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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes did not exactly get off to a great start in the Super Bowl, but as the old adage says, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. After throwing a couple of critical interceptions in the second half, Mahomes took over during the final frame, leading the Chiefs […]

The San Francisco 49ers suffered a crushing defeat in the Super Bowl on Sunday night, blowing a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in a 31-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. But the good news is that the future looks bright for the 49ers, and head coach Kyle Shanahan does not think the heartbreaking loss will affect the […]

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is set to be a free agent this offseason, but he has yet to even determine if he is going to play in 2020. During an interview with Rob Maaddi of The Associated Press, Witten said that he is “leaning toward playing” and that he is being very “diligent” […]

Delanie Walker’s long and successful tenure with the Tennessee Titans could be coming to a close. According to John Glennon of The Athletic, Walker is at risk of being cut by the Titans this offseason after playing in just seven games this season due to another ankle injury. Walker is slated to earn $5.4 million […]

Odell Beckham Jr. may have expressed some trepidation about his future in Cleveland this season. But the Browns don’t appear to feel the same way. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Browns want to move forward with Beckham heading into 2020. But they want more “engagement” from the wide receiver during the offseason. […]

Patrick Mahomes is probably the best quarterback in football, and now, the Kansas City Chiefs star will get to play in the Super Bowl in just his second year as a full-time starter. If anyone knows how dominant Mahomes can be, it’s Denver Broncos pass rusher Von Miller, who is an AFC West rival of […]

The 2019 NFL campaign was certainly one to forget for Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. He played in just two games before a foot injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season, and thanks to early success from backup quarterback Kyle Allen, many felt that the Panthers should move on from Newton. But Allen’s […]

Matt Patricia’s first two years as head coach of the Detroit Lions have not exactly gone that well. He went just 6-10 in his debut season in 2018, and this year, the Lions finished 3-12-1 in spite of a 2-0-1 start. To be fair to Patricia, Detroit dealt with a slew of injury issues this […]

Antonio Brown has done a whole lot of stuff over the last year—some of it strange, some of it downright evil—that has raised eyebrows across America. As a result, many have surmised that the former NFL wide receiver must be suffering from CTE. How else could anyone possibly behave in this manner? But Brown doesn’t […]

John Elway. Denver Broncos legend. Two-time Super Bowl champion. Hall-of-Famer. Broncos general manager. …Lime scooter rider? Apparently. In a video posted to Twitter by Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic, Elway is seen riding a lime scooter down the road in Denver, the latest addition to his legend. pic.twitter.com/rV88pSZ9r3 — Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) February 1, 2020 […]

Curtis Granderson has taken to Twitter to announce his retirement from baseball. So ends an impressive 16-year major-league career in which the outfielder spent time with the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays Milwaukee Brewers and Miami Marlins. Curtis Granderson spent his final season with the Marlins, […]

Taysom Hill of the New Orleans Saints is one of the most intriguing players in the NFL, fitting into a world with Sean Payton and Drew Brees. He is a quarterback by nominal position, but since seeing his first NFL action in 2017, he has thrown just 13 passes. Part of that is because Drew […]

It was a rather topsy-turvy rookie campaign for Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock. When the Broncos took Lock in the second round of the NFL Draft last spring, the general consensus was that Lock would ultimately usurp Joe Flacco as the starter at some point. However, Lock was dealt some bad luck during the preseason, […]

Could Tom Brady really love the New England Patriots for the Miami Dolphins? The possibility is becoming more and more real, as Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk is reporting that the Dolphins continued to be mentioned as a potential landing spot for Brady. Florio notes that Brian Flores, who served as an assistant in […]

Going into 2019, the Chicago Bears looked to be legitimate Super Bowl contenders. They were returning most of a dominant defense that led the club to 12 wins and an NFC North division title in 2018, Mitchell Trubisky appeared to be improving and the offense seemed to be on the upswing as a whole. Of […]

With the Feb. 6 trade deadline rapidly approaching, many are wondering what the Boston Celtics will do. They don’t exactly have a ton of wiggle room, as they are maxed out in terms of cap space and don’t have any big contracts to send back in trades. Well, unless you count Gordon Hayward, who, for […]

The Cleveland Browns fell well short of expectations in 2019, going just 6-10 and missing the playoffs entirely in spite of Super Bowl aspirations. One of the biggest criticisms levied against the Browns this season was the fact that they did a little too much talking without backing it up with production on the field. […]

The New England Patriots clearly missed Rob Gronkowski this season, but that does not mean the tight end wasn’t in decline during his final year in the NFL. During an interview with Barstool Radio, Gronkowski admitted that he wasn’t the same player in 2018: “I 100 percent lost a step (last year),” said Gronkowski. “I […]

It has gotten to the point where the word “journeyman” should simply be defined by a photo of Ryan Fitzpatrick. The veteran quarterback has now played for eight different NFL franchises and has become the quintessential backup, a guy who is a perfectly solid second-stringer with the capability to start, which he is doing for […]

Veteran running back Frank Gore spent the 2019 NFL campaign with the Buffalo Bills, rushing for 599 yards and a couple of touchdowns and helping the Bills make the playoffs for just the second time since 2000. However, he averaged a career-low 3.6 yards per carry, and at 36 years old, you have to wonder […]

University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has a checkered injury history, but the general consensus is that he will end up being a top-10 pick in this year’s NFL Draft. However, regardless of where Tagovailoa ends up, his agent, Leigh Steinberg, doesn’t want him starting as a rookie, using numerous examples of quarterbacks who sat […]

Is the situation between Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys about to turn ugly? Prescott is set to be a free agent this March, and the general consensus is that the Cowboys will ultimately sign him to a lucrative long-term deal, but is there a chance that doesn’t happen? There is always the possibility that […]

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has a major decision to make this offseason: will he return, or will he decide to hang up his cleats? Regardless of what he does, it’s looking more and more like Taysom Hill will have a much larger role within the Saints’ offense next season, and Brees is all […]

With Tom Brady’s future with the New England Patriots in doubt, everything he says and does over the next month and change is going to be heavily scrutinized. Like when he tweets, for example. On Thursday, Brady took to Twitter to post a cryptic photo of a silhouette of himself walking in the tunnel of […]

Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper is one of the best in the NFL at his position, but he is a free agent this offseason, and he is due for a significant pay day. As a result, the Falcons are not sure whether or not they will be able to retain him. Owner Arthur Blank […]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is not just good because of his incredible arm talent; he is also very smart on the field. As a matter of fact, Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians thinks Mahomes’ football IQ is on par with a couple of terrific quarterbacks Arians coached at different times during […]

The Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs have reportedly discussed a Nolan Arenado-Kris Bryant swap, according to Jesse Rogers of ESPN Chicago. Via Bleacher Nation: “This is something I heard very recently. Yes, Arenado would love to play for the Cubs, I agree with [ESPN’s] Jeff [Passan] on that, but I’ll go one step further. They’ve […]

Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant has lost a grievance he filed against the team in which he sought an extra year of service time, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Bryant was called up by the Cubs on April 17, 2015, ending his season with 171 days of service time. Had he been called […]

It seems like Kenyan Drake has finally found a home. Drake, who spent the first three-and-a-half years of his NFL career with the Miami Dolphins before being traded to the Arizona Cardinals ahead of the Week 8 trade deadline in October, is happy that the Dolphins moved on from him. “I feel like at the […]

Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett is still serving an indefinite suspension stemming from a Week 11 incident when he hit Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with a helmet, but a resolution may be coming soon. According to Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will meet […]

Mike McCarthy is the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, but the veteran spent the first 13 seasons of his NFL head-coaching career at the helm for the Green Bay Packers from 2006 through 2018. For 11 of those years, Aaron Rodgers was the starting quarterback, so if anyone knows McCarthy, it’s Rodgers. The […]

On Monday, a report surfaced that the Los Angeles Chargers had already moved on from quarterback Philip Rivers. The original source was Jay Glazer of The Athletic, who appeared on Colin Cowherd’s radio show “The Herd” and brought up the situation between the Chargers and Rivers. But on Tuesday, Glazer said that his statement was […]

Self-awareness is something that Antonio Brown has seemed to lack for quite some time, but perhaps his latest incident is helping him have an epiphany. After Brown was granted bail last week following felony burglary with battery charges, the wide receiver now understands that he has not exactly put himself in the best spot: “I […]

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill has a checkered past. Whether it was domestic assault when he was in college or child abuse allegations last offseason, Hill entered the 2019 NFL campaign with a couple of ugly incidents in his rearview mirror. But with the Chiefs getting set to battle the San Francisco 49ers […]

Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo will be making his return from a ruptured quad tendon against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday, just over a year after the injury initially happened. Given that Oladipo has not had live game action in over a year, one has to wonder just how long Pacers head coach Nate McMillan […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant had been mum in the first 24 hours and change after the tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, but on Tuesday, he spoke to reporters for the first time since the horrific event: “It is hard to comprehend all of this,” said Durant, according to Malika […]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes may be in his second full season as a starter, but he is in his third NFL season overall. You know what that means: contract extension talks are coming. With the Chiefs getting set to battle the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl this Sunday, owner Clark Hunt […]

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown was granted bail last week after being arrested on felony burglary with battery charges, but it was under certain conditions. One of the conditions was that Brown must wear a GPS monitor, but it doesn’t look like he’ll have to honor that anymore. Per ESPN News Services, Circuit Court […]

With the Kansas City Chiefs getting set to play the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl this Sunday, one Chiefs defensive back is paying respects to a 49ers defensive back. Kansas City safety Tyrann Mathieu, who spent his early days with the Arizona Cardinals, is very familiar with San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman and […]