Category: NFL Buzz

US President Donald Trump on Friday invited National Football League players who protest social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem — a gesture he has criticized — to suggest prisoners for potential pardons. “I’m going to ask them to recommend to me people that were unfairly

The U.S. Constitution’s right to free speech, as codified in the First Amendment, protects American citizens against governmental limits on expression. It doesn’t affect the ability of private entities to control what employees say or do. But that’s not the end of a constitutional analysis

The quarterback’s legal team is expected to seek federal subpoenas in the coming weeks to compel testimony from Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, among others.

The NFL has no desire to engage the President on the anthem issue or any other actual, perceived, or potential controversy. And so the NFL has adopted a see-no-evil/hear-no-evil/say-no-words approach in response to the cancellation of the Eagles’ visit to the White House, along the various other misrepresentations

Why aren’t NFL owners defending their players against President Trump’s attacks?

Todd Gurley has had a rollercoaster ride of a career thus far. He started out as the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2015 despite only playing 13 games, averaging a whopping 85.1 yards per game in Year 1. He followed that up by playing all 16 games in 2016, but he only rushed for 885 yards

Solidify the offensive line Ensure Tyler Eifert stays healthy Build on Bill Lazor’s offense Instill confidence in Joe Mixon The Cincinnati Bengals at least sniffed the playoffs in 2017—they went 7-9—despite fielding an offense that was at times laughable. Cincinnati averaged a league-low 280.5 yards

Cracks are starting to appear in the National Football League’s announced plan to have its players on the field stand at attention for the national anthem in the 2018 season, which starts in three months. The Atlanta Falcons are the latest team to voice qualms about anthem procedure, which offers players

Could someone please explain to me how, in 2018, in America, we could on one hand have the country rushing to make even more money off athletes thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling on sports betting, while on the other hand NFL owners strip those very athletes of their First Amendment rights and

Two national polls indicate the controversy over the National Football League national anthem policy isn’t going away any time soon because the public is divided on the issue. A Yahoo Sports/YouGov poll was more favorable of the NFL’s new policy, which will penalize players who do not stand for

We’ve seen this routine before. Remember when the NFL moved kickoff touchbacks from the 20-yard line to the 25 before the 2016 season? In theory, that was supposed to discourage returners from running kicks out of the end zone. Instead, we’ve seen teams place high arcing kicks just shy of the

Former NFL player Burgess Owens discusses how President Trump influenced the NFL to change its anthem rules.

President Donald Trump spoke directly with several NFL owners, including the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones.

Broncos president Joe Ellis, who along with G.M. John Elway essentially run the franchise, met Tuesday with the team’s players regarding the NFL’s new anthem policy. Via Mike Klis of 9news.com, Ellis focused not on any team policy but on the NFL’s policy. He also hopes to foster an ongoing

Want even more evidence the NFL is a league that is hesitant to try things out of the norm? On the biggest stage with everything on the line, trick plays that break conventional wisdom rarely go down. Coaches often exist in a perpetual state of second-guess fear. Therefore, big risks are rarely taken

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Ill.) is boycotting the upcoming NFL season over the league’s new national anthem policy. The NFL announced last week that it has adopted a policy that would fine teams and league personnel who do not “stand and show respect for the flag and the anthem.” The league will allow

Five days after the NFL tried to solve the anthem issue, it continues to be obvious that the NFL found a way to make things worse. Already, two members of Congress on opposite sides of the anthem debate have chastised the NFL for its decision. On Saturday, New York Representative Peter King complained

The NFL has seen the ranks of ownership expand from a tradition of rich, aging, white men in recent years. But as more females become involved in ownership and control of NFL teams, from Martha Firestone Ford of the Lions to Dee Haslam of the Browns to Amy Adams Strunk of the Titans to Kim [more]

The other day I wrote about the NFL’s stance toward protesting players, and about the league’s history of dealing with race and symbolic patriotism. I did not suggest an overarching solution to any of these problems. Today, I’ll offer not an instant cure but a move that if orchestrated with

The Panthers have a new owner in David Tepper. With him will come raised expectations for Carolina to be a more consistent contender in the NFL. Tepper has made his billions as one of the best hedge fund managers on the planet. Looking at his history of investing, he has utilized a knack for huge rebounds

NFL’s policy on flag, national anthem has people talking Sue Ann Morgan didn’t miss a minute of the royal wedding. “I got up at 5 o’clock and watched the whole thing” on May 19, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle became the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Royal interest notwithstanding, Morgan

SportsPulse: NFL insider Mike Jones breaks down the new national anthem policy and how owners, fans and players are reacting to it. It would be a shock if Harry Edwards were not appalled by the revised national anthem policy that NFL owners pushed through this week with hopes of squashing player protests

Two days after the NFL changed its controversial anthem policy to require any player inclined to protest to retreat to the locker room, a group called the National Action Network gathered outside 345 Park Avenue to criticize the NFL’s decision. Via the Associated Press, roughly 50 people showed up for