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Ravens Fire Offensive Coordinator Cam Cameron, Because It's His Fault That Kirk Cousins Owned Baltimore
After two straight losses, the Baltimore Ravens have decided to fire offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and promote quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell, according to the Baltimore Sun. It's no surprise to see a team cut loose a coach to try to shake off a bad spell. But it's a little weird to see the Ra...
Even After Booth Review, Officials Yesterday Botched This Down By Contact Call Against Andrew Luck
Midway through the second quarter of yesterday's Titans-Colts game, Tennessee intercepted an Andrew Luck pass and returned it for a touchdown. While Indianapolis would get two late field goals to secure a 27-23 win, without them the margin of victory would have hinged on this play—and as you can se...
Oh, That's Why They're Making A Reality Show About Packers Fans: Sunday Night Football, In Four GIFs
Packers 27, Lions 20: It was football the way they do it in the movies—snowing, between flagship NFL teams, announced by Al Michaels—but in the movies, the games aren't usually between one team that could use a win (but doesn't need it) and one team that dropped to 4-9 with the loss. You could be f...
Vince Young Is Watching The Arizona Cardinals Get Destroyed, Thinks He Can Help
Vince Young may not be the hero Arizona deserves, but he just might be the hero it needs. The Seattle Seahawks are in the process of thoroughly humiliating the Cardinals 58-0. As of this writing, there are an ungodly two minutes and change remaining—and Seattle has the ball....
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The Kick Is Up, And It's Good!: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [Updated]
We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from the double-bird field goal salute, Rex Ryan digesting a delicious meal and Lee Smith being eaten by Bills fans. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...
Eli Swears He Has No Idea How He Got Those Beads: Your NFL Late Games Viewing Guide
We've got three games for you this evening, including American Hero John Skelton's stirring return to the starting lineup. ...
You Can Blow Smoke About A Crime Problem, But NFL Players Are Relatively Law-Abiding By A Wide Margin
This morning, Jeffri Chadiha wrote a piece for ESPN about the attention that must be paid to the "dirtiest of the NFL's little secrets"—drunken driving, domestic violence and guns:...
Jim Nantz Should Be Calling This The Battle Of The Beltway: Your NFL Early Games Viewing Guide
Week 14 continues and we've got some great games with playoff implications and plenty of teams just struggling to remain "in the hunt." Let's take a tour around the early afternoon schedule, shall we? ...
The Last Tackle Of Jovan Belcher's Life Left Him Shaken Up
Last week, a friend of Jovan Belcher's told us that "if you review the footage of the Cincinnati game [Belcher] took a few hits to the head directly" and described how, after that game, Belcher "was dazed and was suffering from short term memory loss."...
ESPN Cancels Comedy Segment Again
It appears ESPN will not be subjecting its viewers to a misguided, probably-sponsored-by-a-light-beer segment with a cast of uncomfortable extras centered around a hilariously out of touch gasbag....
Oh, Great: Packers Fans Will Be The Next Reality TV Sensation
Good news! If you can't get enough of those lovable football fans from Green Bay, Wisconsin—the people Drew called "the Trekkies of the NFL. Fat. Slovenly. Unjustifiably arrogant"—you'll have even more of them on your television soon enough....
Court Orders Terrell Suggs To Turn Over All Seven Of His Guns After He Allegedly Punched His Girlfriend And Dragged Her Alongside A Car
A court filing by Terrell Suggs's girlfriend Candace Williams made last month was unsealed yesterday, and the Baltimore Sun has some details:...
Eliminating Kickoffs Would Ruin Football, According To A Kicker And A Kick Return Specialist
Yesterday, we discussed the possibility that the NFL will do away with kickoffs and instead institute a punt-or-4th-and-long option. On its face, the idea seems logical, maybe even preferable, if not necessarily a top-priority reform. The NFL can frame it as an issue of player safety, but truthfully...
Here Is Chad Henne Cuddling In A Pajama Onesie
We have written, um, at some length, about why Chad Henne ought to have a starting job in the NFL. Now he does, although it took a season-ending injury to Blaine Gabbert and a 1-9 record for him to get it....
Which TV Market Is Getting Screwed This Sunday? An Analysis Of Week 14 NFL Viewing Maps
The NFL's regional programming rules are famously byzantine, but luckily the506.com cuts through the bullshit for you, providing weekly maps that allow us to answer the only question that really matters: Which fans are the most screwed this Sunday?...
Ray Lewis Has A Terrifying New Facemask
Ray Lewis returned to practice Wednesday for the first time since tearing his tricep in Week 7. He's not eligible to play this Sunday, but the Ravens posted a photo of the new facemask Lewis will be wearing....
Roger Goodell Is Thinking About Eliminating Kickoffs. How Would It Affect NFL Offenses?
Before we start laughing at Roger Goodell's idea—by way of Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano—of eliminating kickoffs and replacing them with punts, let's first analyze what this would mean for the game. The suggestion would work like this: Instead of kicking off after a score or to start a half of play,...
Why The NCAA Doesn't Care About Concussions
In the third quarter of a 34-17 loss to Cincinnati this past Saturday, UConn quarterback Chandler Whitmer took what he would later describe as a "bullet to the head." Chandler had suffered a head injury the previous week against Louisville. "We're just trying to be as careful as we can," Huskies coa...
This Detroit Lions Calendar Is A Disaster In Every Way Imaginable
It's well past time for Lions fans to start looking ahead to 2013. With injuries, ineffectiveness, dirty play, and Titus Young just fucking up everywhere, it hasn't been a season to remember in Detroit. So here's to future sucess! This holiday season, buy the Lions fan in your life this 2013 wall ca...
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Five-Star Recruit Decommits From Auburn University, Even Though He Got An Auburn Tattoo This Summer [UPDATE]
Linebacker Reuben Foster is the top high school prospect at his position, and one of the best in the country. This summer, he had already rescinded his verbal commitment to the University of Alabama and committed to Auburn University thanks to some recruiting by assistant coach Trooper Taylor—the e...