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Richard Sherman wants to play two more seasons before retiring
Set to become an unrestricted free agent in March, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman‘s next NFL stop is likely to be his last. Sherman, who will be 33 in March and has long maintained that he wants to play until he’s 35, told Stephen A. Smith on his ESPN+ show Stephen A’s World on […]
Continue readingKansas City Chiefs’ Chris Jones has another superstition: Meatballs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As he prepares to play in Super Bowl LV against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones wants meatballs. Again. Not just any meatballs, but those prepared by Maria Spagnuolo, the wife of Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. And they need to be just like […]
Continue readingWould Aaron Rodgers leave the Green Bay Packers? What a split would mean for both sides
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers‘ comments after Sunday’s NFC Championship Game loss turned the Green Bay Packers’ offseason into a watch party that could last until the 37-year-old quarterback shows up for the offseason program — if there is one — or the start of training camp. In one videoconference, he flung open what […]
Continue readingFinally, Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady: Inside the playoff matchup 13 years in the making
For years, the only hope for a Tom Brady–Aaron Rodgers meeting was the Super Bowl. The one time Rodgers made it, Brady’s New England Patriots got knocked out by the New York Jets — the Jets! — in the divisional round following the 2010 season. They have been in the same postseason nine times, but […]
Continue readingDeshaun Watson’s no-trade clause puts Houston Texans in no-win situation
HOUSTON — There are four teams left in the playoffs, and somehow the biggest topic in the NFL is quarterback Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans. We covered the basics of why Watson is unhappy with the franchise that drafted him and what his options are going forward, but let’s go deeper on what would […]
Continue reading2020 NFL season in review: What went wrong, what’s next for non-playoff teams
The 2020 NFL regular season came to a close Sunday. To say it was an unusual year is an understatement. The league worked through a season disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, holding games on every day of the week for the first time in history. The Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens both experienced COVID-19 outbreaks […]
Continue readingBuffalo Bills ready to rule AFC East with New England Patriots dethroned
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. to ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The torch has been passed. Finally. The New England Patriots’ stranglehold on the AFC East is over, and it happened earlier in the season than many anticipated. The Buffalo Bills (11-3) clinched the division title for the first time since 1995 in Week 15, wrapping it up before […]
Continue readingSan Francisco 49ers QB C.J. Beathard remembers late brother, gets emotional win against Arizona Cardinals
Earlier this week, Beathard observed the one-year anniversary of the death of his younger brother, Clayton, who was stabbed to death outside of a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec. 21, 2019. On the same day as that painful anniversary, Beathard got word that he’d be starting against the Cardinals. On Saturday, Beathard, buoyed by […]
Continue readingSan Francisco 49ers signing Josh Rosen to back up C.J. Beathard, sources say
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Whether or not he wanted to make a change at quarterback, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has no choice but to turn to third-stringer C.J. Beathard for Saturday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. That’s because Beathard is the only healthy quarterback on the active roster. Desperate for a quarterback to […]
Continue readingCowboys, 49ers flexed out of prime time in Week 15: How did it come to this?
The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers’ rivalry is among the most storied in NFL history. Roger Staubach’s Captain Comeback moniker can be linked to the 1972 playoff win against San Francisco. Then there was “The Catch,” Dwight Clark’s touchdown in the 1980 NFC Championship Game at Candlestick Park. In the 1990s, there wasn’t a […]
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