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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: Picking NFL midseason awards, with MVP, coach of the year and more

Jason Asvestopoulos November 14, 2024
NFL awards are traditionally given at the end of the season, but it’s become common for media to acknowledge midseason honors. Using a mix of projections and current stats, personalities like Colin Cowherd and Nick Wright entertain fans by highlighting standout first-half performances.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: The top five spookiest wide receivers in the NFL

Jason Asvestopoulos October 31, 2024
Halloween has finally made its arrival, and the field has become a stage for football’s truest monsters to turn every game into a horror show for the opposition. I’ll project the top five spookiest wide receivers that any defense can face, from now until the season ends. Let’s see which of these fearsome playmakers can terrify defenses the most. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: NFL draft preview

Jason Asvestopoulos April 24, 2024
This week's edition of Helmet-to-Helmet covers the upcoming NFL Draft and gives a ten-pick mock draft, including a trade and four quarterbacks.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet to Helmet: Could Tyreek Hill be the first non-QB MVP in over a decade?

Jason Asvestopoulos December 7, 2023
Quarterbacks have won every single NFL MVP award since 2012. If Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill shatters the records he's projected to, he very well could be the first non-QB since Adrian Peterson to earn that honor.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

4th and Inches: The Legend of Taylor Heinicke

Brett Abrams December 1, 2022
Taylor Heinicke has proved himself as a reliable starter after years of being a backup option to the Minnesota Vikings, Houston Texans and Washington Commanders.
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‘Truth Hurts’ for critics of the Minnesota Vikings | Minority Report

Lincoln Son Currie November 30, 2022
The Minnesota Vikings are making life hard for sports media’s talking heads. 
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

4th and Inches: NFL trade deadline

Brett Abrams November 10, 2022
Brett Abrams in this week's edition of 4th and Inches shares the biggest trades made at the NFL's trade deadline.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

4th and Inches: Three storylines from NFL Week 2

Brett Abrams September 23, 2022
In the debut of Brett Abrams' NFL column, 4th and Inches, Abrams covers Tagovailoa's rise, Rodgers' psychedelic boost, and the Eagles' early promise.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Spring Scramble: Three keys to the USFL’s survival

Brendan Nordstrom April 6, 2022
Columnist Brendan Nordstrom unveils three keys to the USFL's success as a new football league.
Sophia Flissler /  DFP Staff

Minority Report: Mobile sports betting — a most dangerous game

Lincoln Son Currie February 23, 2022
That is how all sports betting should be — a few fun, insignificant wagers made on vacation. If you win, great. If you lose, oh well. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Inside the Huddle: A look at the NFL standings after Week 7

Ethan Biddle October 26, 2021
Ethan Biddle evaluates the NFL standings after seven weeks of games.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Booms, Busts and Bets: NFL Week 4

Sean Hroncich September 29, 2021
Sean Hroncich discusses the most significant fantasy outlooks entering Week 4 of the NFL season
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