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Video: Cody Latimer’s sick one-handed grab

Thank goodness it’s 2014 and we have video constantly rolling to catch every great play that takes place on each of the 32 NFL practice fields, because rookie receivers Sammy Watkins and Cody Latimer have given us a few unreal catches this summer. The latest from Latimer in Denver: Makes you wonder how many of […]

Upon Further Review: The Super Bowl halftime show wasn’t always a big deal

“Upon further review” is a recurring segment in which This Given Sunday analyzes quirks and fascinating tidbits from the NFL’s history books. The Super Bowl halftime show has become such a staple that the NFL is now asking potential A-list performers to essentially bid for the right to star in it. But that wasn’t always […]

Reason No. 435 why Johnny Manziel just doesn’t get it

I have just one question: How can Johnny Manziel think this is OK? How can Manziel, knowing he was on national television for the first time in his NFL career, essentially interviewing for one of the most prized jobs in America, and knowing, too, that he’s already on thin ice for saying and doing silly […]

NFL Rewind cuts out Manziel’s middle finger

On its online video platform, NFL Rewind, the National Football League cut out Johnny Manziel’s bird flip from Monday night’s game, along with a couple sentences from play-by-play man Mike Tirico. I understand censoring that, but why not just blur it out?

Jadeveon Clowney could crush Jevon Kearse’s rookie sack record in 2014

Rarely do rookies shine this early as bright as Jadeveon Clowney has two weeks into the Houston Texans’ 2014 preseason slate. The guy has simply been a beast, and it has us thinking that if he can continue to make plays like the two he made on back-to-back downs this weekend against Atlanta, he could be […]

Current Seattle Seahawks feel a lot like the ’92 Cowboys

Naturally, because the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl last season, and because the Seahawks had never won a championship prior to that, many of us are asking whether this young Seattle team has a chance to become a dynasty in the years to come. While dynasties seem to no longer exist in this parity-plagued […]

Donovan McNabb is right, the Wildcat is garbage

Every time former NFL quarterback and current NFL analyst Donovan McNabb is critical of active quarterbacks or the systems they play in, we inevitably think of stones and glass houses. But McNabb was spot-on in his recent criticism of the mere notion that the New York Jets might use the Wildcat offense with Michael Vick […]

Tom Brady touches the butts of his centers “more than their wives”

Context? Sure, why not. Speaking Wednesday of his relationship with battling centers Dan Connolly and Ryan Wendell, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady summed things up perfectly. I’ve got confidence in those guys. I love both Dan and Wendy. I love those guys. They work so hard. The center-quarterback relationship is a pretty special one. I’ve […]

Manning brothers bust out a new rap on fantasy football

Last year, Peyton and Eli Manning flashed their star power and hinted at a potential post-NFL career route by rapping about football and phones. Now, in Lonely Island fashion, the duo has followed that up with a fantasy football-related tune for DirecTV. This is actually really well produced and awesomely random. The lyrics are gold, […]

Can the Carolina Panthers break the single-season sack record?

In 2013, the Carolina Panthers became only the third team this century to record 60 team sacks in a season. Now, defensive tackle Colin Cole is thinking that they can make a run at the all-time record of 72, which is held by the 1984 Chicago Bears. “The goal is to surpass that and get […]

The NFL is too uptight for a Weird Al halftime show

Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album, “Mandatory Fun,” continues to be a top-three seller on the Billboard 200. As a result, he’s experienced one hell of a rejuvenation in the media and among a whole new fan base. Now, more than 50,000 fans have signed a petition urging the NFL to have Yankovic perform at the Super Bowl halftime […]

What the 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame class should look like

Now that the confetti has been cleared following Hall of Fame Weekend in Canton, it’s time to look ahead at the class of 2015. And with apologies to Will Shields, Jerome Bettis and Marvin Harrison, here’s who we think should be enshrined next August… Junior Seau: A posthumous induction seems like a lock here in […]

The NFL trade deadline should take place in December

The MLB trade deadline took place last week, and it was intense. The NHL trade deadline? Just as wack on an annual basis. Which always has us thinking that the trade deadline is one area in which the NFL gets its ass kicked by all of its counterparts in the North American sports spectrum. And […]

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