Colin Kaepernick has only started 23 career regular-season games and was merely the league’s 10th highest-rated passer in 2013. He’s never had a 25-touchdown campaign. And yet this week, Kaepernick became the second-highest-paid quarterback in football. Yes, Kaepernick now makes an unbelievable $21 million per year, which is more than Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan […]

It’s hard to believe Trent Richardson is still only 22 years old and was the third overall pick in the draft only two years ago. That’s because Richardson has already been traded out of Cleveland and has already been written off by many as a colossal bust. But now that he’s participating in his first full […]

One day after we wondered aloud whether the greatest quarterback of this era could make history by playing effectively beyond his 40th birthday, we’re now asking a much less optimistic question about the man who has to be concerned Peyton Manning’s biggest challenger for that title. ESPN asked the question this week with an Insider/Pro […]

Peyton Manning is, almost unarguably, the best player in the NFL. And coincidentally, he’s also the oldest position player still starting in this league. But Mike Klis of the Denver Post thinks Manning actually has three years left in him, predicting that he’ll play out the entire five-year deal he originally signed with the Broncos […]

Eight years into his tenure as commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell has established himself as a king of personal conduct prosecution. He’s a no-nonsense leader who has at times even punished players for alleged indiscretions that didn’t even progress through the legal system (see: Roethlisberger, Ben). And for anyone who was expecting Goodell to […]

Johnny Manziel is 21, rich and single. But even if he was none of those things, we’d have no right to criticize him for where he decides to vacation in his off time. He broke no laws on his Memorial Day weekend excursion to Las Vegas, and yet people are apparently distraught that he’d make […]

It’s officially the dark period of the NFL offseason, because we’re beginning to pull silly ideas like these out of our asses. Thirty years ago, this blog post wouldn’t have existed, mainly because blogs weren’t a thing but also because corporate naming rights have ruined stadium names. And because those rights are fluid in a […]

In his attempt to defend the fact his team hasn’t gone out of its way in order to replace the soon-to-be-suspended Josh Gordon, Cleveland Browns general manager Ray Farmer is now arguing that big-time receivers are overrated in terms of the value they bring to teams on their quests for the Lombardi Trophy. From CBSSports.com: […]

“Upon further review” is a new recurring segment in which This Given Sunday analyzes quirks and fascinating tidbits from the NFL’s history books.  Everyone in America is familiar with “The Duke,” right? That’s the name given to the NFL’s current ball, which must be 11-11.25 inches long, have a long circumference between 28-28.5 inches, a short […]

The NFL is always looking for new, inventive ways to draw in new viewers and showcase itself nationally, especially in the offseason. Here’s an old, un-inventive way to do exactly that: Follow the NHL and NBA and adopt a draft lottery. Not only would doing so help ensure that teams won’t purposely throw in the […]

Andre Johnson hasn’t shied away from voicing his frustration regarding the direction the Houston Texans are heading in. The team still lacks a reliable veteran quarterback and didn’t draft one until Round 4, and Johnson, who hasn’t been present during offseason workouts, told the Houston Chronicle last week that “this offseason has been very frustrating […]

We may never know for sure why three-time national champion and 2013 Heisman Trophy runner-up AJ McCarron dropped all the way to the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft, especially in this day and age in which quarterbacks are more valuable than ever. Maybe it was his personality. Maybe he really did rub teams […]

Everybody in the football and non-football world is talking about Michael Sam and the fact that Sam is the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team. But few of us have broken down Sam’s chances of actually playing for that team — in this case, the St. Louis Rams. Here’s the […]

There’s been a lot of buzz lately regarding the logistics and timing of the NFL Draft, which has been pushed back from April to May and might stay there, and which also might become a four-day event, only half a decade after the league expanded it from two days to three. Oh, and there’s also […]