AFC East Articles
For a Patriots team that had just completed the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, complacency did not set in. Not even a little bit.
If anything, the Pats and coach Bill Belichick ratcheted up the offseason intensity with a flurry...
Athlon Sports
2 weeks ago
The Buffalo Bills haven’t been to the NFL playoffs for 17 consecutive seasons, the longest active postseason drought in North American professional sports. So why should 2017 be the season this dubious streak is snapped? Because maybe the...
Athlon Sports
2 weeks ago
Long-time Miami fans know all about one-year NFL wonders — those teams that overachieve one season only to fall back the next. That’s because the 2008 Dolphins fall in that category, plummeting from an 11–5 record and playoff...
Athlon Sports
2 weeks ago
A year ago, the Jets entered the 2016 season with lofty expectations and high hopes, after they had won 10 games in coach Todd Bowles’ first season. They dreamed of making the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
Things...
Athlon Sports
2 weeks ago
Despite the NFL’s undisputed status as the most dominant professional sports league, it needs some improvement. A few lingering issues still require some resolution. In particular, scheduling, both during the regular season and postseason...
John La Fleur
1 month ago
What are the best fantasy football team names for Miami Dolphins fans? Look no further. Whether you're looking for great, funny, clever, old, new or stupid fantasy football team names to match your favorite team — the Miami Dolphins...
Athlon Sports
1 month ago
What are the best fantasy football team names for New York Jets fans? Look no further. Whether you're looking for great, funny, clever, old, new or stupid fantasy football team names to match your favorite team — the New York Jets...
Athlon Sports
1 month ago
What are the best fantasy football team names for New England Patriots fans? Look no further. Whether you're looking for great, funny, clever, old, new or stupid fantasy football team names to match your favorite team — the New England...
Athlon Sports
1 month ago
What are the best fantasy football team names for Buffalo Bills fans? Look no further. Whether you're looking for great, funny, clever, old, new or stupid fantasy football team names to match your favorite team—the Buffalo Bills...
Athlon Sports
1 month ago
The Atlanta Falcons could not have provided a more fitting end to the NFL franchise’s storied 25-year history inside the Georgia Dome. The final chapter being a dominant 44-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game...
Rob McVey
6 months ago
Trying to pick the optimal DraftKings lineup for the NFL's (NFC and AFC) conference championship games on Sunday? Our football experts are here to help.
Here’s what our optimal DFS lineup looks like.
QB Matt Ryan ($...
Rob McVey
6 months ago
The Miami Dolphins (10-5) will host the New England Patriots (13-2) to wrap up the NFL regular season for both teams. The two AFC East rivals last met in week 2 in Foxborough with the Patriots coming out on top by a score of 31-24. While both teams...
Rob McVey
6 months ago
New England may have already wrapped up the AFC East, but there’s still important business in the division to attend to when Buffalo hosts Miami on Christmas Eve. The Dolphins (9-5) are a game clear of the pack for the second wild card spot,...
Mark Ross
7 months ago
Saturday’s primetime matchup inside MetLife Stadium will be the second meeting of the season between the Miami Dolphins (8-5) and New York Jets (4-9). The AFC East rivals last met on Nov. 6 in Miami with the Dolphins edging out the Jets 27-...
Rob McVey
7 months ago
When the NFL schedule was revealed, this was a primetime matchup: The Patriots, the long-standing kings of the AFC East, against the (apparently) rising Jets, who had just missed the playoffs last season despite winning 10 games.
Not even...
John Gworek
8 months ago
The best team in the National Football League so far this season heads to one of the hottest on Sunday as an AFC East battle takes center stage between a pair of familiar rivals. New England has been on a tear ever since getting Tom Brady back at...
Bryan Fischer
9 months ago
College football fans frequently argue about the superiority or inferiority of conferences. As much as those in the NFL like to maintain that parity exists across its divisions, fans believe differently. How can fans settle the debate? By applying...
John La Fleur
9 months ago
After three weeks without Tom Brady, New England already holds a two-game lead in the AFC East. If they can beat Buffalo on Sunday and get some help elsewhere, the Patriots could stretch that lead to three over the rest of the division —...
John Gworek
9 months ago
Some surprises, both the good and bad kind, in Week 1 in terms of fantasy performances by wide receivers and tight ends. Before we look ahead to Week 2, let’s see how my Week 1 advice fared.
Good Calls...
Start Donte...
Michael Horvath
10 months ago
The NFL season is less than a week old, and already the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills have to be feeling a little like their backs are against the wall. Both lost in Week 1, then had to watch nemesis New England escape with a win Sunday night...
John Gworek
10 months ago
It's getting repetitive talking about the New England Patriots and their chances of winning the AFC East. Things go wrong for this team, yet you can count on them to win the division. They'll have to do without Tom Brady for the first four...
Matt Josephs
11 months ago
How often is it in today’s NFL landscape that a team isn’t sure about a quarterback after playing four years in the league?
That is the case with the Miami Dolphins as Ryan Tannehill is entering his fifth season, but there are...
Antwan Staley
11 months ago
It was business as usual in the AFC East last season, as New England won its seventh straight division title on its way to playing in a fifth straight conference championship game. Should we expect anything different this year? Perhaps since it...
Athlon Sports
11 months ago
Believe it or not, the Miami Dolphins have not qualified for the playoffs since 2008. The same Dolphins franchise that consistently made the postseason under former legendary head coach Don Shula in the 1970s through the mid-90s.
If the...
Antwan Staley
11 months ago
Regroup and reboot. That’s been the annual ritual at the Davie headquarters for more than two decades, since the Dolphins’ last appearance in an AFC Championship Game. They haven’t even appeared in the postseason since 2008....
Athlon Sports
1 year ago