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Why don’t more NFL prospects try to dictate landing spots?
AROUND THIS TIME every year, Archie Manning places a call to former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, who is retired and often watching baseball or immersed in a book. It’s sort of a thank you, and Eli Manning will text, too, as thoughts drift back to 2004 and an afternoon at the NFL […]
Continue readingHow Mahomes and the Chiefs beat the 49ers in Super Bowl 2024
Is the twist ending better than the one you can see coming from a mile away? For most of Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII between the 49ers and Chiefs, it felt like the game we were watching was entirely different from what we would have expected to see from these teams. A matchup of the NFL’s […]
Continue readingGeno Smith’s generation
Even by the standards of today’s vicious media landscape, the assassination of Smith’s character is shockingly swift. When he starred at West Virginia, Smith was characterized as humble, studious, courteous and bright. Now he’s perceived as entitled, whiny and lazy. No one knows for sure how much of what’s being said about Smith, who was […]
Continue readingQB in first round too risky this year
A quarterback’s success or failure is not predicated entirely on his athletic ability or his work ethic, either. There is so much more to it beyond what the player himself can control. Is his team’s quarterbacks coach any good? Does his offensive coordinator really know how to teach the nuances of the position? What type […]
Continue readingJones has right idea for Cowboys
This isn’t one of those times. Johnny Manziel — Johnny Football, if you prefer — might be headed any number of places Thursday during the first round of the NFL draft, but Dallas isn’t one of them. Thank goodness. You should be thrilled. Ecstatic. Overjoyed. Jerry the GM appears to be acting like, well, a […]
Continue readingChargers hire Jim Harbaugh as coach: Perfect match for both sides?
If you have to hire a head coach, landing the reigning national champion seems like a good place to look. The Los Angeles Chargers got their man on Wednesday, hiring Jim Harbaugh away from Michigan to take over. After nine seasons at the collegiate level, Harbaugh returns to the NFL, where he went 44-19-1 in […]
Continue readingSources: Bengals promote QBs coach Dan Pitcher to OC
Cincinnati promoted Dan Pitcher as its new offensive coordinator, multiple team sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The move comes hours after Brian Callahan, who previously held the position, was formally announced as the Tennessee Titans’ new head coach. Pitcher, 37, has been with the Bengals since 2016, when he was hired on the staff […]
Continue readingRedskins could draft Marcus Mariota
Although misinformation is as much a part of the draft as scouting evaluations and medical reports, the truth is that Mariota potentially could fill a major area of need for the Redskins, who have many. People I trust say new Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan is great at his job. By exploring a possible fit […]
Continue readingWhy NFL QB draft choices fall short
Things have gone wrong. Tune in to First Take to see Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debate the hottest topics in sports every Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN2. Embrace Debate In each case I wound up publicly pilloried as a madman, a football fool, a quarterback hack who is daft […]
Continue readingJerry Jones’ influence still felt
But we’ve found out in the last couple of weeks that the old man can still flex his muscles. It’s all of our fault, really. We heaped so much praise on Stephen Jones for the way the club handled the DeMarco Murray negotiations that Jerry Jones felt compelled to show us that he was still […]
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