The MMQB looked at the best teams in league history over at least a 12-year period, and here were the interesting findings about where the Patriots of 2001 to 2016 rank with them: a New England’s regular-season winning percentage of .766 over these 16 seasons is the best of any team in league history in a span of at least 12 years. a New England has won 14 division titles in those 16 seasons, the highest rate of division/conference titles won by a franchise over that span.
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Cameron Brate was a top ten tight end last year
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a pretty good tight end. Cameron Brate , the former undrafted free agent, catching 57 balls for 660 yards and a whopping eight touchdowns.
Jacksonville Jaguars likely to keep tight end Julius Thomas around
Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Julius Thomas will likely be back for the team following a big multi-million dollar payment to him after the Super Bowl. While the conversations around Julius Thomas and his place with the Jacksonville Jaguars continue, the Jags have reaffirmed their commitment to the pass-catching tight end by giving him money he was due following the 2017 Super Bowl.
2017 NFL Draft position rankings: Top 5 tight ends before the NFL Combine
Going into the 2017 season, the 49ers have all four of their tight ends under contract – Vance McDonald , Garrett Celek , Blake Bell , and Je’Ron Hamm. Although the position group may appear to be set and good to go, one huge area of concern – an issue continuously plaguing the position – are injuries.
Michael Bennett boycotts trip, says he won’t be used by Israel
Michael Bennett, a Pro Bowl defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, is one of the NFL’s most outspoken players on social issues. And once again he is in the middle of a controversy after announcing he was withdrawing from a overseas trip hosted by the Israeli government.
Century Links 2/11: No-E on Off-Season Rehab, and other Seahawks News
Gee Scott: Catching up with Seahawks’ Tyler Lockett during his broken leg rehab Will Tyler Lockett be recovered from his broken leg to play in Week 1 for the Seahawks next season? “Oh yeah, for sure I will,” the wide receiver told 710 ESPN Seattle’s Gee Scott. Seattle Seahawks Despite doing so much in his career already, quarterback Russell Wilson should only get better over the next few seasons.
Best of Michael Irvin: On why he didn’t quickly cash his first…
“People tell me, ‘Michael, why don’t they retire your jersey?’ Why would I want my jersey retired. When they retire it, the only time they talk about it is when I leave time and go to eternity and they take the camera off the field and say, ‘Hey, we lost Michael Irvin today.
Nothing you can do about it
Five titles in seven Super Bowl appearances. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the greatest.
Falcons’ coaching shakeup continues; Manuel to lead defence
The Atlanta Falcons have continued the dramatic remaking of their coaching staff following their Super Bowl loss by promoting Marquand Manuel to defensive co-ordinator. The Falcons also hired Bryant Young as defensive line coach on Friday and two assistants received new titles.
Baltimore Ravens: Who To Cut, Who To Keep
Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jordan Matthews catches the ball in front of the defense of Baltimore Ravens defensive back Kyle Arrington at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports The Baltimore Ravens rank in the bottom of the league in salary cap space.
As you might expect, Raiders former linebacker GM has drafted most DE/LB’s in NFL past five seasons
Drafting linebackers is something Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie has done with some regularity over his 5-year tenure with the team. Has he had a tendency to draft more linebackers than other teams is the question.
Colts release LB D’Qwell Jackson, could be just what Raiders need
As expected, more and more releases are coming out this week ahead of some players’ contracts becoming guaranteed for 2017. Many of those players are cap casualties.
Reggie McKenzie hints at potential Raiders free agency moves
This time of year, you won’t be getting a lot of definitive answers from Reggie McKenzie as to what direction the Raiders will be going in free agency and the draft. But if you listen closely, you can get hear some hints as to what the team is thinking.
Five Raiders players land on PFF Top 101
Pro Football Focus has released their annual Top 101 players . The Raiders are well represented, placing five players on the list.
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.
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.
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.
Dallas Cowboys Mock Draft 2.0 : (Mockery II) Cowboys Are Defended
We’re back with our Mock Draft 2.0. This is just the second of many that we’re going to be throwing out from now until draft time. This week will be a little different as we’re going to play around a little bit.
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.
Bob Tyrrell
… that Wlady learned about superior coaching and training from my tirades around the office after watching a great sports victory. Every one of my Indiana University teammates who won an event answered the dumbfounded (and disagreeable) ABC …
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 …
Packers release Sam Shields
As the Packers begin to reload for 2017, they’re moving on from a guy who did little to assist the effort in 2016. Undrafted in 2010, Shields became a contributor defensively as a rookie, helping the team to a Super Bowl win.
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.
For Patriots, the Roger Goodell high road goes only so far
Officially, the powers-that-be with the Patriots have taken the high road with respect to Commissioner Roger Goodell. Unofficially, periodic forays onto a somewhat lower road have happened.
Browns release quarterback Josh McCown
Josh McCown’s two seasons with the Browns were loaded with injuries and losses. There won’t be any more.
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.
Former Bear Brian Urlacher talks hair lawsuit and football
Legendary Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher debuted his new, full head of hair to the world on the WGN Morning News last year, but now he’s suing a hair transplant surgeon in Florida for using his likeness without permission.
NFL offseason: From Tony Romo rumors to Colin Kaepernick’s future to marijuana
… exists throughout our world. What we have always said is we need to make sure that there’s a fine line between team sports gambling and the NFL. We want to protect the integrity of our game.” The owners meet in March in Phoenix at the annual league …
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First openly gay NFL player shares story
… and stopped his talk to ask the television crews to turn off their cameras. The attention and what he believes is the sports’ discomfort with homosexuality ultimately destroyed his career. After being cut from the Rams and then waived by the Dallas …
Patriots fans throng Hub to cheer Super Bowl champions
All of their foul weather fans showed up here to salute the Patriots Tuesday, or at least thousands and thousands and thousands of them. They came from points due north, due south, due west and, yes, even due east, nearly a geographic impossibility.
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.
Falcons begin the process of getting over Super Bowl loss
… loss was especially painful to a city that has celebrated only one championship in the four major professional sports – the 1995 World Series-winning Braves. “I want to personally apologize (to the fans) because we didn’t go all the way,” safety …
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.