This is supposedly the NFL offseason, but if you’re feeling like you may be suffering from a case of whiplash, there’s a good reason for that. The Super Bowl came and went on Feb. 9. Two weeks later, the NFL world descended on Indianapolis for the annual scouting combine. And next week, free agency kicks…
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NFL Combine. NFL Draft season is in high gear, with prospect interviews already underway in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine. As the league’s offseason spotlight turns to college stars and how they might fit at the next level, there’s no group better qualified to assess them…
Some are names and faces you know — Jason Kelce, Sean McVay, Kevin O’Connell, Nicole Lynn — while others are behind the scenes and under the radar … for now. This is The Athletic’s NFL 50 under 40, a list of rising coaches, executives, personalities and other personnel who significantly impact the NFL and will…
Not every NFL team is blessed with cap space this offseason. The New England Patriots, for example, have little worry and plenty incentive to spend at an estimated $119 million in cap space, according to Over The Cap. Other teams, such as the New Orleans Saints, with a $51 million hole to climb out of,…
While the Philadelphia Eagles put a bow on Super Bowl LIX celebrations today, the NFL offseason has begun in earnest. And with that comes the next five months of belaboring over the biggest fixes, adds and improvements your favorite teams need to close the gap. Survey The Athletic’s NFL beat reporters and you’ll find Super…
OK, we heard you — at least a vocal portion of you — who want a little bit of a stepped up trivia challenge as we head into the AFC and NFC title games on Sunday. Plenty were stoked about last week’s quiz on Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, yet some of you wanted the…
All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett has requested a trade. The Cleveland Browns have been adamant that they’re not moving Garrett, but the public request will invite real suitors and, given their roster holes and bloated contracts, could force the Browns to consider a shift in their thinking. The Browns would only trade Garrett because they…
The scar runs about 10 inches, to the left of his kneecap from his thigh to his shin. It crosses through a tattoo of intersecting signs that read “Bunche Park” and “Liberty City.” It’s a reminder of what many would assume was the worst day of Teddy Bridgewater’s life. Bridgewater was 23, emerging as the…
The intensity of the NFL playoffs always seems to heighten for the divisional round. The top seeds are coming off their bye weeks, and the bracket comes into focus after the re-seeding following the wild-card round. Each of these teams now fully believes it belongs in its conference championship game, and they’re all just one…
About a decade ago, Mike Smith tried to capture the sour mood of the patrons in his neighborhood bar, Joe Kool’s. For years, their favorite sports teams endured winless seasons, playoff droughts and epic collapses, so he designed a T-shirt that included a map of southern Ontario with London in the middle and lines connecting…