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From red carpet to spring training, football coach Rob Mendez ready to make his next move
After winning the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at The 2019 ESPYS, Rob Mendez, the high school football coach who was born without arms and legs, found his life transformed in a way he never could have imagined. But there he was at the Green Bay Packers’ indoor practice facility last December, zigzagging back and […]
Continue readingTodd Gurley cut: Barnwell on how the Rams erred, what’s next for the former superstar
Los Angeles cut Todd Gurley on Thursday, bringing a stunning end to the Rams career of a player who was considered a viable MVP candidate as recently as December 2017. His story is a cautionary tale for teams that want to believe their stars are exceptions to what we know about player value and a […]
Continue readingMeet the NFL’s class of 2019: 10 players who graduated to stardom
Each year, the NFL brings a new batch of stars. Yeah, some players are stars who just start burning brighter, and some are stars who begin to fade. But what we’re talking about here is a group of players who weren’t stars when the season began but, through some combination of on-field success and off-field […]
Continue readingFinal 2019 NFL MVP rankings: Lamar Jackson is obviously No. 1, but who follows?
A little more than two weeks from now, on the night before Super Bowl LIV kicks off, the NFL will crown the MVP of the 2019 season. A competition that emerged early as a three-quarterback race only to soon become the Lamar Jackson Award highlights the changing of the guard at the QB position. To […]
Continue readingHow to survive in the NFL playoffs: How the Ravens failed and the Chiefs came back
The AFC divisional round was total chaos this weekend. On Saturday, the top-seeded Ravens were bounced from the bracket in a blowout loss to the Titans, who went up 28-6 in the third quarter and barely looked back. The Texans followed Sunday and seemed to be setting up an AFC South rubber match in the […]
Continue readingFour big questions for the 2019 NFL conference title games: Can Derrick Henry keep this up?
There are four teams left in pursuit of the Lombardi Trophy — the 49ers, Packers, Chiefs and Titans — and three NFL games left in this season. The 2019 playoffs have answered quite a few questions so far: Can the Ravens keep it up in the postseason? (No.) Will the 49ers’ inexperience hurt them? (No.) […]
Continue readingFirst-year coach Matt LaFleur leads Packers back to NFC title game
“The way I look at it,” Rodgers said in the days leading up to the Week 12 meeting at Levi’s Stadium, “we’ve got to beat them once at their place at some point. It would be nice to do it now.” Of course, they did not. And it wasn’t close: The Niners won by 29 […]
Continue reading2019 NFL playoffs bracket reset: Schedule and previews for Titans-Chiefs, Packers-49ers
We’re down to four teams and three games to determine the Super Bowl champion for the 2019 NFL season. The NFC Championship Game is at Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers will host the Packers. San Francisco kept Minnesota at bay in its divisional-round matchup, while Green Bay held off Seattle to advance to the final […]
Continue reading‘Winning is a cure-all’: Aaron Rodgers’ atypical season still enough for Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Davante Adams didn’t need to hear the rest of the question. At that point, the Green Bay Packers receiver knew it was headed toward whether quarterback Aaron Rodgers could still carry this team. “That he can do that?” Adams said. “There’s no question whatsoever. I know what he’s capable of. We’re […]
Continue readingPackers back Aaron Jones is finally free — and ready to run with his opportunity
BEFORE HE LED the NFL in rushing touchdowns, before he finished one TD shy of the single-season Packers franchise record (20) and before the other Aaron in Green Bay’s offense suggested Jones should be in the conversation for league MVP, Aaron Jones was a meme. Once Berry weighed in, the slogan became a hashtag, a […]
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