John Elway did it to the Colts in 1983. Bo Jackson did it to the Bucs in 1986. Eli Manning did it to the Chargers in 2004. And Joe Burrow may be thinking about doing it in 2020. That’s only four guys making draft-day power plays in all the years the NFL has drafted players. [more]
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Panthers seem to be poised to try to trade Cam Newton
Monday’s leak that the Panthers expect quarterback Cam Newton to pass a physical in March is less about Newton playing for the Panthers than it is about the Panthers possibly trading him to someone else. From Carolina’s perspective, Newton getting healthy in March is meaningless, if they play to keep him. The offseason program doesn’t [more]
Report: Tom Brady may bypass tour, have teams come to him
The Patriots and Tom Brady are in a bit of a holding pattern at the moment, and until the Scouting Combine kicks off the unofficial/official tampering season, it’s likely to stay that way. But when it’s time to make a decision about his future, the Patriots quarterback may forego one of the traditional trappings of [more]
Intriguing Tom Brady matches with coaches, cities, teammates
Monday’s PFT Live spent plenty of time addressing the report that the Raiders plan to make Patriots quarterback Tom Brady an offer in free agency. We also spent time trying to come up with ideal Brady matches. And we tried to be more specific than just putting Brady on a specific team. For the six [more]
Richard Seymour working with Leonard Williams on “what it takes to be great”
Leonard Williams came into the NFL with high expectations when the Jets made him the sixth overall pick in 2015 and Williams moved right into their starting lineup as a rookie. While Williams was a fixture in the lineup, he never became the kind of disruptive force that the Jets hoped he would be and [more]
Tim Tebow has “some communication” with XFL, but he decided to stick with baseball
Fifty-two weeks to the day after former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow explained his lack of interest in the AAF, Tebow explained his lack of interest in the XFL. “There was some communication,” Tebow told reporters on Sunday regarding the XFL at a press conference held in connection with his current gig as an aspiring Major [more]
No movement between Tom Brady, Patriots
For exactly one more month, the Patriots officially have exclusive negotiating rights with quarterback Tom Brady. It would be foolish to assume that, unofficially, other teams already aren’t making their proposals known to Brady and/or his agent, Don Yee. But the only team that has the right to talk to Brady about a contract for [more]
Antonio Brown claims he’s meeting with NFL teams at Scouting Combine
During the Scouting Combine, plenty of NFL business unrelated to the Scouting Combine gets done. Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown claims that the business this year will include him meeting with teams. “I’m excited and looking forward to seeing them guys at the Combine,” Brown told TMZ.com. “I’m [going to] be out there ready to get [more]
Report: Raiders ready to offer Tom Brady two-year, $60 million deal
The quarterback carousel already is spinning. Nearly two weeks after a report emerged that the Raiders will target Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in free agency, a new report puts some monetary meat on the bone. Larry Fitzgerald Sr., a long-time member of the media in Minnesota and the father of future first-ballot Hall of Famer [more]
Antonio Brown: “I haven’t done anything that bad”
Antonio Brown is continuing to make his case that he belongs back in the NFL, and he’s also denying that he ever should have been out. Brown appeared on the syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club and said he’s getting a bad rap. “I feel like I’ve just been doing what’s best for me,” Brown [more]
Chris Jones got under Tom Brady’s skin by calling him old
When the Chiefs played the Patriots during the regular season, Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady were seen getting in each other’s faces. Jones said this week that he was proud to get under Brady’s skin, and did so in part by calling him old. Jones said on Pardon My Take [more]
Report: Patriots extend Nick Caserio’s contract
Nick Caserio will remain the Patriots’ director of player personnel. Caserio has agreed to a contract extension with the Patriots, Ben Volin of the Boston Globe reports. Last year, the Texans tried to hire Caserio away from the Patriots and give him the General Manager title in Houston. That didn’t happen when the Patriots accused [more]
Antonio Brown should have listened to Larry Fitzgerald
If the headline from earlier today that Antonio Brown has admitted “I never realized how good I had it” with Ben Roethlisberger sounds familiar, there’s a good reason for that. Said future Hall of Fame receiver Larry Fitzgerald last year during Brown’s effort to tweet his way out of Pittsburgh: “I don’t think he understands [more]
Is a Reggie White-style free agency tour coming for Tom Brady?
In 1993, the first year of close-to-real NFL free agency, Reggie White embarked on an extended tour that ended in God (and/or an offer of the most negotiable notes bearing the phrase “In God We Trust”) telling him to sign with the Packers. As Peter King and I pondered the possibilities for Tom Brady in [more]
Antonio Brown to Ben Roethlisberger: Never realized how good I had it
Antonio Brown has popped up here and there making apologies recently and his atonement tour continued with a post to his Instagram account on Wednesday. It’s a picture of Brown getting a pat on the back of the head from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger when both men were playing for the Steelers. The text accompanying the [more]
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