4 DOWN TERRITORY By USA Today Sports

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Kyle Shanahan had more at stake – more to lose – than anybody else in this Super Bowl. And he lost. In the biggest game of the season. And once again, he had a huge lead that he and his team ultimately squandered. What does this say about Shanahan in an overall sense? Where are we with him hist...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: What’s the one thing the San Francisco 49ers must do to win Super Bowl LVIII? What’s the one thing the Kansas City Chiefs must do to win Super Bowl LVIII, and bag their third Super Bowl win in the last five years? Who’s your Secret Superstar of Super Bowl LVIII – the relatively unknown player w...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell will be pilloried all offseason long for his two failed fourth-down conversion attempts in his team’s 34-31 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game. Should he be?  The Baltimore Ravens looked just about unbeatable as they started their...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Now that the Dolphins are out of the postseason following their 26-7 wild-card loss to the Chiefs, we’re left with the question we’ve been asking all along – is Tua Tagovailoa the right franchise quarterback for this team to trust? Will Jerry Jones fire Mike McCarthy? Should he fire Mike McCart...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Which wild-card team should be taken most seriously for a Super Bowl run? Which wild-card team should be taken least seriously?  Who’s your Secret Superstar for the wild-card round? Which assistant coach would you most like to get a vacant head coaching job? 

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Is there anyone else but Lamar Jackson who can make the case for NFL MVP? Should the NFL make a more public statement about the state of officiating by firing everybody on that crew when the regular season is over?  If you had to pick one of the defending Super Bowl teams to make it back to the...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: We have three weeks left in the 2023 NFL regular season. Which team are you all-in on now that you did not expect to be at the season’s halfway point?  Conversely, which team were you believing in at the halfway point, and you’re now saying to yourself, “I can no longer take them seriously?” Wh...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: What do Joe Flacco and Jake Browning tell us about quarterback evaluation? Brock Purdy is NOT a system quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ Meltdown Worst of the Week for Week 14

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: 49ers dominate Eagles  Patriots first team to lose 3 straight allowing 10 points or fewer since 1938 Coaches on the Hot Seat Worst of the Week for Week 13

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Who’s your MVP at this point of the 2023 season? Which team that’s currently out of the playoff race is the NFL’s most dangerous? If there’s one player who could be traded from his current team as an act of mercy, who would it be?  What was your Worst of the Week for Week 12? 

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Coaches on Hot Seat Coach of the Year so far Do the Browns or Bengals have a realistic chance at the playoffs? What’s your Worst of the Week for Week 11? 

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: This season, it’s the Pittsburgh Steelers who are on the tip of the good luck spear. They’ve been outgained in each of their nine games this season, but they’re somehow 6-3. Is there any fire behind that statistical smoke, or should the Steelers not be taken seriously at all? Is it time to elev...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Did the Panthers make a mistake in trading up to the top pick in the 2023 NFL draft, and selecting Young instead of Stroud? Is there any reason not to crown John Harbaugh’s squad as the NFL”s best? Does any other team have a case? Is there another coach or coordinator that needs to go to save t...

The halfway point of the season for a league that no longer has a halfway point in the season.  Most disappointing team in the first half of the season  Most pleasantly surprising team Most disappointing player (non-Deshaun Watson division) Most pleasantly surprising player

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: We are at a point in the NFL where officiating needs an intervention We’re getting closer and closer to the October 31 trade deadline, and while there will be trades upcoming, which move would you like to see Two defensive players have won the NFL Most Valuable Player award – Alan Page of the V...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Do we know who the NFL’s best team is right now? The formerly undefeated Eagles and 49ers both fell on Sunday. The Bills nearly threw away a game to the Giants. The Chiefs are playing great defense, but who knows what’s going on with their passing game? The Dolphins can’t be stopped on offense,...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Is 49ers' Brock Purdy More Than a System Quarterback NFL Coaches on the Hot Seat: Mike McCarthy on Notice  Should the NFL and the NFLPA ban the Tush Push What’s your Worst of the Week for Week 5? 

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: The worst thing that happened in Week 4 of the 2023 NFL season How were the Bills able to stop the Dolphins’ offense in Buffalo’s decisive 48-20 win?  Are we to the point with the Chicago Bears where they’re so dysfunctional, they should worry about getting a public relations fixer for their pl...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Not to pick on head coach Matt Eberflus after such an awful week, but if you’re the Bears, do you start making serious changes right now, or is there any benefit to staying the course?  On Sunday, the Miami Dolphins tied for the third-most points in pro football history when they stomped the Br...

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss: Is Justin Fields ever going to be a top-tier quarterback? Who is your Goat of the Week for Week 2 of the 2023 NFL season? Who will be the first NFL coach fired this season, and why is it Brandon Staley of the Chargers? Did Bill Belichick change the face of field goal coverage forevermore?

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire breakdown all the action from Week 1. 

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire make some NFL predictions: Most Valuable Player for the 2023 season, Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Super Bowl predictions!

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss the NFL’s top 101 players, Trey Lance to the Cowboys and which players who were under the radar made the best preseason arguments to stick and stay with their preseason teams.

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss the biggest storylines from Week 2 of the Preseason.

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Kyle Madson of Niners Wire and Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire discuss the biggest storylines from Week 1 of the Preseason. From players who made the most of their preseason playing time and players who are looking for a re-do.