Broncos CEO Joe Ellis “just tired” of losing seasons

The Broncos didn’t wait long after Saturday’s loss to the Chiefs to make a decision about head coach Vic Fangio’s future with the team. Fangio was fired on Sunday morning after turning in the franchise’s fifth straight losing season. The move came a year after the Broncos hired General Manager George Paton and Paton will [more]

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Brandon Scherff: I hope I can end my career in Washington

For the third time in the last three years, Washington guard Brandon Scherff heads into an offseason without a contract for the next season. Washington used the franchise tag to hold onto Scherff the last two years, but doing so again would push his salary north of $25 million for the 2022 season so it’s [more]

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David Bakhtiari played most of the first half, felt good in first game action in more than a year

Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari did not play a single football game in 2021, tearing his ACL late in the 2020 season and finally returning to the field yesterday in Detroit. He felt good being back. “Long, long journey,” Bakhtiari said. “I was expecting to be back earlier. It was tough. Definitely wore mentally on [more]

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T.J. Watt: Definitely a cool feeling to tie sack record

Sunday was a very good day for the Steelers as a team and for linebacker T.J. Watt as an individual. Watt dropped Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley for a sack late in the first half and that moved him into a tie with Michael Strahan for the NFL’s official record for most sacks in a season. [more]

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Derek Carr: The job’s not done

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said last week that he wouldn’t be scoreboard watching in the hours leading up to Sunday night’s game against the Chargers, but he wound up going back on his word. Carr did pay attention to the Colts losing in Jacksonville and the Steelers winning in Baltimore, which he called “the most [more]

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T.Y. Hilton: Jaguars keep on dominating us every time we come here

Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton was not blind to the team’s history in Jacksonville heading into Week 18. Hilton said after a Week 17 loss to the Raiders that the Colts would have to “find a way” to play their best in a place where they haven’t won since 2014, but memories of past failures [more]

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Tom Brady stayed in game late to help Rob Gronkowski earn $500,000 bonus

With the Buccaneers having a victory over the Panthers in hand in the fourth quarter on Sunday, quarterback Tom Brady appeared to disregard coach Bruce Arians’ desire for him to exit the game, in order to help Rob Gronkowski get enough catches to reach a contract incentive. Gronkowski’s contract called for a $500,000 bonus if [more]

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