Before the next wave of TV deals will be negotiated, the NFL will surely be
doing its biggest deal yet in the environment where much of what used to be
viewed on TV is now being consumed. Via NBCNews.com,...
Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman made the decisions to trade wide
receiver Odell Beckham and not hold onto safety Landon Collins this
offseason. He’s heard the criticism of those moves and he...
As the draft approaches, there’s been quite a bit of chatter that the
Giants will take their quarterback of the future in the first round —
but not with their own pick, No. 6 overall. Instead,...
The Bills continue to add veteran running backs, even if this one isn’t
nearly as veteran as some. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Bills are
signing the former Jaguars running back to a two-...
Jared Goff says he isn't thinking about a new deal with the Rams yet, and
Mike Florio and Chris Simms believe Los Angeles could decide to not give Goff
the extension he's after.
NFL prospects are forced to be more careful than ever before with their
social media accounts as teams are doing more and more digging into their
past.
There are plenty of Dolphins who should be renting rather than buying this
season. But quarterback Jake Rudock is doing them one better — by living
with his parents while he goes through his first offseason...
The Jets have made it no secret they would like to trade down from the No. 3
pick, but they may have to be patient if they want to make the right deal
when they're on the clock.
Last year, the Jets prematurely jumped from No. 6 to No. 3 for fear that
someone else (possibly the Bills) would beat them to the punch. This year,
the Jets apparently have been trying to move the third...
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor went undrafted out of Nebraska in 2007, but he
has a lot of experience with quarterbacks drafted in the first round.
Taylor’s first NFL coaching job came with the...
There was a report that the chances of a trade involving Seahawks defensive
end Frank Clark had died down a week ago, but it flared back up again a short
time later and appears to still be very much alive....
The time for pre-draft visits to team headquarters ended the middle of last
week. But the Cardinals were able to get a look at a top receiver prospect
because he was local. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL...
The Packers stand alone in many ways, but one of the things they’ve
held onto longer than any team may not last much longer. According to Peter
King of NBC’s Football Morning in America, the...
A year ago, the Cardinals packaged their first-round pick, third-round pick
and fifth-round pick to move up in the draft and get quarterback Josh Rosen.
His rookie year did not go well. But could things get...
Patriots coach Bill Belichick just turned 67, and there is no indication
he’s interested in stopping anytime soon. But if you look at his peer
group (the best coaches in NFL history), you also realize...
It wasn’t what Donovan McNabb said. Of course, the next two years are
critical for Carson Wentz. That should go without saying. What rubbed all of
Philadelphia wrong is the fact it’s McNabb...
With legalized gambling slowly spreading from sea to shining sea, odds will
emerge for just about anything. Now that the 2019 schedule has been released,
odds have been set regarding the last team to be...
Drew Lock was 2 years old when John Elway retired, but the Missouri
quarterback has a deep appreciation for what the Broncos General Manager
accomplished as a player. Elway became a first-ballot Hall of...
The wife of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is home, recovering from a
12-hour brain surgery. Kelly Stafford posted an update on Instagram on
Sunday. “This Easter is the beginning of a new life for...
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor will spend the days leading up to the draft
doing his first on-field work with the team. Teams that hire new coaches are
permitted to hold a three-day minicamp in the first...
Former Alabama guard Jonah Williams is drawing rave reviews for his mental
preparation to the game, which is showing NFL teams an impressive level of
commitment to his craft. Williams devised his own...
Early in the offseason, defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick said that he wanted
to know whether he’d be at cornerback or safety in 2019 because it
would impact his conditioning work. While there’s...
The NFL has a ban on marijuana around most players successfully navigate. The
NFL also has voluntary offseason workouts in which most players choose to
participate. Those two concepts could provide the...
Tony Mandarich is included on any list of the biggest draft busts in NFL
history, and he says his story is a cautionary tale not for NFL scouts who
struggle to identify the top prospects coming out of...
To commemorate the league’s 100th season, the NFL will be naming the
top 100 players of all time, but not in any specific order. Incoming Hall of
Famer Gil Brandt disclosed some of the names of the...
The pre-draft process has dramatically changed in recent years. One critical
aspect of it now includes a full and complete preemptive scrubbing of the
prospects’ social-media accounts. And for good...
When 49ers left tackle Joe Staley said last December that he’d be back
to play in 2019, he left open the possibility that it could be his final year
in the NFL. Staley is in the final year of his...
Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his
hip in January, but he was dealing with the injury well before he finally had
it repaired. Brate was hurt in 2017, but doctors...
Five years ago, the Raiders found future Hall of Famer Khalil Mack with the
fifth overall pick in the draft. This time around, the Raiders have earned
the fourth pick in round one — and the pressure...
Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee said after the season ended in Los Angeles that
he needed time “to figure things out” regarding his future. It
turns out, it didn’t take Lee long. Although his...
Falcons safety Keanu Neal made it through only 37 defensive snaps last season
before tearing an anterior cruciate ligament. Neal is working his way back,
now lifting with his teammates in the offseason...
One of the benefits of being a billionaire is having money to burn on
discretionary purchases. Colts owner Jim Irsay does precisely that from time
to time. Via TMZ.com, Irsay recently plunked down $718,750...
We noted last weekend that there’s been talk around the NFL of the
Seahawks trading defensive end Frank Clark. That talk seems to be getting
louder as the draft approaches. Multiple reports in recent...
Longtime NFL tight end Benjamin Watson might not be retiring after all.
Watson, who indicated at the end of last season that it would be his last, is
thinking he might play this year after all, according to...
Reggie Cobb, a second-round draft pick in 1990 who would go on to become a
scout, has died. He was 50. “We are devastated by the sudden loss of a
tremendous teammate and loyal friend, Reggie Cobb,”...
When Cowboys COO Stephen Jones recently tried to make the case for
quarterback Dak Prescott not being paid like Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson,
a reasonable reaction may have been this: Does Dak Prescott...
With five days to go before the first round of the 2019 NFL draft,
there’s no one consensus choice as the top player in this year’s
class. But the name of Alabama defensive lineman Quinnen...
The Rams are in no apparent rush to start contract talks with quarterback
Jared Goff. Likewise, he’s not ready to start talking about them
either. Via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times, the Rams...
When trying to cajole the NFL Players Association into accepting the latest
labor deal in 2011, the NFL’s owners happily surrendered practice time
and intensity, in large part because it didn’t...
The Giants didn’t use the second overall pick on a quarterback last
year, and they may not use a quarterback on the sixth or seventeenth overall
picks on a quarterback this year. Apart from the basic...
Despite initially committing to attend the draft, Mississippi State defensive
end Montez Sweat will not be there. Sweat told ESPN he will stay home and
celebrate the occasion with his family. “My devoted...
When a big contract is finalized, plenty of reporters have plenty of details
regarding plenty of aspects of the deal. We’ll use some of them as
needed, but we usually wait to provide the full details...
In the wake of Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock and coach Jon Gruden
sending the scouts home to keep them from leaking any information about the
team’s draft board, Mayock’s daughter says...
If, as it appears, the Cardinals will take quarterback Kyler Murray with the
first pick in the 2019 draft, the next mystery becomes what will the 49ers do
at No. 2? Many think it’s not a mystery. Many...
The ongoing discussions regarding player safety have led to a wide range of
creative ideas for minimizing major impacts on the playing field. Last month,
a new possibility landed on the table: Making the...
Good news, it’s 4/20. Bad news, it’s 4/20. The International Day
of Weed coincides, coincidentally or not, with the opening of the annual
window for the once-per-year random drug test under the...
The Eagles have gone all in with Carson Wentz, as expected. But expectations
remain high for a team that won a Super Bowl two years ago and got
surprisingly close to a return in 2018, without Wentz under...
Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that some team has Duke quarterback
Daniel Jones ranked first at his position on their draft board. Because a
Hall of Fame evaluator has compared him to one of the...
Whether they make a gigantic trade involving defensive end Frank Clark or not
(and that seems to still be on the table), the Seahawks will almost certainly
made a trade in the next week. It’s what...
The NFL scheduling formula wasn’t kind to the Raiders but was very kind
to the Jets. The Raiders will travel more miles in 2019 than any other team,
and the Jets will travel the fewest in the NFL....
One of the odd things about Jaguars front office boss Tom Coughlin
complaining about Jalen Ramsey‘s absence from voluntary offseason
workouts is that Ramsey also missed voluntary workouts, and the...
Alabama running back Josh Jacobs visited the Eagles, Ravens and Colts. He
seemed to enjoy his trip to Indianapolis most. “The Colts’
[visit] was definitely fun because I played basketball with [...
