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I Will Read Every Story About How Terrific Marshawn Lynch Is

You’ve now got your reading assignment for the day: In the Seattle Times, reporter Jayson Jenks asked a handful of Seahawks if they have any particular memories of Marshawn Lynch being a cool guy. It seems they like talking about their former teammate as much as I like hearing about him....

Broncos Fan Dies After Falling Over Railing After Last Night's Game

A 36-year-old Broncos fan fell from a “severe height” while leaving last night’s win over the Texans, and the Denver Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced him dead this afternoon. Jason Coy fell last night at 9:45 p.m. local time, and an emergency crew responded to a 911 call shortly after. Coy was t...

Faster Is Better For The Suddenly Excellent Matt Stafford

Matthew Stafford is in his eighth season in the NFL. He’s lost Calvin Johnson to retirement, and thanks to injuries he’s currently without his top three running backs and his top two tight ends. Yet Stafford is having the best season of his career, a potentially MVP-caliber year, and it’s being trea...

New York Giants Release Kicker Josh Brown

The New York Giants have released kicker Josh Brown following the release of notes from his personal journals in which he admits to being “physically, mentally, emotionally, and verbally” abusive to his wife, Molly....

Josh Brown Releases Confusing Statement 

New York Giants kicker Josh Brown released a statement Tuesday, per Adam Schefter:...

Brett Favre's Vikings Had A "Bounty" Program Too

This excerpt from Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre by Jeff Pearlman is reprinted with the permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Buy it here. ...

Russell Wilson Has A Strange Idea To Avoid Ties 

Russell Wilson doesn’t like ties. “I just think that if you play that long,” he said after Seattle’s 6-6 tie with Arizona on Sunday night, “you’re putting your lives on the line. You should find a way to win.” He says he would have been happy to keep playing, though the exhausted Seahawks defense, o...

Brock Osweiler Was Historically Bad Tonight<em></em>

Here is a neat, one-play summary of how Brock Osweiler’s return to Denver went....

Texans Tackle Derek Newton Tore Both His Patellar Tendons On This Play

Texans right tackle Derek Newton sustained one of the worst injures you possibly could this evening, when he tore both the patellar tendon on both of his knees. He appears to have fallen down while planting to block Von Miller, and he was helped off in a double air cast. Ian Rapoport reports that th...

Randy Moss Could Probably Get A Kicking Job With The Cardinals Or Seahawks<em></em>

I mean, if he can do 28 yards in dress shoes, I’m sure he can double that in cleats, why not?...

Arian Foster Abruptly Announces Retirement From NFL

Dolphins running back Arian Foster announced his retirement from the NFL this evening, a day after playing in the Dolphins’ win over the Bills. Here’s his full statement, via UNINTERRUPTED, where he says that his body “just can’t take the punishment this game asks for any longer.” ...

Washington Coach Pulls Out Dong, Pees Freely Before The Masses During Game [NSFW]

As several tipsters have notified us, a Washington football team assistant coach took a semi-covert piss into a cup during the team’s loss to Detroit yesterday. A fan took several photos of Ben Kotwica mid-piss—TMZ has the story— which has subsequently come to overshadow the team’s late loss to the ...

Jalen Ramsey Won't Hesitate To Get Ejected Again

If there’s one thing you need to know about Jaguars rookie cornerback Jalen Ramsey, it’s that he hates being disrespected on the football field. If there’s another thing you need to know about him, it’s that he is a great source for juicy postgame quotes....

Report: Geno Smith Has A Torn ACL

Geno Smith spent the first six weeks of the season sitting on the bench, watching Ryan Fitzpatrick and the rest of Jets play gross football. He finally got the starting nod against the Ravens on Sunday, and made it through four series before leaving the game with a knee injury. After the game, the i...

Mike Zimmer Staged A Stuffed Animal Massacre To Motivate The Vikings [Update]

What would we do without insane coaches?...

Eli Apple's Mother Shares Her Personal Story Of Domestic Abuse

Annie Apple, a contributor to ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown and the mother of New York Giants rookie Eli Apple, was outspoken about Giants owner John Mara’s comments on what the team knew about kicker Josh Brown’s extensive history of assaulting his wife. Now she’s dedicated her most recent column at ...

I Respectfully Disagree With Aaron Lynch's Assessment Of The 49ers

I think it’s a good thing for athletes to express confidence in their own team and abilities, and given how many bad teams there are in the NFL, I can kind of see how 49ers linebacker Aaron Lynch could convince himself that his 1-6 squad is actually good and not bad. ...

Joey Bosa Appears To Be Good As Hell

Remember those anonymous NFL executives who wanted you to believe that Joey Bosa’s rookie season was going to be a wash because he missed training camp and preseason? Remember how the Chargers thought it was a good idea to engage in a long and ugly contract standoff with Bosa over little things like...