Fourteen teams remain intact on the thorny and winding pathway to Super Bowl LV. Today, we have little concept of the storylines soon to be hatched upon the hive mind: on-field moments that change the way we feel about Quarterback X forevermore; and no-name, bottom-of-the-roster types soon to play hero on the national stage. Everything is ahead! Mahomes whipping sidearm […]

The 2020 Heisman Trophy winner will be announced Tuesday night on ESPN in a ceremony taking place six days before the College Football Playoff title game. It’s a regular season award, but there’s a good chance fans will see the winner competing in the CFP championship. Two Alabama players are finalists (DeVonta Smith and Mac Jones), and it’s widely expected […]

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No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State are scheduled to play in the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 11 at Hard Rock Stadium.   There is a possibility, however, that the game could be postponed until Jan. 18. AL.com reported the game could be pushed back to Jan. 18 because of player availability concerns with Ohio State.  Stadium’s Brett […]

Covered the Redskins for the Washington Examiner and other media outlets since 1994 Authored or co-authored three books on the Redskins and one on the Cleveland Browns ASHBURN, Va. — With Alex Smith still nursing a strained calf, Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera said they might turn to a unique solution: rotating their quarterbacks. Washington (7-9) hosts the Tampa […]

It’s Tuesday, but we’re still talking about what happened Sunday night in Philadelphia because it seems most folks still aren’t over it. Count Miles Sanders in that group. The running back expressed his and his teammates’ displeasure with how things ended — with Doug Pederson benching rookie quarterback Jalen Hurts in favor of third-stringer Nate Sudfeld late in a one-score […]

However Mike Tomlin wakes up each day — he did not specify, so you are free to imagine Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 or Miles Davis’ “So What?” blaring from his phone — his first activity always is the same: worrying about COVID. “Every morning at 6 a.m., I am looking at my phone, waiting for verification of the previous day’s test […]

If 2020 taught the Cowboys anything, it was the value of Dak Prescott. Dallas was forced to play most of the season without its franchise quarterback, who was participating under a one-year franchise tag deal before suffering a gruesome, season-ending ankle fracture and dislocation. Backup Andy Dalton performed admirably when available, but a stretch that saw the Cowboys play Ben […]

As the Browns prepare for their first playoff game in 18 years, they’ll do so without their head coach and four other members of the organization. “The Cleveland Browns were informed this morning that Head Coach Kevin Stefanski, two additional members of the coaching staff and two players have tested positive for COVID-19,” the team announced in a statement. “Our […]

There is no better season than 2020 — a pandemic season that saw shortened and staggered schedules affect the Heisman résumés of many top players — to hand the trophy to a wide receiver. Alabama star DeVonta Smith just won’t be the one to say it. Fresh off seven receptions for 130 yards and three touchdowns against Notre Dame in […]