Category: NFL Buzz

Jamey will be updating his Sleepers, Breakouts, and Busts next week, but in case your missed our position-by-position previews, here are his picks for quarterback.    It’s quarterback week for us at CBS Sports, so it’s time to look at some updated sleepers, breakouts and busts for the position

A majority of Americans disapprove of Trump tweeting about the NFL and disapprove of how the NFL has handled the anthem controversy.

A.J. Johnson recorded 425 tackles during his four years at Tennessee, a school record. After his senior season in 2014, though, Johnson went undrafted after being accused of rape. Earlier this summer, Johnson was acquitted of all charges in Tennessee, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. After Johnson

Palm Beach County PBA wants a start a dialogue with NFL players on the role of law enforcement in the United States.

Yahoo Sports columnist Jay Busbee sets the record straight on the president’s misstatements about the NFL and its players.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Former University of Tennessee star linebacker A.J. Johnson is getting a shot in the NFL with the Denver Broncos less than a month after he was acquitted along with a college teammate of aggravated rape charges.

The first weekend of the National Football League’s pre-season is in the books ,and already the ongoing controversy over player protests during the national anthem has become a focus. Despite the league’s efforts to have a cooling-off period while it seeks a solution to the ongoing demonstrations

No investigation or federal case needed this time. The NFL says a bad football used in a preseason game Thursday night was simply defective. The league said in a statement Friday that a ball was removed from play during the third quarter of the Steelers-Eagles game in Philadelphia and will be sent

Fans at MetLife Stadium on Thursday night had the opportunity to place legal bets on the New York Giants-Cleveland Browns preseason game from the comfort of their own seats.

In Philadelphia, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins and cornerback De’Vante Bausby raised their fists during the anthem, and defensive end Chris Long placed his arm around Jenkins’ shoulder. Jenkins had stopped his demonstration last December.

Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins resumed his protest during the national anthem on Thursday and explained it’s something he wrestles with making a decision on all the time. By Dave Zangaro

The NFL’s regular season is a month away, but players are already defying the

The NFL treats its cheerleaders like titillating eye candy. There’s no place for this insulting nonsense in the #MeToo era. Reform it or end it. Miss America has finally retired its antiquated practice of parading women onstage in swimsuits. The National Football League ought to go next. Actually

Mike Sando ESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN Insider NFL columnist and blogger Covered the NFL since 1998 Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee Follow on Twitter Any NFL general manager will tell you he aspires to achieve continuity in key areas of his organization. Yet, as the 2018 preseason

Three historic rookies will step out onto the field during NFL preseason

In response to President Donald Trump’s attack on LeBron James, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers publicly supported James.

9 God will get his national send off. On Saturday the NFL announced that former Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo would be one of several subjects of their emmy-nominated series “A Football Life” this fall. The program has done an incredible job highlighting important players and figures of the game

Sportsbooks have offered live NFL season win total odds for several weeks now, and they have had a chance to adjust their odds and prices based on the action in training camp and the preseason. However, handicappers have also gathered more information and locked in on value spots, causing sports books

“Devastated to tell you that after checking him out,” Vrabel said Thursday, “he tore his ACL and he’ll be out for a year, which is tough for me as a new head coach to watch guys work hard, extremely hard, in the offseason and care about the team and play hard and do everything that we’ve asked

The Kansas City Chiefs signed linebacker Otha Peters and waived defensive back Ashton Lampkin due to a failed physical. Peters appeared in three games last season with the Washington Redskins after initially signing with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent. He recorded 10 tackles and an interception

Drew Magary prepares for the inevitable shitshow of bad football this fall.

PLANO, Texas — NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron, speaking to a group of media assembled at the NFL officiating clinic in Dallas last month, said the league’s new use of helmet rule is “just another rule.” Veteran NFL referee Walt Coleman expressed the same sentiment in

When it comes to figuring out best bets in the NFL season win totals market, it’s easy to get caught up in the hype for or against particular teams. But that can also have a snowball effect on the betting market as everyone looks to get in on this year’s sexiest names. One thing I find instructive

As Bears first-round pick Roquan Smith continues his holdout over contract language regarding the new NFL helmet-contact rule, his teammates will be the first players to put the rule to the test. Nobody is quite sure how it will play out. “It’s going to be an extremely hard play to officiate, other

With high user engagement observed in live streaming of video games and in dedicated fan following of players, a blockchain project is opening up to National Football League (NFL) players. The NFL Players Association, the union for NFL athletes, has announced a partnership with a blockchain startup

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The ball was flying down the field often for Minnesota during that drizzly night in Green Bay, and Randy Moss kept going over and past the defense to get it. Five games into his NFL career, Moss was a star. He was a revolutionary, too. There was no moment that better defined his arrival

The NFL has approved more than $500 million in concussion-claims settlements, according to a report filed Monday. Claims administrators released a report on the concussion settlement that showed those funds had been released in less than two years, according to the Associated Press. The NFL’s reports

Our men in stripes are back on Cincinnati’s hot, humid riverfront, preparing for another demanding NFL season. But Paul Brown Stadium (PBS) could be an unwelcoming, “no man’s land” as players, politicians and fans dig into opposing culture war trenches. Nationally, the NFL has suffered

“Our best teams didn’t win Super Bowls. “It’s the teams that galvanised, the teams that had the best chemistry, the teams that were able to stay somewhat healthy or have major contributions from guys who might have not expected to start the season to play a role.” Rodgers is preparing for his

BEREA, Ohio — “Why stop at 1,000 rushing yards?” That is the question Cleveland Browns running back Carlos Hyde posed when he addressed the media prior to Friday’s practice, and the fifth-year ball carrier is not just settling for 1,000 yards. Hyde has lofty expectations for himself heading into