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Kirk Cousins will still get top-tier money despite three non-elite QBs in NFL’s final four
Will the Redskins and other NFL teams hit the pause button before handing out contracts worth $25 million per year or more to Cousins and other quarterbacks? Should they?

Case Keenum, Nick Foles and Blake Bortles are still alive. Just like everyone expected.
If you said going into the season that Blake Bortles, Case Keenum and Nick Foles would be starting the conference title games, you had it pegged. Yeah, sure you did.

Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin defends decision-making: “I’m comfortable with what we called”
Coach Mike Tomlin invited second-guessers to "have at it" but said he was "comfortable" with the Pittsburgh Steelers' controversial play calls during Sunday's loss at home to the Jacksonville Jaguars...

NFL to review whether Raiders complied with Rooney Rule before hiring Jon Gruden
The NFL said Thursday it will review the process that led to the Oakland Raiders' hiring of Jon Gruden as their head coach.

Diversity group calls for NFL to investigate Raiders for possible Rooney Rule violation
The Fritz Pollard Alliance, the diversity group that works closely with the NFL on its minority hiring, has asked the league to investigate the Oakland Raiders for what it calls...

Scoring was down this season. Will the NFL’s competition committee do anything about it?
When members of the NFL's rulemaking competition committee deliberate each offseason about the on-field state of the game, one of the statistics they scrutinize is points scored per game.

Is quarterback Blake Bortles holding the Jaguars back from being all they can be?
It is enough to wonder: Just how good would the Jaguars be with a quarterback better than Bortles?

Regarding coaching searches of the Giants, Cardinals, Colts and Lions, questions remain
Two of the NFL's six head coaching vacancies have been filled, with the Oakland Raiders luring Jon Gruden from the ESPN broadcast booth and the Chicago Bears hiring Kansas City...

Is Matt Nagy the next Sean McVay? The Chicago Bears certainly hope so.
How strong was the Sean McVay Effect on this year's NFL hiring cycle? Strong enough that it overcame the Kansas City Chiefs' ugly second-half performance in their come-from-ahead defeat Saturday...

A Patriots breakup looms for Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft. Or does it?
The prospects for the demise of the New England Patriots' dynasty and the imminent breakup of the three people most responsible for it -- quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick...