Lineup

NFL PLAYOFFS

24 The Patriots

Their consistent success is due to an offense that changes

By Greg A. Bedard

• Peyton Manning and the Broncos ride again

32 The Cardinals

They have found key pieces in the most unlikely places

By Greg Bishop

• Panthers CB Josh Norman has seen the light

38 SB 100

SI's experts discuss the changes looming for the NFL

Presented by Gatorade and Microsoft Surface

PRO HOCKEY

40 Back-to-Backs

How the NHL's best deal with the most grueling 29 hours in sports

By Alex Prewitt

DEPARTMENTS

4 SI Digital

6 Leading Off

14 Inbox

16 Scorecard

21 Faces in The Crowd

22 Just My Type

Dan Patrick: Paxton Lynch's tale of the tape

64 Point After

Steve Rushin: The grand tradition of sports larceny

GLOBALLERS

48 KRISTAPS PORZINGIS

The 7'3" Latvian rookie has turned New York's skeptics into believers

By Lee Jenkins

56 BEN SIMMONS

The bicontinental LSU star has a game hard to define but easy to love

By Luke Winn

SI HAS REGIONAL COVERS THIS WEEK: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images (Peyton Manning) and John Mersits/CSM (Tom Brady); John W. McDonough for Sports Illustrated (Larry Fitzgerald)

PHOTO

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