Новости за 17.01.2018

The Bears are hiring Shane Toub as an offensive quality control coach, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports. Toub is the son of Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub. Shane Toub worked for Lovie Smith as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois last season. He began coaching immediately after his playing career [more]

"The referees are part-time and the standard is appalling. … I've had enough of it. What can I do? Shoot them, it would be a good idea."

Tom Brady missed his scheduled media availability session Wednesday. The Patriots announced he was in with the team’s medical staff getting treatment and would appear on the injury report. The Patriots have listed Brady with an Achilles injury several times in recent weeks, and he has missed some Wednesday practices this season while getting treatment. [more]

Minnesota was feeling a little too good about itself in Butler's estimation.

When Jon Gruden was introduced as the head coach of the Raiders, he said he will “demand a lot” of quarterback Derek Carr in 2018 and beyond in order to “unlock the greatness” inside of him. It’s probably not much of a surprise that the man Gruden hired as offensive coordinator thinks that Carr will [more]

Patriots coach Bill Belichick confirmed the team won’t activate wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell off injured reserve. The team ended up using neither of its short-term injured reserve designations. Linebacker Shea McClellin returned to practice from injured reserve but was never activated to the 53-player roster after a setback in his rehab. Mitchell returned to practice [more]

The Texans parted ways with several assistant coaches at the end of the regular season, including special teams coach Larry Izzo. It appears they’ve found Izzo’s replacement. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the team will hire Brad Seely to fill the role. Seely spent the last three seasons with the Raiders, but has had [more]

The Patriots were missing wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell and cornerback Jonathan Jones at Wednesday’s practice, via multiple reports. That’s a good indication both are done for the season. New England had a new player at practice, who Mike Reiss of ESPN identified as wide receiver/kick returner Bernard Reedy. That means the team has made a [more]

Leonard has played in only 9 games this season.

The Philadelphia Eagles, four days from the game that could propel them to the Super Bowl for the first time in 13 years, have only two names on the injury report. Linebacker Dannell Ellerbe did not practice due to a hamstring injury. Cornerback Sidney Jones fully participated, also with a hamstring injury. No other names appeared [more]

The Steelers made it official Wednesday, announcing that offensive coordinator Todd Haley wasn’t returning (which we knew already). The team put out a two-sentence statement from coach Mike Tomlin, which said the kind of stuff two-sentence statements say. “I have made the decision to not renew the contract for offensive coordinator Todd Haley,” Tomlin said. [more]

The Packers promoted Ed Policy to Chief Operating Officer and general counsel, the team announced Wednesday. Policy, the son of former 49ers president Carmen Policy, is seen as a potential successor to Packers president Mark Murphy. With Murphy taking on more football duties, Policy will have a greater role in overseeing the business operations of [more]

The Jaguars aren’t looking to make a transaction, and punter Brad Nortman isn’t on the injury report. They worked out a punter Wednesday anyway. Brock Miller thanked the Jaguars for his latest “workout,” as the left-footed punter has made the rounds of Patriots opponents. Thank you @Jaguars for working me out today. Helped the returners [more]

Much has been made this week about the unusual collection of quarterbacks playing the conference title games along with Tom Brady. The paths that led the Eagles, Vikings and Jaguars took to this weekend have been different as have the paths that have Nick Foles, Case Keenum and Blake Bortles in the starting lineup for [more]

Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles has taken heavy criticism throughout his NFL career, and this year, even with Jacksonville in the AFC Championship Game, the criticism hasn’t let up. Some of Bortles’ teammates are getting sick of that. Bortles was asked today about the steady stream of praise for him that has come from the Jaguars’ [more]

Chelsea, Swansea City, and Bournemouth look to avoid upsets in replays of their third round FA Cup matches.

With Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson already sidelined, the team also announced that Sonny Milano is going to miss 4-6 weeks. They needed another forward.

Both Lucioni and team physician Giorgione plan to appeal.

The campaign is based off one that preceded Bill Elliott's first Cup win in 1983.

Golden State and Boston are still 1-2, and the Cavaliers fell out of the top 10.

"The manager is very hungry and it’s just what I need," Walcott said.

"The manager is very hungry and it’s just what I need," Walcott said.

Kicker Greg Zuerlein will not play in the Pro Bowl because of an injury, but the Rams special teams will still be well represented in Orlando. The Rams announced on Wednesday that long snapper Jake McQuaide has been added to the team by Saints coach Sean Payton and his staff. He’ll join punter Johnny Hekker [more]

Murray had been away from the team previously to deal with what was called a personal family matter.

The Patriots are going to have to make some big changes, soon. But they’re hoping that enough will stay the same to allow them to sustain success. Via Phil Perry of NBC Sports Boston, Patriots players are hopeful that the eventual loss of coordinators Matt Patricia and Josh McDaniels to head coaching jobs (in Detroit and [more]