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Trevor Lawrence doesn’t need football in his life to be OK, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t motivated to play the sport as well as he can as he makes his way to the NFL. The former Clemson quarterback and presumed No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft on Saturday clarified quotes from a Wednesday Sports Illustrated article in […]

It’s been a long, long 13 months. So long, we’ve often had to search for things to do — with extremely limited options. Judging by Alexander Johnson’s tweets earlier this week, the Grading the Week staff has an idea how the Broncos middle linebacker filled his time: consuming coronavirus conspiracy videos. “Plan pandemic” — F For those who missed it, […]

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears signed wide receiver Marquise Goodwin to a one-year contract Friday. Goodwin has 140 receptions for 2,323 yards and 13 touchdowns over seven seasons with the Buffalo Bills (2013-16) and San Francisco 49ers (2017-19). He had a career-best 962 yards in 2017 with San Francisco. Goodwin opted out of last season — his first […]

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was out of football in 2020. He hasn’t played more than two games since 2018. And yet, he’s not ready to hang up his cleats. The 35-year-old Rodgers-Cromartie hasn’t given up on the idea of playing, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported. Though he’s been linked to a coaching job at his alma mater, Tennessee State, under former […]

All that stands between the reeling Rockies and the abyss is shortstop Trevor Story. But Story can’t save our Bad News Denver Bears, stumbling out of the gate so ineptly they seem bent on being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs before the calendar flips from April to May. The time to trade Story is now. Why delay the inevitable? Any […]

The National Football League today announced its first-ever U.S. sportsbook partnerships as Caesars Entertainment, DraftKings and FanDuel have reached agreements to become Official Sports Betting Partners of the NFL. As part of these multi-year agreements, all three partners will have the exclusive ability to leverage NFL marks within the sports betting category and activate around retail and online sports betting. […]

Drafting is hard. Ranking teams based on how they draft is easy. Instead of evaluating general managers this year based on the totality of their job, I thought it’d be fun to only focus on how they used their draft capital. It’s a self-selecting group, because the names that would be at the bottom of this list ultimately lost their […]

Aaron Rodgers is one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks and smartest players overall. When talking to media around the league, he’s been known for his calculated, composed manner of speaking. There’s no question Rodgers’ intelligence and personable nature have been major assets during his successful two-week run as guest host on “Jeopardy!.” Rodgers once excelled as a celebrity competitor on the show and the […]

Although the NFL has announced plans of staging an entirely virtual Phase 1 of the offseason program before progressing to a hybrid format that will feature online meetings and on-field drill work in Phases 2 and 3, NFL Players Association leaders will continue to push for no in-person activities this spring and summer until training camps open. On the heels […]