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Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is looking forward to next season and a big reason is he will have a little more freedom with last year’s defensive coordinator Gregg Williams not around the team anymore. Garrett told Dan Pompei of BleacherReport.com that Williams only allowed him to only use two rush moves, which really […]

The Minnesota Vikings selected Irv Smith Jr. with their second-round pick and if he pans out anything like the player that NFL Analyst Lance Zierlein compared him to, the team looks to have gotten themselves a steal. After a strong junior season with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Smith declared for the draft and leading up […]

The New England Patriots are hoping for big things out of rookie Joejuan Williams. The defending champions are always looking to replenish the talent in their secondary, and they nabbed the Vanderbilt cornerback in the second round of this most recent draft. They invested the 45th overall pick in him, so they’re probably hoping that […]

The 2019 NFL Draft is over, but now the fun is just getting started where it’s time to analyze what teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get in the draft. It’s clear by looking at the nine draft picks that the team had a plan coming in about what type of players they […]

The Dallas Cowboys have high expectations for this season and one of their greatest players ever, Emmitt Smith, thinks they have all the pieces to be a Super Bowl contender. Smith knows that the Cowboys didn’t make the sexy draft picks this year, but this is a team that made the picks that needed to […]

Just a few years ago, it looked like Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger might be done in a year or two, but now it’s really unclear how long he will last, and general manager Kevin Colbert doesn’t think he has an expiration date. Roethlisberger turned 37 years old just a few months ago, but Colbert […]

Before the 2019 NFL Draft, many people expected Drew Lock to be drafted in the first round. His name was never called on Day One though. Instead, he had to wait until the 10th pick of the second round to hear his name, when the Denver Broncos selected him. Lock is considered one of the […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are heading into a pivotal season. After 16 long years, the team finally fired longtime head coach Marvin Lewis after last season. They’ll be transitioning into a new era of football in 2019, with 35-year-old offensive whizkid Zac Taylor leading the way. For the first eight years of his career, receiver A.J. […]

There has been much made about New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady and their relationship, but if what Martellus Bennett says is true, maybe there really isn’t a rift between the two at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_u4gb_plro Bennett appeared on FS1’s First Things First and said that the two sometimes do go after each […]

The Green Bay Packers picked up Kenny Clark’s fifth-year option earlier this week and now it appears the next step for the two sides is to work out a long term extension. According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, Clark is part of the long-term plan for the Packers and it’s expected an extension will be […]

New Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock is already endearing himself to the team’s fan base. The young signal-caller went to college at Missouri, meaning he doesn’t live too far from the Broncos’ AFC West rival, the Kansas City Chiefs. Lock smelled an opportunity, and figured out a clever way to troll Chiefs fans before he […]

The Minnesota Vikings knew when they took long snapper Austin Cutting, that he might have to serve out his military commitment before he could play with the team, but it appears the team doesn’t have a final answer just yet. Before the military changed their policy in 2017, players would be able to serve in […]

With the Dallas Cowboys not giving Jason Garrett a coaching extension, it has made some wonder if that leaves the door open to New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton taking over the job in the Lonestar State soon. Payton has heard all the rumors about him maybe going one state over to coach and the […]

Just like most players who retire young, there has already been talking about Rob Gronkowski making a comeback to the league and playing with the New England Patriots. Gronkowski was appearing at the Billboard awards and was asked if he was thinking about making a comeback. Gronkowski admits that a lot of people ask him […]

There were many draft experts who really liked what the Green Bay Packers accomplished in the draft and many of those experts think their best pick was safety Darnell Savage, who was the 21st overall pick. Sam Monson of Pro Football Focus did a closer breakdown of Savage’s skillset and thinks that if everything pans […]

The Carolina Panthers have declined Vernon Butler’s fifth-year option, according to Mike Garafolo of Good Morning Football. Friday is the last day that teams can accept or decline the option, but most teams have already made their decision. The #Panthers won’t pick up DT Vernon Butler’s fifth-year potion today, source says. The 30th pick in […]

Jason Witten is no longer at ESPN. After one widely panned season in the broadcast booth, Witten is returning to the field. Just yesterday, ESPN announced they would be keeping their same Monday Night Football team, minus Witten. It’s still unclear whether Witten was forced out or if he left on his own accord, but […]

The San Francisco 49ers missed the playoffs once again last season after being hyped up throughout the entire offseason. It was a disappointing year that saw starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo go down with a torn ACL early in the year. San Francisco was unable to bounce back from that injury. Heading into the offseason, it […]

The Buffalo Bills are known for having rowdy fans, but it appears that the team is trying to tone them down a little bit with the new tailgating system they are implementing. According to Jay Skurski of the Buffalo News, the Bills announced a new policy that if people are arriving by bus or limo […]

Nearly a year after a surgery that was supposed to take four to five months to heal, Baltimore Ravens receiver Quincy Adeboyejo says he has been cleared to return to football activities. In a lengthy thread posted to his Twitter account, Adeboyejo walked through the details of his lengthy recovery that kept him from playing for […]

The Philadelphia Eagles don’t have Nick Foles to fall back on if Carson Wentz gets hurt, but rookie Clayton Thorson thinks that he could learn in the Eagles system and one day be able to be that trusted backup. Thorson thinks that the way Foles was able to thrive as a backup and then a […]

New Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury’s love for Kyler Murray was no secret leading up to the NFL Draft. Kingsbury continued to show his affection for his new quarterback on The Jim Rome Show by saying that Murray has “too great a skill set to pass up.” Having that kind of talent and being the catalyst […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has scrambled for his life during his 23-game career. According to Pro Football Focus, Watson has been pressured on nearly half of his drop backs. Over the past five seasons, Watson has appeared as the most pressured and seventh-most pressured quarterback. In 2018, Watson was also the best while under […]

The San Francisco 49ers will not pick up the option on guard Joshua Garnett, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, As decisions on fifth-year options for 2016 first-rounders go, this one might be one the least shocking. Garnett, one of the last mistakes of the Chip Kelly era, hasn’t started a game since his […]

After the NFL Draft, Broncos general manager John Elway said quarterback Joe Flacco, who is 34 years old, was just coming into his prime heading into the 2019 season. That feeling allowed him to pass on selecting a quarterback in the first round. However, when Missouri’s Drew Lock — Elways’s top-ranked player at the position […]

As first-round selections from the 2016 NFL Draft begin to see their respective clubs pick up their fifth-year options, one who won’t is former No. 8-overall  pick Jack Conklin of the Tennessee Titans. That’s according to Pro Football Talk, who first reported the news, which was also the deadline for teams to pick up the […]

Derrick Johnson is continuing a cool trend in Kansas City this week. Ater running back Jamal Charles signed a one-day contract to retire with the Kansas City Chiefs,  Johnson will do the same. The former star linebacker will sign a one-day contract and retire as a Chief, according to 610 AM in Kansas City. Johnson […]

After weeks of trade speculation, Darron Lee is now one year away from free agency. The linebacker inched closer to the open market after word emerged early Thursday that the Jets will not exercise the fifth-year option on his contract, according to the New York Daily News. The Jets had the chance to pick up that extra year — at […]

The Dallas Cowboys had a successful season last year, winning the NFC East. Yet, that isn’t enough to keep Jerry Jones happy and he has higher expectations for his team going into the 2019 season. “Everything we were about was improving from where we were this year,” Jones said, via the Star-Telegram. “There is no […]

As the NFL toys with the possibility of making the Scouting Combine a glitzy, prime time show in a venue like Los Angeles, officials from Indianapolis’s tourism bureau want the league to commit to keeping it where it is. Currently, there’s only a commitment for one more year in Indianapolis. “Retaining the NFL Scouting Combine is […]

The AFC North has a new cellar-dweller, and it’s the Cincinnati Bengals. The team placed fourth in the division for the first time since 2010, and is now at a crossroads. Even during their streak of five consecutive playoff appearances between 2011 and 2015, Cincy never advanced past the wildcard round, and hasn’t won a […]

Pre-draft rumors flew that the New York Jets were trying to trade down. However, news came out after the draft the team was trying to trade up into the second round,. General Manager Mike Maccagnan confirmed the Jets had interest in moving into the second round but wouldn’t say for who — though reports suggest […]

After the Panthers drafted former West Virginia quarterback Will Grier last week, the team went out of its way to say what everyone already knew: Cam Newton is the starting quarterback. When Grier was selected toward the bottom of the third round on Friday, speculation arose about Newton’s future with Carolina. Even Grier himself, though, […]

Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce believes wide receiver Tyreek Hill’s return to the team is “up in the air.” Kelce told Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio on Wednesday he has no definite comment on Hill’s return to the Chiefs. “I would just like to stay out of it; not necessarily stay […]

The Tennessee Titans are not exercising right tackle Jack Conklin’s fifth-year option. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo (via NFL.com’s Herbie Teope) reported the news on May 1. This comes two days before the league’s deadline for first-round selections of the 2016 NFL Draft class. Titans are not picking up former first-round pick Jack Conklin's 5th-year option, […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers “fell in love” with Toledo Rockets wide receiver and kick returner Diontae Johnson before making him the 66th overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft. Steelers receivers coach Darryl Drake revealed to 247Sports.com’s Jim Wexell (via his colleague Bryan Deardo) new Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians (a former Steelers offensive […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is coming off of a very impressive second season in the NFL, leading his team to 11 wins and an AFC South division title. Of course, the Texans bowed out to the Indianapolis Colts in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, but this is a very good football team […]

Former New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett vouches for quarterback Tom Brady’s tremendous work ethic. Bennett told FS1’s “First Things First” (via NESN.com’s Adam London and 247Sports.com’s Tyler Sullivan) on May 1 he recalls a Patriots practice during the 2016 NFL season. The defense didn’t allow the offense to complete any passes. Patriots head […]

Thanks to a high-profile offseason in which the Cleveland Browns added big names on both sides of the football, the Browns are the trendy pick to win the AFC North division title next season. Count former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark among those who feels that Cleveland will finish the year atop the division, going […]