Category: Sport

Contained within the NFL’s annual effort to sell hope to 32 fan bases was an observation from one coach who believes that two thirds of those fan bases are wasting their time. Saints coach Sean Payton, appearing on the NFL’s Draft-A-Thon, said something publicly that plenty of NFL figures usually say privately: Roughly 20 teams […]

In what should come as no surprise to anyone, the Texans exercised the fifth-year option on quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s contract, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Watson was one of the easier option decisions among the 32 players selected in the first-round in 2017. The deadline is May 4 at 11:59:59. The Texans and Watson both […]

Major sports league continues to make plans to return. Whether and when that happens remains to be seen. The Premier League, via Sports Business Daily, hopes to resume its suspended 2019-20 season and to complete 92 remaining matches at approved stadiums, once the U.K. government allows it to happen. The goal is to return by […]

The San Francisco 49ers and new left tackle Trent Williams both appear to be comfortable in letting their new relationship play out for a while before committing to a future beyond the 2020 season. Williams hasn’t played in a football game since the 2018 season after sitting out last year in a dispute with Washington […]

With the draft out of the way, teams can move on to making decisions about exercising the fifth-year options on their 2017 first-round picks. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that the Browns have made calls on both of the players they selected that year. Cabot reports that they have exercised the options on defensive […]

Since the 2011 labor deal removed most of the items about which teams and draft picks can haggle, most teams have quickly signed most if not all of their incoming rookies. This year may not be like other recent years. The pandemic may impact the willingness of teams to sign draft picks, for a couple […]

The rookie have been picked. So now it’s time to pick the rookie you think will win the two major prizes based on their first-year performances. First, the offensive rookie of the year. According to the DraftKings Sportsbook, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is the favorite to win the offensive rookie of the year award, at […]