. Is MVP front-runner Aaron Rodgers the most dependable passer in the 2020 postseason?

Was Aaron Rodgers' Week 16 performance enough to oust Patrick Mahomes from No. 1? How far did Kyler Murray fall after struggling last Sunday? NFL.com editors evaluate the QB rankings heading into the final week of the 2020 NFL regular season.

Is Jalen Hurts already a top-20 quarterback? Has Mitch Trubisky truly turned a corner in his NFL career? NFL.com editors assess the QB hierarchy heading into Week 16 of the 2020 NFL season.

Does Aaron Rodgers deserve the title of QB1 over Patrick Mahomes? NFL.com editors assess the quarterback hierarchy heading into Week 15 of the 2020 NFL season.

Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield are trending up heading into their prime-time Week 14 matchup. NFL.com editors assess the QB hierarchy entering the final quarter of the 2020 NFL season. 

NFL.com editors assess the QB hierarchy heading into Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season. Who overtook Russell Wilson for the No. 3 spot? How far did Cam Newton fall?

NFL.com editors assess the QB hierarchy heading into Week 12 of the 2020 season. How high did Deshaun Watson and Derek Carr jump?

With the 2020 NFL season heating up, NFL.com editors rank every starting QB. Who holds the No. 1 spot: Aaron Rodgers or Patrick Mahomes?

With less than four weeks until Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season, a handful of notable free agents -- including Jadeveon Clowney and Devonta Freeman -- remain unsigned. Ali Bhanpuri identifies veteran-team fits at five different positions.

Which NFL team boasts the best QB-RB-pass catcher triplet heading into the 2020 season? Not the Saints, who were narrowly ousted from the top spot. Ali Bhanpuri ranks every trio, 1-32.

Editors Ali Bhanpuri and Tom Blair reveal their ranking of the NFL's best 30 players over the age of 30 heading into the 2020 season, a list that includes three quarterbacks -- but no Tom Brady -- in the top 10.

With the 2020 NFL Draft marking a new era of No. 1 overall picks, Ali Bhanpuri looks back at the previous decade's top selections and ranks them from 10  to 1. Who's better, Myles Garrett or Kyler Murray?

To put a bow on 2019, the QB Index ranked all 57 quarterbacks who started a game. Who joined Lamar Jackson up top? And where do Dak Prescott and Gardner Minshew fit?

Heading into the Wild Card Round, the remaining 12 QBs are ranked according to playoff trustworthiness. Is Lamar Jackson still on top? Where does Tom Brady sit coming off a down season?

Former MVP front-runner Russell Wilson slips to No. 3 in NFL.com's updated quarterback rankings, while the Cowboys' Dak Prescott drops out of the top 10. See the new pecking order entering Week 17.

The Saints' Drew Brees fuels a shakeup in the top five of NFL.com's quarterback rankings, while the Patriots' Tom Brady continues to slide down the board. See the updated pecking order entering Week 16.

The Cowboys' Dak Prescott and Packers' Aaron Rodgers slide down the board in NFL.com's QB rankings after rough outings. See the updated pecking order at the position entering Week 15.

The Titans' Ryan Tannehill and Bills' Josh Allen vault up the board in NFL.com's QB rankings after leading their teams to huge Week 13 wins. See the updated pecking order entering the final quarter of the regular season.

Move over, Russell Wilson. Lamar Jackson, fresh off another scintillating performance, knocks the Seahawks QB from his perch atop NFL.com's QB rankings. See the updated pecking order entering Week 13.

Dak Prescott and Tom Brady are trending in opposite directions heading into Sunday's Cowboys-Patriots matchup. See NFL.com's updated quarterback rankings entering Week 12.

Perennial Pro Bowlers Philip Rivers and Drew Brees slide down the board in NFL.com's QB rankings, while Jared Goff is in free fall. See the updated quarterback pecking order heading into Week 11.

The shakeup in NFL.com's QB rankings starts at No. 2 thanks to Lamar Jackson's triumph over the Patriots. See the updated quarterback pecking order heading into Week 10.

Russell Wilson is making room on the throne for one of his rivals in NFL.com's Week 9 QB rankings. See the updated quarterback pecking order heading into the second half of the season.

Aaron Rodgers is just one of three NFC North QBs to land in the top 10 of NFL.com's Week 8 QB rankings. What spot does the odd man out, Bears QB Mitchell Trubisky, hold? Hint: Scroll to the bottom.

With a unanimous vote, Russell Wilson supplanted Patrick Mahomes to sit alone at No. 1 in NFL.com's QB rankings for the first time this season. See where all 32 starting quarterbacks rank heading into Week 7.

Make room on the throne! Patrick Mahomes isn't alone at the top of NFL.com's QB rankings for the first time this season. See where all 32 starting quarterbacks rank heading into Week 6.

Carson Wentz gets a boost coming off a big win over the Packers, while Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers slip in NFL.com's QB rankings. See where all 32 starting signal-callers rank heading into Week 5.

Deshaun Watson cracks the top five, while Philip Rivers and Lamar Jackson slip in NFL.com's QB rankings. See where all 32 starting quarterbacks rank heading into Week 4.

Dak Prescott and Lamar Jackson continue their surge up the board, while rookie Kyler Murray cracks the top 15 in NFL.com's QB rankings. See where all 32 starting quarterbacks rank heading into Week 3.

After posting perfect passer ratings in Week 1, Dak Prescott and Lamar Jackson rocketed up NFL.com's QB rankings, with the Cowboys passer cracking the top 10. See where all 32 starting quarterbacks rank heading into Week 2.

As we head into the 2019 NFL season, what is the current pecking order at the game's most important position? Our panel of QB watchers rank the league's starters, 1 to 32.

Tampa Bay's hiring of Bruce Arians was seen as a highly beneficial development for Jameis Winston, who's entering a contract year. But Ali Bhanpuri questions whether the scheme fit is really all it's cracked up to be, given the Buccaneers' personnel.

Christian McCaffrey has lived up to his first-round pedigree -- and then some -- but what about Deshaun Watson? Ali Bhanpuri puts a grade on the early returns from the 32 players taken in Round 1 of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Which NFL team boasts the best QB-RB-pass catcher triplet heading into the 2019 season? Where does the revamped Steelers trio rank, and is the new group strong enough to hold off the Baker Mayfield-led Browns? Ali Bhanpuri ranks each team, 1-32.

After identifying every NFL team's greatest franchise quarterbacks of the common-draft era, Ali Bhanpuri ranks 'em all, 1-32. Can the Joe Montana-led 49ers surpass Roger Staubach's Cowboys?

Who are the greatest franchise quarterbacks for each of the AFC South's four teams? Who were the biggest mistakes? Ali Bhanpuri evaluates the Texans', Colts', Jaguars' and Titans' QB histories and makes the tough calls.

Who are the greatest franchise quarterbacks for each of the AFC West's four teams? Who were the biggest mistakes? Ali Bhanpuri evaluates each organization's QB history and makes the tough calls.

Who are the greatest franchise quarterbacks for each of the AFC East's four teams? Who were the biggest mistakes? Ali Bhanpuri dives deep into each organization's QB history to make the calls.

Who's the Steelers' greatest franchise quarterback: Ben Roethlisberger or Terry Bradshaw? Who sits on the Bengals' QB throne? Ali Bhanpuri breaks down each AFC North team's top QB1 of the common era.

The Falcons', Panthers' and Saints' current QB1s also double as the greatest passers in each of those franchise's histories. But has Jameis Winston done enough to be the Bucs' best quarterback of all time? Ali Bhanpuri examines NFC South franchise signal-callers.

Who are the greatest franchise quarterbacks for each of the NFC West's four teams? Who were the biggest mistakes? Ali Bhanpuri pores over each organization's QB history to make the calls.

Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach both had illustrious Cowboys careers, but which one is the team's greatest franchise QB? Ali Bhanpuri answers the question for Dallas and the rest of the NFC East teams.

Will Mitchell Trubisky succeed Jim McMahon as the Chicago Bears' top passer? Does Aaron Rodgers or Brett Favre claim the Green Bay Packers' crown? Ali Bhanpuri dives deep into each NFC North team's history to anoint their best QB1s.

How might new Oakland Raiders GM Mike Mayock use the team's three first-round picks in the 2019 NFL Draft? A deep dive into his six most recent top-100 prospect rankings may reveal some clues.

Julian Edelman was finally back on the field for the Patriots. Ali Bhanpuri documents what the receiver's return meant for Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and the rest of New England's offense.

Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins are among a group of New England Patriots rookies whose NFL journey resonated with Ali Bhanpuri in his first year at NFL Media.