Football Page 746 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
The Falcons should think long and hard before passing on Justin Fields
The Atlanta Cockatoos need to be careful about trading the number four pick in this year’s NFL draft....
Terrace Marshall Jr.’s family connection with Joe Delaney, the Chiefs running back who died a hero
LSU has been churning out wide receiver talent over the last couple seasons, none more notably than last year’s should-have-been Offensive Rookie of the Year and Vikings phenom Justin Jefferson. This year, the NFL, its scouting personnel, and everyone who gets paid to share their opinions are seemin...
In the end, Darnold, not the Jets, will have figured it out
The New York Jets won’t be, can’t be, right about this in the end....
Aaron Rodgers is absolutely nailing it as <em>Jeopardy! </em>guest host (yes, even with the FG zinger)
Aaron Rodgers recently said that hosting Jeopardy! full-time would be a “dream job,” and it’s one that now seems within reach....
With Jets trading Sam Darnold, Zach Wilson should be scared to death
If there were any questions about if the Jets were all in on Zach Wilson, they got answered on Monday....
Justin Fields, Dan Orlovsky, and the never-ending degradation of Black QBs with age-old stereotypes
I find myself often being perplexed by the way some things are happening. Currently, one of those situations is the seemingly-inexplicable decrease in draft stock of a quarterback prospect I love, Justin Fields, who before the season was the consensus second-best quarterback behind Trevor Lawrence. ...
Kyle Pitts might be this draft’s best wide receiver, and he’s a tight end
Travis Kelce, George Kittle, and Darren Waller have ushered in a new age of receiving-threat TEs, following in the footsteps of Rob Gronkowski (who’s still around) and Jimmy Graham (who mostly isn’t). Next in line could very well be a prospect out of Florida that will go very high in this year’s NFL...
17 NFL games, 2,000 yards rushing, 7-9 records and more math to make your head hurt
The NFL has officially voted to expand the regular season to 17 games, opening up a whole can of oddities to accompany it. What happens to single-season NFL records? What about playoff seeding? What even is a .500 team? There’s so much to unpack. I’m sitting over here absorbing this news playing a h...
You might actually get ‘Super Bowl Monday’ off thanks to the NFL’s 17-game schedule (and Presidents)
The NFL’s 17-game schedule, which was just approved this afternoon, is many things. Odd? for sure. A risk to player health? Definitely. “Dumb as hell”? Alvin Kamara says so....
How NOT to talk about the Deshaun Watson allegations
On Sunday, three new lawsuits were filed against Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, all three accusing Watson of sexual assault and sexual misconduct by women who worked as massage therapists for him at one time or another. That brings the grand total of lawsuits filed against Watson, alleging subst...
NFL Draft season is officially bonkers with ’Fins flipping picks with 49ers, then Eagles
Oh, hell yes. NFL draft madness is now officially underway. The Miami Dolphins this afternoon traded their No. 3 overall pick to the San Francisco 49ers for the No. 12 pick, a compensatory 2021 3rd round pick, and first-round picks in 2022 and 2023. This trade news broke roughly one hour before BYU ...
Chase Claypool in bar brawl as sideshow antics of Steelers’ wide receivers rolls on
I bet the Pittsburgh Steelers would really enjoy a boring, uneventful offseason from their wide receiver room. Unfortunately, that’s not quite in the cards. TMZ released a video of soon-to-be second-year receiver Chase Claypool involved in a fight outside a bar in Costa Mesa, Calif. on March 13....
The NFL is hell-bent on returning to normal, starting with a live draft in scenic Cleveland
We’re kinda sorta trending towards normalcy, and the NFL Draft on April 29 in Cleveland will lean into that, consequences be damned. The NFL announced today in a press release that the draft will be live, in person, with actual live people, including commissioner Roger Goodell, prospects, and fans. ...
College football’s lunge for March Madness-level money is sure to fail
Why can’t we just enjoy the moment anymore?...
Deshaun Watson now facing 12 plaintiffs, and possibly 10 more, on sex assault charges
The number of women alleging sexual assault against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson continues to rise. Balloon actually. In a press conference with the media, Tony Buzbee, the attorney filing civil suits against Watson, said that his office has taken on 12 different plaintiffs since the fi...
$110 billion (with a B) NFL TV deal includes Amazon and lots of new quirks
The NFL has a new media deal starting in 2023, worth $110 billion, that will bring some changes and some new options to the way we consume our national football obsession. With a new media deal comes new money, which will make the talent department of your favorite franchises happy – more money mean...
Only people worse than Indianapolis Colts are sports writers who take part in sham press conference
Shame on the Indianapolis Colts. Shame on the NFL. And most of all, shame on the sports writers willing to go along with a bogus press conference....
A.J. Green joins J.J. Watt in Phoenix, a lovely town for old folks
A.J. Green has agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $8 million to join the Arizona Cardinals, joining new addition J.J. Watt, while further proving that Phoenix is a wonderful retirement destination. ...
Can properly kicked, as Andy Dalton will not fix a single problem for the Bears
The Chicago Bears are officially the Bad News Bears of the NFL. Their free-agent signing of quarterback Andy Dalton was hardly a solution to this franchise’s ongoing QB dilemma....
Signing Andy Goddamn Dalton is the most Bears move ever
Fuck my entire life....