As noted here last week, the adjustment to the national anthem policy should
remove any impediment to the employment of quarterback Colin Kaepernick and
safety Eric Reid, since neither will be able to kneel...
Falcons receiver Julio Jones is skipping Organized Team Activities, but he
doesn’t want anyone to read anything into that. Asked by TMZ about his
contract situation, Jones downplayed any talk that he...
The Browns made safety Jabrill Peppers a first-round pick last year in a bid
to add a playmaker to the back end of their defense, but his impact was muted
during his rookie season. Peppers had 57 tackles...
LeGarrette Blount is accustomed to sharing the backfield. So, if the Lions
have a rotation with Blount, Kerryon Johnson, Theo Riddick and/or Ameer
Abdullah, the veteran running back will fit right in....
When the Jets drafted Sam Darnold with the third overall choice, it was
presumed that Teddy Bridgewater was the odd man out. It seemed almost certain
veteran Josh McCown would provide the bridge to Darnold...
Bad news (or good news, depending on your perspective): There’s no PFT
Live on NBCSN tomorrow. Good new (or bad news, depending on your
perspective): The show will be heard on NBC Sports Radio. It...
The Vikings want to sign receiver Stefon Diggs to a new contract. The
team’s new offensive coordinator possibly has given Diggs a little
extra leverage at the bargaining table. John DeFillippo heaped...
Wide receiver John Ross is doing 11-on-11 work for the Bengals during OTAs,
but another player the Bengals are hoping to see play a big role in their
offense isn’t quite that far along yet. Tight end...
As Bengals receiver John Ross tries to turn the page on a disappointing
rookie season, he’s already ahead in one key respect. As noted by Jim
Owczarski of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Ross participated in...
With quarterback Tom Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski not participating in
Patriots OTAs, the young players don’t have the benefit of the examples
they set and the leadership they bring. To balance...
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins previously spoke about pre-offseason workout
workouts with his new receivers. One of those receivers has spoken more
recently about the effort to get to know the man who...
Even if the current change to the kickoff amounts to a half-measure toward
the elimination of the kickoff altogether, teams will have to figure out how
to implement the new formation in a way that enhances...
That close friendship between Andy Reid and Jon Gruden could be tested,
sooner or later. Gruden, now the coach of the Raiders, recently did a victory
lap regarding the team’s signing of former Chiefs...
Tom Brady can’t plead the fifth regarding his offseason whereabouts.
He’s in Europe, hanging out at the Monaco Grand Prix. And he’s
getting in a workout. Sort of. Red Bull Racing has...
Packers coach Mike McCarthy said in April that it feels like his first
offseason with the team rather than his 13th as the team has hired new
coordinators on both sides of the ball. On offense, McCarthy...
Bills coach Sean McDermott paid a visit to patients a Buffalo
children’s hospital recently. There’s a new baby on the way for
Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill and his wife. LB Dont'a Hightower...
No one has ever doubted Marcell Dareus‘s talent for the defensive
tackle position, but his effort has sometimes been lacking, he’s had
off-field issues, and last year the Bills decided they...
In a Saturday morning tweet, New York Congressman Peter King criticized the
Jets’ reluctance to fine players for protesting during the anthem,
questioning whether CEO Christopher Johnson would provide...
C.J. Anderson has a chance to make $800,000 in incentives this season. He
also has a chance to get a bigger deal next year with a big season. The
Panthers get a 1,000-yard back for an $800,000 million base...
In the one season Jason Verrett played more than half the games, the Chargers
cornerback earned Pro Bowl honors. But the other three seasons have ended in
injury. He played six games his rookie season, four...
Steelers running back James Conner, who overcame cancer while in college at
Pitt, became a third-round draft pick and one of the most popular players in
the NFL as a rookie. But his first season didn’...
Six years ago, quarterback Robert Griffin III was a lock to start in
Washington. Now, he’s merely trying to stay on the roster in Baltimore.
He seems unfazed by the challenge. Describing himself as an...
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s decision by the NFL to alter the anthem
policy in a way that managed to do more harm than good, the NFL Players
Association wasn’t happy. The NFL’s players...
Former first-round Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman, who at only 30 is
still younger than many of the NFL’s current starters, has retired amid
a comeback attempt in Canada. “We would like to thank...
Less than two weeks after settling a four-year-old lawsuit arising from
allegations of fraudulent memorabilia, the Giants fired three members of
their equipment staff. Two of them were surprised. Via Ryan...
Former Dolphins WR Chris Chambers has been trying to help current WR DeVante
Parker, but Parker is snubbing him. Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander thinks rookie
first-round LB Tremaine Edmunds could be an All-Pro...
Two days after the NFL changed its controversial anthem policy to require any
player inclined to protest to retreat to the locker room, a group called the
National Action Network gathered outside 345 Park...
In connection with the Fourth of July holiday nearly two years ago, Steelers
running back Le'Veon Bell unveiled his contractual demands with a rap
song. “I’m at the top and if not I’m the closest, I’m...
It’s official: The NFL’s new national anthem policy did not make
things better. It made things worse. When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
announced the league’s new anthem policy, he hoped...
When Giants safety Landon Collins had to undergo a second surgery on his
broken arm in April, there were concerns it could be a significant problem:
Collins had already had surgery at the end of the 2017...
Jets rookie Nathan Shepherd took a long and winding road to the NFL. He grew
up in Canada, played college football at Simon Fraser University, and had to
quit school and do odd jobs when he couldn’t...
Did one play call derail a potential Seahawks dynasty? It may have, according
to former Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril, who says that the team began to
doubt coach Pete Carroll and his staff after...
Free agent running back Adrian Peterson is in shape, and he wants NFL teams
to know it. Peterson has been posting videos of himself doing grueling cardio
workouts on the treadmill, jumping onto boxes with a...
Nearly two years after his death, Dennis Green is getting paid for services
rendered to a long-defunct football league. Via Dale Kasler of the Sacramento
Bee, Green’s widow has settled a claim for...
Over the past several years, Steelers players have developed a habit of
complaining about the league’s efforts to make the game safer. When it
comes to the new rule that prohibits lowering the helmet...
As the Patriots continue to work their way through the offseason program
without starting quarterback Tom Brady, the guy who at one point seemed
destined to replace him is working toward his first season as...
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers ran into Falcons General Manager Thomas
Dimitroff at the Minneapolis airport during Super Bowl week. Rodgers had a
request of Dimitroff. “He just said to me, ‘...
The Tennessee franchise of the Alliance of American Football has a city, a
coach, and now a G.M. Via Meagan Nichols of the Memphis Business Journal,
Will Lewis will serve as the team’s General Manager...
The Jaguars’ quarterbacks room has changed since last season. Blake
Bortles remains, but Chad Henne is gone. Cody Kessler and rookie Tanner Lee
now back up Bortles. The Browns traded Kessler to the...
The Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports gambling, allowing
sports books in New Jersey and other states to open. But one major player in
the New Jersey gambling world is suing the NFL and...
Few understand the NFL rulebook better than Mike Pereira. So at a time when
the NFL rulebook will be changing like never before, it makes sense to talk
to him. Talk to him I did on Friday, for a full hour....
The Chiefs need a healthy Eric Berry. Kansas City is 38-16 since 2013 when it
has Berry in the lineup and only 15-11 without him. The safety missed 15
games last season after tearing his Achilles in Week 1...
CBS will televise the next Super Bowl. Starting a week later, CBS will
televise games of the Alliance of American Football. So, during the broadcast
of the Super Bowl, CBS will promote the AAF. And the NFL...
The Jaguars announced the signing of second-round pick D.J. Chark to his
rookie contract Friday. “This is amazing,” Chark Jr. said, via quotes
distributed by the team. “It is something you dream about your...
Special teams coach Mike Westhoff has yet to rejoin the Saints, while still
recovering from surgery, Josh Katzenstein of the Times-Picayune reports. Sean
Payton said in March he hoped Westhoff would return...
The Ravens have had only two players who played wideout make the Pro Bowl,
and both Jermaine Lewis and Jacoby Jones doubled as elite returners, which
got them to the all-star game. Neither ever had a 1,000-...
New Raiders coach Jon Gruden has never met a player he couldn’t praise.
That even extends to Christian Hackenberg, who hasn’t thrown a pass in
the NFL. During a call with season-ticket holders,...
Normally the move from starting quarterback to backup is one that represents
a step backward for a player, but that might not be the case for DeShone
Kizer. Kizer got thrown into the lineup by the Browns...
Dez Bryant produced three 1,000-yard seasons in his eight seasons in Dallas.
He has caught 531 passes for 7,459 yards and 73 touchdowns in his career. His
departure leaves the Cowboys without a true No. 1...
The Texans’ two most important players have spent more time together
than with their families over the past six months. Deshaun Watson and J.J.
Watt have rehabbed together, worked out together and...
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster has put another legal issue
behind him. The district attorney’s office in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has
dropped a misdemeanor marijuana charge against Foster...
The Broncos are down to two unsigned players in their 2018 draft class. Mike
Klis of KUSA reports that cornerback Isaac Yiadom has agreed to a deal with
the team. Yiadom was a third-round pick last month...
The NFL’s non-compromise compromise regarding the national anthem
consisted of the owners deciding to tell any player who would be inclined to
protest during the anthem to take it to the locker room....
