0 comments by Zach Kruse on 4/7/2016
The NFL is committed to having a regular-season game in China by 2018, but not all teams are on board for making the trip around the world to play a meaningful game. According to Ashley Fox of ESPN, the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants are among the teams that would be unwilling to play […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 4/6/2016
Would Roger Goodell just listen to himself? The NFL commissioner talked about how well the league’s current 12-team playoff format works, then said that it probably will change. “(It) likely will happen at some point,” Goodell told a group of Jaguars season ticket holders via NFL.com. “But we want to be really cautious because we […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/31/2016
Josh McCown will be a company guy right up until the end. Even though there’s little chance he will have a place on the Browns roster with Robert Griffin III on board, McCown told Pro Football Talk Thursday that he expects to compete with Griffin for the starting quarterback job. McCown will be 37 next season […]
0 comments by Zach Kruse on 3/29/2016
The end may be coming for the partnership between the Houston Texans and quarterback Brian Hoyer. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Hoyer and the Texans “appear headed for a divorce,” as both sides are now content with giving the 30-year-old quarterback a fresh start elsewhere. Note from
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NFL free agency is now three weeks old, meaning almost all the big names have long since signed new deals. Teams are now sorting through what’s left, hoping to find a quality player at a discount price among the second and third waves of free agency. Here are the best players left on the open […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/28/2016
The 2016 NFL draft is exactly a month away. The roster shuffling of the free-agent signing period has mostly subsided, and the big boards in draft headquarters around the NFL have shifted based on what happened in free agency. The Eagles and Dolphins made a trade involving the eighth and 13th picks, and even though […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/25/2016
There will be a lot of interesting divisional games in the 2016 NFL season. A lot of players have changed teams this offseason, and many of them are playing for former division rivals. Some of these players have been released and were picked up by another team in their division. Some of them were signed […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/23/2016
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said that the limits on training-camp practices has had an impact on the skill of linemen in the NFL. “Those guys aren’t getting any better practicing soccer,” Arians said Wednesday at the NFC coaches’ breakfast, according to Pro Football Talk. Arians was referring to non-contact practice “in shorts.” It’s not completely clear […]
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A scout from an unnamed NFC team has compared Cal quarterback Jared Goff to Jay Cutler. Ouch. Goff and Carson Wentz are considered head-and-shoulders above the rest as the top two quarterback prospects in the 2016 NFL draft, but not according to this anonymous NFC scout and two other scouts who talked to NJ.com about Goff. […]
0 comments by Mike Batista on 3/15/2016
The balance of power in the NFL shifted, theoretically, during the first week of free agency with dozens of players changing teams. Where does that leave the coaches? Coaches of teams that are labeled “winners” in free agency will be feeling the heat in 2016. If they don’t translate these supposed roster improvements into more wins, they […]
0 comments by Zach Kruse on 3/14/2016
An NFL general manager who recently moved his team into the first 10 picks of the 2016 NFL draft believes there’s a steep dropoff after the top 10 players in this year’s class. “In the past few drafts, often we’d be picking lower in the first round, and we’d just miss out on a guy we had […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 3/11/2016
The NFL free agency period opened this week with a few oohs and aahs. But what have been the biggest surprises so far? Here are 10 to start. (contract details courtesy of Spotrac) 10. The Ryan Fitzpatrick-Jets contract standoff Fitzpatrick had a career year in his first season with the Jets, throwing for 3,905 yards […]
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Hope springs eternal for NFL teams who have landed big-ticket free agents this week. Some teams have improved their rosters and have a lot to look forward to in 2016. Some teams, however, made moves that they’ll regret. They either overpaid for players, botched negotiations with their own players or just put too much emphasis […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 3/9/2016
In addition to landing quarterback Brock Osweiler, the Houston Texans added running back Lamar Miller to their haul on the first day of free agency Wednesday. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports it’s a four-year, $26 million deal for Miller that includes $14 million guaranteed. Miller, a fourth-round pick of the Miami Dolphins in […]
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Brock Osweiler will take his Super Bowl ring to the city that is hosting Super Bowl LI, according to Rand Getlin of the NFL Network. I’m told QB Brock Osweiler has agreed to a deal in principle with the Houston
