While the NFL is reviewing three hits Vontaze Burfict made during the Bengals' Sunday 28-21 loss to the Steelers, NFL insider Ian Rapoport says fans calling for a suspension of Burfict will be disappointed. ...
A week ago I used this space to describe how things had normalized in the NFL in terms of the teams fitting our notions . Well, never mind because other than the Chiefs and Rams notching their "Ws" a lot of other football didn't make sense. The Clev...
Less than two minutes were on the clock, and the Packers were up 8 points on the visiting Vikings in Week 2. Minnesota was on their own 25-yard line when Kirk Cousins threw downfield, and Packers rookie corner Jaire Alexander caught the ball for what look...
To quote the great philosopher and former NFL Denny Green, Week 4 was mostly a case of It was riveting and frustrating, solemn and overwhelming. This column will take you through a cascade of teams, players and coaches showing their true colors, plus som...
The screams came early: We Want Baker! We Want Baker! Tyrod Taylor overthrow. We Want Baker! Another Taylor miscalculation, this ball not even within 20 yards of a receiver. We Want Baker! Taylor was stunningly abysmal in t...
In one of the weirdest moments in this young NFL season, Bills 30-year-old cornerback Vontae Davis went into halftime with his team and left before the start of the second half, retiring from the league. Davis released a statement later noting reality ...
Fun fact: There are now seven 2-0 teams in the NFL. They are quarterbacked by Andy Dalton, Blake Bortles, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Patrick Mahomes, Ryan Tannehill, Case Keenum and Jared Goff. Like we all predicted, right? We’ll get to some of their per...
What if Josh Gordon had caught a few hundred less yards in 2013? Perhaps we wouldn't view him as some form of superhero who's trouble has inconvenienced our fantasy prospects. Perhaps the Browns would have released him years ago instead of offering him b...
Let us begin not with the process of a catch (that somehow wasn't an issue today) but instead the process of choosing how to top this column. It's fairly simple. Watch all the games. Find a storyline that sings. Write. Typically the process is not too...
The preseason’s penultimate week has come and gone and there are plenty of takeaways and lingering questions which I'll get to shortly. But first, this may be the day after the weekend when the starters (sans Bears and Rams) showed us their most robust ...