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The Los Angeles Chargers are a few days away from taking on the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2018 playoffs. Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn anticipates one New England player in particular will make some noise on Sunday: Rob Gronkowski. Anthony Lynn on Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski: “I’m expecting Gronk to […]

The Cleveland Browns appointed Freddie Kitchens as their new head coach on Wednesday after much deliberation and various interviews with other candidates. There’s really no surprise why the team went with Kitchens after how drastically he turned the team’s offense around since Week 9. CLE offense under Freddie Kitchens (all stats since week 9)+ Led […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were reported to have agreed to terms with former New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles to fill in as the team’s defensive coordinator heading into the 2019 season. Newly appointed head coach Bruce Arians believes he will indeed be sharing the sidelines with his former defensive coordinator from their days […]

The Denver Broncos will see a familiar face returning to the sidelines as Gary Kubiak will be making his return to the league after a two-year absence as the Broncos offensive coordinator. This will be Kubiak’s second stint with the Broncos as their offensive coordinator, as he served as the team’s play caller from 1995 […]

Really does not seem that long ago since the Green Bay Packers were perennial preseason favorites to win the NFC and for good reason. Since the 1993 season, (Brett Favre’s 2nd year in Green Bay) the Packers have made the playoffs 19 times. Compare that to the 20 years prior to the Favre/Aaron Rodgers era […]

Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts are heading into this week’s matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs looking to make a major statement. At this point in time, the Colts have absolutely nothing to lose. They were not even expected to make the playoffs this season, but an impressive run got them in. Now, the […]

Skip Bayless actually likes somebody, and that’s perhaps press-worthy in and of itself. The sports commentator took time out of his day in between complaining about new Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur and comparing every other NFL head coach to him (and, apparently, letting us all know that everyone else is Tom Landry […]

Now that Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has fired some key members of the coaching staff, reports suggest that he’s looking to “beef it up” with some new key players. Tomlin told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he’s looking to add an assistant by the beginning of the season. It’s unclear what this “assistant” will do, and […]

The Chicago Bears may have their sights set on their next defensive coordinator to fill in for Vic Fangio after he just recently accepted the head coaching job for the Denver Broncos. Former New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles has emerged as Fangio’s replacement, despite recent reports that Bowles is going to be the […]

Skip Bayless is continuing to malign Matt LaFleur while singing the praises of other coaches. The sports commentator and totes-flexing dudebro took to his Twitter to sing the praises of the Arizona Cardinals’ procurement of Kliff Kingsbury as their new head coach. Kliff Kingbury is a much better hire than Matt LaFleur. At least Kingsbury has […]

The Cleveland Browns have ultimately decided to move on from Gregg Williams altogether, who acted as the team’s defensive coordinator and interim head coach. Browns have relieved defensive coordinator Gregg Williams of his duties and he is no longer with the team, sources tell @PatMcManamon and @DanGrazianoESPN. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 9, 2019 The […]

The Minnesota Vikings will be holding onto offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski for the 2019 season after he recently interviewed for the Cleveland Browns head coaching position. The Browns ultimately went with their own offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens. Kevin Stefanski, a finalist for the Browns' head-coaching job, is returning to Minnesota as the Vikings offensive coordinator, […]

James Saxon won’t be back next season, and members of the Steelers are reportedly extremely upset about it. With the firing of Saxon — who is a well-respected coach — NFL Network’s Aditi Kinkhabwala is saying that the players are “dumbfounded and mad” about Tomlin’s choice. And that’s pretty much exactly what I’ve heard from every […]

The Denver Broncos have hired former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio as their next head coach. Denver reached agreement with Bears’ DC Vic Fangio to become the Broncos’ next head coach, sources tell me and @DanGrazianoESPN. It will be a four-year deal plus a team option for a fifth, per source. — Adam Schefter […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars have added Thomas Rawls to their lineup. Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network has made the announcement on his Twitter page. RB Thomas Rawls has signed with the #Jaguars, source said. The former #Bengals and #Seahawks RB helps build backfield depth going into 2019. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 9, 2019 This […]

The Cleveland Browns’ head coaching search is over. They are hiring offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens to be their next head coach, Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports. Freddie Kitchens will be named new Browns head coach later today, per sources. — Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) January 9, 2019 Kitchens beat out Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, […]

Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid kept talking during the season about how he felt like he was being targeted with random drug testing. After a December 17th loss Reid claimed he was getting tested for the seventh time since joining the team and the NFLPA agreed they would look into it. In a joint statement […]

Javdevon Clowney is set to a be a free agent but he has made it clear that his wish is to stay with the Houston Texans even going as far as saying this is where he would like to be his entire career. The former top overall pick played his last year of his contract […]

The Dallas Cowboys will travel out to Los Angeles this weekend to take on the Rams and that’s somewhere that owner Jerry Jones claims the team is very comfortable playing. The Cowboys have held their training camp in Oxnard since 2011 and there are a ton of Cowboys fans out in Los Angeles from the […]

The Los Angeles Rams have one of the best running backs in the league in Todd Gurley but Sean McVay thinks it will be a balanced attack of Gurley and C.J. Anderson that will get the job done. Gurley is expected to be ready to go for this showdown against the Dallas Cowboys, but with […]

The Miami Dolphins are still on the hunt for their new head coach, but one candidate, in particular, has emerged as a front-runner for the job. Brian Flores, who made a name for himself as the linebackers coach for the New England Patriots, is currently being eyed by Dolphins CEO Stephen Ross for the still-vacant […]

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been questioned a lot the last few years about when he will hang up the cleats but based on his comments during the “Why Sports Matter” podcast he still feels like he has more years to go. Brady already has five super bowl rings and eight super bowl […]

The Cleveland Browns have wrapped up their most successful season since 2007. Their 7-8-1 record is decent, but is not nearly as important as other things that happened this year. Here are the five biggest takeaways from the 2018 season. 5. Hue Jackson is a terrible head coach If the 1-31 record wasn’t reason enough […]

Matt LaFleur is, indeed, living his best life. A video posted by Lily Zhao, a reporter for WFRV, features the newly-named Green Bay Packers head coach entering Lambeau Field, with his family. Check it out below. New #Packers head coach Matt LaFleur and his family have entered Lambeau Field. pic.twitter.com/8BULMusnBK — Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) January […]

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown may have played his last snap in a purple and black uniform. The stalwart receiver has been in the headlines after going AWOL on his team in Week 17, followed by a trade request. Whether the Steelers will actually execute this trade by sending their best player away is […]

Odell Beckham Jr got PETA mad. The Giants wide receiver recently paid a visit to his friend, Mike Holston, who specializes in animal education and conservation — a modern-day Crocodile Hunter, if you like. Holston took Beckham to the Myrtle Beach Safari, which helps raise money for the Rare Species Fund while rescuing exotic animals […]

Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay has nothing but high praise for the Green Bay Packers’ recent hiring of Matt LaFleur. McVay, who worked with LaFleur when he was the offensive coordinator for the Rams, thinks that the team made a fine choice with him. “I talked to Matt when he was going in to […]

Andrew Fillipponi of 93.7 The Fan (per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk) had a radical suggestion for the Steelers: trade Mike Tomlin, and promote Mike Munchak to the head coaching position. As radical as this idea sounds, on the surface, it’s actually not that bad of an idea. One of the main reasons that […]

NFL head coaching vacancies have started to get filled up, but Mike McCarthy remains on the market. The former Green Bay Packers head coach has only interviewed with the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns thus far. But according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, McCarthy doesn’t want to be considered for any other head coaching […]

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray looked so confused when a fan ran onto the court. It was in the last seconds in a contest against the Miami Heat and Nuggets, and he has a look of incredulity on his face. In his head, he’s probably thinking “Like, really, man!” Jamal's reaction to a fan running […]

The Green Bay Packers have just ushered in a new era in the storied franchise’s history, following the hiring of Matt LaFleur as the team’s head coach. The hire is the first big move of Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst since Green Bay saw its 2018 NFL season end in Week 17, and he does […]

The Los Angeles Rams have been one of the most successful teams in the NFL over the past few years ever since Sean McVay took over for Jeff Fisher as head coach. McVay’s success has sparked some other teams around the league to try and follow in the Rams’ footsteps. On Sunday, McVay and company […]

It’s been a busy Tuesday for the New England Patriots. Apart from plotting their game plan and practicing for the upcoming showdown with the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC Divisional Round, the defending conference champions have also made some roster adjustments, including the placement of tight end Jacob Hollister on injured reserve and the […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Bruce Arians as their head coach on Tuesday. Because Arians retired as the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 2017, technically the Cardinals still had his rights. Due to this, the Buccaneers had to trade a draft pick with the Cardinals to make the signing official. Per Adam Schefter, the Buccaneers […]

Back in April of 2018, the Los Angeles Rams traded wide receiver Tavon Austin to the Dallas Cowboys. It was a sudden and surprising move with the Sean McVay and company struggling to include Austin and Dallas in desperate need of a wideout. On Sunday, the Rams will play host to the Cowboys with Austin […]

Former NFL great Joe Montana thinks that current Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes can pretty much be as good as he wants to be in the NFL. Mahomes has put together an incredible season in Kansas City, which is a big reason why the Chiefs are the No. 1 seed in the AFC heading into […]

The days of Bruce Arians the retired head coach is over. That’s after he and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have agreed to a deal that makes him the newest head coach of the franchise on Tuesday. But before the agreement was finalized and approved officially by the NFL’s office, the Buccaneers needed to satisfy a […]

Dick LaBeau is an NFL legend and a longtime assistant coach in the league. Former Pittsburgh Steeler Ryan Clark told of a story when Antonio Brown disrespected and even verbally abused LeBeau. It was around 2012 right when he signed a five-year extension with the team. Clark told ESPN: “Coming into the next practice, he […]

It appears that new Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians has found his offensive coordinator, with Byron Leftwich reportedly set to take on the role. Arians was hired as Tampa Bay’s new coach on Tuesday, and he quickly started to put together his staff. With Todd Bowles reportedly set to be the team’s new […]