Top Calvin Johnson moments we'll remember, with career in doubt Is this really it for Calvin Johnson? If so, he'd be walking away from the game after only nine season — but nine brilliant ones, and we're still the lucky ones. From the moment the 6-foot-5, 230-pound Johnson borrowed someone's shoes at the Indianapolis scouting combine and, oh yeah, blazed a 4.35-second 40-yard dash, we knew … [Read more...]

Time to kill off the Pro Bowl, which serves no real purpose The entire time watching the "wackiness" of the Pro Bowl, with Richard Sherman running end-arounds and Odell Beckham Jr. playing safety, I am thinking — other than, what the heck am I going to write on this game? — is, I wonder what Ben McAdoo thinks seeing his star receiver goofing around at another position? The good news: McAdoo … [Read more...]

Report: Calvin Johnson told his family, Lions he plans to retire What is it about the Detroit Lions and generational players retiring in the middle of their prime? It appears that Calvin Johnson could join Barry Sanders as Lions greats who walked away from football in their very early 30s, according to this report from ESPN's Adam Schefter. The report says that Johnson told his family and … [Read more...]

Are the 1999 Rams the greatest champ ever? One simulator says so It is the dream of every NFL fan to see the greatest teams of all time pitted against each other to see who is the greatest team of all time. It is "Field of Dreams" type of stuff, played out on the gridiron.  Are the 1985 Chicago Bears the greatest team ever? The 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins? Or one of those Dallas Cowboys … [Read more...]

Police look into incident between Johnny Manziel and girlfriend It's not even February, and Johnny Manziel has been in the news way too much this offseason. First, he was spotted partying in Dallas. Which for any other NFL player is no big deal, so maybe he should get a pass. But then on Saturday morning, news broke that police in Fort Worth were called in to investigate an incident between … [Read more...]

Fantasy Roundtable: Roundtable: Coaching Changes Jesse Pantuosco (@JessePantuosco): With no football this week, unless you count the Pro Bowl, which is really just an excuse to wear Hawaiian shirts, let’s shift gears. A few assistants and position coaches are still trickling in but for the most part, coaching staffs are set for next season. Of the seven head coaches hired this month, five were … [Read more...]

Las Vegas Raiders? City and team want you to believe in it On Friday afternoon the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, whose most famous holdings are the Venetian and Palazzo resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, sent out a tweet with its chariman Sheldon Adelson and Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis that sent a pretty clear message: Our chairman Sheldon Adelson had a great visit w/ Mr. Mark Davis. … [Read more...]

Fiery, troubled Noah Spence zooming upward with big Senior Bowl It didn't take Noah Spence long to make a first impression on NFL scouts at the Senior Bowl. On Day 1 of practice, there was the 6-2 5/8, 254-pound Spence — the Eastern Kentucky pass rusher who was kicked out of Ohio State — mixing it up with 6-6 5/8, 317-pound Georgia OT John Theus, with the two having to be separated … [Read more...]

Despite '11 or 12 screws' in his arm, Thomas Davis says he'll play Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis isn't going to let a little broken arm keep him from Super Bowl 50. Davis, who has managed to play at an All-Pro level despite tearing the same ACL three times, broke his arm in the NFC championship game. He had surgery on Monday. And despite the fact that he won't be able to get … [Read more...]

Browns owner says Johnny Manziel relationship can be repaired There have been a lot of things go wrong with the Cleveland Browns in the past, oh, when did they come back into the NFL again? Yeah, since then. One of the issues is that nobody ever seems to be on the same page, at least since owner Jimmy Haslam took over the team. There have been many reports and rumors that Haslam made the … [Read more...]