Cordarrelle Patterson: Atlanta feels like home, so why not finish career here?

Cordarrelle Patterson spent time with four teams before landing with the Falcons in 2021, but he never had the kind of offensive impact he had in Atlanta. Patterson ran for 618 yards, caught 52 passes for 548 yards and scored a career-high 11 touchdowns on offense during his first season with the team. After playing [more]

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John Elway will be an outside consultant to Broncos G.M. George Paton this season

John Elway would like a role with the new ownership of the Broncos, but it remains to be seen if that will be the case once the team is sold. Elway will continue have a role in the current operations, although it’s a less involved one than he’s had in the recent past. Mike Klis [more]

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Joe Buck becomes the next big broadcasting domino

His long-time NFL broadcast-booth partner has bolted Fox for ESPN. Will Joe Buck follow Troy Aikman? That’s the next big domino to fall in this game of broadcast bingo. (Sorry to mix board-game metaphors. But, hey, that’s Life.) Buck has one year left on his contract with Fox. Via Andrew Marchand of the New York [more]

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Competition Committee expects no changes to how NFL conducts replay reviews

The NFL isn’t planning any changes to replay in 2022. Competition Committee Rich McKay said the league’s view on replay is if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. “Replay had a pretty good year,” McKay told Judy Battista of NFL Media. McKay said the league thinks the replay assistant’s role in communicating with the referee [more]

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Playmakers arrives (at my house, finally)

It took a while, but it finally happened. Two copies of the final, hardcover edition of Playmakers recently arrived at my house. We opened the box last night; Macy didn’t seem to be impressed. The book officially lands in 16 days. It’s a close look at the past two decades in the NFL, with a [more]

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Patriots aren’t expected to increase ticket prices for 2022

Some teams are increasing ticket prices for 2022. Some aren’t. The Patriots reportedly will be in the “aren’t” category. Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports that the Patriots aren’t planning to increase ticket prices for the coming season. Reiss says a hike could happen in 2023, when renovations to Gillette Stadium are expected to be complete. [more]

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Recent podcast on Cowboys cheerleaders includes unflattering allegations about Jerry Jones

The irreconcilable disconnect between the Cowboys paying $2.4 million to settle voyeurism allegations and concluding that no wrongdoing occurred compels a much closer look at the situation. Content to close the books on the matter (and to accept the team’s investigation of itself), the NFL doesn’t plan to do so. That means others need to [more]

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Patriots are only team with no coach or executive speaking at Scouting Combine

One of the rituals of the Scouting Combine consists of having a parade of coaches and General Managers submit to questioning from the assembled reporters. It’s different from the usual press conferences, because the folks providing answers routinely face questions from reporters other than those who cover the team on a regular basis — and [more]

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New Bengals CB coach Charles Burks says Bill Walsh minority coaching fellowship changed his life

New Bengals cornerbacks coach Charles Burks cites a Bill Walsh minority coaching fellowship with the Lions in 2012 as a life-changing career opportunity. Burks told Bengals.com that job changed his life because of the contacts it gave him in the coaching community. “That was a great defensive staff,” Burks says. “Jim Schwartz was the head [more]

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Jason Taylor in talks to join Miami Hurricanes’ staff

One of the best players in Miami Dolphins history may soon be part of another Miami team. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports that former Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor has been in talks with Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal about potentially joining the Hurricanes’ coaching staff. Cristobal, who was born and raised [more]

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Packers free up cap space with David Bakhtiari restructure

The Packers are over the 2022 salary cap, something that needs to change before the start of the league year on March 16. Today they’ve made a significant move in the right direction. Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari‘s deal has been restructured, according to Field Yates of ESPN. It’s a simple restructure that converts $11.58 [more]

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Saints restructure Michael Thomas, Ryan Ramczyk

As usual, the Saints are over the salary cap as the new league year approaches. And as usual, they’re restructuring contracts to change that. Today the Saints have created $26.217 million in cap space by restructuring the contracts of wide receiver Michael Thomas and offensive tackle Ryan Ramczyk, according to Field Yates of ESPN. For [more]

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Seahawks likely to prioritize keeping Duane Brown in free agency

Last year, the Seahawks appeared likely to let left tackle Duane Brown walk in free agency. Brown sat out training camp practices as he sought a contract extension, and although the Seahawks did re-work his deal, he said the contract he got wasn’t what he was hoping for. But with Brown now set to hit [more]

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Daniel Jones says Brian Daboll is seeking his input in developing Giants’ playbook

New Giants head coach Brian Daboll won’t just bring in the same playbook he used in Buffalo as the Bills’ offensive coordinator for the last four years. Instead, quarterback Daniel Jones says, Daboll is seeking Jones’ input to figure out the best plays the offense can run to make use of Jones’ skill set. “Him [more]

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Jerry Jones tries to harmonize $2.4 million cheerleaders settlement with internal finding of no wrongdoing

The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL somehow have avoided widespread scrutiny for a voyeurism scandal that resulted in a $2.4 million settlement with four cheerleaders who were allegedly videotaped while changing clothes in 2015, but that also ended with a conclusion by the team that no wrongdoing had occurred. In such situations, the best approach [more]

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Derek Carr says he’s building “great” relationships with coach Josh McDaniels, GM Dave Ziegler

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr says he’s comfortable with the new leadership in Las Vegas. Carr said new head coach Josh McDaniels and General Manager Dave Ziegler have spent time with him getting on the same page from a football perspective, and he’s also getting to know them personally. “They’ve been super awesome. They’ve been great,” [more]

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Michael Bidwill: We’ve had good conversations nonstop with Kyler Murray

A report on Thursday night indicated that the Cardinals and quarterback Kyler Murray were on good terms despite some signs that the relationship wasn’t in a great place earlier this month and that was the same message that team owner Michael Bidwill sent on Friday. The chief reason why questions about the relationship cropped up [more]

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Wes Phillips: Running the ball is important, but winning is most important

With Kevin O’Connell on hand as the head coach, offensive coordinator Wes Phillips won’t be calling the plays for the Vikings in 2022 but he did share some insight into what the team’s approach is going to look like on that side of the ball when he held his first press conference since coming to [more]

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Panthers agree to three-year contract with Ian Thomas

The Panthers have bought back one of their pending free agents. Carolina announced on Friday that the club has agreed to terms on a three-year contract with tight end Ian Thomas. According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, the deal is worth $16.5 million with $8 million fully guaranteed. He’ll receive $6.435 million in cash in [more]

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Colts hiring Nate Ollie as defensive line coach

With Gus Bradley installed as the Colts’ new defensive coordinator, the rest of the club’s defensive staff is taking shape. According to multiple reports, Indianapolis is hiring Nate Ollie to be the team’s defensive line coach. Ollie, 30, spent the 2021 season as the Jets’ assistant defensive line coach. He previously worked for the Eagles [more]

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18 days to Playmakers

I used to encourage folks to pre-order my book, Playmakers. I’ve decided to stop doing that. I’m stopping because, with the release of Playmakers only 18 days away, it’s not really a “pre-order” at this point. It’s just an order. You order it now, and you’ll have it in 18 days. Ideally, that is. The [more]

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Report: Amazon, Fox will call Tom Brady about analyst gig

The world is Tom Brady’s oyster. Multiple networks are interested in shucking his skills in a broadcast booth. Among the many useful nuggets to emerge from Andrew Marchand of the New York Post this week regarding the lottery-prize merry-go-round in the presentation of NFL games on TV is this — both Fox and Amazon will [more]

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Report: Kyler Murray, Cardinals on same page and working to move forward

Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray decision to scrub his social media of any mention of the team earlier this month was followed by a report that some around the team feel he’s immature and self-centered, but it looks like things have cooled off in the desert. That report included word that the Cardinals expect things to [more]

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Doug Williams won’t support Hue Jackson’s Grambling program with Art Briles on the staff

Before he was the Super Bowl XXII MVP, Doug Williams was a star quarterback at Grambling. After his NFL career, Williams became Grambling’s head coach. But now Williams says he can’t support his alma mater. That’s because Grambling’s new head coach, former Browns and Raiders coach Hue Jackson, has hired Art Briles as offensive coordinator, [more]

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Darrell Bevell: I want to see the ball coming out of Tua Tagovailoa’s hand in person

After Mike McDaniel was hired as the Dolphins head coach, he told quarterback Tua Tagovailoa that his job is to “get all of that greatness out of you” in the years to come. McDaniel’s effort will be aided by quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Darrell Bevell, who met with the media on Wednesday for [more]

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With Troy Aikman choosing ESPN, will Amazon target Sean McVay?

The unexpected decision of Troy Aikman to choose ESPN over Amazon will create plenty of questions. Here’s a fairly obvious one: Where does Amazon go now? Al Michaels, who is expected to become the play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime, reportedly wanted Aikman as the in-booth partner. Andrew Marchand of the New [more]

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The Aaron Rodgers, Brian Gutekunst relationship likely will be deteriorating, again

The rollercoaster relationship between Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Packers G.M. Brian Gutekunst is about to take a nosedive. Last month, Rodgers explained the manner in which things have improved between quarterback and executive. Now, as Rodgers continues to contemplate whether he’ll stay with the Packers, ask for a trade, or retire, Gutekunst has publicly [more]

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Multiple teams would trade for Deshaun Watson without a settlement of civil cases

Teams are making plans to acquire veteran quarterbacks — officially as of March 16 and unofficially before then. For Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, his legal situation complicates any effort to work out a long-expected trade. He faces two tracks, criminal and civil. His lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said Monday in open court that he expects the [more]

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Matthew Stafford: I wish I had a better reaction in the moment when the photographer fell

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford took some criticism when he just turned around and walked away after a photographer fell off the stage at the team’s post-Super Bowl celebration. Stafford and the Rams later pledged to pay her hospital bills and replace her broken cameras, but Stafford still wishes he had handled it differently. Speaking on [more]

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Mike McDaniel wants Madison and Surtain covering Welker in practice, “barring old-man injury”

New Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel has hired some former Pro Bowl players on his coaching staff, including receivers coach Wes Welker, cornerbacks coach Sam Madison and defensive assistant Patrick Surtain. And McDaniel might just ask those coaches to get on the practice field and show the players how it’s done. McDaniel said in introducing [more]

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Paxton Lynch lands with the Michigan Panthers of the USFL

Paxton Lynch is down (from Canada), but not out (of football). The 2016 first-round quarterback has been drafted by the Michigan Panthers of the USFL. He was the final pick of round 12. Under the USFL’s unique player-distribution process, quarterbacks were drafted in round one and round 12. Each of the eight teams took quarterbacks [more]

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Zac Stacy faces five new charges involving victim of November 2021 attack

Former NFL running back Zac Stacy, who was arrested and charged late last year following a violent attack of an ex-girlfriend that was caught on camera, faces new charges arising from a prior incident involving the same victim. Via TMZ.com, Stacy stands accused of three counts of misdemeanor domestic violence and two counts of misdemeanor [more]

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Ejiro Evero: Broncos defense needs to affect the quarterback

The Broncos finally got to hold an introductory press conference for their new defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero on Tuesday as his hiring had to wait to become official until after he wrapped up his duties as the Rams defensive backs coach. Evero’s final game was Super Bowl LVI and it ended with Aaron Donald forcing [more]

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Bill introduced to eliminate tax subsidies for pro stadium construction

The NFL’s current controversies have consequences. For NFL teams and all other American pro sports teams, potentially. A trio of U.S. Representatives introduced on Tuesday a bill that would immediately eliminate a tax subsidy used by professional teams when constructing stadiums. Via John Keim of ESPN.com, Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Earl Blumenauer [more]

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Lovie Smith: Deshaun Watson situation will be resolved in time, Davis Mills is our quarterback

Texans head coach Lovie Smith is confident in Davis Mills at Houston’s quarterback — and confident that Deshaun Watson will be elsewhere soon enough. Smith told Rich Eisen that while he’s not going to guarantee anyone a starting job in February, he fully expects Mills to play, and play well, for the Texans in 2022. [more]

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Lions re-sign Josh Woods

Linebacker Josh Woods will be staying with the Lions. The Lions announced that they have re-signed Woods on Tuesday. No terms of the deal were announced. Woods was set for restricted free agency this offseason, but the agreement means that the two sides will avoid a drawn out dance involving tender offers in the weeks [more]

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Jarvis Landry: I came back to play too early and stayed hurt the entire season

Browns receiver Jarvis Landry has been a key piece to the team’s offense since Cleveland acquired him from Miami in 2018. But now it seems like Landry could be on his way out of Northeast Ohio. And while Landry didn’t speak to the media during the back half of the season, he posted a string [more]

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Steelers haven’t made a call on Devin Bush’s fifth-year option

The Steelers have a decision to make about linebacker Devin Bush this offseason. Bush was the 10th overall pick of the 2019 draft and that means the team has a call to make about exercising their fifth-year option on his contract. Doing so would guarantee Bush a salary approaching $11 million for the 2023 season. [more]

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Window to use franchise tags opens Tuesday

We’re more than a week past the Super Bowl and closing in on the end of February, which means that the start of the new league year and opening of free agency is drawing closer. One of the milestones on the way to that point comes on Tuesday. It is the first day that teams [more]

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The final photo posted by Aaron Rodgers sends a clear message, whatever it may be

Aaron Rodgers is widely regarded as smart. Very smart. As a result, nothing he does should be shrugged off as accidental or coincidental. He’s smart enough to craft a deliberately vague social-media post at a time when he has said, plainly and clearly, that he’s contemplating his football future. He’s also smart enough to attach [more]

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Wisconsin kicker Collin Larsh makes a late entry into the 2022 NFL draft

Wisconsin kicker Collin Larsh announced on Monday that he’s leaving college for the NFL. Ordinarily, players leaving school before completing their NCAA eligibility have to declare for the draft in January. But Larsh is an unusual case because he has already spent five seasons in college. He had originally planned to stick around for a [more]

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Lions see “vast room for improvement” for Tracy Walker

The Lions’ decision to change coaches for the 2021 season worked out well for safety Tracy Walker. Walker lost his starting job with Matt Patricia at the helm in 2020, but he returned to the first team during Dan Campbell’s first season and produced 108 tackles, a sack, and an interception for the NFC North [more]

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Steelers plan to bring Dwayne Haskins back, unsure if he can evolve into a starter

Three years ago, Dwayne Haskins was a first-round draft pick anointed the future franchise quarterback in Washington. Now the question is whether he has any future at all in Pittsburgh. Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert indicated Monday that Haskins does have some future, saying Haskins will be in the mix along with Mason Rudolph. “Dwayne [more]

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Colts re-sign Marvell Tell

The Colts announced a signing on Monday morning. Cornerback Marvell Tell has re-signed with the team. Tell was a fifth-round pick in 2019 and he appeared in 13 games during his rookie season. He started one game and saw action on special teams in addition to defense. Tell was credited with 26 tackles and a [more]

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George Kittle treads lightly on the Jimmy Garoppolo vs. Trey Lance question

The 49ers seem to be ready to move on from veteran quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Until that happens, however, San Francisco tight end George Kittle seems to be prepared to hedge his bets. Speaking recently to TMZ.com, Kittle stayed neutral on the question of who the quarterback should, in his estimation, be. After offering one word [more]

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Cam Heyward: When you look at Brian Flores’ track record, you get excited

The Steelers made some news over the weekend when they hired former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach. Flores sued the NFL and several teams for racial discrimination in their head coaching hiring practices earlier this month, which made it something of a surprise that he landed any [more]

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Michigan-Wisconsin incident fills football void, sort of

The first Sunday with football was filled with an unexpected scrum on the hardwood. Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard got into an altercation with Wisconsin coach Greg Gard. Howard apparently wasn’t happy about a late timeout called during the 77-63 victory. Words became more than words. There was pushing and shoving and punches. Some [more]

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NFL admits it won’t investigate Cowboys voyeurism scandal

The NFL has enough current scandals, and it’s not interested in another one. That’s the only reasonable explanation for the league’s decision to not investigate a 2015 voyeurism scandal involving the Dallas Cowboys. The league obviously has chosen to assume the lowest possible profile regarding some of the most heinous allegations of workplace misconduct we’ve [more]

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Aaron Rodgers draws criticism for playing it too safe

For two straight years, the Packers have secured the No. 1 seed in the NFC. For two straight years, the Packers have failed to parlay the top seed into a Super Bowl appearance. Yes, a stunning failure of special teams fueled the latest collapse. But quarterback Aaron Rodgers also hasn’t performed at Aaron Rodgers levels [more]

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Bengals safety Ricardo Allen retires

Super Bowl LVI will be the last game of Ricardo Allen‘s career. Allen, a safety who played for the Bengals last season, announced his retirement. “I’ve always wondered how it would feel giving up what most people would consider to be ‘most of me’, and that’s being a professional athlete. But, the truth is, I’m [more]

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Voidable years could make Odell Beckham Jr. eligible for injury protection under CBA

Last Sunday, Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. suffered a non-contact ACL tear during the first half of the Super Bowl, after catching two passes for 52 yards and a touchdown. Beckham will be a free agent in less than a month. Given his looming rehab and the amount of time required to return from the [more]

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On opening drive of Super Bowl, should Bengals have punted?

Twitter is rife with reminders that there’s no football to watch today. Here’s an idea — watch the Super Bowl again. That’s what I’m doing. And I’ll have some thoughts as I do it. I’ll post some of them, because I’m bored. Because there’s no football to watch today. Here’s an item regarding the first [more]

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Future of Sunday Ticket remains very fluid

The NFL’s deal with DirecTV to broadcast the Sunday Ticket package expires after the 2022 season. At this point, the only semi-certainty is that the long-time relationship with DirecTV will end. Where the product goes continues to be an open question. It started as a satellite service. It will become, as of 2023, a full-blown [more]

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With Pepsi out, NFL looks for someone to pay up to $50 million to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show

Last Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show was the tenth to carry the Pepsi name. For now, it’s the last. As recently reported by Terry Lefton of Sports Business Journal, Pepsi will not be sponsoring the Super Bowl halftime show moving forward. Pepsi is expected to continue to be an NFL sponsor, along with its corporate [more]

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Rich Ohrnberger doubles down on claims of Tom Brady, Bruce Arians dysfunction

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians tried to shout down former NFL player Rich Ohrnberger. It didn’t work. After Arians’s characteristically profane (and I’m fine with that) response to Ohrnberger’s Friday claim of a tense and souring relationship in Tampa between Arians and quarterback Tom Brady, Ohrnberger doubled down with a series of Saturday night tweets. Ohrnberger [more]

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Bob Babich retiring as Bills’ linebackers coach, son Bobby Babich promoted to replace him

Longtime NFL coach Bob Babich is calling it a career. Babich, who has been the Bills’ linebackers coach since 2017, is retiring, according to multiple reports. The 61-year-old Babich was with the Bears as linebackers coach and defensive coordinator from 2004 to 2012, and when Brian Urlacher was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of [more]

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If NFL doesn’t tweak postseason OT now, will it ever?

Last November, Bob Costas warned the NFL to change its unfair overtime procedures before a team gets screwed by losing the coin toss in the Super Bowl. While that didn’t happen last Sunday (overtime seemed inevitable until Cincinnati’s final drive suddenly petered out), the NFL’s current rules marred the epic Bills-Chiefs divisional round game. “Just [more]

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Will the Broncos make a run at Aaron Rodgers?

It’s been widely assumed for nearly a year that if/when Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers changes teams, he’ll do what Peyton Manning did a decade ago and land in Colorado, with the Broncos. As we get closer and closer to resolving the Rodgers situation, at least for 2022, will the Broncos do it? The team seems [more]

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DK Metcalf claims he’s serious about trying to run in the Olympics in 2024

Last offseason Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf ran against some elite track stars in a USA Track & Field meet. And Metcalf says that one run was just the beginning. Metcalf says he wants to make the U.S. Olympic team in 2024. “I’m not just running just to run. I can do that on a [more]

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Giants hire Angela Baker as assistant coach

For the second time since becoming the Giants’ head coach last month, Brian Daboll has added a woman to his staff. Daboll hired Angela Baker as an offensive quality control coach, according to Field Yates of ESPN. Baker’s hiring comes after Daboll hired Laura Young as the team’s director of coaching operations. Young and Baker [more]

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Cowboys should lift NDAs, allowing cheerleaders to tell their stories regarding voyeurism

Inexplicably, the same league that recently said the Washington Commanders should not be allowed to investigate themselves has no qualms about the fact that the Dallas Cowboys investigated themselves regarding the voyeurism allegations from 2015. Even more inexplicably (or less explicably, I suppose), the NFL apparently will get away with this deliberate failure to care [more]

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Commanders assistant Sam Mills III reflects on “great news” of his dad making the Hall of Fame

Washington Commanders defensive line coach Sam Mills III is grateful that his father achieved football immortality when he was announced as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022. Although it wasn’t announced until February 10, Mills III said he got a call from a Canton, Ohio, phone number shortly after [more]

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NFL Commissioner, team representatives meet with civil-rights leaders

For the second time in 10 days, Commissioner Roger Goodell has met with multiple civil-rights leaders regarding the NFL’s poor track record when it comes to hiring Black coaches. National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial, National Action Network founder and president Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson, National Coalition [more]

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Report: Malcolm Butler “definitely” plans to play in 2022

Cornerback Malcolm Butler surprisingly retired just before the start of the 2021 season. He’d signed with the Cardinals as a free agent and was slated to be a significant part of their defense. But when Arizona released Butler from the reserve/retired list on Thursday, it prompted speculation that the cornerback might want to play again. [more]

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USFL will hold a 35-round player draft next week, with a position-specific approach

They have team names. They have coaches. They have stadiums. They have uniforms. Now, they need players. Next week, the eight teams of USFL 2.0 will conduct a 35-round draft aimed at filling up the rosters. The format will unfold by position, with quarterbacks being selected in round one, edge rushers and defensive ends chosen [more]

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Brian Flores: Relationship with Tua Tagovailoa “wasn’t strained”

Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores hasn’t shied away from speaking publicly about his current fight with the NFL, even though the league surely will study every word he says in search of anything that could be used as ammunition to create the impression of inconsistency in anything he may say while testifying later, in his [more]

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Jason Pierre-Paul had shoulder surgery

Buccaneers edge rusher Jason Pierre-Paul dealt with a shoulder injury for most of the 2021 season and he went into an operating room to repair it this week. Pierre-Paul shared a picture of himself in a hospital bed and videos discussing how his shoulder will recover to his Instagram account on Thursday night. In a [more]

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Dak Prescott: Continuity on coaching staff good for me and overall team structure

After the Cowboys lost to the 49ers in the playoffs, it looked like they might be making changes to the top of their coaching staff but they wound up with head coach Mike McCarthy, defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore remaining in the same jobs they had in 2021. The decision to [more]

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Lions won’t raise ticket prices in 2022

The Lions had the lowest average attendance during the 2021 season on their way to a 3-13-1 season and they won’t be charging fans anything extra for the pleasure of watching them play in 2022. In a letter from team president Rod Wood to season ticket holders, the team revealed that ticket prices will not [more]

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Kevin O’Connell hopes to emulate Sean McVay, from play calling to building a culture

New Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell has spent the last two years working for Sean McVay as the Rams’ offensive coordinator, and O’Connell says he’s bringing everything he learned in Los Angeles with him to Minnesota. O’Connell confirmed at his introductory press conference that he will be the offensive play caller, and he said working [more]

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NFL will take close look at taunting calls and non-calls

The Competition Committee begins today the effort to identify potential rule changes for the 2022 season. One specific rule definitely will be getting attention during the process. It’s the taunting rule. And it will be getting a closer look. The rule itself has been on the books for years. It was the subject of a [more]

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If Joe Burrow had time on final play, he would have seen Ja’Marr Chase wide open for a touchdown

Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald should have been the Super Bowl LVI MVP. From the two sacks he had during the short-field drive that resulted in Cincinnati scoring a field goal instead of a touchdown to the Herculean effort to keep Bengals running back Samaje Perine from achieving a first down on third and one [more]

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LeBron James: Aaron Donald is the greatest defensive player I’ve ever seen

In making back-to-back, game-sealing plays during Super Bowl LVI, Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald helped solidify his status as one of the greatest defensive players of all time. But one of the greatest NBA players of all time went a little farther with his assessment of Donald’s career on Wednesday night. After going shirtless in [more]

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Mike Brown: We want to do some things to help Joe Burrow

The Bengals feel like they have a bright future after advancing to the Super Bowl and a big reason for that is quarterback Joe Burrow. Burrow’s play during his second NFL season gave rise to visions of a long run as a contender in the AFC, but those thoughts have been tinged with some fear [more]

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Sean McVay’s fiancee says he’s not retiring

Rams head coach Sean McVay’s future with the team came up for discussion in the days leading into Super Bowl LVI, but all signs point to him continuing in his current role. McVay said during Wednesday’s championship celebration in Los Angeles that he plans to “run it back” with the Rams and COO Kevin Demoff [more]

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Brandon Beane on making big moves: Have to keep an eye on next two or three years

Rams General Manager Les Snead made it clear at Tuesday’s championship parade that he has no regrets about shipping away draft picks in order to acquire players like Matthew Stafford, Jalen Ramsey, and Von Miller on the way to a Super Bowl title. Those moves leave the Rams short on draft picks and with cap [more]

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Andrew Whitworth: Five years ago I was told I was too old, now I’m holding the Lombardi Trophy

At 40 years old, Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth is the oldest player in the NFL. And after winning Super Bowl LVI, Whitworth is reflecting on how long he’s been told he’s too old. Whitworth just finished his fifth season with the Rams, and he said at their Super Bowl parade that when he left [more]

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USFL to hold postseason at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton

The first season of the reconstituted USFL will be played in Birmingham. The first postseason will be staged a long way from Birmingham. The USFL announced on Wednesday that the playoffs and championship game will be played in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. The semifinal round will be played on June [more]

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T.J. Watt: NFL fined me for saying I checked my phone during halftime of Week 18

Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt tied the NFL’s official single-season sack record by dropping Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley for a loss during the first half of a Week 18 game between the AFC North teams, but he thought he might have actually broken the record. Watt tackled Huntley for a loss after the quarterback recovered a [more]

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Eric Weddle: Joe Burrow will get his moment

In the aftermath of Super Bowl LVI, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said that the team will use their 23-20 loss to the Rams as fuel for the future and that he thinks “we’ll be back multiple times over the course of the next few years.” Burrow’s confidence in what the future will bring is shared [more]

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Mike McDaniel: I’d start Jaylen Waddle in fantasy

Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel has talked quite a bit about quarterback Tua Tagovailoa since being hired in Miami and his desire to coax “greatness” out of the 2020 first-round pick. Tagovailoa is obviously a crucial piece of the puzzle for the Dolphins, but he’s not the only piece. Another one is wide receiver Jaylen [more]

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Brandon Beane: Protecting Josh Allen is the first priority for Bills’ offense this offseason

Bills General Manager Brandon Beane says protecting quarterback Josh Allen is his top priority. Beane told the Bills’ website that when it comes to the draft and free agency, making sure the offensive line isn’t letting Allen get hit is job No. 1. “First thing, I’m going to try and protect him,” Beane said of [more]

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Subpoena could be issued by Congress for Washington investigation documents

Pressure continues to intensify on the Washington Commanders and the NFL over the results of the investigation regarding sexual harassment and other alleged misconduct within the team’s workplace. Via WUSA9.com, the House Committee on Oversight & Reform imposed a deadline of Monday at 5:00 p.m. ET to comply with a longstanding request for documents relating [more]

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Cooper Kupp: Rams are “certainly” capable of repeating as Super Bowl champions

The NFL hasn’t had a repeat Super Bowl champion since the Patriots defeated the Panthers and Eagles to cap the 2003 and 2004 seasons, respectively. After beating the Bengals in Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI, could the Rams see confetti falling from the rafters at State Farm Stadium to celebrate another title a year from now? [more]

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C.J. Uzomah: “Tough” to see Joe Burrow get hit as much as he did

It’s not hard to figure out where the Bengals will be focusing a good deal of their attention this offseason. Quarterback Joe Burrow was pressured into an incompletion by Aaron Donald on Cincinnati’s final offensive snap of the Super Bowl, which made for a fitting end to a year that saw him take 70 sacks [more]

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Jessie Bates: I think we set a standard for Cincinnati

The Bengals fell short of a Super Bowl title in Los Angeles on Sunday, but the 2021 season still marked a major step forward for the franchise. Five straight losing seasons and six wins over the last two years were the backdrop for their run to an AFC title, so winning the AFC North and [more]

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John Madden remembered at public memorial at Oakland Coliseum

John Madden was remembered for his greatness as a coach, a broadcaster, a friend and a family man at a public memorial service on Monday. Madden, who died on December 28 at the age of 85, was honored at the Oakland Coliseum, where he roamed the sidelines for his years as the Hall of Fame [more]

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Sean McVay on if he’ll coach Rams in 2022: “We’ll see.”

Sean McVay could very easily continue in his post of running the Los Angeles Rams next after the first Super Bowl victory of his coaching career. But at least for the time being, McVay isn’t completely committing to that path forward. Via Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, McVay was non-committal on Monday as [more]

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FMIA Super Bowl 56: Airport After-Parties And The Play That Won The Championship For The Rams In L.A.

HAWTHORNE, Calif. — No, this is not the place where Super Bowl LVI was won by the Rams, 23-20, in another coin-flip of a football game, the only kind the NFL plays these days. That dateline would be INGLEWOOD, Calif. This is the place where, in a private airport hangar, the Rams celebrated the first [more]

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Chiefs, Bills open as favorites for Super Bowl LVII title

The Rams won Super Bowl LVI on Sunday night and the celebrations didn’t end before it was time for sports books to move on to Super Bowl LVII. Odds for the next team to hoist the Lombardi Trophy are out and a couple of AFC teams that faced each other in the playoffs have been [more]

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Van Jefferson welcomed son after winning Super Bowl on Sunday

Rams wide receiver Van Jefferson had quite a Sunday. Jefferson caught four passes for 23 yards to help the Rams to their 23-20 win over the Bengals in Super Bowl LVI, but he didn’t hang around to celebrate with his teammates in the locker room. Jefferson’s wife Samaria went into labor during the game and [more]

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Joe Burrow was sacked 70 times in the season and postseason, third-most ever

Few quarterbacks in NFL history have been taken down as many times as Joe Burrow this season. Burrow was sacked seven times in Super Bowl LVI, tying a Super Bowl record. And that brought his total number of sacks for the 2021 regular season and postseason to 70, the third-most in NFL history. Only David [more]

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Joe Burrow thinks Bengals are a young team that can play in multiple Super Bowls

A disappointing ending to Super Bowl LVI hasn’t shaken Joe Burrow‘s confidence in the Bengals. Burrow said after the game that the Bengals can keep their top players together for years to come and get back to the Super Bowl, more than once. “We’re a young team, so we’d like to think we’ll be back [more]

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Packers reportedly plan to make a move to keep Aaron Rodgers, but will it matter?

Packers (for now) quarterback Aaron Rodgers has said he’ll be making a decision in the coming weeks as to whether he’ll stay in Green Bay or request a trade. The Packers reportedly are trying to persuade him to stay. The Super Sunday Splash! reports include items from ESPN and NFL Network regarding the team’s plan [more]

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Wes Phillips is expected to join Kevin O’Connell in move to Vikings

It appears that offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell won’t be the only member of the Rams’ offensive coaching staff who will be heading to Minnesota once Super Bowl LVI is in the books. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that tight ends coach/passing game coordinator Wes Phillips is expected to join O’Connell with the Vikings. Phillips is [more]

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Deshea Townsend is expected to join Jaguars staff

There was word this week was that Deshea Townsend would be heading to the Vikings as their new defensive backs coach, but it appears Kevin O’Connell is going to have to find someone else to fill that position on his staff. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Townsend had a change of heart and [more]

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Report: Vikings plan to add Mike Pettine to coaching staff

A former NFL head coach is expected to be on Kevin O’Connell’s first Vikings coaching staff. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Vikings plan to hire former Browns head coach Mike Pettine. Pettine has been a defensive coordinator for several teams, but would have a different role with the Vikings because Ed Donatell [more]

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Report: Eric Bieniemy, Andy Reid to meet soon about Bieniemy’s future with Chiefs

The 2021 season was the final one of Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s contract and it’s unclear if he will be back with the team for another run in 2022. Clarity about how things will play out will reportedly be coming soon. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Bieniemy is expected to meet with Chiefs [more]

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Joe Burrow says his surgically repaired knee is “night and day” better than at the start of the season

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was named the NFL’s comeback player of the year for his dramatic recovery from a serious knee injury that cut short his rookie season. He says that knee recovery continued throughout the 2021 season. Burrow said this week that his knee is much better now than it was at the start [more]

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Buccaneers are caught in an awkward spot, and that could work to Tom Brady’s advantage

He’s retired, for now. He’s under contract with the Buccaneers, for now. The question is whether Tom Brady will stay retired — and whether the Buccaneers will make irreversible plans for life without him before he potentially unretires. Six days after the First Annual Brady Retirement Watch ended, Brady himself commenced the First Annual Brady [more]

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Micah Parsons says Cowboys’ offensive line taught him in camp how to be a pro pass rusher

Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons was the unanimous choice for defensive rookie of the year, but he didn’t do it himself. Parsons said on PFT Live that working with the Cowboys’ offensive linemen, particularly Tyron Smith and La'el Collins, made a big difference in his development. “They kind of took me under their wing, taught me, [more]

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Tyrone Wheatley is expected to be Broncos running backs coach

Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett was on the same staff as former NFL running back Tyrone Wheatley at a few of his previous stops and it looks like the two men will be working together again in Denver. According to multiple reports, Wheatley is expected to sign on to be the running backs coach in [more]

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Sean Payton’s shadow looms over Mike McCarthy, thanks to Jerry Jones

Mike McCarthy will coach the Cowboys in 2022. And Sean Payton will loom as a viable candidate to be given the job in 2023. It’s such an open secret that NFL Honors host Keegan-Michael Key joked about it during Thursday’s ceremony, saying that, following Payton’s resignation from the Saints, “Sean will now return to his [more]

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Sean McVay: I want to find balance between work, family in the future

Rams head coach Sean McVay turned 36 in January and will wrap up his fifth year as an NFL head coach with Sunday’s Super Bowl, so it may be a bit early to think about the end of his coaching career but the topic came up during his Friday press conference. McVay was asked if [more]

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Rob Gronkowski: I think Tom Brady is going to come back in a couple years

Tom Brady may not be retired permanently. Brady’s longtime friend and teammate Rob Gronkowski thinks Brady will return, although not this year. Gronk said he thinks Brady will take a couple years off, and then return. “The guy can play at any age,’’ Gronkowski told USA Today. “If he’s 50 years old he can still [more]

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T.J. Watt: I’m not huge on individual goals, but I was striving for DPOY

Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt was named the AP defensive player of the year during NFL Honors on Thursday night, receiving 42 of a possible 50 votes. Watt winning the honor comes a year after losing out to Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who received 27 votes to Watt’s 20. After that happened, Watt tweeted [more]

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Josh Boyer will remain the Dolphins defensive coordinator

The Dolphins have a new head coach in Mike McDaniel, but they will not be hiring a new defensive coordinator. During an appearance on 560 WQAM on Friday morning, McDaniel confirmed reports that Josh Boyer will remain in that role. McDaniel also confirmed that Wes Welker will be the wide receivers coach. Boyer joined the [more]

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Bills raising ticket prices for 2022 season

The Bills will be raising the cost of admission to Highmark Stadium for the 2022 season. The team announced on Friday that season tickets will increase by an average of $11.57 per game. The average price for season tickets across regular and club seating will now be $113 per game while general admission will go [more]

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Lions rookie Derrick Barnes was among the children mentored by Andrew Whitworth

Rams offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth received the Walter Payton Man of the Year award on Thursday night, and in accepting the honor, he told a story that illustrated the way a player can make a difference off the field. The story was about this season’s Rams-Lions game, in which Lions rookie Derrick Barnes approached Whitworth [more]

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Emmanuel Sanders: I’ve got some reflecting to do, may retire

Wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders wrapped up his 12th NFL season with the Bills’ playoff loss to the Chiefs and he may not be back for a 13th tour of duty. Sanders discussed his future with Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports on Thursday and said that he’s still mulling over whether or not it is time [more]

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Eric Weddle will be Rams’ defensive signal caller Sunday

Rams safety Eric Weddle‘s unexpected return to the field this postseason will culminate with him serving as the team’s defensive signal caller in Super Bowl LVI. Defensive coordinator Raheem Morris said on Thursday that Weddle will wear the green dot on his helmet signifying that he will be getting the play calls from the sideline [more]

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Aaron Rodgers says he’ll make a decision “pretty quick”

On Thursday night Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won his fourth NFL MVP award. After collecting the trophy, he addressed whether he’ll be known as “Packers quarterback” by the middle of March. “I’ve got some decisions to make for sure,” Rodgers told Taylor Bisciotti of NFL Network. “Yesterday was like the first day that kind of felt [more]

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Jaguars hiring Bill Shuey as outside linebackers coach

The Jacksonville Jaguars are hiring former Chicago Bears assistant Bill Shuey as their outside linebackers coach, according to Aaron Wilson of Pro Football Network. Sheuy handled the same role last season for the Bears. He spent a total of four years with the franchise as outside linebackers coach, pass rush analyst and a quality control [more]

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Jonathan Allen’s “ask me anything” on Twitter triggers a Hitler brouhaha

On Wednesday, Washington Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen decided to kill some time with by inviting his Twitter followers to “ask me anything.” The first question should have been to himself: “Do you really want to do this?” Allen was asked to name three people with whom he’d like to have dinner. He said, “Granddad, [more]

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Kayvon Thibodeaux, Rams fan, doesn’t want to play for the Rams for one specific reason

With the Rams strategically avoiding the use of any and all first-round picks, they won’t have a chance to select Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux. And that’s good news for Thibodeaux. A native of Los Angeles and a Rams fan, Thibodeaux told PFT Live on Wednesday that he doesn’t want to play for the Rams, [more]

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George Paton: We’re going to add edge rushers

The Broncos elected to change coaches after finishing the 2021 season 7-10. But the team’s defense under Vic Fangio was not the problem, as the club finished No. 3 in points allowed and No. 8 in yards allowed. One place the club could improve is in sacks. Denver finished in the middle of the pack [more]

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Les Snead: “Innovative, creative” use of draft picks allowing us to win

Rams General Manager Les Snead has veered away from most of his peers when it comes to how he views first-round picks in the NFL Draft. Snead has consistently shown a willingness to move those picks in trades and the Rams haven’t made a first-round selection since 2016. Cornerback Jalen Ramsey and quarterback Matthew Stafford [more]

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Tony Khan files to run for Congress

Tony Khan eventually will be running the Jaguars, unless his father, Shad, decides to cash out and move on from owning and operating an NFL team. In recent years, Tony Khan has focused most of his professional efforts on the family’s wrestling operation, AEW. Now, he’s interested in another industry featuring over-the-top personalities, implausible storylines, [more]

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Bengals defense wants to keep the turnovers coming

The Bengals won three one-score games in the AFC playoffs to advance to the Super Bowl and a late takeaway by their defense was a part of each victory. Linebacker Germaine Pratt picked off Raiders quarterback at the goal line to seal a Wild Card round win, linebacker Logan Wilson came up with an interception [more]

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Matthew Stafford praises Odell Beckham for stepping up after Robert Woods got hurt

When the Rams signed receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on November 12, it was unclear how big a role he would really have in a passing game that was already playing well. Then receiver Robert Woods tore his ACL in practice the next day, and suddenly Beckham had a vital role in the offense. Rams quarterback [more]

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Washington hires investigator to explore Tiffani Johnson allegations and to make findings public

Get ready for another not-so-independent independent investigation. The Washington Commanders have announced that former California state court judge and former U.S. attorney Debra Wong Yang will investigate the claims made last week by former Washington employee Tiiffani Johnston. Debra Wong Yang, who is employed by the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, was appointed [more]

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Bengals DL coach Marion Hobby sees similarities between Patrick Mahomes, Matthew Stafford

The Bengals were able to come up with the right defensive plan of attack to slow down the Chiefs after halftime of the AFC Championship Game and it started with making life difficult for quarterback Patrick Mahomes. After throwing for 220 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, Mahomes went 8-of-18 for 55 yards [more]

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Aaron Donald: Von Miller has encouraged me to be more vocal

The Rams traded for veteran edge rusher Von Miller with the hopes that he could elevate the team’s defense to a championship level. Miller’s made a clear on-field impact, particularly in the postseason. He’s recorded 12 total tackles with four tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. But he’s also [more]

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Ravens raising ticket prices for 2022

It will cost a little more to see the Ravens play at home during the 2022 season. The team sent a letter to season-ticket holders announcing that there will be an average hike of nine percent on seats. Senior vice president of ticket sales and operations Baker Koppelman said in the letter that “it’s vital [more]

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Dennis Allen: QB certainly something we’ve got to figure out

During a Tuesday press conference, new Saints head coach Dennis Allen talked about the “great example” set by his predecessor Sean Payton and his desire to put his own “spin” on the job. One of the reasons why Sean Payton was so successful was the presence of Drew Brees, but Allen won’t be inheriting that [more]

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Aaron Jones expects Aaron Rodgers back with the Packers in 2022

The status of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers for the 2022 season is uncertain, but one teammate believes Rodgers will be back. Packers running back Aaron Jones says he expects Rodgers to be the quarterback for at least another year. “I’ve heard what everybody else has heard, what they’re reading,” Jones told NFL Network. “But I [more]

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Bengals wide receivers coach Troy Walters says Ja’Marr Chase will never become a diva

Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase has already established himself as one of the NFL’s best playmakers, and he’s only 21 years old. But no matter how big a star he is, the people who know him best say he’s not going to let it go to his head. Cincinnati wide receivers coach Troy Walters says [more]

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Buccaneers’ eventual Tom Brady roster move will be a major factor in his potential unretirement

The Buccaneers have yet to move quarterback Tom Brady from their roster. And for good reason. Before June 1, any effort to shift Brady from the active-roster to a non-rostered status would result in a $32 million cap charge for 2022. After June 1, the Bucs can divide the hit, with $8 million landing in [more]

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Joe Mixon: After five years here, I feel like I’m living in a movie

Much has been made of the Bengals going from six wins over the last two seasons to the Super Bowl this year, but their run of losing seasons extended beyond Zac Taylor’s arrival in 2019. They were 13-19 over the previous two seasons, which were also the first two seasons of running back Joe Mixon‘s [more]

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Matthew Stafford: I’ll always have a soft spot for Detroit in my heart

Just over a year ago, the Lions agreed to trade their 2009 No. 1 overall pick Matthew Stafford to the Rams. Now Stafford has seemingly proven to be Los Angeles’ missing piece, as the club is playing for a title in Super Bowl LVI. But after 12 years with Detroit, Stafford’s positive feelings about the [more]

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Civil rights leaders call for replacement of Rooney Rule

The threat of litigation sparked the passage of the Rooney Rule nearly 20 years ago. The actuality of it has prompted calls to get rid of it. Multiple civil rights leaders met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday. After the meeting, they issued a statement calling for the scrapping of the Rooney Rule. Meeting [more]

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Sean McVay not sad to see Mike McDaniel leave the NFC West

Rams head coach Sean McVay’s focus is on beating the Bengals and winning a Super Bowl this week, but he’s been able to keep up on other developments in the world of football. One of those developments is the Dolphins’ decision to hire Mike McDaniel as their new head coach. McVay knows McDaniel from three [more]

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Vikings want to interview Aubrey Pleasant for defensive coordinator

The Vikings have to wait until after the Super Bowl to finalize a deal making Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell their next head coach, but the work of putting together the rest of the coaching staff is underway. NFL Media reports that the team has requested an interview with Lions defensive backs coach and passing [more]

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Von Miller: I’ll be a Bronco forever, I’m just working in L.A. right now

Von Miller is about to play in the Super Bowl with the Rams, but in his heart he says he’s still with the team he won his first Super Bowl playing for. Miller said that he would have preferred to play his entire career with the Broncos, who drafted him with the second overall pick [more]

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Will Fuller posts instagram photo of bandaged finger

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Will Fuller missed the final 13 games of the season this year with a finger injury that kept him from being able to return to action. On Monday, Fuller posted to his verified instagram account a photo of him with a massive bandage around his entire left hand and an apparent [more]

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Giants interviewed Steve Wilks for defensive coordinator

The Giants have added another name to their list of defensive coordinator candidates. According to multiple reports, the team interviewed University of Missouri defensive coordinator Steve Wilks for the opening on Brian Daboll’s staff. Wilks was hired by the SEC school last year. Wilks spent the 2018 season as the Cardinals’ head coach and ran [more]

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Brian Flores litigation could provide a path to more Washington emails

On the surface, the lawsuit filed by former Dolphins coach Brian Flores has nothing to do with the Washington Commanders investigation and various associated issues. Just below the surface, the Flores case creates a connection that could force the NFL and Washington to allow more documents to be produced. From paragraphs 73 through 90 of [more]

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Reports: Jaguars want to interview Pep Hamilton, who could wind up as Texans OC

The Jaguars found their head coach in Doug Pederson and they are moving on with the work of filling out his staff. Josina Anderson of CBS Sports reports that they have requested an interview with Texans quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Pep Hamilton for their offensive coordinator role. Hamilton remains under contract to the [more]

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Micah Parsons: We’re only going to get better in second year with Dan Quinn

When the Cowboys offseason began, it looked like they might be losing defensive coordinator Dan Quinn to a head coaching job with another team but that’s not how things wound up playing out. Quinn interviewed for a number of teams and was viewed as a finalist for a couple of jobs, but he signed a [more]

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Tom Brady: If not for the tuck rule, I’m probably Drew Bledsoe’s backup in 2002

Tom Brady‘s extraordinary NFL career began with him leading the Patriots to the Super Bowl championship in 2001, his first season as their starter. But Brady believes history could have been very different, if not for the tuck rule. The infamous tuck rule was what turned an apparent game-ending fumble by Brady in his first [more]

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Brian Flores should not want Hue Jackson to join the lawsuit

The 58-page lawsuit filed five days ago by former Dolphins coach Brian Flores mentions plenty of names and examples when it comes to the racial “double standard” (as admitted by NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent) in NFL coaching. Flores at no point mentions former Browns coach Hue Jackson. That likely wasn’t a [more]

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Bears hire Richard Hightower as special teams coordinator

The Bears have found their new special teams coach. Richard Hightower, who spent the last five years as the 49ers’ special teams coordinator, will be the next special teams coordinator in Chicago, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Hightower is a significant hire for Bears head coach Matt Eberflus, who is still in the [more]

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Steve Tasker says Matthew Slater’s special teams contributions should put him in the Hall of Fame

During his years with the Bills, Steve Tasker was widely regarded as the NFL’s best special teams player. But while Tasker has been a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame nine times, he still hasn’t made it, and he may never get in. Tasker, however, thinks someone else is eventually going to get [more]

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Will the Texans hire Brian Flores?

The Texans have three finalists for their head-coaching job, which has been vacant for more than three weeks. Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores, Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, or Josh McCown, unaffiliated, will get the job. Amid unconfirmed chatter that the job will go to Flores or Gannon (it becomes much more difficult, even for [more]

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NFL announces retirement of eight officials, each with 20 or more years of experience

Many of the NFL’s most experienced officials will not return for the 2022 season. The league has announced that eight league officials, all of whom have been working for at least 20 years, are retiring. The best-known is referee Tony Corrente, whose retirement was reported last month. Corrente worked a total of 27 years, and [more]

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Giants interviewing Wink Martindale, Sean Desai for defensive coordinator

The Giants have identified a couple of top candidates for their defensive coordinator vacancy. Former Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale and former Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai are both interviewing for the Giants job, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The Giants had been interested in retaining defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, but he [more]

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Goodell memo vows investigation regarding claims of deliberate tanking

Sometimes, the best stuff in a corporate memo is buried at the bottom. Saturday’s one-pager from Commissioner Roger Goodell to all “Club Executives” and “Club Presidents” purports in its subject line to be about “Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” Included at the bottom of the memo is a clear, albeit indirect, reference to [more]

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Roger Goodell says progress on diversity with head coaches has been unacceptable

Within a couple hours of former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filing a lawsuit alleging racist hiring practices, the NFL released a statement saying the suit was without merit. But in a memo to top NFL executives, Goodell acknowledged a failure to make progress on increasing diversity among head coaches. The memo, issued to club [more]

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Kenny Pickett talked to Panthers at Senior Bowl, says he has a great relationship with Matt Rhule

Former University of Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett is considered one of the top prospects in this year’s NFL draft, and the Panthers are one of the teams most in need of a franchise quarterback. So it’s worth noting what a long relationship Pickett has had with Panthers head coach Matt Rhule. When Pickett was in [more]

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Hue Jackson: I was never offered money to lose

After former Miami coach Brian Flores said he was offered $100,000 per loss in 2019 because Dolphins owner Stephen Ross wanted the first overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft, former Cleveland coach Hue Jackson suggested that he got a similar offer from Browns owner Jimmy Haslam. But now Jackson has backtracked. Jackson initially started [more]

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Jason McCourty: “I was in Cleveland in 2017, there’s no way we were trying to win”

Jason McCourty, who played on the 2017 Browns team that went 0-16, believes coach Hue Jackson was speaking the truth when he said owner Jimmy Haslam incentivized him to lose. Although Jackson later softened his comments and Haslam denied the charge, McCourty said it was obvious that the Browns didn’t want to win. “I was [more]

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Jim Harbaugh: Vikings interview was a one-time thing, I’m done chasing NFL jobs

Jim Harbaugh is making no secret of the fact that he was interested in leaving Michigan to become the next head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. But when the Vikings didn’t offer him the job, he says he decided to stop chasing NFL jobs. Harbaugh told Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press he views [more]

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Shaq Barrett confident the Bucs can remain contenders without Tom Brady

Tom Brady retired this week and it’s unclear what the Buccaneers will do at quarterback next season, but a couple of Brady’s former teammates expressed confidence that the team will be able to remain successful however things play out. Left guard Ali Marpet said from the Pro Bowl that “the talent is there” when discussing [more]

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Lions WR coach Antwaan Randle El wants team to add three receivers

Lions wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El is looking for a few good men to fill out the team’s receiving corps. Randle El is at the Senior Bowl with the rest of the team’s staff this week and he told reporters that he’d like to see the team add three wide receivers to the roster [more]

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Matthew Stafford trying to treat Super Bowl like every other game

When quarterback Matthew Stafford came to the Rams, he’d never won a playoff game but he crossed that off by helping the team past the Cardinals in the Wild Card round. The Rams added two more wins, which means that Stafford is now preparing for the Super Bowl for the first time in his career. [more]

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Mike McDaniel, Kellen Moore interviewing with Dolphins Friday and Saturday

This week has been filled with a lot of discussion about allegations of misconduct made by former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, but the team will be moving on with their hunt for his replacement as we head into the weekend. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel is in Miami [more]

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Micah Parsons wins NFL’s fastest man race, but admits Tyreek Hill is faster

The NFL’s fastest man race at the Pro Bowls skills competition on Thursday had an unlikely winner: Micah Parsons, the Cowboys’ 245-pound rookie linebacker. But Parsons admitted afterward that he’s not really the fastest man in the NFL. Instead, Parsons said the real fastest man is Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who finished behind Parsons [more]

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49ers TE coach/assistant head coach Jon Embree won’t be back next season

The 49ers are parting ways with a longtime member of head coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff. According to multiple reports, tight ends coach/assistant head coach Jon Embree will not return for the 2022 season. Former NFL player and current SiriusXM NFL Radio host Solomon Wilcots reported that Embree was asked to take a 60 percent pay [more]

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Mike Macdonald wants Ravens defense to “create doubt” for offenses at all times

The Ravens have a new defensive coordinator, but they were able to maintain continuity through the move from Wink Martindale to Mike Macdonald. Macdonald joined the Ravens as an intern in 2014 and moved up the ladder to spend three seasons as the team’s linebackers coach before jumping to Michigan as the defensive coordinator last [more]

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Jerry Jones: History with Randy Gregory “will serve us well” heading into free agency

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is in Mobile, Alabama to check out draft prospects at the Senior Bowl, but he’s also keeping an eye on the team’s impending free agents. One of those players is defensive end Randy Gregory. The 2015 second-round pick has missed big chunks of time with suspensions since entering the league, but [more]

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JuJu Smith-Schuster “most likely” hitting free agency next month

After the Steelers lost to the Chiefs in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said that he would like to return to the Steelers for “another four years” but it doesn’t sound like he expects any deal to happen before the start of the new league year. Smith-Schuster was at [more]

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Rams see Super Bowl as “unprecedented opportunity” to develop fan base

In both Week 18 and last weekend’s NFC Championship Game, much was made of the number of 49ers fans who were at SoFi Stadium to root against the Rams. That’s not what any team is looking for in a home game and Rams COO Kevin Demoff said on Wednesday that it was “a reminder to [more]

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49ers fan in coma after beating outside SoFi Stadium

An ugly incident took place in the parking lot outside SoFi Stadium at Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, leaving a 49ers fan in a coma and police searching for the person responsible. Daniel Luna, a restaurant owner from Oakland who traveled to the game to cheer on the 49ers against the Rams, is hospitalized at Harbor-UCLA [more]

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Hue Jackson suggests he was paid extra for losses as Browns head coach

Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores alleges Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him $100,000 per loss during the 2019 season in order to ensure the team would wind up with the first overall pick and former Browns coach Hue Jackson made similar allegations in response to Flores’ lawsuit going public on Tuesday. Jackson responded to a [more]

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Washington Commanders is the football team’s new official name

The NFL team in Washington has a new name: Washington Commanders. The team, which briefly changed its name to Football Team after decades of criticism for using a dictionary-defined racial slur as its name, will be known as the Commanders going forward. The team was hoping for a major announcement this morning, although the cat [more]

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Brian Flores: Stephen Ross attacked the integrity of the game, standing up to him cost me my job

Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores says that team owner Stephen Ross urging him to lose games on purpose was an attack on the sport of football itself, and that when Flores refused to go along with Ross’s scheme, the writing was on the wall for him in Miami. Flores appeared on CBS this morning and [more]

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Robert Saleh: Bengals show benefits of developing from within and staying the path

The Bengals won six games over the last two seasons, but they took a mighty leap forward with 10 wins and a division title on the way to the Super Bowl this season. That kind of turnaround is the dream scenario for rebuilding teams. With six wins in their last two seasons, the Jets certainly [more]

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Andrew Whitworth: Really special and cool to play Bengals in Super Bowl

Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth had plenty to focus on ahead of the NFC Championship Game, but he found a little time to turn his attention to the AFC before his game kicked off last Sunday. Whitworth wanted to see if the Bengals would advance to the third Super Bowl in their history. Whitworth wasn’t [more]

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Kyle Shanahan wants Trey Lance to take some time off, work on throwing motion before OTAs

The 49ers set the wheels in motion for a quarterback change when they drafted Trey Lance with the third overall pick in last year’s draft and the next step of that change is set to take place this offseason. Jimmy Garoppolo held what amounted to a farewell press conference on Tuesday as he expects to [more]

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Dan Campbell: Aaron Glenn would be great as Saints head coach, I’m nervous they’ll hire him away

Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is interviewing for the Saints head-coaching vacancy today, and Lions head coach Dan Campbell is worried about losing his top assistant. Campbell said on Tuesday night that he thinks Glenn would do a great job in New Orleans, and he thinks the Saints know that. “Well, he’d be a great [more]

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Jonah Jackson replaces Brandon Scherff in Pro Bowl

The Lions have a Pro Bowler. The team was shut out when the NFC roster for this week’s game in Las Vegas was initially announced, but the replacement process worked out for one of their players. The team announced that guard Jonah Jackson has been added to the team. Jackson will be taking the place [more]

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Dave Ziegler on Derek Carr extension: Have to see how everything fits together

After Josh McDaniels was officially announced as the new Raiders head coach at a Monday press conference, he said he believes the team has “the capacity and capability of winning” with Derek Carr as their starting quarterback. The team’s new General Manager Dave Ziegler also faced questions about Carr on Monday. Carr is heading into [more]

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John Mara: Confident Daniel Jones will work out, but we’ll go to plan B if not

New Giants head coach Brian Daboll sees a lot to like about quarterback Daniel Jones and said on Monday that he plans to “implement a system that suits him” on offense. Jones’ first three seasons offer no guarantees that will work out, however, and Daboll dodged a question at his press conference about whether he [more]

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Brad Holmes likes that Senior Bowl QBs have battled adversity

The 2021 NFL Draft offered no suspense when it came to which quarterback would be the first off the board and where that quarterback would be selected as Trevor Lawrence was anointed the first overall pick long before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell took the stage in Cleveland. Sure things at quarterback are not in evidence [more]

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Sean McVay takes blame for pair of ill-advised challenges

It’s a good thing the Rams didn’t need to take any late timeouts on Sunday against the 49ers. The Rams had none, because coach Sean McVay activated the replay process through a couple of ill-advised challenges. On Monday, McVay took the blame for having the red flags backfire on him. “So, the accountability lies with [more]

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Josh McDaniels: I failed in Denver because I didn’t know how to work with people

New Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels says he has grown and matured since the last time he was a head coach. McDaniels went 11-17 before he was fired during his second season as head coach of the Broncos in 2010, and he said at his introductory press conference in Las Vegas that he’s not the [more]

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Nick Bosa looking forward to full offseason to get even stronger

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa had 15.5 sacks, 52 tackles and 32 quarterbacks hits this season despite recovering from a torn ACL last year. The campaign was a sizable jump forward for Bosa after an already strong rookie season in 2019. Bosa is now looking forward to having a full offseason to train [more]

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