Outrage! What nerve the National Football League has to rob us of yet another super-awesome-fun-wicked football tradition! The NFL just won’t be the same without players having the freedom to dunk the ball over the goal posts following a touchdown. Wait, yes it will. I’ll admit that the NFL’s rulebook has grown obese. I’ll admit […]

Count Mark Cuban among those who think the NFL is pushing it in the greed department by attempting to hijack at third day of the week from the nation’s television menu. Referring to the league’s new Thursday night TV deal with CBS, here’s what the Dallas Mavericks owner and business tycoon told ESPNDallas.com this weekend: […]

“Upon further review” is a recurring segment in which This Given Sunday analyzes quirks and fascinating tidbits from the NFL’s history books. That, courtesy of osufan77 on Reddit, is a photograph of the Akron Centuries in 1910. You’ll notice that fewer than 20 players are pictured. That isn’t because more than half of the roster […]

The NFL Competition Committee has released 13 rule change proposals, seven bylaw proposals and a single resolution proposal, all of which will be presented to the owners at next week’s league meeting. Pro Football Talk has the complete list right here, and we’ve got the best and worst proposals below. The best potential new rules: […]

Free agency is officially one week old now, and we’re down to bargains. Here are the top 10 players still lingering on the open market. Keep in mind that lots of teams still have plenty of money to spend, and they’ll have to in order to stay on track with the cap floor. 1. Chris […]

For a while there, it looked as though the implementation of a centralized replay review system for the NFL was a foregone conclusion. Why else would the league send representatives to the NHL’s “situation room” in Toronto to see how that league reviews all of its questionable calls in real-time? NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appeared […]

With the free agent frenzy quieting down and the first wave in the rear-view mirror, here’s how I grade all 32 teams based on what they’ve done thus far… Arizona Cardinals: A- Jared Veldheer came at a fairly reasonable price for a potential long-term franchise left tackle. Karlos Dansby got away but he’ll turn 33 […]

Newsflash: NFL contracts aren't fully guaranteed. As a result, agents are able to hype player contracts based on inflated annual averages and base salaries that oftentimes will never actually find the bank accounts of those they represent.  The problem is that the media then relays those base numbers to all of the fans, and then […]

Free agency isn't even 48 hours old, but with so many key players signed it's already time for us to start handing out awards. Here's a look at who won and who lost during the first day and a half of the new league year… Winner: Denver Broncos — Are you kidding me? Replace Dominique […]

We're already entering what is essentially the second wave of free agency. Most of the premier names are gone, including Darrelle Revis, who was a free agent for about a minute on Wednesday. As the sun rises on the third day of the new league year, here's a look at the top 10 players still […]

Why does it seem that, thus far in free agency, the rich have been getting a hell of a lot richer?  Not only have the Denver Broncos dramatically improved their defense with the addition of DeMarcus Ware, T.J. Ward and Aqib Talib, but now the New England Patriots have upgraded on the loss of Talib […]

The Oakland Raiders entered free agency with about $60 million in salary cap space, which was apparently an NFL record.  And while building through free agency is hardly ever the answer, we're baffled by what Oakland has done (or failed to do) thus far in the process.  The Raiders have inexplicably let their top free […]