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Report: Richie Incognito Played Main Role In Bullying Jonathan Martin
The NFLPA is investigating Jonathan Martin's "emotional breakdown," and according to one report, offensive lineman Richie Incognito was one of Martin's main harassers since Martin was a rookie in 2012....
Chris Mortensen Takes A Phone Call On Live TV
On this afternoon's NFL Insiders, Mort received a phone call he just had to take. I'm so disappointed that it was time for a commercial break, because his mic was still on. We were this close to TV viewers getting breaking news before Twitter users for the first time this decade....
NFL Statheads Are Losing Their War With The Spread. Here's Why.
In last week’s post, we showed that several of the larger statistically-inclined websites which offer NFL picks have had a rough go of it to start the season, at least as far as their picks against the spread. This was a surprise, because these results come on top of a string of several successful s...
Justin Blackmon Suspended Again, Done For The Season
Jaguars WR Justin Blackmon has been suspended for at least the final eight games of the year under the NFL's substances of abuse policy, the team announced. It's the same thing that kept him out the first four games of this season. Nice job, guy....
Infographics: Where Does Your NFL Team's Offense Come From?
The NFL season is just about half over, which means most teams are what they're going to be. But what does that look like, exactly? Here's a quick visual guide for every NFL team's offense....
This Graduation Photo Of Rex And Rob Ryan Is Fantastic
The NFL Network's upcoming retrospective on Rex and Rob Ryan's playing days at Southwest Oklahoma State will air Sunday morning. To promote it, network is circulating this photo. We can't believe there's much more to see besides the matching mustaches, the matching mullets, and Buddy in a white suit...
Tom Landry's Widow Says Tom Landry Died A Giants Fan
For the first 29 seasons of the Dallas Cowboys' existence, they were coached by Tom Landry, who was best known for his formal sideline attire, most prominently that ever-present fedora. Landry was the Cowboys, at least until Jerry Jones bought the team in February 1989 and promptly fired him, among ...
Bengals-Dolphins Game Ends With Safety In Overtime
This week's Thursday NFL game had a rare and entertaining finish. The Dolphins beat the Bengals in overtime, 22-20, on a safety after Cameron Wake sacked Andy Dalton in his own end zone....
Gerald McCoy: Coaches Were Angry Because I Helped An Opponent Up
Sorry, Gerald McCoy, but as long as you're a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, don't respect your opponent....
Rolando McClain Retired At 24 To Deal With Serious Anger Issues
Rolando McClain's short, tumultuous NFL career ended when he abruptly retired about a month after signing with the Ravens. Now, he's trying to get his life back on track....
How The Chiefs Stopped Sucking In One Offseason
Before Week 1, if you'd said that the Kansas City Chiefs would be undefeated halfway through the season, you'd have been chased up and down Blue Parkway by men with butterfly nets. Yet here we are, on the cusp of November, and the last undefeated team in the NFL plays at Arrowhead Stadium. How'd th...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 9 (Late Edition)
Below is updated betting information lines for the Week 9 NFL games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread movement and money lines are now included for each game, as is info for Eagles-Raiders....
Jonathan Martin Leaves Dolphins After "Emotional Breakdown"
Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin has been downgraded to "Out (Illness)" for tonight's game, but whatever's wrong with Martin—and that's not at all clear—is a lot more serious than a bug. ...
Secrets Of A Hitter: How Doug Plank Inspired The NFL's Meanest Defense
Adapted from Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), available now. ...
Former Player Launches Colossal Twitter Rant Against The NFL
Former safety Hamza Abdullah, who played parts of seven seasons with four different teams, is having a moment on Twitter right now. And much of his ire is profanely directed toward the league, with some reserved for the players' union....
NFL Could Consider Taking Away Touchdowns For Taunting
Golden Tate's wave goodbye made him either a hero or a villain, according to People Who Have Strong Opinions On Things Like This. (Personal opinion: There aren't many things in sports that matter less than one player taunting another.) But it sounds like there's a chance that the NFL could crack dow...
Sources: Some Jaguars Players Got Beat Up In London After Sunday's Game
We don't have any names, but we do have two stories from two different sources, probably about the same group of players. In either case, the story ends with the players losing a fight and going to the hospital. The fight involves either women and hotel security, or nine men with brass knuckles, de...
Marshawn Lynch Had No Idea Buffalo Was Not In New York City
Marshawn Lynch was profiled on last night's E:60, and it was a fairly candid look at Lynch's upbringing in Oakland. But the single best moment was Lynch recalling his reaction to being drafted by Buffalo in 2007. The West Coast kid wasn't exactly up on his East Coast geography....