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This year marks the 25th season for the Jacksonville Jaguars. To celebrate, we’re counting down 100 days from our regular season kickoff with the top 100 moments in franchise history. Yesterday it was Fred Taylor, Maurice Jones-Drew, and Alvin Pearman (!!!) running rampant over the Indianapolis Colts

In news that flew under the radar even by “it’s the dregs of the offseason” standards, the NFL finalized kickoff times and dates for all of the 2019 NFL preseason games. A handful of them were announced for national television, but the others were still up in the air. For the Seattle Seahawks, August

When the Green Bay Packers line up on defense in Week 1 in Chicago, Mike Pettine’s defense could have as many as seven new starters compared to the lineup he threw at Mitchell Trubisky and the Bears in the season opener of last season. The Packers’ defensive starters for the first snap of 2018

When the 2019-2020 NFL season kicks off, it will mark the first time in franchise history that Ray Lewis, Ed Reed or Terrell Suggs hasn’t suited up in purple and black. With Suggs electing to play for his home state Arizona Cardinals, the end of one era and the start of another will be underway in

According to betting markets, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — the reigning Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player — is the odds-on favorite to be named NFL MVP in 2019. Here’s how the oddsmakers now see the top 25 (via MyBookie.ag): NFL MVP Odds As we know, betting odds don’

It takes maybe three minutes of conversation with Martellus Bennett to realize he is smarter than the rest of us. He is an artist, an author, a businessman, an activist, a film producer, a father, a husband, a cartoonist, a musician, a voice. Man, is he a voice. Oh, yeah, he played in the NFL, too. Won

One of the things NFL Draft prognosticators typically harp on is a player’s “floor” or the player’s “ceiling.” What’s the player’s maximum potential? If this player never improves, how bad are they going to be? Are they a safe prospect? Here are the comparables for the Buffalo Bills’

You get what you pay for. Well, while that’s generally true, it doesn’t always pertain to how NFL teams construct their teams. Take, for instance, the teams that spent the most money on their offenses last season. According to OverTheCap.com, the San Francisco 49ers spent a league-high $102.4

The Chicago Bears won the NFC North last season, returning to their rightful place and making the playoffs for the first time in far too long. Can they repeat? Obviously, coaching is a factor, as is luck. Injuries matter. However, the players on the field probably matter the most. This series is going

Kevin King over T.J. Watt. Josh Jones instead of JuJu Smith-Schuster. Montravius Adams over Kenny Golladay. Vince Biegel instead of, well, just about anybody. These are the types of costly decisions that make or break drafts, define legacies and can lead to either extensions or pink slips. During the

Derek Carr is still the Raiders’ quarterback, despite plenty of speculation.

Had the NFL conducted a draft lottery and had the ping-pong balls come out in exactly the same fashion as last week’s NBA draft lottery, in which the New Orleans Pelicans were awarded the No. 1 overall choice, the Jacksonville Jaguars would have earned the top pick. How might that have changed the

The Legion of Boom ruled the defensive backfield for the Seattle Seahawks, intimidating opponents with tight coverage and big hits. Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor combined to make fourteen Pro Bowls and a half dozen All Pro selections during their time with the Hawks, but with the official

After being largely passed over early in the NFL draft, wide receivers stole the show during the past two weeks of rookie minicamps. This shouldn’t be a surprise, given that the minicamp format – with no pads and no hitting – is designed to favor offensive skill players, but several teams nonetheless

The 2019 NFL Draft is underway in Nashville, Tenn. Below, find our recap of the colleges and conferences that tallied the most first round picks on Thursday night. Here’s the leaderboard: SEC: 9 Big Ten: 7 ACC: 7 AAC: 1 Big 12: 3 Pac-12: 3 Alabama: 3 Alabama State: 1 Arizona State: 1 Boston College

Although most offenses want a small, quick receiver to play in the slot, the offense Matt LaFleur is bringing to the Green Bay Packers probably doesn’t need a Randall Cobb-like player. In fact, it likely needs a player a lot like Geronimo Allison. Consider the last three slot receivers used most

Bobby Wagner expects 2019 to be his final season with the Seattle Seahawks. The four-time All-Pro wants to retire as a Seahawk, he said, but grasps the reality that comes with paying your quarterback more than $35 million per season. Already Wagner watched the Seahawks let go of cornerback Richard

Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen got the post-draft AFC West evaluations started this week with his “I’ll just leave it at that” analysis of the Kansas City Chiefs’ secondary. But the Chiefs haven’t been the only team making moves this spring. The Raiders have arguably had the busiest

With the NFL schedules having come out, many fans (even casual ones) are looking forward to the primetime games coming in 2019. From divisional rivals looking for supremacy to the matchups that look like postseason previews, there’s something for everyone. Even the people that willingly watch Thursday

The NFL Draft went as well as it could have for the Redskins. After adding 10 players during the three-day draft, the Redskins 2019 draft class is now complete. The Redskins made headlines during the first round on Thursday night, when one of the best quarterback prospects fell into their lap at pick

TOPEKA, Kan.– Corey Ballentine went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows over the weekend. Despite playing football at a low-profile Division II school, Ballentine was drafted by the NFL’s New York Giants on Saturday night, the culmination of years of hard work on and off the field. “I

Many football fans watch the NFL draft to see which players their favorite teams choose, but plenty of us closely monitor the selections because of the impact on fantasy football. One draft is over. Now we start preparing for another. As rookies move from college to the pros, several NFL stars are also