At first, it sounded like a ridiculous rumor — the type of thing that often blooms during the slowest period on the NFL calendar. Peyton Manning in trade talks? But a radio guy named Ben Allbright in Denver as Allbright suggested, there are folks within the Broncos’ front office who are ready to usher in […]

Our offseason ranking series continues with a look at the league’s best tight ends entering 2015. 1. Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots — This isn’t even close. Gronk led all NFL tight ends with 1,124 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2014, and the 26-year-old should only get better now that he’s back in the rhythm […]

The Indianapolis Colts have been extremely busy this offseason, and are considered to be one of the Super Bowl favorites heading into 2015. General manager Ryan Grigson was aggressive in free agency, and the Colts made quite a few upgrades to both sides of the football. There is no question that the Colts have the […]

Indianapolis Colts receiver and Miami product Andre Johnson recently suggested that a team comprised only of Miami Hurricane alumni could win a Super Bowl, which seemed far-fetched considering that there isn’t a quarterback in the NFL from “The U.” But Johnson gave us a nice idea, so here’s our first look at a potential alumni […]

Below are the league’s top ten receivers going into the 2015 season. The interesting conundrum as you view this list is the question of how much these receivers benefit from having elite passers vs. how much worse their quarterbacks would be without them? In some cases it’s clear these could could not put up the […]

Those of us wrapped up in the world of NFL football sometimes wind up with a skewed view of the game’s importance on an international scale. The reality is that American football is really only supremely popular — fittingly — in America. And even on United States soil, more folks play basketball and soccer than […]

In the dead of the offseason, this is what we do. Last week, we gave you a rundown of the top 10 quarterbacks in football, and now it’s time to break down the running backs. 1. Marshawn Lynch, Seattle Seahawks: The 29-year-old actually had the second-highest yards-per-attempt average of his career in 2014, amassing 1,200-plus […]

For years, the Cincinnati Bengals deserved their derogatory nickname. Yes, the “Bungles” had no reason to bitch about being the butt of so many football jokes. After all, this is a team that between 1991 and 2004 had zero winning seasons. They went 71-153 during that span, which was the worst record in the NFL […]

Robert Griffin III was inexplicably named the Washington Redskins’ starting quarterback like four months ago.  That doesn’t mean much, because veteran backups Colt McCoy and Kirk Cousins have plenty of time to outplay the former No. 2 overall pick. And apparently they’re hungry. “Both of them are making their case known, both of them, like […]

Michael Oher doesn’t subscribe to the notion that no publicity is bad publicity. Even though he was portrayed in a likable manner in “The Blind Side,” a 2009 movie about his life, the Carolina Panthers offensive tackle feels the attention he’s received as a result of that film has actually hurt his football career. “People […]