Dave Gettleman realizes you can’t win and rebuild — now

When Dave Gettleman came back to the Giants, thought he could win games and rebuild at the same time. He realizes now — one fired head coach and an awkward quarterback transition later — that it’s easier said than done. Via Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News, Gettleman said during an interview on [more]

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Ron Rivera met with Joe Gibbs for advice

If Ron Rivera needed to be convinced to work for Dan Snyder, he found a guy who helped nudge him in that direction. Before his first meeting with the Washington owner, Rivera called former coach Joe Gibbs for some input. “I took it upon myself to reach out to coach Gibbs, who was tremendous,” Rivera [more]

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Tom Brady will add to his many playoff records on Saturday

When Patriots quarterback Tom Brady takes the field on Saturday night against the Titans, he’ll add to several of the career postseason records he records he owns. Brady has rewritten the NFL’s playoff records, owning almost every career record a quarterback can own. Here are a few of those records: Games played: Saturday’s game will [more]

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Tiquan Underwood leaves Dolphins to take wide receivers job at Rutgers

Tiquan Underwood has left his position as offensive quality control coach with the Miami Dolphins to take the wide receivers job at his alma mater of Rutgers under Greg Schiano. Rutgers announced Underwood’s addition to the coaching staff on Thursday night. “It is an amazing feeling for me and my family to come back home,” [more]

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Tom Telesco firmly committed to future with Anthony Lynn: “I love our head coach”

The Los Angeles Chargers pieced together a disappointing 5-11 campaign this year after making it to the Divisional Round of the AFC playoffs a season ago. The Chargers found themselves on the wrong end of nine games decided by a touchdown or less with four losses by a field goal or less. But despite the [more]

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Jason Garrett: Fired or not fired?

Maybe it’s just an effort at redemption after Saturday’s swing and a miss regarding Jaguars coach Doug Marrone. Regardless, ESPN has taken a tweet from ESPN’s Ed Werder and turned it into a big splash that the Cowboys are firing Jason Garrett. Even if that’s not what Werder tweeted. Tweeted Werder on Thursday night: “Cowboys [more]

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Report: Jason Garrett, Jerry Jones didn’t meet Thursday

Jason Garrett showed up for work as usual Thursday. Four days after the season ended, he remains the Cowboys head coach. Garrett has had at least two meetings with Jerry and Stephen Jones, but the sides did not meet Thursday, Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News reports. Garrett’s contract expires Jan. 14, and it [more]

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