Colts receiver Alec Pierce got back to practice on Thursday, having come off the physically unable to perform list after undergoing offseason ankle surgery. Pierce said after the session that he’s on schedule with the season quickly approaching. “Yeah, Week 1 is the goal,” Pierce said, via transcript from the team. “[J]ust first time being […]

The Atlanta Falcons will conclude their preseason slate with a trip to Miami to take on the Dolphins and head coach Kevin Stefanski has already revealed who he plans to play under center.  With Michael Penix Jr. just returning to team drills this week, Stefanski said he plans to start  former-Dolphin Tua Tagovailoa at quarterback on […]

Waning job security is never a fun topic, but the reality of being a head coach in college football isn’t always pretty. Sure, most of them are highly compensated. Especially within the power conferences, buyouts can range from comfortable to astronomical, too. When a head coach is fired, financial sympathy isn’t in rich supply. But […]

Less than six months after leaving Los Angeles and signing in Miami in free agency, veteran wide receiver Tutu Atwell is headed back to the Rams. The Dolphins are exchanging him for second-year running back Jarquez Hunter, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Both sides have since confirmed the terms, pending a physical. At first glance, this […]

The Raiders’ preseason has ended. Both Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza played in the finale, against the 49ers. After the game, coach Klint Kubiak still didn’t name a starting quarterback. The audio was dead for the first couple of questions during Kubiak’s postgame press conference. Apparently, one of them dealt with the QB1 issue. Via […]

There is an interesting dynamic with the Cleveland Browns‘ quarterback situation, and it really started to show itself on Thursday night in their preseason finale against the New England Patriots. Dillon Gabriel got the start for the Browns, and put together the team’s most impressive quarterback showing all preseason by going 12-of-15 for 186 yards, […]

Dillon Gabriel started off strong during the Cleveland Browns’ preseason finale against the New England Patriots on Thursday night. While Gabriel sits behind Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders on Cleveland’s quarterback depth chart, he thrived when facing New England. In the first quarter, Gabriel went 7-of-8 for 135 yards and two touchdowns without committing a […]

The Browns have claimed cornerback Mekhi Blackmon off waivers from the Colts, per an announcement from Cleveland. When the move becomes official on Friday, Blackmon will take wide receiver Cedric Tillman‘s roster spot. The Browns waived Tillman on Thursday. This is the second consecutive late-summer change of scenery for Blackmon, who joined the Colts last […]

The Colts have signed one of their special teams players to a contract extension. Indianapolis announced that punter Rigoberto Sanchez has signed a new deal on Thursday. According to multiple reporters, Sanchez’s extension is for two years. He was previously set to enter the last year of his contract. Sanchez, 31, is about to start […]

Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Leonard Williams can now spend way more on his garden that was featured in HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”  On Thursday, the Seahawks and Williams agreed to a three-year, $90M extension with $56M guaranteed, via multiple reports. That’s a significant bump for the 32-year-old DT who was making $21.5M annually on his previous deal.  […]

Ohio State star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith has high expectations for true freshman running back Legend Bey. “I think I said this back in spring. I said to Luke Montgomery, I said, ‘Before Legend Bey leaves Ohio State, he will be a Heisman finalist, or he’ll end up winning it,’” Smith told reporters. “The things […]

Talks on an extension between Leonard Williams and the Seahawks are moving along well. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the sides are “nearing an agreement” on a new deal. A three-year extension is expected to officially be in place soon, per Fowler. Williams has one season remaining on his current pact, but negotiations on a long-term arrangement have […]

Vinod Khosla, who was approved on Wednesday as the next owner of the Seattle Seahawks, says his expectation for the defending champions is more of the same. “How often do you get to buy a franchise that has just won the Super Bowl, so we are incredibly lucky,” Khosla said. “The task ahead is actually […]

The NFL can get heated, and that means even teammates can end up fighting. It’s a fairly common thing this time of year, when guys are getting back on the field and practicing, to see players on the same team duke it out with tensions high. Well, that was the scene at the New York […]

The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to a new system aimed at enhancing player safety. It calls for a suspension if a player violates a given rule three times in the same year. The five applicable rules are hip-drop tackles, horse-collar tackles, launching, hits on defenseless players and blindside blocks. The suspension applies […]

As recently as Tuesday, it was assumed that first-year Atlanta Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski would play both 2024 first-round draft pick Michael Penix Jr. and free-agent signing Tua Tagovailoa in Atlanta’s preseason finale at the Miami Dolphins as the final act of the competition for the Falcons’ starting quarterback job.  However, Stefanski confirmed on Wednesday that Penix won’t play at […]

Jed York did not attend the NFL owners’ meeting in Atlanta on Wednesday. That did not mean he was out of sight, out of mind. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was asked about possible punishment for the 49ers owner after York’s no-contest plea on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of criminal tools. “Yes, it’s being […]

The close-game magic that played a central role in the Chiefs’ 2023 and 2024 Super Bowl seasons faded in 2025. Kansas City’s 1-9 record in one-score games headlined the worst season of Andy Reid‘s 13-year Chiefs tenure. While three straight season-ending losses by a half-committed version of the team (the Chris Oladokun games) produced the […]

The Commanders and the Ravens had a joint practice today that reporters on the scene described as an ugly performance from the Commanders’ offense. Jayden Daniels was a little more charitable in his description of it, but admitted it wasn’t good enough. Daniels said after practice that the offense could have been better, but also […]

Heading into the fourth year of the Bryce Young era in Charlotte, the Carolina Panthers have already picked up the fifth-year option for the first-overall pick from the 2023 NFL Draft.  But despite winning the NFC South and giving the Los Angeles Rams a serious run for their money in the Wild Card round, the […]

Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons landed eighth overall on the NFL Top 100 as the reveals for the player-voted list continued on Wednesday. Here’s a look at the top 100 so far. 100. New Orleans Saints DE Cameron Jordan 99. Indianapolis Colts OG Quenton Nelson 98. Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young 97. Seattle […]

Giants wide receiver Calvin Austin had been a lock to earn a roster spot, but he will instead miss the season after leaving Tuesday’s practice with a non-contact knee injury. Austin suffered a torn ACL, Adam Schefter of ESPN confirms. Austin was an inexpensive offseason pickup for the Giants, who added him on a one-year, […]

Bryce Young is the Panthers’ franchise quarterback right now. Whether he will remain the Panthers’ franchise quarterback for years to come depends on whether he and the team agree to a long-term contract extension. So far, that hasn’t happened. In an interview with Stephen A. Smith, Panthers head coach Dave Canales was asked this question […]

Multiple reports insisted that first-year Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken named Deshaun Watson the club’s Week 1 starting quarterback over Shedeur Sanders because Monken truly “thinks Watson gives the Browns the best chance to win” the regular-season opener at the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 13. During the latest edition of the “Orange and Brown Talk” podcast, Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot of […]