The NFL’s last-gasp effort to save the kickoff actually may have worked
NEW YORK -- It is so far, so good on what amounts to the NFL's last-ditch attempt to avoid future consideration of removing the kickoff from the league entirely.
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Bad losses by Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers leave NFC without a clear No. 3 team
In the race for NFC supremacy, it's the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints and, well, someone?
NFL players still frustrated with roughing-the-passer rule: “It’s really hard to do your job”
There was ample furor earlier this season when penalty flags were flying during NFL games for roughing-the-passer penalties that weren't, in many cases, all that rough. The consternation was particularly...
NFL’s roughing-the-passer rule isn’t changing, but it may be applied differently
Following a series of controversial roughing the passer calls this season, there is growing sentiment within the NFL that a new rule aimed at protecting quarterbacks should be applied differently...
Scoring is up and QBs are having their way with defenses. It’s just what the NFL wanted.
Two weeks into the NFL season, the offensive numbers are staggering. Scoring is up. Quarterbacks are dominating. Defenses don't seem to have a chance, with their attempts to do anything...
The NFL teams that have serious reasons to worry, versus the ones that don’t
The first Sunday of the 2018 NFL season is done, and there is plenty to digest.
Chicago Bears’ trade for Khalil Mack was bold, and just what they need to contend
Players like Khalil Mack aren't supposed to be traded. Not in the NFL. Not in a league in which drafting good players and then developing them always has been the...
Aaron Rodgers agrees to megadeal with Packers to become NFL’s highest-paid player
Aaron Rodgers, to no one's surprise, became the latest star quarterback to push the salary bar higher in becoming the NFL's highest-paid player.
Odell Beckham Jr. agrees to contract with Giants to become NFL’s highest-paid wide receiver
Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the New York Giants, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
NFL and players’ union reps are set to meet over national anthem policy on Monday
Representatives of the NFL and the NFL Players Association are to meet Monday in the New York area as part of their ongoing deliberations over the sport's national anthem policy.