Category: NFL Buzz

The 6-year-old daughter of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez missed a 2014 deadline to opt out of the league’s concussion settlement and can’t separately pursue a $20 million suit over his diagnosis of a degenerative brain disease, a judge ruled. Hernandez spent three years with the New England

Although the Los Angeles Rams’ season ended in disappointing and heartbreaking fashion, there was no lack of excitement from September to February. Aside from a few blowouts, the Rams played some riveting games against many of the best teams in the NFL – teams like the Saints and Chiefs. To tie a

The Bengals are still on the search for a defensive coordinator, after all other NFL teams have their main coaching staff spots filled.

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Wounded veterans took the field with some of the best football players in the world recently as part of Pro Bowl weekend. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) connected more than 50 veterans and their families with help from the NFL. Ten NFL Pro Bowlers including

The 2019 NFL season may be six months away, but fans already have something new to look forward to. According to the Sports Business Journal, the league is considering featuring an NFC showdown between the Bears and Packers on Sept. 5 in the opening game of its 100th season. Chicago and Green Bay first

We’re exactly one month out from the start of NFL free agency (March 13). With teams across the league re-assessing their roster ahead of the offseason signing period, let’s take a look around the league and pick one free agent target each team should pursue next month. We’ve factored in

What a mess.

Almost a year ago to the day, on Feb. 10, 2018, Kareem Hunt shoved a woman in a hotel hallway, shoved another individual so hard that he tumbled into the woman and knocked her down, and then kicked the woman as she crouched on the floor. Congratulations, NFL: business as usual is back, and it’s booming

The Alliance of American Football was created to quench your thirst for football following the Super Bowl, and so far, the product has lived up to expectations.  The opening weekend received a lot of support, with an overnight rating that beat the NBA, per Darren Rovell of Action Network. With notable

The AAF had a nice first weekend, and already there are things the NFL should think about incorporating.

Typically the NFL’s regular season opener is a Thursday spotlight for the defending Super Bowl champions. That tradition would obviously see the Patriots hosting the opener, possibly with a rematch of the AFC Championship game against Kansas City. The league, though, is reportedly considering breaking

Improvements to the Vikings offensive line will be first attempted when free agency opens March 13. The best typically don’t become available, but there are more than a handful of players set to become unrestricted free agents who could intrigue the Vikings. Nothing may be excluded in the overhaul

The Tennessee Titans were far from the most effective team in stopping the run last season, finishing the year as 18th in the league in the category. With the free agency period beginning in mid-March, and the 2019 NFL Draft approaching in April, there are a number of ways the Titans work through their

In what has become a yearly ritual, eight NFL coaches met the unemployment line the day after the end of the NFL regular season. But this year, Black Monday hit too close to home. Five of the eight head coaches out of work were Black, leaving only three minority coaches at the start of 2019. (Mike Tomlin

It has become less unusual to see teams hire young head coaches in recent years and those teams have often paired those coaches with more experienced assistants, but the Bengals went a different way when they hired an offensive coordinator to go with Zac Taylor. Taylor is 35 and Brian Callahan is 34,

The Alliance of American Football emerged in early 2018. In early 2019, the relationship between the AAF and the NFL began to gradually expand. With the new league due to launch tonight, six days after the conclusion of the NFL’s 2018 season, PFT asked both the NFL and the AAF to comment on where things

Bill Belichick knew he had the Los Angeles Rams dead to rights. The New England Patriots head coach crafted a masterful defensive gameplan for Super Bowl LIII, flustering young offensive guru Sean McVay and quarterback Jared Goff all night long. Once the Patriots took a 10-3 lead on Sony Michel’s

Where did the time go? From September to February in the blink of an eye, the 2018 NFL season is now in the rearview mirror.  With the New England Patriots triumphant in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history, it’s full speed ahead into the next adventure. In fact, the league launched promotion

(CBS DFW/ CBS Local) Now that the New England Patriots have paraded through Boston once again as winners of the Super Bowl, football fans may be feeling a twinge of sadness setting in, as the league won’t be back for another six months. However, the football void won’t last long if fans know

The XFL will make a splash on Thursday with the announcement that Bob Stoops will coach the Dallas franchise. So when will the XFL sign a player whose presence will raise eyebrows? It could happen when the XFL offers significant (or, you know, any) pay to a college player otherwise too young to enter

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — ��� Andrew Luck spent three offseasons fighting his way back from injuries. After returning to the field, making it back to the playoffs, regaining his Pro Bowl form and collecting The Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award, a healthy Luck now intends to take a rare

Who was the girl at the end of the NFL’s 100th anniversary Super Bowl commercial?

New Bengals head coach Zac Taylor had yet to meet his best player Tuesday morning, but wide receiver A.J. Green is well acquainted with the offense the Rams used the past two seasons and he can’t wait to use it. Green says it reminds him of the scheme under Jay Gruden, the offensive coordinator during

SportsPulse: We take you inside the press conference room to hear what Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Rob Gronkowski had to say after winning Super Bowl LIII. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots became just the second franchise to win six Super Bowl titles Sunday night when they beat the Los Angeles

She’s a total beast on the field.

Last year, at the height of the controversy surrounding the NFL’s alleged conspiracy to shut out Colin Kaepernick from playing professionally, Diddy voiced his interest in owning a team in the league, citing the fact that there are no majority Black owners in the NFL. As Jerry Richardson was called

The National Football League kicked off the celebration of its 100th season at Super Bowl LIII with a two-minute ad titled The 100-Year Game, a spot that aired before the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. The ad showcased many iconic moments from the NFL’s nearly hundred years, connecting six generations

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump claimed that “a lot of people” from the NFL have been calling and thanking him for signing legislation addressing concerns with the criminal justice system. Trump also said during an interview broadcast Sunday that he and NFL Commissioner Roger

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said “a lot of people” from the NFL have been calling and thanking him for signing legislation addressing concerns with the criminal justice system. Trump also said during an interview broadcast Sunday that he and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell have

On Sunday, Trump hit the league where it really might hurt – bringing up player safety as a reason he does not favor his own son, 12-year-old Barron, playing the game at the youth level.