National Football League News and Rumors
Charges won't be filed against 49ers' CrabtreeCriminal charges won't be filed against 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree after an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team's playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco's district attorney said Friday. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The NFL has confirmed the information we reported earlier tonight: Redskins tackle Trent Williams was the victim, not the aggressor, during a fight early Friday in Hawaii. “Trent Williams was the victim of an assault at a night club in central Honolul… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Minnesota Vikings rookie left tackle Matt Kalil is headed to Hawaii after all. |
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Rich Cimini, ESPN.com Outspoken cornerback Antonio Cromartie absolved Mark Sanchez for the New York Jets' offensive disaster, blaming the front office for failing to surround the quarterback with enough talent. |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com MOBILE, Ala. -- Yes, there is still a Senior Bowl game to be played on Saturday, but the hay is pretty much in the barn from a personnel perspective when Thursday practices wrap up, and NFL teams have seen how the best senior draft prospects line up aga… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com We mentioned this morning that Giants assistant Al Holcomb was the latest low-profile name to interview with the Panthers, who are filling in the blanks of their coaching staff without the promise of the same kind of job security other teams can offer. … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Free-agent quarterback Vince Young allegedly took out a $1.9 million loan during the lockout. His lawyer at one point raised the specter of forgery, suggesting that someone other than Vince Young signed the documents. Young has now given sworn testimon… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Jim Caldwell deserves a healthy share of the credit for having the Ravens in the playoffs: After taking over the play calling from the fired former offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, Caldwell helped shape an offense that has played well in the postseaso… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Chiefs have hired former Packers defensive back Al Harris to coach their secondary and Mark DeLeone as a quality control coach and also retained assistant strength coach Brent Salazar. |
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Rich Cimini, ESPN.com It didn't take long for New York Jets general manager John Idzik to engage in damage control. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com When Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert promised changes to the team in his season-ending press conference, many people pointed to the running back spot as an area likely to look different next season. Injuries and inconsistency helped the Steelers … |
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome says the decision to fire offensive coordinator Cam Cameron in December was orchestrated solely by coach John Harbaugh. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Sometimes, when something makes plenty of sense, it can make too much sense to happen. In New Orleans, that may not be the case. As Adam Schefter of ESPN has reported, former Browns and Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel is on the list to become the team’s next… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com A career-worst season, and a playoff kick off the uprights is not enough to shake the 49ers’ confidence in David Akers. (Other, than of course, the fact they brought in another kicker earlier this month.) But 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh denied that his kic… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Houston running back Arian Foster says players are going to step up at the Pro Bowl this year, but don't expect 100 percent effort. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Yesterday we passed along the news that Fred Smoot, the former cornerback best known for inserting a double-ended dildo into two prostitutes on a Vikings sex cruise, was arrested last month in Washington for a DUI. Among the information in the police af… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com We’ve given you a tease of this afternoon’s interview with Jets General Manager John Idzik already, but you’ll have to tune into Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network to find out what else Idzik has to say. Idzik has spoken to cornerback Darrelle … |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu tweeted Friday that he'll attend the NFL scouting combine. |
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Bengals signed linebacker Aaron Maybin to a reserve/future contract on Friday. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Raiders fired several members of coach Dennis Allen’s staff after the end of the regular season, including linebackers coach Johnny Holland. They’ve now filled all of those spots with the announcement that Bob Sanders will coach the linebackers th… |
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Adam Schefter, ESPN.com CBA provisions prevent young bargains from getting paid what they're worth |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Veteran center Jeff Saturday says Sunday's Pro Bowl will feature his final snap. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Having lost a salary cap guy to the Jets, the Seahawks found another one Friday, naming former Browns executive Matt Thomas as their new vice president of football administration. Thomas spent the previous three seasons with the Browns, after 12 years w… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com You can only be so in touch with hip hop when you play for the Winnipeg Jets. They used to be the Atlanta Thrashers. Winnipeg has a few hip-hoppists fewer than Atlanta. (No, the Thrashers didn't have Atlanta's leading hip-hoppists—Outcast, Wocker Flocke… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com San Francisco officials are taking tougher measures to prevent potential fan violence on Super Bowl Sunday when the 49ers battle the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans. |
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Reuben Fischer, deadspin.com In case you missed it last week, Bad Lip Reading put together a pretty funny video dubbing over some NFL players. One of the highlights was Adrian Peterson—full of childlike wonder—asking Pam Oliver for an orange peanut. You can check out that moment … |
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Calvin Watkins, ESPN.com After just 22 days on the job, Rich Bisaccia has left Auburn to reportedly take a job as special-teams coach for the Dallas Cowboys. |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Longtime Indianapolis Colts and current Green Bay Packers center Jeff Saturday announced on Friday that he intends to retire following Sunday night's Pro Bowl, Phil Richards of the Indianapolis Star reports. Saturday, 37, made the disclosure on the &quo… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com On Thursday, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis was speechless in response to reports that the team will try to trade him. New G.M. John Idzik called Revis anyway. Revis was no longer speechless after Idzik explained the situation. Idzik said in an intervi… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com "Here he is right here," Priscilla says with a smile. More » |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com During a late-season dry spell that came after the 49ers changed from Alex Smith to Colin Kaepernick at quarterback, tight end Vernon Davis saw his production evaporate. While he mentioned to the media that Kaepernick and Davis need to develop chemistry… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Next weekend, as the 49ers are preparing to play for a championship, one of the men who helped build them will be plotting their demise. Former 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan now works for the Seahawks in the scouting department, and will be sitt… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh says he's drawn a reputation as a dirty player because the public misunderstands him. |
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Darren Rovell, ESPN.com San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick might just become the most-bet-on player in Super Bowl history. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com A new deal might not come quickly and the Ravens might be forced to use their franchise tag to facilitate further conversations, but quarterback Joe Flacco is staying in Baltimore beyond this season. It’s been a common refrain that Flacco is making hims… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com One of the many interesting subplots to the Super Bowl - and one that actually has a real effect on either franchise - is Joe Flacco's contract status. Any debate of whether Flacco, whose contract is up at the end of the season, will get paid by the Rav… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Green Bay Packers running back and part-time strip club DJ Cedric Benson is not very good at controlling his murderous dogs. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Benson was recently issued a citation after his two Rottweilers went on a violent r… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com For the 49ers and Ravens, the path to the Super Bowl was clear: They won their divisions, then won their playoff games, and now they have a chance to earn the right to be considered the best team in the NFL. But the other seven men who will be on the fi… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com San Francisco 49ers fans love Colin Kaepernick. The 49ers media probably likes him a little more after he shipped some pizzas over to the reporters as they worked. University of Nevada-Reno fans love him so much they all were "Kaepernicking" a… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Buccaneers apparently got more than a wide receiver for their millions. They got a recruiter, too. Bucs wideout Vincent Jackson said he’s happy to sing the praises of Bucs coach Greg Schiano to anyone who will listen to him at the Pro Bowl, or where… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com We hoped to have Saints coach Sean Payton on PFT Live on Thursday, but it didn’t work out. So we’ll have him Friday instead. Payton has returned to work following his reinstatement and didn’t waste any time shaking things up. The Saints fired defens… |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com A former NFL kicker has been arrested on charges of operating an illegal Ponzi scheme, one that allegedly defrauded investors of more than $20 million. Russell Erxleben, a former All-American at Texas and a punter for the New Orleans Saints and Detroit … |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo hadn't even slept after Baltimore's AFC championship game win over the Patriots when he started sending emails asking how he could help promote gay rights at the Super Bowl. According to the New York Times, at 3:40 a… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young continued his Twitter rant against the team Friday. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Long before he had to scheme against him in the biggest game of the year, 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was a huge Joe Flacco fan. Fangio was a Ravens assistant when Flacco was drafted, and in the early days of OTAs, Fangio told then-boss John … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Jerome Boger will referee Super Bowl XLVII, but some of his colleagues think he was the wrong choice. Several officials told Eric Adelson of Yahoo Sports that they believe the league office first decided it wanted to give the game to Boger, then changed… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com It remains a mystery that eight NFL teams bypassed defensive coordinator Ray Horton for their head coaching vacancy this offseason. Horton is one of the top defensive-minded coaches in the NFL, coordinating an Arizona Cardinals defense that ranked sixth… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com There's a reason Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett has about 170,000 followers on Twitter. He'll say just about anything at any time. There's not much filter. Thank goodness there's still someone like him in sports. "Anybody that … |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Panthers have interviewed some guys you may have heard of, but that they’re mostly hiring their own speaks in part to what they’re offering. Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer reports that they’ve interviewed Giants defensive assistant Al Holc… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan is in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl, which is usually seen as a sign that a player’s had a strong season. Kerrigan led the Redskins with 8.5 sacks and was part of a second half defensive turnaround that carried the team to th… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With the 2013 hiring cycle nearing a conclusion, the Saints are just getting started in their search for a new defensive coordinator. But coach Sean Payton isn’t concerned about that. He says that the team will take its time in finding someone to run … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh says that his reputation as a dirty player is based on people making assumptions about him without getting to know him. Asked by the Houston Chronicle about his Thanksgiving kick to the groin on Texans quarterback Ma… |
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Friday morning one-linersJan 25
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Bills’ lease with Erie County was approved by legislators. The Dolphins have assembled a team of lobbyists to help the effort to get money to renovate Sun Life Stadium. An early look at potential free agent targets for the Patriots. Brian Costello o… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Few teams are willing to fiddle with their lineup entering the playoffs. That makes the Ravens’ willingness to blow up their offensive line amazing, and the results have justified the decision. They took former Pro Bowler Bryant McKinnie out of exile on… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman sees the Cowboys making changes. But he doesn’t necessarily see the Cowboys improving because of them. “I haven’t seen anything up to this point that’s been done that makes me believe that this team is going to… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Texans running back Arian Foster says he respects the fact that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants players to play harder in the Pro Bowl. But he thinks that’s a lot easier for Goodell to say than for the players to do. “I see both sides of the coin… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com After a failed two-year run as head coach at the University of Colorado, Jon Embree is headed back to the NFL. According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Embree has been hired by head coach Rob Chudzinski to coach the Browns tight end po… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com Instead of heading to New Orleans next week to play in the Super Bowl, Brandon Jacobs will have to watch on television as his former teammates take the field to play the Baltimore Ravens next Sunday. Jacobs was suspended for the remainder of the regular… |
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The weather outside of City Hall was more to the liking of Gus the polar bear at the Central Park Zoo. But inside the Blue Room, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell were holding a noon press conference on Thursday, it was wa… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Jurors were ordered to try again after telling a judge Thursday they couldn't reach a verdict on a defamation lawsuit filed by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader against a gossip website that posted lewd comments about her. |
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Just four days after their red, white, and blue football team was squeezed out of the NFL playoffs, Boston's sports fans rose from the ashes and reass... |
