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Art Rooney II on Steelers: ‘We feel good about where we are’
The Pittsburgh Steelers finished 13-3 last season. Although they fell short of the Super Bowl, the Steelers demonstrated their typical dominance. And this ye...
John Mara on Giants’ offseason: ‘So far, so good’
To say John Mara is cautiously optimistic about the New York Giants’ offseason would be an understatement. The New York Giants’ co-owner won̵...
Packers CEO Mark Murphy ‘very hopeful’ for contract extension with Aaron Rodgers
The parameters have pretty well been set. Thanks largely to the five-year, $30-million contract extension quarterback Matt Ryan recently signed with the Atla...
Al Riveron: NFL rules changes won’t spark ‘ejection-fest’
The NFL’s head of officiating doesn’t want the league’s ever-increasing efforts to make the game safer to be misunderstood. Yes, the NFL ha...
Damarious Randall says Browns ‘ready to win right now’
Cornerback/safety Damarious Randle believed he had been productive enough since joining the Packers as a first-round draft pick from Arizona State in 2015 to...
Baker Mayfield: Hard Knocks can be good for him and the Browns ‘if you handle it right’
Baker Mayfield knows all about the stigma attached to being an NFL team appearing on the HBO series Hard Knocks. All of those cameras and microphones capturi...
Lamar Jackson: Being drafted by Ravens was worth longer wait than he expected
Lamar Jackson thought for sure he’d be selected sooner than the final pick of the first round of last month’s NFL Draft. But after waiting and wa...
Nyheim Hines’ first reaction to Colts’ offensive playbook: ‘Wow!’
It’s Nyheim Hines’ nature to try to get a jump on things, so the running back wasted no time looking at his iPad containing the Indianapolis Colt...
Chargers’ Anthony Lynn on getting college degree: ‘I just feel like I’m a better example’
Anthony Lynn kept putting it off. And putting it off. And putting it off. He was close to earning his college degree, but football kept getting in the way. F...
Brian Bosworth: Chuck Knox ‘impacted my life for the better’
They were only together for three seasons, but the Chuck Knox’s influence on Brian Bosworth was profound. For Bosworth, a linebacker who played on Knox...
Bill Polian: ‘Approval should move pretty quickly’ on David Tepper’s purchase of Panthers
Former NFL executive Bill Polian sees the logic in David Tepper being the likely candidate to become the next owner of the Carolina Panthers, for whom Polian...
Former Saints OT Zach Strief: Mark Ingram ‘is a good guy’
On the field, Zach Strief helps clear paths for Mark Ingram. Off the field, the New Orleans Saints offensive tackle is no less determined to be as supportive...
Joe Thomas to Browns’ top pick Baker Mayfield: ‘It’s OK if you don’t play in your first year’
Joe Thomas has seen previous Cleveland Browns rookie quarterbacks fail, time and again, to simply assume things will work out just fine for Baker Mayfield.
Cliff Avril on football future: ‘We’ll see what the doc says’
Cliff Avril is at peace with the prospect of never stepping onto a football field again. After the Seattle Seahawks released the defensive end with a failed ...
Raiders’ Maurice Hurst on irregular heartbeat: ‘I don’t think it’s anything of concern for myself’
Maurice Hurst fully anticipated slipping down the respective draft boards of NFL teams. As the former Michigan standout defensive tackle pointed out to Bruce...
Bruce Arians ‘excited’ about moving to broadcast booth
After retiring as an NFL coach after last season, Bruce Arians couldn’t see putting a whole lot of distance between himself and the game that has consu...
Marty Hurney: Panthers’ 1st-round WR D.J. Moore ‘gives us a little different skill set than we had’
It was close. The Carolina Panthers had the top two receiver prospects in the NFL Draft, D.J. Moore and Calvin Ridley, closely rated before making Moore, a f...
See what happens: Rob Gronkowski + swimsuit model + guacamole
This week marked the 13th annual Covino & Rich Guac Off, and some special guests stopped by to taste test some delicious guacamole.
Bruce Allen on Redskins’ acquiring Alex Smith: ‘He was at the top of the list’
The Washington Redskins entered the 2018 NFL Draft the way all teams do: looking to add players who will make them better. The difference was, the Redskins t...
Kevin Colbert: Steelers felt Mason Rudolph belonged with draft’s top QBs
Ben Roethlisberger is 36 years old and nearing the end of an amazing career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are confident he can continue to be a ...
Pat Shurmur on Giants’ QB situation: ‘We’re all in on Eli’
Well before the New York Giants used the second overall pick of the NFL Draft on running back Saquon Barkley, new coach Pat Shurmur took a closer look at wha...
Harrison Phillips’ wrestling background made him natural pick for Bills
When the head coach is a former high school wrestling standout, it only stands to reason that a college prospect with a similar background is going to have s...
Brandon Beane: Bills built draft capital, but ‘didn’t just want to throw it all away’
The Buffalo Bills addressed two of their biggest needs in the first round of the NFL Draft. Time will tell whether former Wyoming star Josh Allen proves to b...
Josh Rosen was destined to become a top-flight QB
Josh Rosen remembers the stories from his parents. As a baby, he always loved showing off that passing arm that is about to make him a first-round pick in th...
Sam Darnold: ‘Everyone wants to be No. 1’
They have been polite, saying the right things and flashing their biggest smiles. But let’s face it. The quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft al...
Is the next Tom Brady in the 2018 NFL Draft?
Every NFL Draft holds the potential for introducing the next superstars of the game, but there’s something so appropriate about holding the 2018 festiv...
For Brian O’Neill, ‘no looking back’ after successful switch from tight end to offensive tackle
To look at the University of Pittsburgh’s Brian O’Neill, all 6-foot-7 and 305 pounds of him, you’d assume he spent his entire football life...
Brady Quinn: Lamar Jackson’s visit to Patriots ‘makes sense for a lot of reasons’
Brady Quinn totally gets it, even if there are many other people who might not. To the former NFL quarterback, Lamar Jackson’s pre-draft visit to the N...
If NFL could take more time to put together schedule, it would
You think 11 weeks was a long time for the NFL to put together its 2018 schedule that was revealed Thursday night? If it were up to the people to assembled i...
Nick Chubb enjoys making pre-draft process a family affair
Nick Chubb’s journey to the NFL has played out more publicly than those of many other prospects in the Class of 2018. With the notable exception, that ...
Paul Posluszny: Jaguars ‘expect to have success, willing to put in the work’
Of all of Paul Posluszny’s accomplishments during 11 seasons as an NFL linebacker, the biggest had nothing to do with individual achievement.
Denzel Ward: Playing with top-rated corners at Ohio State ‘elevated my game’
When Denzel Ward was a cornerback at Ohio State, he didn’t have to go very far to find top-level competition.
Rams’ Todd Gurley on Sean McVay: ‘His offensive mind is like no other’
There were plenty of reasons the Los Angeles Rams improved from 4-12 in 2016 to 11-5 last season, but Todd Gurley knows who the driving force behind it all w...
James Washington compares himself to Dez Bryant … and wants to join Cowboys!
If James Washington has his way, he’ll continue following in the path of fellow former Oklahoma State standout Dez Bryant all the way to the Dallas Cow...
Dion Lewis on Titans backfield pairing with Derrick Henry: ‘They’re going to use both of us’
Dion Lewis believes he and his new backfield partner, Derrick Henry, will be plenty productive for the Tennessee Titans this season.
James Lofton: ‘I think Dez Bryant wants to be a Cowboy’
James Lofton, a Hall of Fame receiver and SiriusXM NFL Radio co-host, thinks the best result for the meeting between Dez Bryant and team owner Jerry Jones wo...
Bradley Chubb says ending up with Giants would be ‘amazing’
After the New York Giants traded away defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, conventional wisdom strongly suggested they would select the draft’s top-rated p...
Eric Ebron chooses Colts because Andrew Luck ‘is a great quarterback’
Eric Ebron knows that Andrew Luck is still working his way back from shoulder surgery. However, the Indianapolis Colts’ recently acquired tight end lea...
Landon Collins on Giants’ struggles in 2017: ‘We can’t go through that again’
For safety Landon Collins, one of the discouraging parts of the 2017 season he doesn’t want to see repeated is the acrimony among members of the Giants...
Brandin Cooks’ value to Rams goes beyond catching passes
The Los Angeles Rams acquired wide receiver Brandin Cooks to be another difference-making component to their explosive passing game. They are likely to get m...
Orlando Scandrick ‘really clicked’ with Redskins’ coaches
For cornerback Orlando Scandrick, the decision to sign with the Washington Redskins after 10 seasons of facing them as a member of the Dallas Cowboys had not...
Brady Quinn: Johnny Manziel’s criticism of Browns ‘sounds like excuses’
Brady Quinn continues to pay close enough attention to the Browns to believe they were wrongfully called out by Manziel for failing to recognize he wasn̵...
Josh Sitton follows former Bears coaches to Dolphins
Knowing an overhaul to the Chicago Bears’ coaching staff was inevitable, guard New Dolphins guard Josh Sitton saw what he hoped would be an ideal landi...
Ryan Jensen: Signing with Buccaneers put him in ‘win-now type of situation’
Ryan Jensen signed a record contract for an NFL center with the Buccaneers ($42 million over four years), in part because they’re a team he believes pr...
After year off for health’s sake, Su’a Cravens ready to help Broncos
After being medically cleared to return from a concussion while sitting out the 2017 campaign, safety Su’a Cravens was ready to return. And on Thursday...
Mike Pereira: Lowering-helmet rule ‘going to be impossible to officiate’
NFL former head of officiating Mike Pereira doesn’t like the idea the new lowering-the-head rule, nor does he think it’s the solution to the NFL&...
Titans safety Kevin Byard says new lowering-head rule is ‘definitely going to change the game’
Tennessee Titans safety Kevin Byard is struggling to wrap his mind around the league’s new rule that calls for a 15-yard penalty and possible ejection ...
Rich McKay: NFL needs to get helmet out of the game ‘by penalizing it’
In a surprise move, the NFL announced at its annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., a new rule that calls for a player to be penalized 15 yards and possibly ejecte...
Jay Gruden ‘anxious to get started’ with new Redskins QB Alex Smith
As far as Jay Gruden is concerned, the Washington Redskins’ offseason has been a success. It began with the trade that sent quarterback Alex Smith from...
Jon Gruden doesn’t think NFL’s proposed new catch rule will resolve anything
Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden is not among the coaches who believes that the NFL’s proposed change to the catch-no catch rule provides a solution to...
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