NFLTeamsScores & ScheduleNFL DraftStandingsPodcastsFantasyNFL OddsNFL PicksWeek 13 previewPlayer pollCover 7 2h agoCover 7 | Thursday A daily NFL destination that provides in-depth analysis of football’s biggest stories. Each Thursday, Mike Sando examines an emerging storyline around NFL quarterbacking.Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees were all-time great quarterbacks with vastly different championship pedigrees. Suggesting Brady possessed a superior clutch gene once might have passed for explaining why he collected seven championships,...…NFLTeamsScores & ScheduleNFL DraftStandingsPodcastsFantasyNFL OddsNFL PicksWeek 13 previewPlayer pollCover 7 2h agoCover 7 | Thursday A daily NFL destination that provides in-depth analysis of football’s biggest stories. Each Thursday, Mike Sando examines an emerging storyline around NFL quarterbacking.Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees were all-time great quarterbacks with vastly different championship pedigrees. Suggesting Brady possessed a superior clutch gene once might have passed for explaining why he collected seven championships,...WW…

Jun 23, 2020On the afternoon of March 7, 2012, Jim Irsay stood behind a podium in Indianapolis to announce, through tears, the ’ release of their franchise quarterback. After 14 seasons, four NFL MVP awards, 11 Pro Bowl selections, a Super Bowl victory and Super Bowl MVP award, nearly 55,000 passing yards and 400 touchdowns, Peyton Manning was suddenly — and apprehensively — a free agent.What transpired over the following two weeks was one of the most unique pursuits in history, complete with helicopters, covert meetings, secret workouts and media decoys as Manning set out to find his...…Jun 23, 2020On the afternoon of March 7, 2012, Jim Irsay stood behind a podium in Indianapolis to announce, through tears, the ’ release of their franchise quarterback. After 14 seasons, four NFL MVP awards, 11 Pro Bowl selections, a Super Bowl victory and Super Bowl MVP award, nearly 55,000 passing yards and 400 touchdowns, Peyton Manning was suddenly — and apprehensively — a free agent.What transpired over the following two weeks was one of the most unique pursuits in history, complete with helicopters, covert meetings, secret workouts and media decoys as Manning set out to find his...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams What is driving the rift between Russell Wilson and Seahawks? ‘Power and control’By Michael-Shawn Dugar, Mike Sando and Jayson JenksDays before a critical home game against the Cardinals, Russell Wilson met with members of the Seahawks’ coaching staff....…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams What is driving the rift between Russell Wilson and Seahawks? ‘Power and control’By Michael-Shawn Dugar, Mike Sando and Jayson JenksDays before a critical home game against the Cardinals, Russell Wilson met with members of the Seahawks’ coaching staff....WW…

Feb 25, 2021By Michael-Shawn Dugar, Mike Sando and Jayson JenksEditor’s Note:Days before a critical home game against the Cardinals, met with members of the Seahawks’ coaching staff. It was a time of high tension. In Seattle’s previous two games, Wilson had turned the ball over seven times, and the Seahawks had lost both, first to the Bills, then to the Rams. The offense needed to get on track, and Wilson had ideas on how to make that happen.Instead, the meeting would come to symbolize the divide between Wilson and the organization.Pete Carroll has built Hall of Fame credentials on what he...…Feb 25, 2021By Michael-Shawn Dugar, Mike Sando and Jayson JenksEditor’s Note:Days before a critical home game against the Cardinals, met with members of the Seahawks’ coaching staff. It was a time of high tension. In Seattle’s previous two games, Wilson had turned the ball over seven times, and the Seahawks had lost both, first to the Bills, then to the Rams. The offense needed to get on track, and Wilson had ideas on how to make that happen.Instead, the meeting would come to symbolize the divide between Wilson and the organization.Pete Carroll has built Hall of Fame credentials on what he...WW…

Oct 29, 2020They went for it on fourth down leading 31-0. They recovered an onside kick leading 45-0 and kept on passing. They ran a fake reverse after that. With the score 58-7 in the final 30 seconds, Sam Wyche’s could have knelt on the ball. Instead, they drilled a 30-yard field goal to punctuate a 61-7 beatdown of Jerry Glanville’s Houston Oilers.Then, it got personal.Wyche unloaded on his hated rival in a postgame news conference for the ages.“In my 44 years of covering the NFL, I have never seen anything like it,” Houston Chronicle reporter John McClain said.Competitive people lose...…Oct 29, 2020They went for it on fourth down leading 31-0. They recovered an onside kick leading 45-0 and kept on passing. They ran a fake reverse after that. With the score 58-7 in the final 30 seconds, Sam Wyche’s could have knelt on the ball. Instead, they drilled a 30-yard field goal to punctuate a 61-7 beatdown of Jerry Glanville’s Houston Oilers.Then, it got personal.Wyche unloaded on his hated rival in a postgame news conference for the ages.“In my 44 years of covering the NFL, I have never seen anything like it,” Houston Chronicle reporter John McClain said.Competitive people lose...WW…

Sep 11, 2020Tumultuous is a good word to describe recent seasons for quarterback . On the field, Rodgers lost his favorite receiving targets, Jordy Nelson and , as the talent around him eroded. On the sideline, longtime coach Mike McCarthy lost his job, with some questioning whether Rodgers was as supportive of the coach as he should have been. In the front office, the Packers made a change at general manager that Rodgers embraced, only to have the team’s new leaders draft his successor in the first round of the 2020 draft, again neglecting the receiving corps. Throw in the broken...…Sep 11, 2020Tumultuous is a good word to describe recent seasons for quarterback . On the field, Rodgers lost his favorite receiving targets, Jordy Nelson and , as the talent around him eroded. On the sideline, longtime coach Mike McCarthy lost his job, with some questioning whether Rodgers was as supportive of the coach as he should have been. In the front office, the Packers made a change at general manager that Rodgers embraced, only to have the team’s new leaders draft his successor in the first round of the 2020 draft, again neglecting the receiving corps. Throw in the broken...WW…

May 14, 2020The offensive support teams provide their quarterbacks can be a sensitive subject. The ’ without securing receiver help for set off alarms. ’s departure from the New England to the compels us partly because Brady might fare better with his new team’s superior receiving talent. As the work toward a new contract for , skeptics question how the quarterback would fare without so many Pro Bowlers surrounding him on offense. Elsewhere, under-talented teams such as the New York simply want to give their young QBs a chance.We illustrate these disparities in quarterback support by...…May 14, 2020The offensive support teams provide their quarterbacks can be a sensitive subject. The ’ without securing receiver help for set off alarms. ’s departure from the New England to the compels us partly because Brady might fare better with his new team’s superior receiving talent. As the work toward a new contract for , skeptics question how the quarterback would fare without so many Pro Bowlers surrounding him on offense. Elsewhere, under-talented teams such as the New York simply want to give their young QBs a chance.We illustrate these disparities in quarterback support by...WW…