Only the NFL can make a schedule release a two-day event that dominates sports headlines throughout the NBA and NHL playoffs. After the NFL disclosed many of the featured games through its network partners Wednesday and early Thursday, the 32 teams’ social media teams came up with inventive, humorous ways to reveal the whole schedule […]
Two years ago, Aaron Rodgers told Green Bay Packers officials he didn’t want to return, nearly upsetting the NFL schedule. Cooler heads prevailed for the league’s scheduling department’s sanity. Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets this summer, but the league and its network partners have time to submit requests. Six prime-time games and […]
The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and the rising Detroit Lions will kick off the 2023 season, while Aaron Rodgers will make his New York Jets debut on “Monday Night Football” against the Buffalo Bills. On Sept. 7, the Chiefs will meet the Lions on “Thursday Night Football” after winning their second title in […]
Thursday, the Kansas City Chiefs acquired veteran offensive tackle Donovan Smith for the next season to fight for two offensive line spots. The Chiefs lost franchise left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. to free agency, and right tackle Andrew Wylie signed elsewhere. The Chiefs signed Jawaan Taylor to fill one tackle position, but that left the […]
Further investigation revealed that the Super Bowl this year actually set a record for viewers. For the February broadcast on Fox Sports of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, Nielsen released a corrected total of 115.1 million. The game between New England and Seattle in 2015 had 114,442,000 viewers overall, not […]
On Tuesday, the Giants exercised left tackle Andrew Thomas’ fifth-year option. Thomas, 24, is guaranteed $14.175 million in 2024. He will make $5.02 million this season. He played 16 games in 2022. Since the Giants chose him fourth overall in the 2020 NFL Draft, Thomas has started 44 games. Fifth-year option deadline is Tuesday. –Multiple […]
The Most Dominant Sports Teams of All Time: Dynasties That Ruled Their Eras The teams who have regularly won championships over a long period of time are often the ones we think of when we talk about dominant sports teams. Some teams have had an effect on their sport and irrevocably changed the course of […]
On Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles announced that quarterback Jalen Hurts signed a five-year, $255 million contract deal, making him the NFL’s highest-paid player. The deal guarantees $179 million, including $110 million at signing, and includes the Eagles’ first no trade clause. Hurt’s average salary is $51 million. “EXTENDED” read the team’s website, followed by “Eagles, […]
The tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, Travis Kelce, has one of my favorite stat collections—what, you don’t have any? Bill Barnwell, a coworker of mine, referred to Kelce as “one of his generation’s most useful players.” While playing in the run game, tight ends need to be both strong enough to block linebackers […]
All it took was a loss to a 2-9, now 3-9, Arizona Cardinals team to be the final nail in the coffin for the inevitable. The rumblings surrounding the Green Bay Packers, over the past month or so, involved head coach Mike McCarthy being on the hot seat and the most likely candidate to be […]
Before Thursday night’s game between the New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys, Drew Brees was the heavy favorite in the NFL’s MVP race. And rightfully so because he was having, statistically, the greatest season by a quarterback ever, and leading his team to a 10-1 start. Not to mention, the MVP is a quarterback’s award […]
The quarterback position has long been the most popular position in football, and perhaps American sports. He is the face of the franchise; the guy who leads the team. Guys like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees have long been the faces of the NFL, and as long as they are healthy, […]
