More Teams. More Games. 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw suffers a lower leg injury in the first half while running onto the field. (0:16) LAS VEGAS — After a difficult season — one in which his teammates said most players wouldn’t have even been able to stay on the field as much as he had — […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Kyle Shanahan describes the locker room after the 49ers’ loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. (0:30) LAS VEGAS — Given a chance to put the narrative that has surrounded them for most of the past five years to rest, the San Francisco 49ers instead funneled all of it into […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Tom Brady expresses his surprise that Bill Belichick does not have a head-coaching job after leaving the Patriots. (0:23) FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Kelly on AVP: Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly and Alex Van Pelt circled the date […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Lamar Jackson is announced as the 2023 NFL MVP and jokingly shouts out the Ravens brass for getting his contract worked out before the season. (0:59) Though the season ultimately fell short of his expectations, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson still made history at Thursday evening’s NFL Honors ceremony by winning […]
Continue readingEarlier in the season, fans pointed out similarities between the dominant colors of the Big Game’s logo and the teams featured in the matchup in recent years. It all started when the orange and yellow hues in the art for Super Bowl LVI were similar to the colors of the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles […]
Continue readingMARCELLUS SCANTLING HAD just finished a cigar and was about to turn in when the phone rang. It was almost midnight on a late-autumn Monday in west Florida, and the Scantlings had been up watching the Kansas City Chiefs lose to the Philadelphia Eagles on “Monday Night Football.” Marcellus texted their son, Chiefs receiver Marquez […]
Continue readingFLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets are the only team in the common-draft era (since 1967) to draft two quarterbacks with top-three picks in a three-year span — Sam Darnold in 2018, Zach Wilson in 2021. Darnold, on his third team, is preparing for Super Bowl LVIII as the San Francisco 49ers’ backup. […]
Continue readingFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Longtime NFL offensive assistant Ben McAdoo is being hired by the New England Patriots to work under a revamped staff led by first-year head coach Jerod Mayo and first-year offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, a source confirms. McAdoo, 46, has a connection with Van Pelt from their time together on the Green […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Jim Harbaugh tells Pat McAfee about plan for Justin Herbert and the coaching staff in LA. (1:01) COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz doubled down on coach Jim Harbaugh’s “multiple championships” declaration, promising to deliver owner Dean Spanos at least two more rings, in Tuesday’s introductory […]
Continue readingNew England Patriots, 6 (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII) The Patriots were perennial contenders for two decades, with all six of their Super Bowl victories occurring between 2002 and 2019. The Patriots have made an NFL-record 11 Super Bowl appearances. Their six wins came against the St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle […]
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