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The first Sunday of the NFL season is complete, and two games tonight will put week 1 in the books A lot of interesting things happened, including a few surprise rookies stepping up and teams playing well that weren't expected to The trick is to try and figure out which things were just teams knocking[...]

Which means, if another team wants to lure Brees away, they could. Last year, Brees lead the NFL in passing yards for the seventh time with 5,208 He and the Saints start their 2017 season on Monday night against the Minnesota Vikings Brees and the Saints aggreed to a contract extension last year, paying the quarterback[...]

Alex Smith threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns while rookie running back Kareem Hunt put up amazing numbers rushing for 148 yards on 17 carries, 98 yards from five receptions and three touchdowns — one rushing, two receiving. It was a big night for the Chiefs, who let the NFL know that they are not[...]

Real, honest to goodness, NFL football Not that preseason stuff where they scores really don't matter Not that college game where every student on the roll is on the roster Professional, American football and the new season kicks off tonight with the world champion New England Patriots hosting the Kansas City Chiefs Both teams are[...]

The Oakland Raiders are moving to Las Vegas starting next season, which will increase the NFL's presence in the city drastically. In a letter posted to social media today, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett accuses police officers in Las Vegas of excessive force, pointing a gun at him, and unlawful detainment Bennett was attending[...]

He has only played in nine games in his NFL career, completing 79 of 128 passes for two touchdowns and seven interceptions Brissett is 34 for 55 in three appearances for the Patriots last season and is just going into his second year Brissett impressed a lot of people in the fourth preseason game —[...]

Corbin is a former NFL player who is currently involved in a lawsuit against the league about concussions, and when Maroon tried to talk to WWE talent about the importance of reporting concussion-related injuries, Corbin argued with him about his past stance Maroon was portrayed negatively in the Will Smith film Concussion as one of the[...]

Now the Broncos have an extended look at the guy who they once thought was their future, and Osweiler has a chance to try and rebuild his career in a system that he was successful in. The NFL can be a funny place sometimes. The fortunes of Brock Osweiler over the last 20 months seem like[...]

The NFL preseason is over The first game of the season, Kansas City Chiefs vs New England Patriots, is only five days away And all 32 teams have to trim their rosters down to no more than 53 players by the end of business today This is the day that coaches and general managers have[...]

But another NFL player is stepping up as well, one from farther north Michigan to be specific Sam Martin, the punter for the Detroit Lions, is pushing a campaign to Stuff a Semi with goods and take it down to the folks in need He posted these two images showing the times and places the[...]

It's time for another NFL Round up as we have the Detroit Lions moving on from a top draft pick, the Pittsburgh Steelers extending a contract that's not Le'Veon Bell's, the Cincinnati Bengals getting some good news and the Houston Texans continuing to pull in the money for hurricane relief. Starting off in the Motor City,[...]

The NFL has announced that they've cancelled Thursdays Houston Texans vs Dallas Cowboys game to allow the Houston players to return home to their family in the flood-ravaged city The team has been practicing in Arlington, where the game was scheduled to be played, but have found a safe route back to Houston sooner than[...]

Whose the best quarterback in the NFL? That question could have a variety of answers depending on what you think makes a quarterback great Whose the highest paid quarterback in the NFL? That question only has one answer and according to Adam Schefter, his name is Matthew Stafford Word is that the Detroit Lions have[...]

It's been a very busy Monday morning around the NFL, coming off of the third games of the preseason Many teams have made decisions on their starting quarterback, others are dealing with suspensions being handed down and the Houston Texans step up to help their fans. Texans defensive end J.J Watt took to social media yesterday[...]

Brooks was selected one pick ahead of McDougle in the 2014 NFL draft Neither are expected to start, but Brooks will likely get more playing time in the shallow Jets' roster, where McDougle will provide depth until Sidney Jones is ready to play. And just in as I was typing up the round-up, the Chicago Bears'[...]

As the season gets closer, we're going to shift our NFL coverage a bit to pick up some of the quick stories in a round-up fashion There was some big things that happened yesterday involving the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers and the Jacksonville Jaguars… A week ago it looked like[...]

Though he made the Superbowl back in 2012, his has fallen quite a bit since then and then made a political statement by kneeling during the national anthem. A group of protesters demonstrated outside of the NFL corporate headquarters the other night, believing that Kaepernick is being blackballed because of his protests Others say his diminishing[...]

If you want to get a good idea of just what a team is going to look like during the upcoming NFL season, then you should watch the third preseason game Barring injury, those starting the third game are most likely going to be the starters for the first real game of the season That's[...]

The NFL puts in $5,000 per ring for 150 rings for the champions, anything over that the team has to pay for. The rings go to the players, coaches, team staff and others including a ring for Tom Brady's mother who has been fighting cancer There were some less expensive rings crafted, but which one Trump[...]

The Denver Broncos have announced that they're going with Trevor Siemian over Paxton Lynch as their starting quarterback for 2017.

The Miami Dolphins sign former Cincinnati Bengals Rey Maualuga to help their depleted linebacking corps after injury to draft pick.

Will he get labeled a bust at some point this season? Will Jacksonville be drafting a new QB in April 2018? Is there starting quarterback for 2017 even on the current roster?   One of the nicknames for the NFL is "Not For Long", and that is especially true for quarterbacks If Bortles doesn't play well in[...]

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Tony Dungy rallies local sports teams to pay for the moving of a confederate statue.

The NFL is really trying to get rid of the "No Fun League" nickname They've already loosened the celebration rules that had been tightening over the years, now their backing off a bit on the somewhat draconian footwear rules In a memo reported on by ESPN, players will now be allowed to wear more personalized[...]

In NFL news today, the Baltimore Ravens added a veteran quarterback today by signing Thad Lewis He is needed, since Joe Flacco's injury is keeping the team's starter on the sidelines The team has been shuffling quarterbacks around this summer with Ryan Mallett, who has been the main fill-in along with Josh Woodrum and Dustin[...]

One of the big controversies going on in the NFL right now has to do with Colin Kaepernick and the fact that he's not currently on a team He is five years from having taken his team to the Super Bowl, now he can't get a job as a back up quarterback in a league[...]

This shows how quickly things change in the NFL In 2014, the Bills were so high on Watkins that they traded away their first round pick and the first and fourth in 2015 to the Cleveland Browns to move up six spots to get Watkins This is one of the 2014 first rounders that didn't[...]

Last night was the first game in the NFL preseason week one and it pitted the Houston Texans versus the Carolina Panthers And to be honest, the game didn't really matter Cam Newton, J.J Watt, Julius Peppers… all of them were standing on the sideline in street clothes cheering on the new faces and folks[...]

The NFL and NFL Referees Association announced today that they will be hiring up to 24 full-time officials for the upcoming 2017 season This represents about 10 percent of the 124-person roster of officials currently being used The announcement was made in a joint statement.   Troy Vincent, NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations, said: We believe[...]

Plus the team can put things on the plane like a therapy room, to help facilitate player recover instead of making wait until they get back home. This may become more common in the NFL as American Airlines announced last year that it would no longer fly the Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars,[...]