Month: February 2025

New Saints head coach Kellen Moore is bringing a former Eagles staffer with him to New Orleans. Ted Rath, who was the Eagles’ director of sports performance from 2020 to 2023, is joining the Saints’ staff with the title of director of sports science, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL

Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams has been suspended twice in his first three NFL seasons, but he’s not facing a third ban heading into the 2025 campaign. The NFL told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press that Williams will not face league discipline after being found with an unlicensed

Bears season-ticket holders who want to see Ben Johnson’s first season as the team’s head coach in person are going to have to pay more for the chance. Per multiple reports, the team sent a letter to season-ticket holders this week informing them that they are raising prices by an

The Raiders began making offseason roster tweaks on Tuesday. They announced the signing of wide receiver Kyle Phillips to their roster and the NFL’s daily transaction report shows they also cut defensive back Keenan Isaac. Isaac signed to the practice squad in Las Vegas in November and signed a future

The Cowboys have several defensive tackles set to become free agents next month and that will leave Mazi Smith as the only experienced player at the position on the roster. Smith’s experience hasn’t been all that positive. The 2023 first-round pick has fallen short of expectations through his first two

There’s a shortage of franchise and transition tag candidates around the league this offseason, but Trey Smith is one player that’s been mentioned as a possible recipient. Smith has started all 80 regular season and playoff games he’s played since joining the Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2021

How strong is the word “Olympics”? Strong enough to make millions pay attention to sports that, for the ensuing three years and 50 weeks, they don’t care about. Sprinter Noah Lyles hopes to change that. And the 2024 gold medalist plans to start the process by racing Dolphins receiver Tyreek

The case is gradually being cracked. Via ABC News, seven men have been charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property. The allegations relate to the string of burglaries targeting professional athletes. All seven defendants are from Chile, and they range in age from 20

For the second consecutive year, the NFL will play a game in Brazil on Friday night of Week One. The league announced today that the Chargers will be the designated home team for a game in São Paulo, Brazil, at Corinthians Arena. The same stadium hosted last year’s Week One

Klayton Adams was an offensive line coach before he became the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator and he’s bringing the same mentality with him from his old job to his new one. Adams met the media on Tuesday for the first time since being hired and said there are “a lot of

The Buccaneers and wide receiver Chris Godwin are working on a new contract that would keep Godwin in Tampa Bay. Godwin and the Buccaneers have agreed to change his old contract so that it doesn’t void until the end of the league year on March 12, according to Greg Auman

The Lions’ 2025 coaching staff is going to look a lot different than the one that they had during the 2024 season. Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is now the head coach of the Bears and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn was hired to run the Jets. Several other assistants left the

Over the weekend, a fresh wave of allegations emerged regarding Ravens kicker Justin Tucker. The total number of individuals accusing him of inappropriate behavior during massage-therapy sessions has reached 16. Tucker has previously issued a strong and total denial. The Ravens issued a statement last month, when the initial set

The Lions’ new offensive coordinator John Morton said this week that everything the team will do on offense starts with quarterback Jared Goff and their new defensive coordinator shared his building blocks as well. Kelvin Sheppard was the team’s linebackers coach before being promoted to take over for Aaron Glenn

Joe Mixon wasn’t the only player to receive good news Tuesday. The NFL also rescinded the $25,000 fine of Mixon’s Houston teammate, Will Anderson Jr., according to multiple reports. The league had fined both players for comments made after their playoff loss to the Chiefs in the divisional round. Anderson

The Raiders signed wide receiver Kyle Phillips on Tuesday, the team announced. Phillips spent 2024 on the Eagles’ practice squad. He did not appear in any games, but he did win a Super Bowl ring. He reunites with Chip Kelly, who coached Phillips for four years at UCLA and now

The Rams have promoted Nate Scheelhaase to passing game coordinator, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Scheelhaase received multiple interviews for offensive coordinator jobs but is staying put with increased responsibilities in Los Angeles. Scheelhaase began has NFL career last season, joining Sean McVay’s staff as offensive assistant/pass game specialist. The

As I told John Ourand of Puck earlier today, I love his twice-weekly newsletter because I never know when a big story is going to smack me in the face while perusing it. In Monday night’s edition of The Varsity, I saw the comments from Netflix chief content officer Bela

Micah Parsons is a defensive end. After Parsons played 55.2 percent of his snaps at linebacker as a rookie, the Cowboys have used him almost exclusively as a defensive end. He has played under two different coordinators and now a third in 2025 in his five seasons. Not much will

During Super Bowl week, Super Bowl LVI MVP Cooper Kupp disclosed that the Rams are trying to trade him. Although trades can’t become official until the new league year opens next month, tentative deals can be reached at any time before then. In the two weeks since Kupp revealed that

The 49ers announced a few roster moves on Tuesday afternoon. San Francisco has released linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles and tendered one-year contracts to seven exclusive-rights free agents. Flannigan-Fowles was already set to hit free agency next month, but terminating his contract now gives him a head start on the process. He

The Browns released running back Nyheim Hines on Tuesday. The team did not activate him back to the active roster in October before his 21-day practice window expired. He was trying to work his way back from a torn ACL. Hines has not played a game since Jan. 22, 2023,

The Saints are working to finalize a deal with Doug Nussmeier to make him their offensive coordinator, Josina Anderson of bovadaofficial reports. It will be Nussmeier’s first NFL coordinator job, but he served in that role at Florida, Michigan, Alabama, Washington, and Fresno State in the college ranks. Nussmeier and

The Eagles and offensive lineman Nick Gates are parting ways. The team announced that they have released Gates on Tuesday. Gates did not play in the Super Bowl because he went on injured reserve ahead of the 40-22 win over the Chiefs and he was set to become a free

Recent days have seen the opening of an 11-year old time capsule. Which is fine. As long as its full contents are given fair consideration. In an article that landed last week on ESPN.com, former Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin said of the 2013 scandal that took the league by storm,