On the very first night of the 2020 NFL season, Andy Reid’s face shield kept fogging up. It was one of the stories of the Chiefs’ season opener. Since then, Kansas City first figured out how to stop Reid’s shield from fogging up before he moved on to a cloth facemask instead. It’s never been a narrative before, but now […]

Jim and John Harbaugh may be the highest-profile coaching brothers in the country. And yes, they look a lot alike. But no, they’re not twins. John has all the older brother bragging rights, but Jim probably got all the younger sibling special treatment. John also has the Super Bowl trump card, having defeated his baby brother in the 2013 edition […]

Tom Brady and Drew Brees go head-to-head Sunday for the right to face Aaron Rodgers in the NFC championship game, a euphoric setup for NFL fans eager to watch the trio of future Hall of Famers try to win another Super Bowl ring before retirement. Brady’s Buccaneers lost twice to Brees’ Saints during the regular season. The second of those matchups wasn’t […]

A reunion of football minds might be right around the corner in Washington. Former Carolina Panthers general manager Marty Hurney is meeting with key members of the Washington Football Team’s front office Monday, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported. The group includes head coach Ron Rivera, per sources informed of the meeting. Hurney is the top candidate for Washington’s general […]

A flurry of hires and anticipated agreements in the last week has already brought the NFL’s annual shopping spree of coaches and general managers nearly to a close. Just two head coaching jobs — in Houston and Philadelphia, both of which got late starts, with the Texans deciding to first hire a GM and the Eagles waiting until after the […]

IAN HERBERT: Colin Kaepernick became a beacon of hope in the wretched Donald Trump era but the former president made sure he paid a price… Now, we must remember those contemptible members of the sporting establishment who conspired to keep him out Donald Trump’s presidency will forever be entwined with Colin Kaepernick Kaepernick took the knee in protest of the […]

Taron Johnson picked off Lamar Jackson and returned it for a 101-yard touchdown in as the Buffalo Bills cashed in on a third quarter collapse from the Baltimore Ravens to book a place in their first AFC Championship game since the 1993-94 season with a 17-3 victory. A game that had been billed as a clash between two of the […]

There will many narratives in play about Kareem Hunt returning to Kansas City to play the Chiefs in the 2021 AFC divisional playoffs on Sunday (3:05 p.m. ET, CBS). Delivering the right take on that situation off the field is a delicate, difficult task. Strictly on-field speaking, however, the Browns won’t upset the Chiefs and get to their first AFC championship […]

Patrick Mahomes has been voted Sporting News Offensive Player of the Year for the second time in three years. He was the majority choice among his fellow NFL players, adding 2020 to his victory in 2018, when he was also named NFL MVP. Given the Chiefs’ quarterback didn’t have the unquestioned standout statistical brilliance usually attached with OPOY, it might be […]

Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. PITTSBURGH — Dwayne Haskins, a first-round draft pick in 2019, has agreed to a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers after meeting with the team Thursday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The quarterback was released by the Washington Football Team less than […]