Hardy is appealing a 10-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy because the league believes he physically harmed a former girlfriend. Gregory, a projected first-round pick a few months ago, plummeted down draft boards, in part, because he failed a drug test at the NFL scouting combine. Collins, another player projected to be […]
Continue readingEach year around this time, I try to figure out what’s going to happen in the upcoming NFL season. Doing that in August isn’t exactly an exclusive hobby of mine, but I try to focus on using metrics and measures that have historically been good predictors of future team performance. What happened last year matters, […]
Continue readingNFL training camp for the 2020 season opens on Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans and next Tuesday for the remainder of the league. The offseason was like no other, with all in-person training canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The lack of OTAs and minicamps means camp — which will be […]
Continue readingThis week, I’m going to check in with progress reports for quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the first round that year, and I’ll take detailed looks at Lamar Jackson (Tuesday), Josh Allen (Wednesday), Baker Mayfield (Thursday) and Sam Darnold (Friday). Sorry, Josh Rosen; I’ll get to you another time. […]
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 readingThe Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott are locked in the highest-stakes game of chicken in NFL history. The team has until 4 p.m. ET on July 15 to sign its quarterback to a long-term extension. If the two sides fail to come to terms, Prescott will likely sign his franchise tag and play out the […]
Continue readingLet’s break down some of the winners and losers from this NFL offseason. Some of the stories in the short term were obvious — you don’t need me to tell you again who won the DeAndre Hopkins trade — but I’m going to try to take a look at the bigger picture to see how […]
Continue readingThe NFL draft is typically about who’s next for each team. But while veteran players might receive more competition from the annual influx of rookies, the newbies can actually provide some help and positive clarity for the vets, too. That’s where we went with this edition of the NFL Power Rankings, as several established NFL […]
Continue readingThe Dallas Cowboys were somewhat surprised when Travis Frederick retired earlier in the offseason, but they made a trade Saturday to pick up another Wisconsin center, selecting Tyler Biadasz with the final selection of the fourth round. To get Biadasz, the Cowboys made a trade with the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles, giving up a […]
Continue readingI love a good NFL mock draft, but there’s one problem with everyone’s favorite April exercise: The vast majority of mock drafts don’t feature trades, and in the modern NFL, trades are a must. Of last year’s 32 first-round picks, only 20 were made by the original team holding the selection. One pick — the […]
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