Starting on Monday, NFL teams will have the ability to prevent impending free agents from hitting the open market in March by slapping them with the franchise tag. Here's a look at the favorites to be tagged in all 32 NFL front offices.  Arizona Cardinals: Jay Feely — They won't likely use it, but Feely […]

We're now into mid-February and teams with salary cap constraints are already starting to make adjustments in order to ensure that they have space by the time free agency begins in less than a month. As a result, some experienced veterans with quality resumes have been thrown into the free-agent pool early. Here's a summary […]

The Arizona Cardinals finished their 2013 campaign in strong fashion, just missing the postseason with a 10-6 record. In the grand scheme of things, they were a playoff team that happened to be in the wrong division. Still, the momentum they gained at the end of Bruce Arians’ first season as their head coach should […]

It hasn't been an ideal start to Jimmy Haslam's ownership run in Cleveland. His company, Pilot Flying J, has been embroiled in legal controversy, while his Browns have been cycling through coaches and general managers at an alarming rate. With that in mind, we figured this would be a good time to offer up a […]

Tuesday’s move by the Cleveland Browns to relieve Joe Banner and Michael Lombardi of their posts sent shockwaves through the NFL. There’s little doubt the dysfunction within the Browns’ organization is some of the most robust in the league, but where do the Browns rank among the other dysfunctional franchises in the league? Let’s take […]

Jimmy Haslam has been, if nothing else, a hands on owner since he took over the Browns in 2012. Since that date, the Browns have flown through a pair of regimes. The team is now working with its third head coach and third general manager under Haslam, but that’s not all bad news. The knee […]

Change is never easy, because many of us are just comfortable with the way things were. In sports, we become stubborn regarding each game's original rules and regulations. But the reality is that football, baseball, hockey and basketball have been evolving quite dramatically over the last century.  The NFL has arguably been ahead of the […]

Through the first eight games of the 2013 season, it appeared the Jacksonville Jaguars could be joining the 2008 Lions and the 1976 Buccaneers as the only two teams to go an entire season without a victory in the Super Bowl era. Then, following their bye week, the Jags bounced back winning four of their […]

Grading head coach hires moments after they happen, or, in this case, before NFL teams have even reported for OTAs much less played a game is stupid.  But—what the heck—we're in the middle of the only legitimate "dead" period on the NFL calendar.  I'll take a stab at grading the fits of the seven new […]

In 2013, just 13 running backs topped 1,000 yards in the NFL. Top tier running backs have always demanded big money for their performances. With so little separating the best in the league from the rest of the pack, should teams be investing big money in running backs? Maurice Jones-Drew will be walking away from […]

Wade Phillips has swung and missed twice as a head coach, and you don't usually get three strikes in that world. I get it. And he'll also turn 67 this offseason. I know that's not ideal. But how is it that nobody is giving any love to Phillips as a defensive coordinator after the staff […]

The Houston Texans, under new head coach Bill O’Brien, will be moving forward into the 2014 season without an offensive coordinator. It’s not uncommon for head coaches to call plays on one side of the ball, but even in those cases, coordinators are usually named to help alleviate some of the day-to-day game planning a […]

Peyton Manning was supposed to get Super Bowl No. 2 this year, but the Seattle Seahawks stomped all over that in emphatic fashion Sunday in New Jersey. Now, Manning and the Broncos enter 2014 as favorites to once again win the AFC, so nobody is ruling out another Super Bowl shot.  What are the odds […]