XFL hires Russ Brandon as league president

The XFL is aiming for a 2023 return and they have a new league president overseeing the push to relaunch the league. Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports that former Bills CEO Russ Brandon has been installed in that job. Brandon spent 20 years with the Bills and resigned from that job in 2018 amid allegations [more]

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In case you missed it, Aaron Rodgers had an interesting Friday

Plenty of you only spend time visiting outlets like this when not on your own personal time. Which is fine with me, as long as you don’t do it so much that you end up having 168 hours per week of personal time. So now that you’re back at work, you may be curious about [more]

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Myles Garrett had “no doubt” Baker Mayfield would come through on Sunday

Defensive end Myles Garrett typically addresses the Browns before games, but he stepped aside before they took on the Bengals on Sunday. Garrett said he pointed at quarterback Baker Mayfield and gave him the chance to speak to the team after a long week spent focused on the end of wide receiver Odell Beckham‘s run [more]

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Brandon Staley: We wanted to finish the game with the football

The Eagles tied the Chargers on a touchdown catch by DeVonta Smith with 6:07 left in Sunday’s game and it felt like there was enough time left on the clock that they’d get at least one more chance with the ball before the game was over. That did not turn out to be the case. [more]

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Broncos found it “disrespectful” Cowboys went for it on early fourth downs

We’ve seen more coaches opting to go for it on fourth down than in the past and that trend continued in the first quarter of Sunday’s game in Dallas. The Cowboys had a fourth-and-one on the Broncos’ 38-yard-line on their first possession and a fourth-and-two on the Denver 20-yard-line on their second, which led to [more]

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Josh Allen wants to see Jaguars build on upset of Bills

Jaguars edge rusher Josh Allen went into Sunday’s game against the Bills hoping to be the best player on the field with that name and that proved to be the case. Allen became the first NFL player to sack a quarterback with the same name, picked off his namesake, and recovered a fumble by the [more]

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Road-field advantage continues in the NFL, with home teams now 65-70 in 2021

There is no home-field advantage in the NFL. Home teams are now 65-70 in the 2021 season, after going 5-7 on Sunday. It’s the second consecutive season that road teams have had a better record than home teams; for the full 2020 regular season, home teams went 127-128-1. The 2020 season was the first time [more]

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