Category: NFL Football

49ers hope hiring of Shanahan ends revolving door at coach

For the third straight offseason, San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York hired a new head coach and introduced him with a news conference full of platitudes. After running off Jim Harbaugh following the 2014 season and Jim Tomsula and Chip Kelly after one-year tenures the past two seasons, York believes he has found the right man in Kyle Shanahan to lead the Niners back to respectability first and then into championship contention.

A tribute to Dawk

Our beloved Brian Dawkins got snubbed for the Hall of Fame. I think he absolutely deserved to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and he was denied that opportunity in favor of Jason freakin’ Taylor and Morten Andersen! Dawkins deserves far more of a tribute than I can muster, but here’s my attempt nonetheless:

Houston Texans: The Best Landing Spot For Tony Romo?

ESPN’s Adam Schefter called the Houston Texans the best fit for soon to be former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo but admits there would be hurdles Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he still has no clue what to do about their former starting quarterback Tony Romo. He can say that all he wants, but the answer is pretty easy: The team is going to have to cut him.

Board overseeing proposed Las Vegas NFL stadium to meet

The board that oversees a proposed Las Vegas NFL stadium is set to meet publicly Thursday for the first time since an instrumental backer of the project pulled out the deal. The meeting of the stadium authority board comes as questions remain over the funding for the facility following the withdrawal of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his multimillion-dollar pledge toward the $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium that could house the Oakland Raiders.

Carson Palmer announces he’s coming back in 2017

As it turns out, Larry Fitzgerald and Carson Palmer were very much a package deal, so now the Cardinals will enter the offseason with some stability. “My intent was to take some time after the season to get away and see where I was physically and mentally,” Palmer said.

Patriots have 15 pending free agents

As the Patriots commence their quest for a sixth Super Bowl, they’ll likely be replacing more than six members of their 2016 final roster. Yes, in just 28 days the offseason market opens, with the Patriots facing the potential loss of 13 unrestricted free agents and two restricted free agents.

Chris Long plans to skip Patriots’ White House visit

Add another name to the list of Patriots who do not want to visit Donald Trump’s White House: Chris Long . Long, the veteran defensive end who just completed his first season with the Patriots, wrote on Twitter that he has been planning to skip the White House visit but hadn’t been asked about it before.

Contraception app approved by regulator

Chaos at Madison Square Garden as ex-New York Knicks star Charles Oakley, 53, is charged with assault after fighting with security and screaming abuse at the owner during the game Surveillance footage captures the terrifying moment a mother, 27, desperately tries to hand her toddler to a McDonald’s drive thru worker as ‘she battles the child’s father who had kidnapped and beaten her’ Several are arrested at Phoenix immigration facility after protesters try to stop deportation of undocumented mother who has checked in once a year for eight years only to be told she is now being sent back to Mexico Pentagon says airstrikes in Syria killed 11 al-Qaeda operatives – including ‘a senior leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri’ Dozens protest outside the Army Corps of Engineers offices in Los Angeles after the agency said it will clear the way for completion of the … (more)

Chiefs can make valuable impact in free agency

… the Pittsburgh Steelers at Arrowhead Stadium. The Steelers won 18-16. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Dontari Poe had some of the pressure taken off of him with the emergence of Chris Jones. Despite that fact, Poe’s play on the …

Gronk will party on and on

… an extra hour of partying. It all goes down Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. at The Gronk Zone at Boston Sports Club, 70 Station Landing, Medford. As with most free things, this is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more …

Gronk will party on and on

… an extra hour of partying. It all goes down Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. at The Gronk Zone at Boston Sports Club, 70 Station Landing, Medford. As with most free things, this is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more …

Antonio Brown wants to “rebuild the trust” in Pittsburgh

The Steelers were sufficiently frustrated with Antonio Brown ‘s playoff postgame video that it was easy to wonder if it was the last straw, and that it could become pretext for trading the star wide receiver who happens to be due for a raise. But Brown told Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report that he hopes to be a “Steeler for life” and that he hopes to learn from the mistake he made.

Panthers sign Ben Jacobs for two years

Panthers linebacker Ben Jacobs was set to become a restricted free agent this offseason, but he and the team struck an agreement to avoid that process. The Panthers announced Wednesday that Jacobs has signed a two-year deal with the team.

Coaching cream at the top of the MW

Just about two-thirds of the way through the Mountain West season, it appears to be a two-horse race for conference Coach of the Year. It’s easy to look on top of the standings and see Boise State’s Leon Rice and Nevada’s Eric Musselman.

Top-10 interior pass rushers

Measuring the best pass-rushers on a basis deep than just sacks has long been a challenge for NFL analysts across the field. Simply counting sacks, but that leaves out the plays in which pressure and disruption reign down on the quarterback, which also carry great importance even if the defenders don’t get home.

Fournette-Cook debate reminiscent of Lynch vs. A.P.

In an NFL draft that is loaded at the running back position, it’s no certainty that NFL clubs will all have the LSU and FSU running backs as the top two rushers available. But they’re unquestionably two of the very best, and you can bet that a debate on which of the two is the better prospect will be had in plenty of scout meetings.

Houston police still searching for missing Brady jersey

The investigation, which is being led by the Houston police department’s Major Offenders division, has so far not turned up any leads on who swiped the jersey, Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief George Buenik said Tuesday. The Texas Rangers, the state’s top law enforcement officers, are assisting in the investigation along with the NFL’s security department.