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The Cleveland Browns have a huge divisional game in Week 8 vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers. After eking out a win over the reeling Denver Broncos, the Cleveland Browns now turn their attention to the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers for their Week 8 NFL game. While it was good to stop the bleeding a bit, Cleveland […]

  The Denver Broncos once again look to end their losing streak this Sunday when they play the Washington Football Team. The Denver Broncos had the perfect opportunity to end their losing streak this past Thursday. They faced a Cleveland Browns team that would be without quarterback Baker Mayfield, right tackle Jack Conklin and running […]

The Steelers should investigate what it will take to pry Deshaun Watson away from the Texans, but they should only acquire him via a bargain trade.  Ben Roethlisberger’s declining skills mean the Steelers need to be on the lookout for their quarterback of the future. That makes a trade for Deshaun Watson an interesting thought […]

The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. If the NBA season ended today, Miles Bridges would win Most Improved Player by an enormous margin. And honestly, you could make an argument that he’d belong in the […]

Things are back to normal after a ridiculous amount of byes in Week 7. Now is where fantasy owners need to buckle down and make the right bold decisions. You’ve made it. You survived the week of six byes. Now, it’s time to hit the second half of the season running. There are only two […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are coming off another embarrassing loss. Will Patrick Mahomes be able to right the ship against the Giants? Just as a game against Washington was the perfect antidote to prior Chiefs’ struggles, a matchup with the Giants is just what Kansas City needed after being blown out by the Titans. New […]

What makes Kings rookie Davion Mitchell one of the NBA’s best on-ball defenders, and why the Warriors’ offense looks better than it did a year ago. There’s no hotter fire for a rookie guard to be thrown into than what Davion Mitchell faced in the first four games of his NBA career. In his first […]

The New Orleans Saints face the defending Super Bowl champion and division rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. The New Orleans Saints what would normally be an unenviable task, returning from their bye week to face the Seattle Seahawks on the road. That challenge was a lot easier with quarterback Russell Wilson sidelined with a […]

The Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys are among the NFL teams that should be on upset alert in Week 8. The final weekend of October has arrived as the NFL season is approaching its midway point. Contenders are starting to separate themselves from the rest of the pack largely by avoiding upsets, a feat that […]

With the NFL’s trade deadline quickly approaching, here’s one deal every team can make to get better before the deadline. The NFL trade deadline sometimes feels like a second offseason. In the past few years, we’ve seen big named players such as Jalen Ramsey, Jimmy Garoppolo, and Amari Cooper get dealt around the deadline. Some years, […]