Michael Vick’s remarks at the NFL Rookie Symposium were well received. “Are you bigger than the game,” asked Vick? His answer is no while citing lessons he learned in the lead-up to his downfall for dog fighting. Vick could see his fall coming, but did not change his behavior. He advised incoming players to hold […]

The Cowboys enter training camp with a projected $7 million salary cap room even after the NFL slapped them with a $10 million cap penalty. The NFL Management Council penalized Dallas to reverse the effect of its treatment of Miles Austin’s contract extension during the 2010 no cap year in the old Collective Bargaining Agreement. […]

For the second time, Robert Griffin III has gone to some length to quash the notion that he is a running quarterback. Like Michael Vick. Griffin did not mention Vick by name yesterday, but the comparison was clear to football fans.    “I don’t want people to think I’m just an option quarterback,” said Griffin […]

As time goes on, it becomes clearer that NFL won the lockout war against the players. In yet another setback, Arbitrator Stephen Burbank ruled against the NFL Players’ Union when he found that Commissioner Roger Goodell has the authority to sanction New Orleans Saints players for participation in a bounty program. ESPN.com broke the news […]

The Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys lost their arbitration case to recover lost salary cap. End of story, right? Maybe not. The NFL Players Association is shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that the owners colluded in establishing a “soft” $123 million salary cap in the 2010 no cap year. The union is suing the NFL […]

Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder got no love from arbitrator Stephen Burbank who remorselessly rejected their appeal for justice. The owners of the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins, the NFL’s two wealthiest franchises, appealed the league’s salary cap sanction for their rejection a gentlemen’s agreement on treatment of the cap during the “no cap” […]

GSA. Secret Service. New Orleans Saints. April is the month for scandals. As if the NFL needs another headache, ESPN’s Outside The Lines reports that Saints GM Mickey Loomis “had an electronic device in his Superdome suite that had been secretly re-wired to enable him to eavesdrop on visiting coaching staffs for nearly three NFL […]

    Sean Payton suspended one year. Mickey Loomis 8 game and $500,000 fine. Saints fined $500,000 and a second round pick in 2012 and 2012. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)

Phillip Rivers got his fondest wish and Tim Tebow his newest nightmare when the Denver Broncos won the Peyton Manning sweepstakes. The elder Manning brother is the NFL’s most eligible quarterback who turned the tables on NFL teams. When you are Peyton Manning, teams sell themselves to you. The 8-8 Broncos made the playoffs when […]

The NFL threw the Washington Redskins and the Dallas for a combined $46 million salary cap loss at the start of the new NFL League Year. The league took the action because the two teams were the most aggressive in pushing player income into the 2010 uncapped year to create more cap room under the […]

The Philadelphia Eagles placed the franchise tag on disgruntled wide receiver DeSean Jackson today according to an announcement on the team’s web site.  The Eagles are the first team to apply the franchise tag in 2012. Jackson is a dangerous receiver and special team threat who stressed over an extension to his rookie contract for […]

One never expects a parent to call their baby ugly. So it come as no surprise that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones thinks the quarterback he has is better than the quarterbacks he has no shot at getting. Some Dallas area reporter asked Jones the silly question if he would trade quarterback Tony Romo for Andrew […]

Mike Shanahan isn’t going anywhere… most likely. There’s a notion that this is a do or die year for the Washington Redskins’ head coach — “Shanahan must finish the 2012 season with a winning record or Dan Snyder will fire him,” the running theme goes. With the exception of Joe Gibbs, Snyder has never tolerated […]

If the New York Giants hope for regular Super Bowl appearances, they can do no better than to study the team they victimized last February 4. The dynastic New England Patriots won the AFC East eight of the last nine seasons. The sole miss came in 2008 when the Pats, without Tom Brady for most […]

Consider this burning question answered by the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles will apply the franchise tag to DeSean Jackson, the team’s biggest question mark this offseason, to keep him in green for one more season. Next question: Then what? Count on one thing. Jackson will not see a day of free agency. The Eagles have […]