NFL Articles
With the NFL increasing its salary cap on a nearly annual basis, contract values continue to follow suit and rise as well. For the upcoming season, 11 teams' highest paid players will make at least $20 million. Of those, nine are quarterbacks...
Juan Jose Rodriguez
2 days ago
When it comes to who should be the first player taken in a fantasy football draft this year, at least this much seems clear – it should be a running back. But which one? That’s where the debate begins.
In David Johnson,...
Athlon Sports
3 days ago
Like any sport, the NFL doesn’t lack for numbers. There is an abundance of statistics for everyone who follows football, from teams all the way down to fantasy football lovers and fans in general, to digest, analyze and debate.
But...
Athlon Sports
3 days ago
Julian Edelman wouldn't be where he is today without a little extra motivation.
The Patriots receiver shared a letter from his former professor who doubted his ability to make it to the NFL back in the day. Not a good look for Edelman...
Jasmine Watkins
4 days ago
NFL training camps open this week, which signals the official countdown to the start of the 2017 season. As usual, there is no lack of storylines to keep an eye on as we get closer to Week 1, with the defending Super Bowl champion New England...
Athlon Sports
4 days ago
Ezekiel Elliott is in hot water, but his team will always have his back.
The Cowboys running back was involved in an altercation in a Dallas bar and could be facing a suspension at some point.
Breaking: Ezekiel Elliott was...
Jasmine Watkins
5 days ago
Their climb was rapid. Their fall was even steeper.
Now, the Carolina Panthers find themselves at the base of the NFL mountain once again, trying to secure a foothold with a “Greatest Hits” mix of old and new players....
Athlon Sports
5 days ago
A week before the Rams won their only Super Bowl in 1999, Sean McVay celebrated his 13th birthday. Now, 18 years later — and after an ugly half-decade under coach Jeff Fisher — the keys to the franchise have been turned over to McVay...
Athlon Sports
5 days ago
Another year, another head coach for the San Francisco 49ers. After pushing Jim Harbaugh out the door after the 2014 season in a messy breakup, the 49ers turned to Jim Tomsula in 2015, Chip Kelly in ’16 and now Kyle Shanahan, who spent the...
Athlon Sports
5 days ago
The Seahawks’ big push in the offseason was the acquisition of three veteran players to shore up a position area in need of help — just don’t ask whether any of these guys can run block or pass protect. While the linebacker...
Athlon Sports
5 days ago
Last year’s Amazon-produced documentary on the Arizona Cardinals was entitled “All or Nothing.” Amazon could do a sequel this year. Suggested title: “Really All or Nothing.”
Coming off a 7–8–1...
Athlon Sports
5 days ago
For years, fans were tired of waiting until Sunday each week to get a taste of pro football action. The NFL has responded in recent years by creating a full slate of Thursday Night Football games, on TV and online. These games will be aired (...
Athlon Sports
5 days ago
Let's face the cold hard truth: no one likes drafting a tight end in fantasy football. There are always too many questions with the position. One of the biggest being – should you draft one early?
Well the top three projected...
Michael Horvath
1 week ago
Von Miller remains the face of the Denver Broncos. Like most of the team’s best players, he is a wrecking ball on defense. The Broncos make quarterbacks’ lives miserable, either through Miller’s pass rush or the clingy coverage...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
After years of posturing and threats, the Chargers finally pulled the plug on San Diego after 56 seasons and moved to the Los Angeles area because voters said no to a large subsidy to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium. They leave behind what had...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
The Raiders finished above .500 and returned to the playoffs last year for the first time since 2002, but their season ended on a sour note — and their offseason set the stage for a second messy divorce with Oakland and a planned move to...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
In Andy Reid the Chiefs trust. Kansas City has reached the playoffs in three of four seasons since hiring Reid as head coach — a remarkable turnaround after four postseason appearances in the 17 previous seasons. General manager John Dorsey...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
The 2017 season will be Sean Payton's 12th as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Should his tenure extend beyond this season? The Court of Public Opinion, where everyone has his or her own views along with his or her own facts, will...
John La Fleur
1 week ago
Brandon Marshall isn't going to talk about anything he doesn't want to, and WEEI's Kirk & Callahan Show learned that the hard way.
The Giants receiver appeared on the radio show, but things took a turn when he was...
Jasmine Watkins
1 week ago
Wide receiver seems to be getting deeper as a position each and every fantasy football season. This year is no different, but there also is no doubt about the elite targets being elite.
Drop-off when it comes to production and/or...
Chris Meyers
1 week ago
What if you had told quarterback Matt Ryan, head coach Dan Quinn and owner Arthur Blank that the second year of Atlanta’s Seattle-inspired “Brotherhood” rebuild would net an MVP award for Ryan, record-setting stats for Kyle...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
This feels like a watershed season for the Saints — and perhaps the storied Sean Payton-Drew Brees tenure. After three consecutive 7-9 campaigns, players and coaches are motivated to return to the playoffs. The Saints privately believe they...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
The Bucs will face a murderers’ row of quarterbacks this season: Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Eli Manning in addition to NFC South gunslingers Drew Brees, Cam Newton and Matt Ryan.
Some may believe that that’s what gave the...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
In Bill O’Brien’s first three seasons, the Texans have been amazingly consistent — three consecutive 9–7 records, including the last two AFC South titles and a playoff victory last year. And they have closed each season...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
As quarterback Andrew Luck mends from offseason shoulder surgery, his Indianapolis Colts have undergone sweeping changes in an effort to cure what has ailed a team that finished 8–8 and out of the playoffs the past two seasons —...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago