Month: February 2025

Browns running back Nick Chubb hopes to be back in Cleveland next season. He has spent his entire seven-year career with the Browns. But Chubb is scheduled for free agency in March. “Of course,” Chubb told Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal when asked if he wanted to return

Adan Manzano, an anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, died this week under suspicious circumstances in his New Orleans-area hotel room while in town to cover the Super Bowl. He was 27 years old. No one has been charged with his death, but a woman with a history

The December 2024 burglary at the Ohio home of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has recently sparked two waves of arrests. And one member of law enforcement believes it’s just the start. “These individuals seem to be the alleged tip of the iceberg,” U.S. attorney Kenneth Parker told the Associated Press.

Former NFL player and head coach Dick Jauron died Saturday morning after a short cancer battle, The Daily Item in Massachusetts reports. Jauron was 74. He was head coach of the Bears from 1999-2003, winning coach of the year honors in 2001 when Chicago went 13-3. Jauron went 35-45 with

I started covering the Super Bowl and the week preceding it in early 2009. The experience has taken the PFT traveling roadshow to Tampa, Miami (twice), Dallas, Indianapolis, New Orleans (twice), New York, Phoenix (twice), San Francisco, Houston, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Miami and New Orleans lead

The unexpected (especially for the voters) decision of the Associated Press to disclose the full ballots of the 50 media members has sparked unprecedented scrutiny of the votes, and the voters. It has also sparked a debate of sorts over the ongoing exclusion of NFL Media employees. The Associated Press

The Jaguars have announced their full coaching staff for the 2025 season. Head coach Liam Coen is at the top of the list after being hired to replace the fired Doug Pederson last month. Coen joins the Jags after spending the 2024 season as the offensive coordinator in Tampa. “What

The Steelers are bringing in a new defensive backs coach. Cameron Wolfe of NFL Media reports that they will hire Gerald Alexander to fill that role on head coach Mike Tomlin’s staff. It’s a return to Pittsburgh for Alexander, who was an assistant defensive backs coach for the team in

The Chiefs wrapped up their on-field preparations for Super Bowl LIX on Friday. The team’s final practice session at Tulane featured special teams work and situational drills as the Chiefs put the finishing touches on their plans for Sunday’s game against the Eagles. Head coach Andy Reid said that his

The only three fans who have attended every Super Bowl are back in New Orleans this year to make it 59 in a row. Old friends Don Crisman, Gregory Eaton and Tom Henschel, who have been to all 58 Super Bowls, are in New Orleans this week and have told

Look, I tried not to do this one. In the end, it just made sense for several reasons. Obviously there’s the poetic nature of Blake Fiddler being drafted by Dallas when he is a Dallas product (and, of course, his dad played for Dallas). But another big reason for me

Miami QB prospect Cam WardBryan M. Bennett/Getty Images One notable NFL event will take place between Super Bowl LIX and free agency. Though it may not hold a marquee spot on the calendar of casual football fans, the scouting combine will take place between February 27 and March 2, and

Kansas City 27, Philadelphia 24 It’s difficult to pick against Mahomes, Kelce and Co. in the Super Bowl because of how well they’ve handled the pressure of previous big games. In Super Bowl 57, Mahomes led the Chiefs on a double-digit point comeback to take down the Eagles. Nothing seems

In 1984, Dan Marino obliterated the previous NFL records by passing for 5,084 yards and 48 touchdowns. Passing statistics like that had previously been unthinkable, in part because the rules of those days made it open season on quarterbacks for pass rushers. Marino visited the PFT Live set at Super

Ricky Williams was the subject of one of the biggest trades in NFL history when the Saints gave up all of their 1999 draft picks, plus additional picks in 2000, to move up and draft him. Williams calls that day “One of the worst days of my life.” Back in

All signs point to a CM Punk-Seth Rollins-Roman Reigns triple threat at ‘Mania. A report from PW Insider (h/t Ortman) has now confirmed that things will trend in that direction. It was easy to think that Reigns-Punk or Reigns-Rollins would main event one of the ‘Mania nights this year. Instead,

Texans pass rusher Will Anderson has been in Houston two years, and both years the Texans went 10-7 and made it to the divisional round of the playoffs. But he says he and his teammates need to do more, if they want to get to the next level. Anderson said

From the moment Deion Sanders sparked a winning culture in Colorado, many have wondered if his coaching career will take him to the NFL. He has offered various, and arguably conflicting, comments on whether he’d make the leap. During the 2023 season, he told Rich Eisen he wouldn’t do it.

For 15 of the 50 AP voters, the effort to keep Sam Darnold off the comeback player of the year ballot didn’t take. Last summer, the Associated Press clarified the standard for the award, ostensibly to keep it from going to a player who had a good year after having

It sounds like the Cowboys have found their next offensive line coach. Per Bruce Feldman of TheAthletic.com, Dallas is targeting Conor Riley for the role. Riley is regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches at the college level. He’s been with Kansas State since 2019, serving as OL

Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell changed defensive coordinators after his first season on the job, but he won’t have to make another change before his fourth season. Brian Flores’s work with the Minnesota defense was a big reason why the team went 14-3 and it got him interviews for head

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When Commissioner Roger Goodell signed a new contract eight years ago, former NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart declared that it would be Goodell’s final deal. It wasn’t. And the one he signed after it likely won’t be, either. (Lockhart, meanwhile, didn’t last much longer after he said Goodell would be leaving.)

It’s a very unscientific, eyeballs-based assessment. As of Friday night, it’s not even close. Based on what I saw at dinner on Friday night and during the one-mile walk back to the hotel (with a quick stop for a hand-rolled cigar), Eagles fans outnumber Chiefs fans in New Orleans. And

Dolphins receiver Howard Twilley died Wednesday, the team announced. He was 81. No cause of death was given. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Howard Twilley, a founding player for the Dolphins in 1966. His touchdown in Super Bowl VII helped the Dolphins cap the NFL’s only perfect

After being fired by the Colts last month, Gus Bradley has found a landing spot. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Gus Bradley is joining the 49ers coaching staff. Bradley’s specific role with San Francisco was not disclosed. Bradley, 58, was Indianapolis’ defensive coordinator from 2022-2024. He was previously

Eli Manning says he’s feeling fine a day after learning that he was not selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Manning, the two-time Super Bowl MVP who made the list of finalists this year but was voted down by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee,