What Might Have Been
Peyton Manning will do his best to take down Russell Wilson and the Seahawks on Sunday, but the two were very nearly teammates. If Seattle had successfully wooed Manning to town after his neck surgery,...
View ArticleSimply Strong
First-year coordinator Dan Quinn has taken the Seahawks' defense to a place no defense has been since 1985. When Quinn took over last offseason, Pete Carroll wanted him to emphasize players' strengths...
View ArticleAgony of Defeat
If anybody knows how precious it is to embrace every moment in an NFL career, it's Champ Bailey. So losing in his first Super Bowl could not possibly have been more disappointing for this 35-year old...
View ArticleMarathon Man
After Alan Faneca ended his 13-year career as an NFL lineman, he decided he didn't want to run into many of the same health problems as his peers. How now weighs 210 and feels like a new man -- one...
View ArticleGM For A Day: Detroit Lions
The Lions are hardly lacking talent, yet they can't stop falling flat on their face. With the calmer Jim Caldwell in charge, now the Lions have to reinvent their personality while figuring out the...
View ArticleGM For A Day: Chicago Bears
For generations, the Chicago Bears have built their identity around a suffocating defense, but the team's current defensive stars are beginning to show their age, and there's little in-house to replace...
View ArticleSolid On The Line
Auburn tackle Greg Robinson didn't let the combine get him flustered. He didn't give in to fatigue or stress, not even when he was diagnosed with pinkeye, went through four hours of MRIs and had 33...
View ArticleGM For A Day: Green Bay Packers
That Green Bay managed to make it to the playoffs in 2013 despite injuries to Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews counts as an accomplishment. With some better health, this is still a good team, with only...
View ArticleThe Best Defenses in NFL History
The Seahawks' dominant performance in the Super Bowl has their defense in the conversation for the best ever. Where do they rank? With help from those who played and coached for and against these...
View ArticleFord: A Man Of The People
History will remember William Clay Ford as the NFL owner who could not win. But instead, we should remember Ford, who passed away on Sunday, as the man who ran the Detroit Lions the way his employees...
View ArticleMoving Up The Finish Line
Time has always been the fiercest opponent for NFL players, and they continue to age even more quickly. But Rashard Mendenhall is the latest to see his career as a sprint, moving up the finish line to...
View ArticleShopping Spree
Free agency in the NFL has become a massive event, one in which there is a lot of outside pressure on NFL teams to act immediately. Not only does that mean paying big money for new players, but it also...
View ArticleA Historical Perspective
Use of the n-word on an NFL field next season will result in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The game's African-American trailblazers will be glad to see the n-word go, though most of...
View ArticleCan This Man Help Save the NFL's Soul?
For this year's keynote address at the NFL meetings, Goodell tabbed Dov Seidman, author of "How: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything," who is an expert at fostering ethical cultures. Did his words...
View ArticlePlay It Again
Starting this season, NFL referees will be able to communicate with an officiating command center during replay reviews. Some worry that will make the games even longer -- but isn't it time that...
View ArticleAge Is Just A Number
On his third try at being an NFL head coach, Pete Carroll has finally found success and stability in Seattle. He's also found what many coaches never seem to get right -- that to relate to players...
View ArticleNumbers In Safeties
For years, safety was considered a second-class position, the place where teams would stash failed cornerbacks who couldn't run well enough. With the NFL evolving into a pass-happy league, suddenly...
View ArticleThe Second Act of Elway
Few star players make the jump to successful top-level executives in the NFL, but John Elway is breaking the mold. By committing himself to all aspects of the job, Elway is helping to take the Broncos...
View ArticleThe Final Mock Draft
The big issues of the 2014 draft that we began discussing months ago remain big issues in the hours before the opening pick. But with a final round of phone calls to NFL teams, we're ready for one last...
View ArticleOn Second Thought
Richard Sherman isn't one to bite his tongue -- and true to form, he recently suggested that the NFL wouldn't have cracked down on Donald Sterling like the NBA did. Here's why it's an unfair assumption...
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