Новости за 28.01.2022

Maybe we had this all wrong. Maybe it isn’t Sean Payton or Kellen Moore who is the head-coach-in- waiting for the Cowboys but Dan Quinn. Owner Jerry Jones announced Friday that the Cowboys have signed their defensive coordinator to a multi-year extension. Quinn interviewed with five teams and had second interviews with the Bears, Giants [more]

Rams head coach Sean McVay shared his team’s injury report for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the 49ers and it featured some good news for the offensive line. McVay said that left tackle Andrew Whitworth is good to go after missing last Sunday’s win with a knee injury. Whitworth moved from limited to full practice [more]

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said earlier this week that the team plans to promote from within to fill the offensive coordinator hole left by Nathaniel Hackett moving to the Broncos as their new head coach, but they are reportedly speaking with outside candidates as well. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team [more]

Packers quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Luke Getsy got a head coaching interview with the Broncos, but the job wound up going to another member of Matt LaFleur’s staff when Denver hired Nathaniel Hackett this week. Getsy could still be on the move from Green Bay, however, and he may not be leaving the NFC North. [more]

After suffering a concussion in Sunday’s divisional-round victory over the Bills, Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu has practiced for the last two days. While there are still steps in the process, it sounds as if Kansas City is expecting Mathieu to be able to play in Sunday’s AFC Championship game against the Bengals. “Tyrann is still [more]

The Texans are serious about hiring the completely inexperienced Josh McCown as their head coach. McCown is getting his second interview with the Texans today, according to NFL Network. It is believed that McCown is the only candidate to get a second interview. That’s usually a good sign that he’s viewed as the top candidate [more]

Word this week was that the Dolphins wanted to speak with Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll again about their head coaching vacancy. They’ve now formally requested the chance for a second meeting with him. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reported the request on Friday. Any interview would likely come next week, but it may be [more]

Earlier this month, NFL Media reported that longtime Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert planned to step down after the 2022 draft. But the team did not comment on that news until Friday. According to multiple reporters, Steelers owner Art Rooney II confirmed that Colbert will step down in the spring — though there is mutual [more]

Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis met with the media on Friday for the first time since Sean Payton stepped down as the team’s head coach and the search for his successor was the main topic of conversation. Loomis called this search process “completely different” than the 2006 one that ended with Payton being hired and [more]

There's a lot of smoke about Nets star James Harden joining the 76ers.

Kane is expected to be in the Oilers' lineup against Montreal.

MacKinnon suffered the injury after a hit by Bruins forward Taylor Hall on Wednesday.

The Bengals won their first playoff game in more than 30 years earlier this month and they are in their first AFC title game since 1989, so it’s fair to say that most of the players on the team are walking on unfamiliar ground right now. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said on Friday that [more]

Paredes doesn't turn 19 until May and features on the left side, something of strong interest for the USMNT. It won't be long before he gets his first cap.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spent plenty of time during his latest twice-weekly appearance on 105.3 The Fan putting toothpaste he’d squirted everywhere last Friday back in the tube. But the decision to stick with coach Mike McCarthy carries an inevitable (and unspoken) caveat. Next year, maybe Jerry will go after Sean Payton. Maybe he will. [more]

Since quarterback Joe Burrow burst onto the national stage as LSU’s quarterback in 2019, he’s played some of his best games in the biggest contests. That’s been the case in Burrow’s second season as a pro. When the Bengals needed a victory over the Chiefs in Week 17 to clinch the AFC North, Burrow threw [more]

The Vikings hired a new General Manager this week and one of their first orders of business after Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s arrival was to set up a head coaching interview. According to multiple reports, the Vikings are set to interview Giants defensive coordinator Patrick Graham for their vacancy on Saturday. Graham has interviewed for the opening [more]

"Everton approached my agent and asked me to interview for the vacant job, which I turned down."

Hornets forward P.J. Washington and Raptors forward Justin Champagnie wasted very little time getting ejected Tuesday.

Washington is gearing up for its big announcement of a team name and uniforms next week. But the club got one piece of on-field business taken care of on Friday. The Football Team announced that its signed linebacker David Mayo to a one-year contract extension. Mayo has been in the league since Carolina selected him [more]

The Bears haven’t had a franchise quarterback since Sid Luckman. The Bears hope to have one in Justin Fields. The Bears hope the next coaching staff will nudge Fields in that direction. The Bears have decided that said coaching staff should be led by former Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. That’s their prerogative, obviously. But [more]

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he was never considering firing head coach Mike McCarthy, and that his major focus since the Cowboys’ playoff loss has been keeping defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. Jones told David Moore of the Dallas Morning News that he and McCarthy have been working together to keep Quinn in Dallas rather than [more]

It’s Friday. That means it’s time for another Playmakers podcast. What’s the Playmakers podcast, you ask? Where’ve you been, we reply? It’s the exclusive audio companion to the book of the same name that will be released on March 15. To get access to it, preorder the book and then register at the Hachette website. [more]

One reason the Bengals have made it to the AFC Championship game is the chemistry between their receivers. While star rookie Ja'Marr Chase is the headliner, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd are also essential to the offense functioning at a high level. Higgins was a second-round pick in the 2020 draft while Boyd has been [more]

Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey says physical play will be the key to beating the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. “I would say we have to be extremely physical,” Ramsey said. “We’ve got to try to set the tone.” Ramsey acknowledged, however, that the Rams set the tone against the 49ers and took a 17-0 [more]