While some of the better teams in the NFL went all-in, the Bears banked on improvement from within led by Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams. Will that be enough?

It’s not who you play, it’s when you play them. A team that looks tough on paper now might be a shell of itself when injuries hit in October. Maybe even sooner. That said, strength of schedule is at least a guide to the challenges each team will face.

And then there was one. Seventeen pulse-pounding weeks of NFL action are in the books, plus power rankings, too. We’ve got one more week before the playoffs. Two divisions are still up for grabs. So are both No. 1 seeds and first-round byes. The proud ...

In terms of how many teams can feasibly win the Super Bowl, this could be the deepest NFL playoff field we've ever seen. Part of that is the lack of a truly transcendent team. But it's unique to see a 14-team field in which a reasonable case can be made ...