Sometimes the best feeling can be finding an extra $20 in a pair of jeans you have not worn in a while. Now imagine what it must be like when you learn you have found an extra $622,056. The NFL’s performance-based pay system has been around since 2002, when it was included in the ratification […]
Continue readingThe Jaguars will be using their fifth kicker in as many weeks when they play host to Detroit on Sunday, and when Jon Brown attempts a field goal or PAT at TIAA Bank Field, he’ll make the Jaguars the first team in NFL history to have a different player attempt a field goal or PAT […]
Continue readingWeek 5 in the NFL featured Derek Carr and the Las Vegas Raiders exorcising their demons in Kansas City, the New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons picking up their fifth losses, and the return of Washington’s Alex Smith to the football field after a gruesome leg injury two years ago. Elsewhere, the Carolina Panthers won […]
Continue readingIt was a day of positive vibes for quarterbacks during Sunday’s 2020 NFL training camps as Alex Smith of the Washington Football Team was cleared for football activity and activated off the physically unable to perform list, capping a remarkable recovery from a leg injury that nearly cost him his life. Smith, 36, who broke […]
Continue readingPicking an MVP in advance of a typical NFL season is difficult. Remember last year? The trendiest candidates heading into the regular season were Carson Wentz, Baker Mayfield and Russell Wilson one obvious example, but Mahomes is the only one with the sort of airtight accomplishments to be added to this list. Although this is […]
Continue readingHow will Cam Newton‘s arrival affect the quarterbacks room in New England? Is there an odd man out at running back in Green Bay? After an offseason without practices amid the coronavirus pandemic, veterans might have more security than usual — or it just might be harder to identify who is on the bubble. With […]
Continue readingThe start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams. From the social media star […]
Continue readingConfused about a call — or non-call — while watching a 2019 NFL playoff game? Outraged by a missed penalty, or left wondering why officials threw a certain flag? Officiating controversies pop up quite a bit in the postseason (just ask the Saints) and they are often a little difficult to understand in the moment. […]
Continue readingHOUSTON — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen said he could learn from his first career playoff start, a 22-19 overtime loss to the Houston Texans in an AFC wild-card game Saturday. Allen noted that every possession matters. He said his fumble early in the fourth quarter cost the Bills three points, which was ultimately the […]
Continue readingDion Dawkins, a 320-pound left tackle, caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Bills quarterback Josh Allen with one second left in the first half, setting up Stephen Hauschka’s extra-point kick to go into halftime tied 10-10. It marked Dawkins’ second career receiving touchdown, the first coming against the New York Jets in Week 10 of […]
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