Filed under:Danny Kelly, Danny Heifetz, and Nora Princiotti also discus the Russell Wilson trade rumors and break down former Clemson quarterback and likely no. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence’s skills and college careerare joined by Nora Princiotti, and they start by discussing the Russell Wilson rumors. Then they break down former Clemson quarterback and likely no. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence’s skills and college career. After that they discuss Heifetz’s rankings of the no. 1 picks from the last 20 years.Subscribe: / / /Kate Halliwell and Rodger Sherman talk about ‘Ginny & Georgia,’ a Netflix show...…Filed under:Danny Kelly, Danny Heifetz, and Nora Princiotti also discus the Russell Wilson trade rumors and break down former Clemson quarterback and likely no. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence’s skills and college careerare joined by Nora Princiotti, and they start by discussing the Russell Wilson rumors. Then they break down former Clemson quarterback and likely no. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence’s skills and college career. After that they discuss Heifetz’s rankings of the no. 1 picks from the last 20 years.Subscribe: / / /Kate Halliwell and Rodger Sherman talk about ‘Ginny & Georgia,’ a Netflix show...WW…

“Green 18! Green 18! Blue 58! Hut!”It was Week 3 in New Orleans. The Packers were playing the Saints on the road. Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay offense were facing a third-and-3 from the Saints’ 15-yard line, up 30-27 with 3:49 left in the fourth quarter. Rodgers’s cadence thundered through the Superdome—there were 748 fans in attendance, about 1 percent of the stadium’s capacity. Saints linebacker Demario Davis sprung through the gap between left tackle David Bakhtiari and a receiver bunch, but he moved too soon, falling for Rodgers’s hard count by jumping offside. Rodgers took advantage...…“Green 18! Green 18! Blue 58! Hut!”It was Week 3 in New Orleans. The Packers were playing the Saints on the road. Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay offense were facing a third-and-3 from the Saints’ 15-yard line, up 30-27 with 3:49 left in the fourth quarter. Rodgers’s cadence thundered through the Superdome—there were 748 fans in attendance, about 1 percent of the stadium’s capacity. Saints linebacker Demario Davis sprung through the gap between left tackle David Bakhtiari and a receiver bunch, but he moved too soon, falling for Rodgers’s hard count by jumping offside. Rodgers took advantage...WW…

Filed under:Can the NFL’s cursed team change its destiny? On September 10, 1960, at 8 p.m. in Los Angeles, the Chargers kicked off for the first time as a professional football team. Planets were aligned at that exact time and place, creating a birth chart offering some clues into the team’s future. Astrologically speaking, a birth chart represents a snapshot of the sky at the time and place in which a person—or, for the purposes of this exercise, a fledgling football franchise—is born, conveying fundamental truths about their character. The Chargers’ sun was in Virgo, making them...…Filed under:Can the NFL’s cursed team change its destiny? On September 10, 1960, at 8 p.m. in Los Angeles, the Chargers kicked off for the first time as a professional football team. Planets were aligned at that exact time and place, creating a birth chart offering some clues into the team’s future. Astrologically speaking, a birth chart represents a snapshot of the sky at the time and place in which a person—or, for the purposes of this exercise, a fledgling football franchise—is born, conveying fundamental truths about their character. The Chargers’ sun was in Virgo, making them...WW…

Filed under:Who’s ready for some Wednesday-afternoon football? A third postponement of the Ravens-Steelers game reveals the lengths the NFL will go to keep its schedule on course. But it’s not without a cost.On October 13, as the Titans dealt with the NFL’s first significant COVID-19 outbreak, commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams drawing a line between competitive issues and medical concerns when explaining the league’s rationale when determining whether a game would be moved.“Medical considerations and government directives will be paramount in determining when a game should be...…Filed under:Who’s ready for some Wednesday-afternoon football? A third postponement of the Ravens-Steelers game reveals the lengths the NFL will go to keep its schedule on course. But it’s not without a cost.On October 13, as the Titans dealt with the NFL’s first significant COVID-19 outbreak, commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams drawing a line between competitive issues and medical concerns when explaining the league’s rationale when determining whether a game would be moved.“Medical considerations and government directives will be paramount in determining when a game should be...WW…

Filed under:Obsolescence is a necessary byproduct of innovation. With teams scoring at a historic rate in 2020, punters are spending more time on the sidelines wondering when—or if—they’ll be called into action.“Great noise is made by many of the newspapers and thousands of the traders in the country about lard oil, chemical oil, camphene oil and half a dozen other luminous humbugs; and it has been confidently predicted by more than one astute prophet that the Sperm Oil trade would soon come to an end, and the whales be left in undisturbed possession of their abode,” read an article in the...…Filed under:Obsolescence is a necessary byproduct of innovation. With teams scoring at a historic rate in 2020, punters are spending more time on the sidelines wondering when—or if—they’ll be called into action.“Great noise is made by many of the newspapers and thousands of the traders in the country about lard oil, chemical oil, camphene oil and half a dozen other luminous humbugs; and it has been confidently predicted by more than one astute prophet that the Sperm Oil trade would soon come to an end, and the whales be left in undisturbed possession of their abode,” read an article in the...WW…

Filed under:The Chiefs are a relatively quiet 8-1, if there is such a thing. Patrick Mahomes and Co. might not be as flashy and explosive in 2020, but they’re still just as dangerous.Earlier this week, one of the great creators of our time­—that would be Taylor Alison Swift—described feeling forgotten even before she’d reached a creative peak.“My career started when I was 16 putting out albums, so by 22, I was already feeling like old news,” she in an interview for the magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums series. “I was already watching newer, cooler artists come out every week. I was already...…Filed under:The Chiefs are a relatively quiet 8-1, if there is such a thing. Patrick Mahomes and Co. might not be as flashy and explosive in 2020, but they’re still just as dangerous.Earlier this week, one of the great creators of our time­—that would be Taylor Alison Swift—described feeling forgotten even before she’d reached a creative peak.“My career started when I was 16 putting out albums, so by 22, I was already feeling like old news,” she in an interview for the magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums series. “I was already watching newer, cooler artists come out every week. I was already...WW…

Filed under:Before the NFL made an official decision on ending offseason activities, Payton told his players to stay home until training camp. They made the most of the autonomy.Back in April, as NFL teams were scrambling to figure out how to proceed with offseason activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Saints coach Sean Payton manufactured a bit of clarity for his players. Facilities were closed, but the league held out hope that an altered offseason schedule of OTAs and minicamps could begin eventually. Payton didn’t love the sound of eventually, so he gave players the only answer he...…Filed under:Before the NFL made an official decision on ending offseason activities, Payton told his players to stay home until training camp. They made the most of the autonomy.Back in April, as NFL teams were scrambling to figure out how to proceed with offseason activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Saints coach Sean Payton manufactured a bit of clarity for his players. Facilities were closed, but the league held out hope that an altered offseason schedule of OTAs and minicamps could begin eventually. Payton didn’t love the sound of eventually, so he gave players the only answer he...WW…

Filed under:A projected loss of revenue because of the pandemic could have major ramifications on next season’s salary cap. The league and the players are negotiating solutions to deal with the shortfall.The NFL and the NFL Players Association are nearing agreement on a set of health and safety protocols for the upcoming season to cope with the coronavirus. Beyond that, there’s still the matter of how to pay everyone.The NFL is going to lose revenue as multiple teams have already announced they won’t have fans at games this year. Projections of the shortfall range from to , with multiple...…Filed under:A projected loss of revenue because of the pandemic could have major ramifications on next season’s salary cap. The league and the players are negotiating solutions to deal with the shortfall.The NFL and the NFL Players Association are nearing agreement on a set of health and safety protocols for the upcoming season to cope with the coronavirus. Beyond that, there’s still the matter of how to pay everyone.The NFL is going to lose revenue as multiple teams have already announced they won’t have fans at games this year. Projections of the shortfall range from to , with multiple...WW…

Filed under:The league and NFLPA are looking for the proper safety protocols so that 32 teams can operate in 22 states. There’s still a lot they need to figure out, most importantly the frequency of testing.The NFL thought it had time on its side. Its season had ended when the coronavirus first began to shut down the country in March. While other leagues and events, like the NBA regular season and NCAA basketball tournaments, abruptly suspended their operations, the NFL had almost six months before the first game of the 2020 season. It was ample time, league personnel assumed, to learn best...…Filed under:The league and NFLPA are looking for the proper safety protocols so that 32 teams can operate in 22 states. There’s still a lot they need to figure out, most importantly the frequency of testing.The NFL thought it had time on its side. Its season had ended when the coronavirus first began to shut down the country in March. While other leagues and events, like the NBA regular season and NCAA basketball tournaments, abruptly suspended their operations, the NFL had almost six months before the first game of the 2020 season. It was ample time, league personnel assumed, to learn best...WW…

Filed under:NFL players have a recent track record of successfully forcing their way to a preferred destination. Will the Jets safety be the latest to follow suit?It’s difficult to predict the outcome in the case of Jamal Adams and the Jets, other than Joe Douglas maybe not answering Jerry Jones’s phone calls anymore. About two weeks ago, Adams , the latest chapter of the long book of Jets malaise.Adams’s discontent stems back to last October, when he was upset that Douglas, the team’s general manager, took calls from other teams inquiring about Adams’s availability. The Ravens and Cowboys...…Filed under:NFL players have a recent track record of successfully forcing their way to a preferred destination. Will the Jets safety be the latest to follow suit?It’s difficult to predict the outcome in the case of Jamal Adams and the Jets, other than Joe Douglas maybe not answering Jerry Jones’s phone calls anymore. About two weeks ago, Adams , the latest chapter of the long book of Jets malaise.Adams’s discontent stems back to last October, when he was upset that Douglas, the team’s general manager, took calls from other teams inquiring about Adams’s availability. The Ravens and Cowboys...WW…