National Football League News and Rumors
NY Giants GM Jerry Reese has the track record to back up cutting Michael Boley, Chris Canty, and Ahmad BradshawYou can say this for GM Jerry Reese: He has earned the trust of Giants fans because he has helped build two Super Bowl champions. Reese is able to distance himself from the emotional aspect of the NFL by saying goodbye to Bradshaw, whom he drafted in 20… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com As the Eagles embark on a new era for the first time since 1999, coach Chip Kelly and company have an edge when it comes to their cap situation. The Eagles may inflate their base cap number by up to $23 million in 2013. That’s the amount the Eagles may … |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh thinks former offensive coordinator Cam Cameron should get a Super Bowl ring. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The good news for Titans receiver Kenny Britt is that someone other than Kenny Britt has been arrested in connection with a recent stabbing of one of Britt’s friends. The bad news for Britt is that police want to talk to Britt, again. Jim Wyatt of the T… |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com As we have come to learn, Baltimore was pretty fired up for the Ravens victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl 47. The zeitgeist continued Tuesday as most of Baltimore attended a victory parade and later spilled into M&T Bank Stadium for a rally. More » |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A fiery crash hours after the Super Bowl killed relatives of San Francisco 49ers tight end Delanie Walker, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Philadelphia Eagles have signed defensive end/linebacker Chris McCoy to a three-year contract and released tackle Demetress Bell. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Unlike college football, in which 30 or more teams win a bowl game and lift a trophy and proclaim themselves winners, the NFL has, in the final analysis, one team that is thrilled and 31 that are anything but. Arguably, the teams that get close to the u… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Over the next few weeks, "Shutdown Corner" will pay homage to "Office Space" (TPS reports) as we take a quick look back at each team's 2012 season and a look at what lies ahead for the 2013 offseason. We continue our tour in the AFC … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Earlier today, we pointed out that Indianapolis hopes to host Super Bowl LII, which will be played in MMXVIII. But New Orleans and five other cities are believed to be interested in hosting the game, which is great news for the NFL, since greater compet… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is set to make $5.5 million this season and has a cap number of $7.5 million, which might be more than the Titans are willing to pay for a backup to Jake Locker. If that’s the case, they may be able to accomplish that … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com One of the most glaring bad calls in Super Bowl XLVII, which inexplicably didn’t draw much attention during the CBS broadcast, came when Ravens defensive back Cary Williams applied a two-handed shove to an official after early-game chippiness erupted in… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Vikings center John Sullivan will spent the next three or four months rehabilitating after knee surgery. Tom Pelissero of 1500 ESPN reports that Sullivan underwent microfracture surgery on his left knee last week. Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Longtime Chiefs guard Will Shields was one of the final 15 modern-era candidates for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, but he was eliminated before the cut to 10 finalists for the second year in a row. Shields will talk to Erik Kuseli… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and his fiancée, Kristin Cavallari, have announced that they have selected a wedding date. How exciting! More important, however, are the newly revealed details of how Cutler proposed to his wife-to-be. Here's how Ca… |
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Reuben Fischer, deadspin.com Sunday's Super Bowl was undoubtedly awesome. Big comeback. Dramatic finish. Weird NFL rules. Beyoncé. The question on everyone's mind: Was it the best Super Bowl ever? More » |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Titans running back Chris Johnson stirred up some intrigue on Tuesday by suggesting on Twitter that he doesn’t know whether the team will keep him beyond February 9, which would transform $9 million of his $10 million base salary into a fully guaranteed… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com One of the greasiest parts of National Signing Day (an altogether unctuous holiday for those who stalk 17-year-olds on Twitter), is watching the coaches de-commit to the kids who just committed to them. Thus went Todd Grantham’s day, as the University o… |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Donald Driver rewrote the Green Bay Packers record books and on Wednesday morning, the wildly popular wide receiver might've rewritten the book on how a player should call it a career. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com In the aftermath of the announcement from Saints coach Sean Payton that the team would be shifting from a 4-3 defense to a 3-4 front, it was reported that former Browns and Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel was on the short list to replace Steve Spagnuolo. It … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The 49ers blocked the Saints from interviewing secondary coach Ed Donatell for their defensive coordinator job, a right that teams hold over coaches under contract unless the opening is for a head coaching job. Donatell addressed that possibility during… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Bears won 10 games, but the Bears didn’t make it to the playoffs. When fans consider the team’s 2013 ticket prices, the team now led by a former CFL coach would appreciate if you focus on the former. The team has announced that prices are up by an… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Former Raiders coach Hue Jackson hasn’t been able to find a new job outside of his current team this offseason. But he has landed two of them in Cincinnati. Jackson, who became the running backs coach last week, has now been named a “special assista… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is among those who will be keeping close tabs on Joe Flacco's contract negotiatons with the Baltimore Ravens. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The Raiders are taking a page out of the Jaguars’ playbook, not on the field but in the stands. In what is being termed a “capacity adjustment,” the Raiders are planning to block off many upper-deck seats, CSNBayArea.com reports. The move is reminis… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com At one point during the NFL Network’s supersized pregame show for the Super Bowl on Sunday, Deion Sanders addressed the issue of concussions in the NFL and said he thought that he thought people were exaggerating their problems to get involved in lawsui… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins wasn’t used to the red carpet, but he said he’s going to spend his offseason trying to make teammates comfortable with the idea of him in the spotlight. Cousins walked through the NFL Honors show Saturday in New Orlea… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Baltimore Ravens' running back Ray Rice was sure-footed enough to run for 1,143 yards during the 2012 season, and 306 more in the post-season. He was a big reason why the Ravens won the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, he was not sure-footed enough to stay on… |
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CLEVELAND (AP) The Browns' switch on defense started with Frostee Rucker being shifted out the door. |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) New Orleans' mayor defended his city days after a power outage plunged the Super Bowl into 34 minutes of darkness, while authorities still baffled by the cause announced they were bringing in a consultant to help investigate. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com The Baltimore Ravens held their championship parade yesterday. Despite the presence of many armored personnel carriers and pyrotechnic displays, nothing all that noteworthy happened. At least that's what we thought until today, when we learned that runn… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Donte Whitner has no doubt that the San Francisco 49ers are ready to become Super Bowl champions. |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Over the next few weeks, "Shutdown Corner" will pay homage to "Office Space" (TPS reports) as we take a quick look back at each team's 2012 season and a look at what lies ahead for the 2013 offseason. We begin our tour in the AFC Eas… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com If Ronaiah Tuiasosopo wants to contact Manti Te’o any time soon, he’ll have to do it via some method other than Twitter. Te’o has deleted his Twitter account, and ESPN reports that he’s off Twitter temporarily because he’s putting all his focus … |
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John Koblin, deadspin.com Before there was the buttfumble, there was this, from 1993: Jets holder Louie Aguiar hilariously getting knocked in the head by a Roger Duffy snap on an attempted field goal. The ball was recovered by the Redskins. The play was so ridiculous, so Jetsie,… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com The Summer of Gronk started early this year, with shirtless drinking, shirtless dancing, and the usual assorted shenanigans. But Year 2 has come with a backlash, the growing phenomenon of Gronkshaming. More » |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The 49ers made it all the way to the Super Bowl this season despite getting next to nothing from first-round pick A.J. Jenkins. Jenkins played just three games during the regular season and caught no passes even though the 49ers lost wide receivers Mari… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata will undergo an MRI on his injured left knee Thursday, according to sources. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com It doesn’t look like the Eagles will be cutting quarterback Michael Vick on Wednesday, but the question of what they will do this offseason remains a big one. Mike Florio will talk with Tim McManus of 97.5 The Fanatic about just that topic on PFT Live. … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Warren Sapp made it to the Hall of Fame on his first try. He had doubts that it would happen. “Absolutely,” Sapp told WDAE in Tampa, via JoeBucsFan.com. Sapp was specifically concerned about his ability to eke out Giants defensive end Michael Straha… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Redskins tackle Jordan Black still has a game left on his suspension for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drugs policy, but that suspension is on hold for the offseason. According to Mike Jones of the Washington Post, the league confirmed th… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The 49ers came close to winning the Super Bowl a year after making it to the NFC Championship Game, leading one member of the team to believe that they have the makings of a dynasty. Safety Donte Whitner answered in the affirmative when asked if the Nin… |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com You'd think a through-the-looking-glass moment like the one we have here would have ripped a hole in the time-space continuum and caused the universe to collapse on itself. Luckily, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was able to take a picture of a… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The locations for the next two Super Bowls have been set (New York next year and then Arizona). The finalists for the two after that have been determined (San Francisco versus Miami for Super Bowl L and the loser versus Houston for Super Bowl LI). That… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Kyle Vanden Bosch has been in the NFL long enough to know the business realities. That’s why he won’t let being released by the Lions affect his personal relationships, or the guest list for his wedding this offseason. Vanden Bosch told Dave Birkett o… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com As the Super Bowl champions, the Ravens will be the home team for the NFL’s Thursday night opener on September 5, and the good news for the NFL (and NBC) is that the Ravens have a very good slate of home opponents in 2013, from a TV ratings perspective.… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Rams’ low-risk waiver claim of wide receiver Titus Young isn’t the kind of move that impacts a team’s overall plans. Specifically, it shouldn’t change the way they view negotiations with pending free agent wideout Danny Amendola, at least acco… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Last year, both Alex Smith and Matt Flynn hit the open market as unrestricted free agents. Last year, both Smith and Flynn accepted offers not as valuable as they had expected to receive. Last year, both entered training camp as the presumptive startin… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com After he was voted down again the Hall of Fame candidacy of former Bills WR Andre Reed remains a hot topic in Buffalo. The Dolphins took a big step toward getting their new stadium. Although they fell short of the Super Bowl, the Patriots may have been … |
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Adam Schefter, ESPN.com The New Orleans Saints plan to hire former Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Rob Ryan as their new defensive coordinator, according to league sources. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Jovan Olafioye was named the best offensive lineman in the CFL this season, raising his profile and helping him get a look from NFL teams for the second straight season. For the second straight season, medical issues have kept him from landing a contrac… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Among other things, the Ravens winning the Super Bowl after a sloppy finish to the regular season might kill the idea of the importance of being hot going into the playoffs. If anything, the converse is true. As pointed out by Sam Farmer of the Los Ange… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Cardinals coach Bruce Arians filled out his coaching staff Tuesday, with the team announcing the addition of 13 assistants. Some of the names have trickled out previously, but, with a deep breath, here’s the complete list: Special teams coordinator Amos… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Candlestick Park, the stadium that hosted Jerry Rice, Joe Montana and Steve Young in their primes, the site of The Catch and the home field for the 49ers for more than four decades, is slated for implosion within weeks of the 49ers’ last home game next … |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com After being let go as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs coaching staff with the firing of head coach Romeo Crennel, Adam Zimmer is heading to Cincinnati to work alongside his father. The Bengals announced Tuesday that Adam has been hired to serve as an… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The agent for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said Tuesday he thinks his client should be the highest-paid signal-caller in the NFL. |
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Football season is over, which means NFL fans are now facing the depressing prospect of going months without their favorite sport. But there's good ne... |
