Has serenity arrived at dysfunction junction?

Things are going smoother for Mark Davis in Las Vegas than they ever did for his father Al Davis during the Raiders' second act in Oakland. For East Bay fans that are heartbroken over the Raiders leaving town a second time, it's a tough concept to swallow but impossible to refute.

Allegiant Stadium...Read more

Duane Brown is the second-oldest Seahawk at 34, entering his 13th NFL season in a career in which he has established himself as one of the best left tackles of his generation but also coming off a season in which injuries took their toll, and with a contract situation that puts him at risk of being a salary-cap casualty a year from now.

But if ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- There's no set day, time or place, and very little warning.

The texts get sent out to various NFL players interested in attending South Florida's commando workouts the night before with a location and time, and that gets circulated around by past, present and hopeful professional football players.

When morning arrives,...Read more

COVID-19 has kept NFL players away from the team, but it hasn't stopped Jason McCourty from showing up to Gillette Stadium.

There are no secret tunnels, and head coach Bill Belichick is not handing him a secret pass card or doing anything the NFL would investigate.

The veteran cornerback's off-season groin surgery requires rehabilitation, so ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The announcement came April 3 over a conference call with local media. Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy declared "an open competition" for the starting quarterback job. It was a significant development but hardly surprising. The Bears had put the writing on the wall in spray paint two weeks earlier when they...Read more

Dwyane Wade knows a little something about earning Miami's respect.

The three-time champion wasn't drafted to "save the franchise," but expectations certainly changed after the Heat's first title in 2006. Throw in the two that he won in the early 2010s and there's an argument that Tua Tagovailoa should strive to emulate Wade rather than Dan ...Read more

Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield knows his top two receivers are rehabbing from offseason surgeries, but oozed optimism over what Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry will accomplish in 2020.

"They're ready to take over and it's their time now," Mayfield said during a Wednesday Zoom call with local media. "They know that, they know we only have...Read more

If stay-at-home restrictions impact their ability to host a regular training camp, the Detroit Lions have another option.

Pro Football Talk reported Tuesday that the Lions are one of two teams to receive a proposal about moving training camp to The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, along with the Carolina Panthers.

The Lions declined comment...Read more

There really isn't much Minkah Fitzpatrick can do for an encore, unless it's to sing the national anthem, provide the halftime entertainment and pass-protect for Ben Roethlisberger.

He had the greatest Pittsburgh debut since Mario Lemieux after the Steelers acquired him in a trade with the Miami Dolphins in Week 3 of the 2019 season, providing ...Read more

MIAMI -- Despite the fact that fans are aching to see Tua Tagovailoa throw a pass wearing the aqua and orange, the Miami Dolphins can't play football to entertain right now.

So instead, they're inviting you to the movies.

Coming soon to Hard Rock Stadium are The Outdoor Theaters, two new ways to watch films in a socially-distanced setting. The...Read more

Jamal Agnew has done a little bit of everything in his NFL career.

He has been the Detroit Lions' regular kick and punt returner since he entered the league in 2017. He has seen time as a gadget running back and offensive weapon. He has played some as a backup cornerback and on special teams.

And when training camp opens this summer, the Lions...Read more

NFL owners last week tabled a proposal to reward teams that hire minority coaches by giving them a better third-round draft pick.

However, teams will be required to interview at least two minority candiate from outside their organization for a head coaching opening and at least one for an open defensive or special-teams coordinator job. One ...Read more

In a top-40 countdown of NFL quarterbacks, one analyst has ranked Miami Dolphins rookie Tua Tagovailoa dead last.

Former NFL quarterback Chris Simms has Tagovailoa, Miami's fifth pick in April's NFL draft, as his 40th-best quarterback heading into the 2020 season.

Simms credits Tagovailoa's talent and charisma, but is concerned about his ...Read more

The NFL will play this season, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross said Tuesday morning, and fans being in stadiums are part of those plans for now.

"I think definitely there will be a football season this year," Ross said on CNBC. "The real question is will there be fans in the stadium? Right now, today, we're planning to have fans in the stadium....Read more

The 49ers won't replace DeForest Buckner with just one player along the defensive line in 2020. Buckner was too productive and durable to have a single replacement.

Buckner missed just one game the past four seasons while recording 28.5 sacks, earning a contract worth up to $84 million following a trade to the Indianapolis Colts. Arik Armstead ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- There are currently just four minority head coaches in the NFL. The Steelers' Mike Tomlin is one of them, and he'd like that number to grow.

Speaking Monday during a Facebook Live interview with Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari, Tomlin backed a shelved NFL proposal that would have incentivized teams to hire minority ...Read more

His mother had urged him to always have a backup plan, but John Daka was stuck. He'd told her he was going to play in the NFL one day, but now that dream seemed more impossible than inevitable, as far away as Zambia, the homeland he couldn't really remember.

What could he do? Transferring down a level for the 2018 season, from James Madison to ...Read more