From explosive breakaway runs to grinding yards in the trenches, starting running backs have shown their ability to carry their NFL teams.

According to the football analytics outlet, here was the highest-graded player on every team on defense in the league during Week 7's slate: Arizona Cardinals: LB Dennis Gardeck PFF grade: 81.3. Atlanta Falcons: DT Grady Jarrett PFF grade: 89.

As the trade deadline nears, we looked at cap space and draft capital for all 32 teams. Which franchises can actually maneuver big deals?

Week 7 NFL action is complete. We are just more than a third of the way through the season, so we have a considerable sample size to project how these teams will fare going forward.  Four teams seem to be the ones who will be fighting for the No.

The NFL has relatively simple draft rules compared with the NBA's arcane lottery system. But Tankathon remains an indispensable resource for teams that suck. It's a website that tracks where each team would stand in the next year's draft, according to the results thus far in the season.

The Chiefs are now the lone unbeaten team, but they have company when it comes to the best NFL against the spread records. No team has covered in every game in 2024, but half-a-dozen teams have just one against-the-spread loss.

The New York Jets (2-5), who have lost four games in a row, are touchdown favorites against the New England Patriots (1-6), losers of six straight, on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at Gillette

A couple of struggling teams meet when the New York Jets (2-5), losers of four in a row, face the New England Patriots (1-6), who are on a six-game losing streak, on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at