Gilberto Manzano

Joined: Feb 14, 2023

Gilberto Manzano is a staff writer covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated. After starting off as a breaking news writer at NFL.com in 2014, he worked as the Raiders beat reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and covered the Chargers and Rams for the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Daily News. During his time as a combat sports reporter, he was awarded best sports spot story of 2018 by the Nevada Press Association for his coverage of the Conor McGregor-Khabib Nurmagomedov post-fight brawl. Manzano, a first-generation Mexican-American with parents from Nayarit, Mexico, is the cohost of Compas on the Beat, a sports and culture show featuring Mexican-American journalists. He has been a member of the Pro Football Writers of America since 2017.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (left) and head coach Matt LaFleur (right) have sharps attention this week.

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Houston took down the Colts to reshuffle the AFC South as part of a chaos-filled holiday weekend.

Broncos receiver Courtland Sutton, center, caught a touchdown in the final 30 seconds of the first half of Sunday’s win.

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Sunday marked the third straight week that the Super Bowl betting favorite lost. Denver, meanwhile, won its ninth straight game.

Bijan Robinson had an impressive performance in the Falcons’ loss to the Jets.

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A.J. Brown and Rashee Rice also impressed amid defeat, while Amon-Ra St. Brown exited the Lions’ Thanksgiving game early.

Panthers quarterback Bryce Young passed for three touchdowns in Carolina's upset win over the Rams on Sunday.

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Carolina stopped the Rams’ six-game winning streak. Plus, Houston, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay all posted key victories to shake up the playoff picture.

In his first game back from a turf toe injury, Joe Burrow looked cool and confident as he powered the Bengals to a victory over the Ravens on Thanksgiving night.

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The star quarterback leadCincinnati to a victory over Baltimore on Thanksgiving, but there’s more significance to the win than just beating an AFC North rival.

There's a sharp vs public battle happening for Packers-Lions on Thanksgiving.

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Former NFL QB Trent Green is making one of the first bets in Missouri, but first he's talking Chiefs-Cowboys and we have insights from Vegas on Packers-Lions.

Raiders head coach Pete Carroll has found himself starving for wins during his first season in the desert.

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In this week’s fact or fiction, we debate the future of a coach who’s blaming seemingly everyone but himself and his sons for yet another subpar Raiders season.

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey logged his 10th game with at least 100 yards from scrimmage this season in Monday's win over the Panthers.

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San Francisco has seen so many key players leave for other teams or suffer serious injuries in the past year, yet has kept its place in the thick of the NFC playoff hunt.