Every year, about half a dozen teams make the NFL playoffs despite failing to do so the previous season. That means that an equal number of teams fail to get back to the postseason. On Tuesday, we gave you three teams that could finally end playoff slumps. Today, three that could fall from grace. Denver […]

Quarterback has become the most important position in North American professional sports. As a result, there isn’t a lot of rope for the guys who play that position. Here are five starting quarterbacks who might not be starters much longer if they can’t excel this fall. Sam Bradford, Philadelphia Eagles: Bradford is the highest-paid quarterback […]

Every year, about half a dozen teams make the NFL playoffs despite failing to do so the previous season. Inevitably, several teams that have often been left out of the playoff picture in recent years will make big runs in 2016. Here are the top candidates with Week 1 still four months out. Jacksonville Jaguars: […]

On the surface, it’s good news that a soon-to-be-published study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concludes that there’s no indication former NFL players commit suicide at a higher rate than the general population. So it’s not surprising that said discovery has been making headlines throughout the week. Two problems. First, as ESPN.com’s article […]

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson feels as though his team has a “good chance” to “win everything” this year, which is something you’d expect to hear from a tenacious athlete like Peterson. That said, he isn’t crazy. Could the Vikings — who haven’t won a playoff game since 2009 — be on the cusp? […]

The NFL appears to be ramping up efforts to spread its international wings. London has become the league’s unofficial 32nd city, Mexico will host another regular-season game in 2017 and there’s been talk of games in Germany, Brazil, even China. Now, Detroit Lions defensive end Ezekiel Ansah, who hails from Ghana, is throwing Africa out […]

We haven’t been without a Week 1 rookie starting quarterback since 2007, and we haven’t been without at least one rookie starting pivot for a full week of the regular season since Week 10 of that year. In other words, we’ve had 143 consecutive weeks with at least one rookie starter, dating back nearly nine […]

Last week we looked at 2015 rookies with the most to prove in 2016. But most of those guys can afford another down year without losing the wheels completely. That’s not the case for key players who have yet to emerge from the 2014 class. These soon-to-be-third-year players are running out of time. In fact, […]

Ryan Fitzpatrick is a good quarterback. Not a great one, but a good one. And in this day and age, that’s worth a lot. But because Fitzpatrick has refused to budge in contract negotiations with the New York Jets, and because the Jets, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns have all […]

In very few industries would employers have the ability to collude in order to force prospective employees to join whichever company chooses them. Unfortunately for NFL prospects, that is the system that has been collectively bargained on their behalf by the union that serves them. But as Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio points out, it […]

I’m quite sure that all 32 NFL teams are aware that their chances of winning consistently and substantially are hindered significantly if they don’t have a so-called franchise quarterback on the roster. As a result, teams like New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams have […]