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New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan specializes in terrorizing opposing quarterbacks. But before he steps back on the field to try to get the Saints to the Super Bowl, Jordan is headed to the sidelines … the XFL sidelines. Jordan will be a sideline reporter for Saturday’s game between the New York Guardians and […]

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel says he has no desire to play football again. On Friday, Manziel tweeted to the XFL commissioner saying if the league wanted a rating boost, to send him a contract offer. “Oliver Luck. If ya wanna boost your ratings to another level just send me the contract tomorrow and […]

The XFL is off and running. As people are tuning in to Week 3, it’s safe to say the league is doing pretty solid, but it could do better with Johnny Manziel. People have been interested. They love a lot of the rules and have already built strong allegiances to teams. Players are turning into […]

Johnny Manziel joined the AAF last year after the season began and he could be doing the same in the XFL. On Friday night, Manziel deleted his Twitter account after expressing interest in joining the new league. Before deleting his account, Manziel directed a tweet toward Oliver Luck — the XFL commissioner — and said […]

The XFL wants to build a solid fanbase to fill the need for springtime football, so they understandably went for a lot of former NFL players. Tim Tebow is the latest among disgraced NFL quarterbacks who got a call from Vince McMahon’s second crack at an alternative football league. The former first-round pick confirmed that […]

So the XFL is back, and with Week 1 out of the way, we can kind of get a general idea of how things may end up going. Operative phrase: kind of. The league drew 12.47 million viewers for its opening week, which was roughly in the neighborhood of the first week of the Alliance […]

The XFL has taken the football world by storm with its innovative stye of play and surplus of NFL-caliber talent throughout the league. Regardless, it seems free agent wide receiver Dez Bryant still has his eyes on a return to the Dallas Cowboys. Despite making plenty of hints, Bryant did not play in the 2019 […]

Oliver Luck, the XFL commissioner and father of retired Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, has been speaking on different radio shows and podcasts. While making an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show,” Oliver revealed how Andrew has stayed out of the spotlight since his sudden retirement with the Colts. “He’s one of these millennials that […]

The XFL had a very successful opening weekend, but there are certain things they need to change to make sure they survive more than one season. According to sportsmediawatch.com, the opening XFL game between the Seattle Dragons and DC Defenders averaged a 2.1 rating and had 3.3 million viewers. That was only slightly higher than […]

Some football fans expected Colin Kaepernick to be on the sidelines at the start of the season. Since the controversial quarterback-turned-social-activist had an audition back to the NFL that went nowhere, many would have thought that he would take the opportunity to play some snaps with Vince McMahon’s second crack at the XFL. However, that […]

The XFL could really use some star players and someone like Colin Kaepernick would make a lot of sense. According to XFL commissioner Oliver Luck, the league did take a long look at Kaepernick, but with the salary restrictions, it never progressed with him getting a shot. “We gave it some thought,” Luck said of […]

The XFL is about to get rolling. There are still a lot of big names out there that have been speculated to join at some time though. That includes Colin Kaepernick. BetOnline.Ag has released odds on Kaepernick, and plenty of other former NFL stars, finding their way to the XFL. Odds on first player to […]

The XFL will make its grand re-opening one week after Super Bowl LIV—giving the NFL a run for its money in what is normally the offseason for professional football. The Vince MacMahon–led league, an offshoot of the WWE, has one interesting supporter: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Goodell told Fox Business, via ProFootballTalk, that the XFL […]

After announcing on Twitter last week that he would try out for the XFL as a kicker, it seems retired NFL receiver Chad Johnson’s football comeback was short-lived. Despite not making a public statement as of yet, the 42-year-old informed the XFL on Sunday that he did not intend to participate in his tryout on […]

The Cleveland Browns released Antonio Callaway during the regular season after he was suspended by the NFL for 10 games due to violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. Instead of trying to remain in the NFL, Callaway is taking his talents to the XFL following his suspension, per the Tampa Bay Vipers’ official Twitter account. https://twitter.com/XFLVipers/status/1217929286365016066?s=20 […]

Former Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Chad Johnson is trying to make a comeback to football in the XFL. On Tuesday morning, Johnson tweeted out that he would be trying out for the XFL as a kicker on Monday in Houston. The opportunity to kick in the XFL has presented itself, i must tryout Monday […]