Month: February 2025

Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rangers have a lot of flaws, but none are bigger than the fact they simply do not defend well enough. Goalies Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick are doing a lot of heavy lifting — again — to mask their inability to suppress chances,

Chiefs receiver DeAndre Hopkins is in his 12th season and as close to a title as he’s ever been. Since he’s past his prime — his last Pro Bowl was in 2020 — he isn’t likely to have many more shots. Hopkins owes it all to the Titans, who traded

The Packers will be staying in-house to replace their linebackers coach. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Green Bay is promoting Sean Duggan to the role. Duggan, 31, was previously the linebackers coach under Jeff Haffley at Boston College from 2020-2023. He was promoted to co-defensive coordinator for the last

After the Chiefs won the AFC Championship Game, tight end Travis Kelce said that he loves being seen as a villain by those who have grown weary of Kansas City’s success. On Monday night in New Orleans, quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a somewhat different view on being cast in that

Xinhua via Getty Images None of the Premier League’s top three teams made a major signing in the winter transfer window. There are definitely arguments for why this is a good thing, but it’s also easy to accuse them all of lacking ambition or taking a big risk when there’s

Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce isn’t planning to follow his brother Jason into retirement just yet. Kelce will wrap up his 12th NFL season with Sunday’s Super Bowl and there were moments during the regular season where Kelce looked like he might be closing in on the end of his

Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter says stopping Patrick Mahomes isn’t easy, but it is simple: The key is to take him down. Asked at Super Bowl Opening Night how to stop Mahomes, Carter answered, “One thing is to sack him.” Carter continued that pass pressure from the Eagles’ defensive line

Ties in grades were broken through roundtable discussions among the four scouts. 1. CB Travis Hunter, Colorado (9.2) 2. Edge Abdul Carter, Penn State (9.1) 3. DL Mason Graham, Michigan (9.1)4. WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona (9.0) 5. S Malaki Starks, Georgia (8.9) 6. CB Will Johnson, Michigan (8.8) 7. IOL

Greg Olson is headed for a third stint with the Raiders. According to a report from TheAthletic.com, Olson will join Pete Carroll’s staff as quarterbacks coach under offensive coordinator Chip Kelly. Olson, 61, was previously with the Raiders as offensive coordinator from 2013-2014 and 2018-2021. He initially didn’t call plays

The Cowboys are hiring Tiquan Underwood as assistant receivers coach, Albert Breer of MMQB reports. He was with New England last year under Jerod Mayo, but the offensive coaches, including wide receivers coach Tyler Hughes and Underwood, were not retained under new head coach Mike Vrabel. Underwood, 37, also had

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt says other teams need to stop making excuses for losing to his team. Hunt was asked on NFL Network about the belief among many that the Chiefs’ run to the verge of the first-ever Super Bowl three-peat has benefited from favorable calls from the officials. Hunt

Former NFL linebacker John Huard died Jan. 29, the Broncos announced Monday. Huard was 80. He played three seasons with the Broncos and one with the Saints after Denver made Huard a fifth-round draft choice in 1967. Huard started 41 of the 42 games in which he appeared for Denver

Chiefs backup quarterback Carson Wentz spent five seasons in Philadelphia. He made a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl ring. The Eagles, though, traded Wentz — in a mutual parting — after former Eagles coach Doug Pederson benched him for the final four games in favor of Jalen Hurts.

Saquon Barkley left the Giants for the Eagles, but he thinks it might be a good spot for quarterback Jameis Winston. Winston is at the Super Bowl working for Fox and he asked the Eagles running back who he should sign with as a free agent during Super Bowl Opening

Donyell Malen.Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images If this was the 2021 winter transfer window, then Aston Villa would have earned an A+++ grade. But it’s 2025, so the arrivals of Marco Asensio, Marcus Rashford and Donyell Malen register closer to a B (with a question mark next to

Lincoln Financial Field has given the Eagles an incredible home field advantage. The Eagles are 107-69-1 in the regular season and 11-4 in the postseason since the stadium opened in 2003. What Lincoln Financial Field doesn’t do is give the team a chance to host other big events and thus

Kellen Moore insists he’s focused on the task at hand, which is preparing to call the plays for the Eagles offense in Super Bowl LIX. Yet, the Eagles’ offensive coordinator understood why reporters from New Orleans, and elsewhere, were peppering him with questions about the Saints. Moore is expected to

When receiver Cooper Kupp removed his Rams helmet after the divisional round loss to the Eagles, it was likely for the last time. Now that the Rams are trying to trade him, they’ll have to be willing to absorb a sizable chunk of his 2025 pay in order to find

In his second year as a player, Tom Brady won a Super Bowl in New Orleans. In his first year as a broadcaster, Brady will be working a Super Bowl in New Orleans. Appearing on the Let’s Go! podcast, Brady was asked by host Jim Gray whether he’s rooting for

During his annual Super Bowl press conference, Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is “considering” the possibility of launching a professional flag football league. In response to his characterization of the potential project, a source with knowledge of the situation called it an “understatement.” “The work is very much underway,”

In recent years, there’s been some speculation that Chiefs head coach Andy Reid could retire at the end of a season. While there hasn’t been as much of it before Super Bowl LIX, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt but the issue to bed while speaking to the media during Opening Night.

During Monday’s PFT Live, I tried to do a seat-of-the-pants estimate of the potential cap consequences to the Browns of a Myles Garrett trade. I should have found a belt. I thought the cap hit would be crippling. It’s not. On closer examination of the breakdown posted by Spotrac.com, it

The Jaguars have placed interview requests for five General Manager candidates. Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports reports that the Jaguars will interview Chargers assistant General Manager Chad Alexander, Bengals senior personnel executive Trey Brown and Bears assistant General Manager Ian Cunningham. The three join Giants assistant G.M. Brandon Brown and

The player who gets the ball on the tush push doesn’t like that term. And he’s not big on Brotherly Shove, either. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was asked during Super Bowl about the tush push, and he said that’s not a term he uses, preferring the same word for the

Eagles center Cam Jurgens confirmed Monday that he is good to go for Super Bowl LIX. Jurgens did not practice last week as he continued rehab on his back injury, but the Eagles did not list him with an injury designation on Friday. “Shoutout to the trainers and the medical

Cooper Kupp’s time with the Rams has apparently come to an end. In a Monday social media post, Kupp announced that the Rams informed him that they are looking to trade him and will work with him to find the best destination. “I don’t agree with the decision and always