When 49ers’ second-year offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey committed to Notre Dame as a high school junior, Fighting Irish strength coach Paul Longo gave him some advice. Watch film of Joe Staley, a player Longo worked with 10 yea...
ATLANTA -- Emmanuel Sanders sits in a room at the adidas VIP Suite with a boot still covering his leg after tearing his Achilles in practice in early December. Sanders wears a light grey sweater and ripped jeans and seems particularly chill. He yawns and ...
The origin of JuJu Smith-Schuster’s name is almost as fascinating as his spectacular rookie season. "My actual name is John, so it went from John to JoJo, then kinda went from Choo Choo as a train, and then JuJu stuck, and since then, it's been my na...
When Bill Belichick held his weekly conference call with reporters ahead of last December’s game against the Rams, he wildly gushed about one opposing player: the punter. Hekker is a tremendous weapon, this guy is as good a player as I'...
is one of the NFL’s great humanitarians. Born in Nigeria, the defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears started the Israel Idonije Foundation three years ago and has been giving back ever since. The Foundation’s efforts range from aiding inner-city y...
Meet Chilo Rachal. Chilo (pronounced Shy-Low) is a starting guard for the San Francisco 49ers. In this “Getting to Know” session we talked to Chilo about the unusual circumstances that led to his decision to enter the draft after his junior year a...
This NFL off-season has especially been a non-stop merry-go-round of players moving to new teams. Former Charger, Kassim Osgood, the three-time Pro Bowl special teams extraordinaire was one of those guys. Osgood was by the Jacksonville Jaguars a coupl...
Bruce Campbell is one of the more intriguing members of this year’s rookie class. Many pundits had Campbell as a high first rounder, yet he fell to the Raiders in the fourth round at the 106th pick. In another twist, Coach Tom Cable decided to move ...
The always jovial Vakapuna. (Photo credit: Bengals.com) You may know Fui Vakapuna, Bengals fullback, as one of the stars of last year’s Hard Knocks. Vakapuna, who was released by Cincinnati and resigned in November is ready to mak...
We continue our series of player interviews by talking to one of the NFL’s rising stars, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Mike Jenkins. The outspoken Pro Bowler, already known for , took some time to address a variety of subjects ranging from his personal go...