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The Arizona Cardinals still haven’t made up their minds about who to hire as Bruce Arians’ replacement as the team’s head coach. However, they do have two candidates that they like enough that they’re going to interview them again. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Mike […]

Some New Orleans fans may have been wondering why head coach Sean Payton made not one but two questionable challenges during the fourth quarter of their NFC Divisional Round loss to the Minnesota Vikings, both of which they lost. According to Josh Katzenstein of The Times-Picayune, Sean Payton was essentially working blind and making those […]

The Cleveland Browns will interview former New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo to be their offensive coordinator on Tuesday, according to Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com. McAdoo was fired by the Giants in the middle of his second season as head coach after compiling a disappointing 2-10 record. He went 13-15 in his 28 […]

The Tennessee Titans will interview Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur for their newly vacated head coaching position, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Gary Klein. LeFleur, 38, only came to Los Angeles along with head coach Sean McVay last season, although McVay called the plays. LaFleur has no prior experience calling plays in […]

While it’s still not official, New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is widely-tipped to fill the Indianapolis Colts’ vacant head-coaching job. But when McDaniels does officially get the job, whether in Indianapolis or elsewhere, he’ll bring Dallas Cowboys linebackers coach and passing game coordinator Matt Eberflus along with him to be his defensive coordinator, […]

The Buffalo Bills have hired Alabama offensive coordinator Brian Daboll to be their offensive coordinator, per ESPN’s Mike Rodak. Daboll spent last season at Alabama, where he led the Crimson Tide’s offense to a national championship. Daboll will replace Rick Dennison, who was fired as Bills offensive coordinator last week after just one season. “We […]

The Tennessee Titans have decided to part ways with head coach Mike Mularkey after failing to come to an agreement over the future, Jim Wyatt of TitansOnline.com reports. Mularkey’s firing comes just a week after Mularkey led the franchise to their first playoff win in close to a decade, which prompted the Titans’ controlling owner Amy […]

The Oakland Raiders are set to bring back former head coach Tom Cable to be the team’s offensive line coach under Jon Gruden. The #Raiders have agreed to hire former #Seahawks OL coach Tom Cable, source said. Big hire. https://t.co/U1WU13NW4P — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 13, 2018 Cable had spent the last seven years as […]

Age is just a number for Tom Brady. The New England Patriots quarterback is 40 years old and still appears to be going strong. He looked razor sharp in his first playoff game of the year against the Tennessee Titans as he went 35-for-53 with 337 yards and three touchdown passes to lead the Pats […]

New England Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia looks set to become the Detroit Lions’ new head coach, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. According to Schefter, Patricia and the Lions will still need to work out contract details after the end of the Patriots’ season as per NFL rules, but a deal is expected to be done. […]

It wasn’t that long ago that Devonta Freeman said he “figured out” how to stay healthy. But according to ESPN’s Vaughn McClure, the Atlanta Falcons running back was far from healthy during the playoffs. Freeman confessed he played with a sprained posterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee during the postseason. Freeman […]

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is still nowhere close to 100 percent due to his injured calf but is still expected to try and play in the team’s AFC divisional round game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Steelers’ WR Antion Brown will test his calf injury pregame Sunday to determine […]

The Indianapolis Colts are still in the midst of their head coaching search following the firing of Chuck Pagano. But according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks doesn’t appear to be high on their list of candidates as the Colts appear to be focusing their search toward more offensive-minded […]

Alabama defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick is going to the NFL. As Pro Football Talk’s Charean Williams reports, Fitzpatrick has decided to forgo his final season of eligibility in college to enter the 2018 NFL draft, where he is expected to be one of the top defensive players selected. Despite playing just three years at Tuscaloosa, […]

New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan has been cleared to play for the team’s AFC divisional-round playoff game against the Tennessee Titans on Saturday, per ESPN’s Mike Reiss. Hogan missed seven of the final eight games of the regular season with a shoulder injury, which he suffered against the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. […]

The NFL has formally launched an investigation looking into the Oakland Raiders’ head coaching search and whether or not it violated the league’s Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for a vacant position. NFL officially now looking into Raiders’ head coach hiring process and whether they violated the Rooney […]

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton will replace injured Cincinnati Bengals wideout A.J. Green on the AFC Pro Bowl roster, per Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. Hilton was one of the lone bright spots for a Colts team which finished just 4-12 this season without star quarterback Andrew Luck. With Jacoby Brissett playing quarterback […]

New Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy now has his offensive coordinator. The team has hired former Oregon Ducks head coach Mark Helfrich to fill the role previously held by Dowell Loggains, who left for the Miami Dolphins. Bears now have hired former Oregon HC Mark Helfrich as their offensive coordinator, per source. — Adam […]

The Atlanta Falcons won’t need to find a second offensive coordinator in as many years if head coach Dan Quinn is to be believed. Quinn has squashed rumors linking first-year offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian to the Seattle Seahawks, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s D. Orlando Ledbetter. “Zero chance of that,” Quinn said when asked about the […]

The New Orleans Saints will be missing offensive lineman Andrus Peat for their upcoming playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings. Peat suffered a broken left fibula and a high-ankle sprain in the Saints’ win over the Carolina Panthers during the wild-card round and has been placed on injured reserve. But on the bright side for […]

Jon Gruden and Rich Gannon combined to deliver two of the best seasons in recent memory for the Oakland Raiders. However, Gannon has passed up the chance to team up with his old head coach once more as he turned down an offer to be Gruden’s quarterbacks coach. Gannon, who has spent the last 12 […]

The Los Angeles Chargers will have both offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt and defensive coordinator Gus Bradley back alongside head coach Anthony Lynn for next season, per Chargers.com. In their first season working together, the trio combined to lead the Chargers to a 9-7 record as they just missed out on a first playoff appearance in […]

Ben Roethlisberger could potentially be playing his last ever home game when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Jacksonville Jaguars in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs. However, the Steelers quarterback might not be saying goodbye to Heinz Field just yet. According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Big Ben doesn’t believe Sunday’s game will be his […]

The Green Bay Packers are expected to make Mike Pettine their next defensive coordinator, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Pettine would replace Dom Capers, who was fired earlier this month after nine years with the team. Pettine, 51, has been out of the league since getting fired in 2015 after two largely unsuccessful seasons with the […]

Matt Patricia is one of the hottest names in the head coaching market. The New England Patriots defensive coordinator is likely to leave the team this offseason and has already been strongly linked with the Detriot Lions’ head coaching job. But according to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News, it seems that “all […]

The Seattle Seahawks have fired offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, Pro Football Talk’s Curtis Crabtree reports. Bevell, who spent seven seasons as the team’s offensive coordinator, was reportedly told of the decision on Tuesday night. The Seahawks finished 9-7 this season and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2011, which was Bevell’s first year with […]

New York Giants safety Landon Collins is hard at work to repair his relationship with cornerback Eli Apple. Collins thinks the team should keep Apple, the teammate he controversially called a “cancer” a couple weeks ago. “I think the organization should keep him,” Collins said per the New York Post’s Zach Braziller. “He’s a first-rounder. He […]

Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis has been a fixture on the Panthers defense for the better part of a decade. The 34-year-old was once again an integral part of a unit which remained one of the very best in the league this season. But as Bryan Strickland of Panthers.com reports, Thomas admits his role on […]

The Carolina Panthers have fired offensive coordinator Mike Shula and quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey, per a statement posted on the team’s official website. Shula spent the past seven seasons with Carolina, working as quarterbacks coach for two seasons before becoming offensive coordinator in 2013. He had spent 21 years as an NFL assistant with stops […]

The Carolina Panthers have come under scrutiny for their handling of quarterback Cam Newton’s apparent head injury in their playoff loss to the New Orleans Saints. The NFL has already begun investigating whether they broke the league’s concussion protocol. But according to Joseph Person and Anna Douglas of the Charlotte Observer, the Panthers have admitted […]

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has pushed back against allegations put forth in ESPN The Magazine’s controversial story which said he was celebrating after backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was traded to the San Francisco 49ers, ESPN’s Mike Reiss reports. The piece had a line which said “some players and staffers noticed that Brady seemed […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have hired Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin to be their new defensive coordinator, per ESPN’s Katherine Terrell. Austin, 52, is set to replace Paul Guenther, who will take over the Raiders’ defensive coordinator job. Austin spent the past four seasons in charge of the Lions’ defense under Jim Caldwell and spent […]

Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones tore his MCL in Saturday’s wild-card game against the Tennessee Titans, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Jones will undergo surgery, with the expected recovery time around 8-10 weeks. Jones left their game against the Titans due to the injury and did not return. His loss was a significant blow […]

Derrick Henry is expected to be the Tennessee Titans’ starting running back in Saturday’s divisional-round game against the New England Patriots, ESPN’s Cameron Wolfe reports. Henry is set to start ahead of veteran running back DeMarco Murray, who is still recovering from the grade-three MCL tear he suffered at the end of the Titans’ Dec. […]

The Chicago Bears have hired Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy as their new head coach. BREAKING: Chicago Bears hire Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy as head coach — AP NFL (@AP_NFL) January 8, 2018 Nagy, 39, replaces John Fox, who was fired at the end of the season following a 5-11 […]

Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue was pumped to help the Jags win their first playoff game since 2008 as they beat the Buffalo Bills, 10-3. But while expressing his delight at the big win, the second-year pro also revealed how Bills offensive lineman Richie Incognito allegedly threw some racist slurs at him during the […]

There has been massive speculation over the last few days over the future of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. Rumors have been swirling that the five-time Super Bowl-winning coach could potentially leave the team by the end of the season due to disagreements with star quarterback Tom Brady and owner Robert Kraft. But […]

The Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams are likely to play in Mexico City next season if reports south of the border are to be believed. As Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star reports, a couple of reports have already come out that the two teams will indeed play in the country despite […]

Kristaps Porzingis had another subpar game as the New York Knicks fell in overtime to the Miami Heat, 107-103. Porzingis, who has been mired in a massive shooting slump of late, had just 15 points on 5-of-14 shooting against the Heat, but conspicuously didn’t even take a single attempt in overtime. As Stefan Bondy of […]