Ezekiel Elliott

During the NFL's 14-game season era from 1961-77, just one team, the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, managed to go 0-14. Since the league went to a 16-game campaign in 1978, just one team, the 2008 Detroit Lions, managed to go 0-16. But this season, both the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers, are flirting with 0-16. Could 2017 be remembered as the double nothing season?

In 51 Super Bowl match-ups, only twice have both teams come from the same state - the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV and the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. Could we be looking at an all-Pennsylvania showdown in Super Bowl LII? Certainly at this stage of the season, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers look to be the best of the best.

When you’re trying to pick the NFL rushing leader for 2017, the most important factor shouldn’t be how many games the best candidates in the league might possibly miss due to suspensions or injuries. But that’s exactly what you run up against when the top two names are Le’Veon Bell and Ezekiel Elliott.

Playoff spots can be nailed down on several fronts this week as the NFL nears its regular-season finish line. And the Green Bay-Detroit battle for the NFC North gets ever more heated heading towards their big showdown next week at Ford Field.