National Football League News and Rumors
The Chargers Gave The Game To The Broncos: Denver-San Diego, In A GIFSean Newell, deadspin.com Denver 35, San Diego 24: The thing about GIFs is that they are just a series of images rapidly displayed on an infinite loop. Philip Rivers and the Chargers know the feeling. Here is just one of several backbreakers-he had four on the night-and it wen |
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Manning powers Broncos in second halfOct 15, 2012
Don't count Peyton Manning out. The Broncos star tossed three second-half TDs as Denver scored 35 unanswered points to overtake the Chargers and earn a 35-24 victory in San Diego. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com What a Monday night comeback. What a difference between two halves. And what a difference between two quarterbacks. Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning turned in a sensational second half, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers turned in a lousy second half,… |
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Joe Buck doing Giants-49ers game and NLCS Game 1 on same day is nothing but Fox publicity stuntOct 15, 2012
HOW CAN A network, fortunate enough to be airing two marquee games on Sunday, still attempt to make itself the story? Have one of its play-by-play voices do both games, that’s how. |
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Trade deadline isn’t tomorrowOct 15, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Last year at this time, the NFL was on the eve of the annual trade deadline. This year, the trade deadline has been moved, from the Tuesday after Week Six to the Tuesday after Week Eight. As usual, any significant trade activity likely will be deferred… |
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Agent not confirming injury to Browns' FujitaOct 15, 2012
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The agent for Scott Fujita had no comment on a report that the Cleveland Browns linebacker has a possible career-ending neck injury. |
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Jairus Byrd does his “Uncle Aeneas” proudOct 15, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The hero of Buffalo’s overtime win over the Cardinals was safety Jairus Byrd. And Byrd learned a thing or two about NFL football from one of the Cardinals’ all-time greats. The son of former NFL defensive back Gill Byrd, Jairus Byrd learned plenty f… |
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NY Giants gearing up to prevent Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III from running all over themOct 15, 2012
This is all Tom Coughlin has to do to get his players attention this week: pop in the DVD and cue it to just under three minutes left in the Redskins victory over the Vikings and spend 13 exhilarating seconds watching rookie quarterback RGIII slice thro… |
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Taking a look at the questionable Week Six callsOct 15, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Every Monday, former NFL official and supervisor of officials Jim Daopoulos, who now serves as the NBC officiating consultant, joins Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network to discuss officiating issues from the prior weekend. Today is Monday. Thus, Ji… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com Here at Shutdown Corner, we've documented the bizarre exploits of Jeff Triplette, the NFL's worst non-replacement ref, for quite some time. There was the Monday Night Football game last season, when Triplette started making stuff up on a call/no-call in… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Trindon Holliday got cut last week. He might get cut this week, too. Holliday, the diminutive return man who was claimed by the Broncos off waivers from the Texans last week, muffed a punt in the first quarter on Monday night to set up the Chargers in t… |
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Titans QB Hasselbeck to make 3rd straight startOct 15, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Tennessee quarterback Matt Hasselbeck will start his third straight game when the Titans visit Buffalo on Sunday, and injured Jake Locker could be healthy enough to return in a week. |
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Your Monday Night Football Open ThreadOct 15, 2012
Sean Newell, deadspin.com I prepped for this open thread by watching all 16 hours of Monday Night Countdown. So, I think Peyton Manning is the quarterback of the Broncos and...I think Phil Mickelson hates his guts. More » |
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Garrett owns up to mistakes in Cowboys' defeatOct 15, 2012
Calvin Watkins, ESPN.com Saying he left more meat on the bone, Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said he made a mistake at the end of his team's 31-29 Sunday afternoon loss to the Baltimore Ravens. |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com Look, we might as well throw this out there as fast as we can and get out of the way: PresidentObamacongratulatedRG3ontheRedskinsbigwin. There. Can we go? Can we escape this story without getting dragged into the muck and mire of the partisan cage-match… |
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Lions' Best remains out indefinitely (concussion)Oct 15, 2012
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best is still not cleared to play after spending the first six weeks of the season on the physically unable to perform list. |
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Cowboys' Bryant owns up to late drop in lossOct 15, 2012
Tim MacMahon, ESPN.com After further review, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant admits he dropped the critical two-point conversion in the final minute of Sunday's loss to the Baltimore Ravens. |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Denver Broncos cornerback Tracy Porter did not appear on the team's injury report at the end of the week, but was downgraded to "out" after coming down with an illness. Porter did not accompany the team on their trip to San Diego and will be r… |
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Packers lose D.J. Smith for season with knee injuryOct 15, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com It wasn’t quite to the Ravens level, but the Packers also had a tough loss to go along with an impressive win. Packers coach Mike McCarthy just announced that starting inside linebacker D.J. Smith would miss the rest of the season with a knee injury suf… |
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Pierre Garçon has inflamed capsule under toeOct 15, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Pierre Garçon missed Sunday’s win over the Vikings after his toe injury flared up in practice last week, making it three times Garçon hasn’t been able to play this season. Coach Mike Shanahan offered an update on Garçon’s condition Monday. Gar… |
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Jets banged up at running back after big dayOct 15, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Jets ran for 252 yards against the Colts on Sunday, a welcome development for a team that had struggled to move the ball at all on the ground during the first five weeks of the season. All of that activity has left the Jets with some injury issues a… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com The worst fears of the Baltimore Ravens came true on Monday as head coach John Harbaugh confirmed that inside linebacker Ray Lewis will miss the remainder of the 2012 season. Lewis suffered a torn triceps in his right arm in the fourth quarter of the Ra… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com After losing linebacker Ray Lewis and cornerback Lardarius Webb for the season, the Ravens finally have some good news on defense. Haloti Ngata, the defensive tackle who suffered a right knee injury on Sunday, was found to have only a minor MCL strain, … |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com It's important to note that the Raiders are actually among the least-penalized teams in football this year. But their fans are convinced they're getting a raw deal, especially in yesterday's heartbreaking near-upset of Atlanta. Now, it's not unique for … |
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Browns' Richardson 'day to day' with rib ailmentOct 15, 2012
BEREA, Ohio (AP) Browns rookie running back Trent Richardson sustained a rib cartilage injury in Sunday's win over Cincinnati. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Call him the kinder, gentler Jay Cutler. The Bears quarterback, who has often shrugged off criticism of his behavior, admitted that sometimes the nasty things people say about him hurt his feelings. Cutler told Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times his p… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com It was another Sunday full of the unexpected and disappointing in the NFL. Monday afternoon brings a chance to spend an hour looking back at everything that went down with the Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network crew. Erik Kuselias, Mike Florio and … |
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Ray Lewis out for season with torn tricepsOct 15, 2012
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The news on Ray Lewis’s arm injury is every bit as bad as feared. The Ravens have confirmed what Jay Glazer of FOX Sports first reported: An MRI on Lewis showed a complete tear of the triceps, meaning Lewis is done for the year. For the Ravens, that’s… |
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Bills bringing back Shawne MerrimanOct 15, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com With defensive end Mark Anderson out indefinitely with a knee injury, the Bills are bringing in reinforcements. According to Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer, the Bills are bringing back Shawne Merriman, whom they cut earlier this year. Merriman didn’t necessa… |
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Samer Kalaf, deadspin.com Brandon Weeden is older than the average rookie due to a minor-league baseball stint before a return to football. That's why it was funny when a Browns' program accidentally listed him at 129 years of age. An actual discrepancy in Weeden's football care… |
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X-rays negative, MRI coming for KolbOct 15, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com After the Arizona Cardinals got a glimmer of John Skelton post-ankle injury (two for 10 with a pick), they likely have renewed appreciation for Kevin Kolb. But Kolb has a rib injury, the severity of which is unknown. Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Monday tha… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The Jets are preparing to play the Patriots this week, and Rex Ryan is wasting no time in giving bulletin-board material to his AFC East rival. “I want them to know - and they know that, I think - I think we’re going to beat them,” Ryan said on |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Rams coach Jeff Fisher did what you do to a rookie quarterback. And Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill handled it smartly. The Rams blitzed Tannehill early and often, and while he didn’t put up huge numbers, he was efficient, and he did put up a win. â… |
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Andy Reid offers tepid support for Vick, CastilloOct 15, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com After a second straight blown lead in the fourth quarter led to a second straight loss, you knew Eagles coach Andy Reid’s Monday press conference would be a spirited affair. Reid said that the team would be evaluating everything during the bye week, but… |
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Revis predicts he'll return to elite level in 2013Oct 15, 2012
Rich Cimini, ESPN.com New York Jets star cornerback Darrelle Revis, who will have surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, predicted Monday he will return to his elite level for the 2013 season. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Though Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma ultimately hopes to secure a reversal of his bounty suspension, Vilma remains willing to proceed with the internal appeal process - as long as Commissioner Roger Goodell isn’t the person handling the appeal. As |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com St. Louis Rams rookie kicker Greg Zuerlein hadn't missed a single field goal through the first five games of the season. That changed during the Rams' loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, as Zuerlein went 2-5 and failed to hit a 66-yard field goal as t… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh exchanged cross words last week as Gilbride said the officials allow 49ers defensive end Justin Smith to get away with holding, and Harbaugh replied that it was inappropriate for G… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Jonathan Vilma was suspended for the entirety of the season by Roger Goodell due to his alleged participation the the Saints bounty program. His suspension was then overturned on what amounted to a technicality. Then he was placed on the physically unab… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com There was a lot of talk about Sunday’s Giants-49ers game being a rematch of the NFC Championship Game last week, a topic of conversation that safety Donte Whitner thinks the 49ers let get too deep into their heads. “(We) possibly got too high,” Whit… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant’s not a star, but he is a respected voice in the locker room. And he sounded a warning siren Sunday, after an overtime loss to the Lions dropped his team to 3-3. He knows that after winning the three games by a total of … |
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CB gloats after Seattle tops 'gimmick' PatsOct 15, 2012
ESPNBoston.com, ESPN.com Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman gave Tom Brady a mouthful as he was walking off the field following his team's 24-23 victory over the Patriots on Sunday and later said the Patriots had a "gimmick offense." |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com It probably isn't a good sign when you're playing the Detroit Lions and you're the most undisciplined team on the field. But that's what happened to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, when they wasted a 23-13 lead attained with 5:13 left in the fourth q… |
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Joe Flacco doesn’t know if Ravens deserved to winOct 15, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com If you ignored the score of Sunday’s game against the Cowboys, it would be hard to look at many of the details of the game and predict that the Ravens came out on top. They were outgained by 165 yards, had the ball for less that 20 minutes and lost thre… |
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Mark Sanchez Silenced Tebow Supporters While Throwing For The Third-Lowest Passing Yards In His CareerOct 15, 2012
Samer Kalaf, deadspin.com Guess what, Mark Sanchez haters? Mr. Poise 2009 has made you all shut up. During the Jets' two-game strugglefest (with losses to the 49ers and Texans), Tim Tebow supporters wanted Sanchez replaced, crying, "tim tewbow as stater job!" But now, … |
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Saints LB Vilma: 'Allowed to play' against BucsOct 15, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who has been embroiled in the bounty scheme saga, says he will come off the physically unable to perform list after an equally lengthy battle with a knee injury. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Falcons are undefeated, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have problems. For a team with an offense that’s rolling, and seemingly moves the ball at will in the fourth quarter, they don’t have the same pound-it-out element they used to. That had… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com After 49ers quarterback Alex Smith played his worst game of the Jim Harbaugh era in Sunday’s blowout loss to the Giants, the question in San Francisco is being asked: Is it time for Colin Kaepernick? Kaepernick, the quarterback the 49ers selected in the… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Needing help at safety, the Jaguars signed veteran Chris Harris Monday. Harris was out of the league after playing 11 games last year between stints in Chicago and Detroit. He’s also had a productive stint with the Panthers, forcing 12 fumbles in three … |
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Good (Seahawks) & bad (Eagles) of Week 6Oct 15, 2012
The 'Hawks and RGIII proved to magical in Week 6 of the NFL. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Vikings running back Adrian Peterson emerged from his return to Washington unscathed, a nice change from the serious knee injury he suffered there last season. The day was far from perfect for Peterson, however. The Vikings fell behind 31-12 before moun… |
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Vick’s future remains unclearOct 15, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com From the moment the details first emerged regarding the supposed six-year, $100 million contract signed last year by Eagles quarterback Mike Vick, we explained that it’s a two-year deal with a year-to-year team option on the rest of the contract. More r… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com When Ahmad Bradshaw did what few have, he admitted it wasn’t as hard as he thought. The Giants running back was the first back to rush for 100 yards against the 49ers this season, and only the second since November of 2009 when he went for 116 yards in … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Though after Sunday’s loss to the Giants it looks like the 49ers remain farther away from the Super Bowl than previously believed, the team’s new stadium could be closing in on a date with an NFL title game. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that th… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Lions coach Jim Schwartz made an odd decision to throw a challenge flag on Sunday against the Eagles, arguing that a Michael Vick incompletion had actually been a backward pass, making it a fumble. The officials ruled it a forward pass in real time and … |
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Just when you think you've got a handle on the NFL, Week 6 happens. Logic was defied all over the league Sunday, but in no place more dramatically than Seattle, Peter King writes. |
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Monday morning one-linersOct 15, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Bills coach Chan Gailey has no regrets about calling for WR Brad Smith to throw a pass that was intercepted and set up the Cardinals’ tying field goal late in regulation. Rookie Dolphins DE Olivier Vernon had two sacks in his most productive performance… |
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Aaron Rodgers Threw For Six Touchdowns, But It Was A.J. Hawk's Performance That Was Truly ShockingOct 15, 2012
Timothy Burke, deadspin.com The NFL's ongoing effort to combat breast cancer by wearing colorful clothing continues, and Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk was happy to take part in repping the pink during last night's 42-24 dominance by Green Bay in Houston, and, wow, that score's not … |
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Carson Palmer takes blame, even after leading rallyOct 15, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com After leading a game-tying drive in the final minute to tie the last undefeated team in the NFL on the road, Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer had every right to take solace. The fact he didn’t spoke to his character, according to teammates. Instead of … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com A year after the Packers raised money for stadium renovations by selling stock that isn’t really stock, they’re seeking a loan that really isn’t a loan. A league source tells PFT that the relatively thin agenda for the ownership meetings that open t… |
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Aaron Rodgers has his game back, but also his edgeOct 15, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com For other NFL teams, Aaron Rodgers’ six-touchdown performance Sunday night perhaps shouldn’t be the part that concerns them most. Such that he didn’t previously, the Packers quarterback has his edge back, and that makes his team dangerous. From his … |
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NFL morning after: What a crazy SundayOct 15, 2012
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Was it even possible to follow all of the action in the NFL this Sunday? If you were watching the Lions come from behind and beat the Eagles in overtime, did that make you miss the Cowboys’ failed comeback in Baltimore, where Dallas missed a game-winnin… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Soon-to-be Browns owner Jimmy Haslam wants to look into putting a lid on the team’s stadium. A pair of Cleveland architects (one of whom may or may not be named Art Vandalay) has an idea, according to newsnet5.com. A geodesic dome. Those of who you, l… |
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Brandon Lloyd may be injured, but no one is talkingOct 15, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com One of the troubling footnotes for the Patriots following Sunday’s stunning loss to the Seahawks relates to the health, or lack thereof, of receiver Brandon Lloyd. Lloyd possibly emerged from a late-game reception with an upper body injury of some sort.… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com SEATTLE -- Two things we know about Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman: He's one of the best young defensive players in the league, and he doesn't lack confidence. The former Stanford receiver, selected in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft,… |
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Can Jets Match Up With Patriots?Oct 15, 2012
George Bretherton, nytimes.com The Jets are 3-3 this morning, fresh off a 35-9 victory over Indianapolis, and in a four-way tie for first place in the A.F.C. East. |
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The Giants team that worked its way through the playoffs in January and then won the Super Bowl in February finally showed up in October to assert itself as the best team in the NFL. The 49ers were supposedly the premier team before the Giants came into… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com It’s relatively rare that Tom Brady loses a game. It’s extremely rare that he gets called out in defeat, on Twitter or anywhere else. It happened on Twitter after Sunday’s stunning loss to the Seahawks. Via CSNNE.com, Seattle cornerback Richard … |
