Hue Jackson suggests he was paid extra for losses as Browns head coach

Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores alleges Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him $100,000 per loss during the 2019 season in order to ensure the team would wind up with the first overall pick and former Browns coach Hue Jackson made similar allegations in response to Flores’ lawsuit going public on Tuesday. Jackson responded to a [more]

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Washington Commanders is the football team’s new official name

The NFL team in Washington has a new name: Washington Commanders. The team, which briefly changed its name to Football Team after decades of criticism for using a dictionary-defined racial slur as its name, will be known as the Commanders going forward. The team was hoping for a major announcement this morning, although the cat [more]

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Brian Flores: Stephen Ross attacked the integrity of the game, standing up to him cost me my job

Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores says that team owner Stephen Ross urging him to lose games on purpose was an attack on the sport of football itself, and that when Flores refused to go along with Ross’s scheme, the writing was on the wall for him in Miami. Flores appeared on CBS this morning and [more]

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Robert Saleh: Bengals show benefits of developing from within and staying the path

The Bengals won six games over the last two seasons, but they took a mighty leap forward with 10 wins and a division title on the way to the Super Bowl this season. That kind of turnaround is the dream scenario for rebuilding teams. With six wins in their last two seasons, the Jets certainly [more]

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Andrew Whitworth: Really special and cool to play Bengals in Super Bowl

Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth had plenty to focus on ahead of the NFC Championship Game, but he found a little time to turn his attention to the AFC before his game kicked off last Sunday. Whitworth wanted to see if the Bengals would advance to the third Super Bowl in their history. Whitworth wasn’t [more]

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Kyle Shanahan wants Trey Lance to take some time off, work on throwing motion before OTAs

The 49ers set the wheels in motion for a quarterback change when they drafted Trey Lance with the third overall pick in last year’s draft and the next step of that change is set to take place this offseason. Jimmy Garoppolo held what amounted to a farewell press conference on Tuesday as he expects to [more]

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Dan Campbell: Aaron Glenn would be great as Saints head coach, I’m nervous they’ll hire him away

Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is interviewing for the Saints head-coaching vacancy today, and Lions head coach Dan Campbell is worried about losing his top assistant. Campbell said on Tuesday night that he thinks Glenn would do a great job in New Orleans, and he thinks the Saints know that. “Well, he’d be a great [more]

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