Walter Payton's training habits included running sprints up a hill in Arlington Heights, Ill. What was a landfill then is now a golf course marked with a plaque remembering the Chicago Bears great who once trained there.
Read Robert Mays story on Chicago's obsession with the '85 Bears.
JJ Watt headlines the group of 32 nominees for the 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Plus, a new category of Man of the Year candidate- a large group of players fighting social injustice and racial inequality
Drew Brees and Sean Payton have played together in New Orleans for 13 years now—and they’re long past the ‘finishing each other’s sentences’ phase. The two recall what it was like in the early days and what has gotten them to where they are today (hint: communication). Also, checking in on Ryan Tannehill in Miami, previewing the trade action that we may or may not see around cut-down day, a conversation with new head coach Mike Vrabel and much more.
New Orleans coach Sean Payton stressed his team's satisfaction with its current running back corps and denied that the organization had any interest in signing reinstated running back Ray Rice, according to a report.
In the sequel to the debut of The MMQB’s new fantasy column, a look at the preseason running back rankings. Plus, why your league should embrace the positionless revolution (just like they already have in real football) and allow owners to ignore RBs altogether
Could the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles (a No. 6-seed this year) make another deep playoff run, or will we see the top seeds—Chiefs, Saints, Patriots, Rams—standing alone at the end? The MMQB staff makes their complete playoff and Super Bowl LIII predictions.
More tales from The MMQB’s readers of the joy and anguish of rooting for their team
Imagining the 12 Dream Teams of The MMQB All-Time Draft, assembled for the first time
