John Mara getting impatient, but won’t make playoff mandate

The Giants have missed the playoffs in eight of the last nine seasons, including the last four years, and co-owner John Mara admits it “is a fear of mine” that the team could be mired in the kind of rut that saw them miss the playoffs for 17 straight years in the 1960s and 1970s. [more]

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Kyle Van Noy on Brian Flores: I had no comment because I’m damned either way

Immediately after learning he’d be released by the Dolphins, linebacker Kyle Van Noy said he was “surprised and disappointed” by the decision. Van Noy noted that he played through injuries and that he felt he lived up to expectations as a leader in his only season playing for head coach Brian Flores. Van Noy and [more]

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What does Jimmy Garoppolo want?

While perusing the Adieu Haiku, a long-time weekly feature that caps Peter King’s Football Morning in America column, something occurred to me that previously hadn’t regarding the impact of Friday’s all-in move by the 49ers for their next franchise quarterback. Given that he’s now on the endangered species list in San Francisco, what does Jimmy [more]

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Jarran Reed swaps $8.5 million for $5 million

Two birds in the hand are always better than one in the bush. Defensive tackle Jarran Reed apparently has learned this lesson the hard way, swapping $8.5 million in compensation that the Seahawks apparently were ready to guarantee as part of a restructuring for a $5 million deal (that can be worth “up to $7 [more]

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Urban Meyer: “Zero chance” I go back to college like Nick Saban

Whenever a successful college head coach takes an NFL job, questions are raised about whether that coach will be like Nick Saban, who decided after two years as head coach of the Dolphins that he was better off back in college, and left for Alabama. But when that question is posed to new Jaguars coach [more]

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First-round quarterbacks, by team, in the Super Bowl era

With quarterbacks once again the focal point of the upcoming draft, especially in the first round, I got curious about the history of drafting first-round quarterbacks. So I did the research, for a change. And I drew a line at 1966, the launch of the Super Bowl era. The team-by-team list appears below, including the [more]

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FMIA: While Urban Meyer’s Jaguars Head In Trevor Lawrence’s Direction, Rest Of Draft’s Top 6 Gets Shaken Up

One by one, the 2021 draft dominoes fall. One month from tonight, Roger Goodell will take the stage in downtown Cleveland—set on the shore of Lake Erie between the football stadium and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame—to announce the first-round picks in the 86th NFL Draft. In the wake of 26 minutes that [more]

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