INDIANAPOLIS — Sean Payton is stepping into a new phase of his decades-long head coaching career.

The Denver Broncos head coach confirmed Tuesday that he is handing primary offensive play calling responsibility to new offensive coordinator Davis Webb. Payton said he would still call some plays and be heavily involved in game planning.

Payton...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell referred to wide receiver Rondale Moore as “one that got away” following Moore’s death Saturday, Feb. 21, at the age of 25.

Executive Vice President of Football Operations Rob Brzezinski also acknowledged Moore’s passing when he and O’Connell talked to local Twin Cities media ...Read more

NEW YORK — With the franchise and transition tag deadline a week from Tuesday, Gang Green is prepared to use it on Breece Hall.

Jets general manager Darren Mougey said on Tuesday that they will use one of the tags if they cannot reach a long-term deal with the running back.

“The tags are an option,” Mougey said during his press ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said Tuesday that he is “confident” that the team will be able to work out a contract extension with two-time NFL Most Valuable Player and quarterback Lamar Jackson.

Jackson, 29, has two years remaining on his current deal but is due to carry a prohibitive $74.5 million salary cap hit ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — There should be no focus at this week’s NFL combine on players that the Giants have flagged for character concerns.

There should be no leaks about players who the National Football League and its 32 teams may deem unworthy of representing their shield or logo for some gray area in their scouting report.

Not while the NFL and...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers is making the Pittsburgh Steelers wait again, and I can see it is already triggering some fans and media types who just want him to make a decision.

That thinking is not only short-sighted, it is once again giving Rodgers all of the power, and there is no need for that.

The Steelers should be focused on the future ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the wake of the untimely deaths of three young NFL players, A.J. Brown on Monday posted a 9-minute, 8-second testimonial on Instagram encouraging NFL athletes struggling with mental health issues to seek counseling and God rather than taking their own lives. It was poignant and it was beautiful.

It was a revealing glimpse ...Read more

MIAMI — Have you ever been in so much of a financial bind you have found yourself paying the rent or mortgage, maybe even the car note, with a high-interest credit card?

Month after month, as the interest grows, so does the debt, and eventually the collectors are calling every day, and you’re eventually forced to tighten the budget to dig ...Read more

DENVER — If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, then it probably is Jaylen Waddle.

There is your answer to upgrading the Denver Broncos. You’re welcome.

A month removed from the AFC Championship loss — wasn’t that a kick in the groin instead of through the uprights — the facts remain clear. Denver is not ...Read more

MIAMI — “The market [is] the market,” and the Miami Dolphins made a horrendous mistake by, in Tua Tagovailoa’s own words, “show[ing him] the money.”

Those were Tagovailoa’s infamous words spoken two offseasons ago when the Miami’s Dolphins’ Pro Bowl quarterback was explaining why he wasn’t participating in the 11-on-11 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — You never know how Jeffrey Lurie sees his team, but, after two Super Bowl trips and two post-Super Bowl disasters, it feels more than ever like there’s a one-year window in which Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts can save their jobs in Philadelphia.

Their chances got a lot better Thursday.

That’s when The Philadelphia Inquirer...Read more

In the NFL, the bill always comes due. Last year, the San Francisco 49ers were handed a travel schedule so soft you could practically sleep on it.

In 2026? The league is sending them on a forced march across the globe.

The massive geographical advantage the Niners enjoyed in 2025 is dead, and plans are being drawn on how to dump it into the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings receiver Rondale Moore died on Saturday, according to the New Albany, Ind., police department.

Moore, 25, is suspected to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

New Albany police chief Todd Bailey said in a statement that Moore was found deceased in the garage of a property, adding that an investigation is ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings receiver Rondale Moore died on Saturday, according to the New Albany, Ind., police department.

Moore, 25, is suspected to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

New Albany police chief Todd Bailey said in a statement that Moore was found deceased in the garage of a property, adding that an investigation is ...Read more

SEATTLE — One of the big questions for the Seattle Seahawks as they enter the offseason is whether they will get long-term extensions done with receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and cornerback Devon Witherspoon.

First-round picks in 2023 and three years into their initial rookie deals, each is now eligible for a new contract.

When it comes to ...Read more

The new head coach of Eureka (Ill.) College finished the football team’s laundry earlier in the day. He vacuumed the coaches’ offices. The financial-aid office is closed for the weekend, so he didn’t constantly deal with players’ paperwork, like on most days.

So, he sat at a school wrestling match, representing his Division III football...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers believe Aaron Rodgers could return for another season, and the process won’t be as prolonged or cloaked in a cloud of mystery as it was last year.

New coach Mike McCarthy is quietly doubling down on his stated desire to be reunited with the quarterback who helped him win five division titles and a Super Bowl in 13 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Everyone is asking the wrong question with regard to A.J. Brown.

It isn’t, “Should the Eagles trade him?”

It’s, “Who will replace him?”

You have to start there. It is the independent variable. You have to define it in order to solve the rest of the equation. You can’t have an opinion on how the Eagles should ...Read more

NEW YORK — John Harbaugh stacked his new Giants staff on Friday with a ninth coach in the strength and conditioning department.

Sam Rosengarten is following Harbaugh to New York from the Ravens to become the Giants’ new “director of high performance,” the same title he held in his ninth and final season in Baltimore.

This is an ...Read more