No one is allowed to ever speak an ill word about Texans DE J.J. Watt. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Watt started soliciting donations to help evacuees, and the response was been inspiring. What started as a modest goal of raising $200,000 has spiraled in donations topping $4 million. Watt has been keeping fans updated with frequent videos along t...
Sports Illustrated’s Peter King had a as part of King’s MMQB column. King asked Cutler if he had practiced much for the Fox gig he would have started if Ryan Tannehill was not injured. Cutler’s response: “I mean, I’d be lying if I said I did.” Cutler rarely participated in interviews while in Chicago, though he...
Our spiffy newsletter is debuting on Thursday, September 7th. Something else is supposed to start that day as well...maybe having to do with football? Anyhow, if you have already signed up for our newsletter, you may have done so because we billed it as “the best newsletter in the history of newsletters.” This is, of course, entirely accurate but if...
A decade ago, Mike Vick was in prison for orchestrating a dog fighting business. Now he’ll be a studio NFL analyst for FOX, appearing on the net’s early kickoff show as well as guesting on FS1’s debate shows. "I'm very excited," in a phone interview on Friday. "Over the last seven or eight months, I've done a lot of interviews, and I think I'v...
There are few things stranger in the NFL than Cleveland's quarterback room. Two days after Brock Osweiler was thought to be Cleveland’s starter for the regular season, the team announced that the embattled quarterback will not play in the third preseason game. That honor will go to rookie DeShone Kizer. Typically the quarterback that starts the third ...
On Monday night, the Cleveland Browns formed the largest player anthem protest to date. Numerous players formed a circle and knelt. Among them was tight end Seth DeValve, the first white player to protest by taking a knee. DeValve’s subtle yet dramatic action culminated a week of football in which several white players displayed support for their A...
Bill Belichick has a crucial preseason game to prep for so he could less about a once-in-a-century scientific phenomenon like a solar eclipse. Belichick held his daily press conference smack in the middle of today’s eclipse (c'mon man!), though he did field one question about whether he’s an “eclipse guy.” His response was vintage Belichick: ...
Add Alex Smith to the 8.25 million people who have publicly expressed an opinion on Colin Kaepernick’s unemployment. asked the man who lost his job in San Francisco to Kaepernick what he thought of his former teammate’s plight. “It’s hard for me to comment on it. I don’t know. Lot going on in that landscape right now. Certainly w...
The year-long wait is over. The NFL has announced that Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will be suspended six games for violating its personal conduct policy. The league has been investigating Elliott since his ex-girlfriend in Columbus, OH accused the running back of domestic violence on separate occasions in July 2016..She posted (though di...
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a seldom discussed show on HBO called Game of Thrones. There are houses and alliances and queens and dragons. Aaron Rodgers is a huge fan. Not only that, but he is a master GoT theorist. Rodgers discussed and presented his most sweeping current theory. (This theory contains spoilers for those uninit...