Rex Ryan returns, leads Bills to huge, ugly win over his former Jets team Rex Ryan hasn’t changed. Not one bit. The boast-making, baritone-speaking head coach was not humbled when he was fired by the New York Jets, and he hasn’t changed his stripes — except for a gaudy new tattoo — since taking over the Buffalo Bills. [Yahoo Daily Fantasy Football: First place wins $100K in our $500K … [Read more...]

One desperate player waited three days outside Browns facility for workout How far would you go to get a shot to try out for an NFL team? Write 32 handwritten letters to every team's GM once a month? Commission an airplane banner with your height, weight, stats and 40 time? Be willing to endure hours of Michael Irvin pontificating during the taping of the next "4th and Long" season? [Yahoo … [Read more...]

Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch reportedly helps McDonald's employee with $500 gift Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch gets a lot of grief for how he acts in front of cameras, but he does some good things when none are around, which is certainly laudable. One such example comes from TMZ Sports: while in Dallas earlier this month (he was allowed to stay in the city to be with teammate Ricardo … [Read more...]

NFL draft: Should NFL teams wait until 2017 for running backs? We were struck by something a college scouting director said to us, off hand, a few weeks ago. “I like some of those [running backs in the 2016 draft],” he said, “but I might be inclined to wait. The next year could be really special.” The 2016 crop of running backs could include potential bell-cow backs such as Ohio State’s … [Read more...]

Don Shula rooting for Panthers, son Mike to finish undefeated season Legendary coach Don Shula knows how difficult it is for an NFL team to win every game in a season, but if any club is going to join his 1972 Dolphins as the only teams in the Super Bowl era to complete a perfect schedule, he would like it to be this year's Panthers. Shula is a little biased, of course, since his son Mike is … [Read more...]

Football Daily Dose: Dose: Lacy Officially Demoted It’s hard to believe it’s already Week 10. It still feels like yesterday that the Rotoworld crew was working on the pre-season Draft Guide. The NFL season truly does fly by… Fortunately, outside of Andrew Luck’s lacerated kidney and abdomen injury that will cause him to miss “at least a month” and Ben Roethlisberger’s foot injury, it seems like … [Read more...]

Disney CEO Robert Iger joins Chargers, Raiders L.A. stadium project   The San Diego Chargers' and Oakland Raiders' plan to become the teams that move to Los Angeles received a big boost Wednesday when Disney chairman and CEO Robert Iger agreed to oversee their bid to build a stadium. CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora and Sports Business Journal's Daniel Kaplan reported the agreement early … [Read more...]

Greg Hardy on Twitter: 'Innocent until proven guilty' Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy's Twitter account is ... well, it's interesting. Hardy, for the first time that anyone can recall, expressed some remorse on Twitter last weekend, seemingly for an incident that led to him missing 15 games last season and being suspended for four this season, when he was accused of throwing his … [Read more...]

Reports: Disney CEO Robert Iger joins Chargers, Raiders L.A. stadium project   The San Diego Chargers' and Oakland Raiders' plan to become the teams that move to Los Angeles are set to receive a big boost, with reports Wednesday morning they've brought Disney chairman and CEO Robert Iger in to oversee their bid to build a stadium. CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora and Sports Business Journal's … [Read more...]

Football Daily Dose: Dose: Hasselbeck Time Again It’s been a rough fourth season for Andrew Luck. Even with missing two games earlier this season due to a shoulder issue and some broken ribs, he was on pace to set a career-high for interceptions. Luck’s poor play contributed heavily to the firing of OC Pep Hamilton, who’s coached Luck since his days at Stanford, and the quarterback was clearly … [Read more...]