Bucs' Seferian-Jenkins has bad day on field, makes it worse on Twitter OTA practices may be voluntary, but Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter expects you to be prepared for them. Just ask Austin Seferian-Jenkins.  On Thursday, Koetter sent the third-year tight end off the field for not being ready to take part. Here's video, posted by WFLA reporter Paul Ryan: Here's the moment … [Read more...]

Colin Kaepernick says he's oh-so-happy to still be with the 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick ended up staying with the San Francisco 49ers, even though it seems like neither side wanted that. The 49ers didn't want to sell low and trade Kaepernick to the Denver Broncos for a lesser draft pick than they wanted. When Denver picked Paxton Lynch in the first round, that ended the trade talks. … [Read more...]

How America gave O.J. Simpson a nearly lifelong pass to get away with it “I think O.J. felt entitled to anything O.J. wanted.” – Robin Greer, friend of Nicole Brown Simpson Nothing, it seemed, has ever been enough for O.J. Simpson. There was never enough fame, never enough adulation, never enough women. It wasn’t enough that he got away with murder. Even after he was acquitted, Simpson … [Read more...]

The dab is done, Cam Newton giving up his famous TD celebration Cam Newton is done dabbing. He is giving up the touchdown dance that set off conservative moms, uptight columnists and spawned a million horrible imitations. Don't worry though. The Carolina Panthers quarterback will have another celebration that will make people irrationally angry. He said in an interview with WFNZ radio in … [Read more...]

All about that discount, boss: Marshawn Lynch is 'cheap' Marshawn Lynch had a good question in a rare sit-down interview with "60 Minutes Sports." "(W)hy would you wanna pocket-watch me?" Lynch asked. Pocket-watch? "Your eyes is on my pockets—you wanna know about my money situation," Lynch said. Well, it became a topic during the first wave of Lynch retirement rumors. It was said Lynch … [Read more...]

Lions' DeAndre Levy thinks he knows the NFL's next big epidemic Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy is coming off a painful hip surgery that required a lengthy and painful rehabilitation. Naturally, he was prescribed pain medication. Interestingly, he declined to take any. But why? “That’s a bigger issue, but I try to stay away from them,” Levy told the Detroit Free Press. “It’s too easy … [Read more...]

IDP Nation: The Fluidity of IDP Positions In standard, offense-only fantasy leagues, there are no questions about position assignments. In recent memory, the closest we have seen to position dilemmas were RB/WR hybrid Dexter McCluster and Jimmy Graham trying to disguise himself as a wide receiver to get paid more. In the IDP (Individual Defensive Player) world, we see this all the time. Given the … [Read more...]

Offseason Low Down: The Fluidity of IDP Positions In standard offense-only fantasy football leagues there are no questions regarding what position a player should be. In recent memory the closest we have seen to a position dilemma was running back-slot wide receiver hybrid Dexter McCluster and Jimmy Graham trying to disguise himself as a WR to get paid more. However in the IDP (Individual … [Read more...]

Greg Cosell's Podcast: Are the Steelers a Super Bowl contender? This offseason, Greg Cosell and Frank Schwab will explore key questions for each of the 32 NFL teams in "The Shutdown" podcast, going team-by-team for each division over eight episodes. Links to previous division preview podcasts are at the end of this post. The AFC North is arguably the NFL's best division, though each of the … [Read more...]

Timmy Jernigan wants to be 'bigger person' in Sapp number flap Timmy Jernigan is sticking with No. 97. And we can't say we blame him one bit. The third-year Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle told reporters a couple of weeks ago that with Chris Canty no longer with the Ravens, he would be changing his jersey number to Canty's old number, 99, to honor his childhood football idol, Warren Sapp. … [Read more...]