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The NFL will open the season on a Wednesday night for the second time ever, with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks set to host the first game of the 2026 season. The NFL announced on Wednesday that the Seahawks will play the traditional opener as Super Bowl champions on Sept. 9, a day earlier than usual with the league also having a Week 1 game in Australia between the San […]

Joe Flacco is set to back up Joe Burrow again with the Cincinnati Bengals, signing a one-year deal to remain with the team on Tuesday. However, the 41-year-old quarterback believes he should've landed a starting opportunity somewhere else. When speaking with reporters after inking his deal to stay in Cincinnati, Flacco called out teams that weren't willing to offer him a starting job in free agency. "Not being one of […]

Based on the odds, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza is a shoo-in to be the first name called in April's NFL Draft. The Hoosiers quarterback had a dynamic season, to say the absolute least. He passed for 3,535 yards and 41 touchdowns and secured the Heisman back in December. Then in January, Mendoza led his team to a 27-21 win over Miami to capture the College Football Playoff championship. It's easy to […]

According to most analysts, bettors and bookmakers, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza will be the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft in April. He's the heavy favorite to hear his name called first, with odds at some books as short as -20000 (bet $10 to win $10.05 total). When it comes to the second pick, Arvell Reese is at the top of that board. Although he's not as clear a favorite […]

The Dallas Cowboys have been among the more active teams in the NFL this offseason, and head coach Brian Schottenheimer thinks that sets them up for a smooth 2026 NFL Draft. "I think we did a really good job of setting ourselves up to be able to draft natural and draft pure, which is what you want to do," Schottenheimer said about the team's approach to the draft when speaking […]

The Baltimore Ravens' concerns about edge rusher Maxx Crosby's health before nixing their deal with the Las Vegas Raiders were apparently more about his long-term durability rather than his viability for the 2026 season. Baltimore discovered that Crosby had a "degenerative knee issue" that would cause issues beyond the 2026 season during its medical exam of the star edge rusher, ESPN reported Tuesday. It had been reported that the Ravens […]

The New England Patriots used free agency a year ago to jump-start a foundation built around ascending quarterback Drake Maye and veteran head coach Mike Vrabel. They proved to be talented (and fortunate) enough to advance to the Super Bowl in their first year together. A few struggling teams from last season appear to be in a good spot to potentially follow that path to success in 2026. A handful […]

Lavonte David is retiring after playing all 14 seasons of his NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. David made the announcement Tuesday at the team’s practice facility. "I feel it’s time to move on and find a different path in life, be a dad to that amazing little girl over there," David said. "Having a girl helped me become a man, helped me understand what’s important in life." The […]

The NFL Draft is a month away, and pro days can yield the kind of ridiculous numbers that build intrigue around outside-the-box prospects you might have never heard of before. That's the case with UTSA kicker Jaffer Murphy, a former college soccer player who turned heads at the Roadrunners' pro day last week when he not only hit a 70-yard field goal, but then was timed at 4.50 seconds in […]