Mecole Hardman grateful to play two Super Bowls in first two years

Mecole Hardman is part of an exclusive club. A Chiefs second-round pick in 2019, he’s played two pro seasons and now he’s been to two Super Bowls. Hardman has some work to do to become a back-to-back Super Bowl champion. But he recognizes how the early stages of his career have probably made his mindset [more]

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Marty Hurney on WFT QB: It’s a team game, you can’t isolate one position

Washington Football Team executive vice president of football/player personnel Marty Hurney said on Wednesday that the team has a lot of work to do when it comes to the quarterback position, but he also noted that the team’s offseason can’t focus on one position at the expense of all the others. The team made a [more]

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Will the Saints be able to afford Jameis Winston?

The Saints want to keep quarterback Jameis Winston. Whether they’re able to do that is a different issue. Making the media rounds on Wednesday for Zebra Technologies, coach Sean Payton praised Winston and made it clear that the Saints want him back. “[O]ur exposure to Jameis was fantastic,” Payton said on PFT Live. “I know [more]

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Frank Clark: The way Tom Brady moves his shoulders at his age is amazing

It’s not easy to sack Tom Brady. The quarterback took 21 in the regular season when leading the Buccaneers to an 11-5 record. In the postseason, Washington got to him three times in the wild-card round. But he was only brought down one time in each of the games against the New Orleans and Green [more]

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Bucs assistant Todd McNair continuing 11-year battle with NCAA

Buccaneers running backs coach Todd McNair last had a college coaching job in 2010, when USC did not renew his contract amid an NCAA finding that he had been aware of improper benefits received by Reggie Bush. McNair sued the NCAA in the fallout from losing his job, and that lawsuit still hasn’t come to [more]

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DeVonta Smith: I can’t control what people think of my size

Wide receiver DeVonta Smith won the Heisman Trophy while putting up eye-popping numbers at Alabama, but his on-field production hasn’t been the only talking point about his professional prospects. Smith’s size has become part of the conversation. He was listed at 6’1″ and 175 pounds while in school and opted not to be measured or [more]

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Patrick Mahomes: We have to know where Vita Vea is on every play

Vita Vea didn’t play when the Chiefs beat the Buccaneers back in November. At that point, he was about seven weeks removed from fracturing his ankle in Tampa Bay’s Week 5 loss to Chicago. But the young defensive tackle is back, having come off injured reserve to suit up for the NFC Championship Game. Chiefs [more]

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