Category: NFL Buzz

Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman appears to be changing his stance on what happened during a controversial play involving Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis in the NFC championship game. Robey-Coleman was trying to stop Lewis from scoring a touchdown with the score tied at 20 and the ball in the red

Tom Brady may be one of the NFL’s oldest players and getting set to play in a record-extending ninth Super Bowl but on Saturday the New England Patriots quarterback said his love for the game has never wavered. The 41-year-old Brady, who will depart on Sunday for the showpiece against the Los Angeles

As a Redskins’ fan, if you’re looking for a much-needed win in the 2019 offseason, you might have just gotten one. In a video released by the NFL on Thursday, the 32 teams’ strength of schedule was ranked based on winning percentage by opponent in the 2018 season. The order in which Washington

Many members of the Who Dat Nation got up in arms all over again when the NFL announced that they would be fining Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman for the pivotal hit on Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis that wasn’t flagged near the end of the NFC championship game, particularly when the amount

How will he do it? What will be different? Why was Kliff Kingsbury that innovative a hire by the Arizona Cardinals? ESPN’s Matt Bowen went to the tape to find out how the former Texas Tech head coach can translate his Air Raid offense to the NFL. Before getting into the film, let’s get one thing

In an NFL season marked by historic offensive production and a championship round that was conspicuously absent a top-10 defense,1 aficionados of low-scoring rock fights, filled with punts and field goals, have been left disappointed. The best defensive teams to make the playoffs were eliminated early

Seeing what happened in the Saints vs Rams NFC championship game, I think the NFL should consider following the CFL format and allow for coaches reviews on pass interference calls. Booth reviews especially should be called with the game on the line and after the 2 minute warning. If Sean Payton was allowed

Anyone willing to wager that the high-scoring Patriots or Rams will get shut out in the Super Bowl can count on a big payday if that unlikely scenario occurs.

Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer had so much fun in their first season calling NFL games on Amazon Prime that they are coming back for an encore.

While early reviews of Grier’s first two days of Senior Bowl practice were mixed — especially regarding his accuracy, particularly on deep throws — his arm strength has popped.

For months, Bruce Arians said only one job could lure him back to coaching, and that job was the Cleveland Browns. Well, he is now the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What happened to Cleveland? “Well, they never called,” Arians said on Tiki and Tierney. “The stars aligned for this: great ownership

Rep. Steve Scalise NFL Should Replay Saints-Rams Game … This Saturday!!! 1 1/23/2019 8:44 AM PST Rep. Steve Scalise — the House Minority Whip — says the NFL NEEDS to replay the Saints-Rams NFC Championship Game … telling TMZ Sports they gotta to do it THIS Saturday!!! We got the Louisiana congressman

Rashan Gary is putting his NFL career in his own hands.

CLEVELAND — My goodness, what a weekend! There were no shortage of headlines for Jim Donovan and I to discuss on Tuesday’s postgame show. But first, we had to have a little fun. Our director, David Hrvatin, was doing some cleaning during the course of the snow-filled weekend and came up with this

The refs stole this. The refs stole that. That’s the deafening sentiment from Kansas City and New Orleans after their conference title game losses. And it’s time for them to stop.

An estimated 45 million people tuned in for last Sunday’s NFC title game between the Saints and Rams, and most clearly saw a pass interference that should have been called against the Rams. But the people that mattered, namely the seven referees working Sunday’s game in the Superdome, did not

If the NFL tweaks its overtime rule, guaranteeing both teams a possession, the coin toss remains as important if not more important. As it stands now, the team winning the overtime coin toss has an obvious advantage. Score a touchdown, and the game is over without the other team ever seeing the ball

The officiating debacle acknowledged by the NFL at the end of Sunday’s NFC title game in New Orleans, which prompted widespread criticism from fans, players and coaches over what many deemed an outcome-changing call, could lead to a significant rule change. The league and its rulemaking competition

In theory, this is a college-football focused site, especially for those adorning the red and black. But there’s a certain point of pride when any one of the Dawgs goes on to bigger things at the next level. And in the NFL, there is no bigger stage than the Super Bowl. The more a team has its products

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sean Payton was glassy-eyed, calm and shrugged his shoulders at times, seemingly resigned to New Orleans’ bitter fate — as unfair as he thought it was.

Pop quiz: Which NFL quarterback owns the record for the largest contract in league history? The answer might surprise you. It’s not Tom Brady or Drew Brees or Aaron Rodgers. It’s Matt Ryan. This past offseason, the Falcons quarterback inked a five-year, $150 deal that included $100 million in

The NFL is expected to finish its investigation into three different off-field incidents involving running back Kareem Hunt and decide on a final punishment before free agency opens in March, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Rapoport reported Sunday that Hunt is expected to face a suspension

Kevin Seifert NFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 Follow on Twitter KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Chiefs take the field Sunday for the AFC Championship Game, they’ll boast an MVP candidate at quarterback

There has been one constant, immutable truism throughout NFL History–Defense  Wins Championships. This maxim has emphasized that the right defense can blunt any  offense and the way to  win is overwhelming defensive prowess. There is a high priority put on having a fierce pass rush and shutdown defensive

With the NFL tilting heavily toward offensive minds, John Wooten of the Fritz Pollard Alliance is proposing an improved pipeline for minority coaches on that side of the ball.

Devin White amassed 256 tackles over the past two seasons for LSU.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The big boys showed up this weekend and showed those usurpers from the wild-card round how it’s done. The top two seeds from the AFC and NFC returned to action in their comfortable home settings — ice and snow and chills be darned in the AFC — and swatted aside the survivors of

From college to the pros

Sarah Thomas is the first woman to work an NFL playoff game as an on-field official. Thomas was the down judge in Sunday’s divisional round game between New England and the Los Angeles Chargers. Thomas was hired in 2015 and was already the league’s first female full-time official.

Lost in the headlines of the names and ages of the people NFL teams are hiring to fill head-coaching vacancies is some of the language common in the contracts they sign. According to a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday, the head-coaching contracts negotiated in the last week contain wording