Remember on Wednesday, we debuted one weekly feature called the Rap Sheet Rankings? It was our 1-16 look at the best games, in order. Well, it’s time for our other weekly treat, which we’ll file every Monday morning. Say hello to the Rap Sheet Rundown. What I’ll do every week is file a lead story from the game I’m at, which was Patriots-Titans yesterday. Then, I’ll take a step back and examine what else we learned. It’ll be a little like what you’ve been reading here, but perhaps with fewer grammatical mistakes and made-up words. It’ll be fun and fast, a way to take stock of what you saw Sunday. Want to see? Check out the inaugural edition of the […]

This week on NFL.com, we’re rolling out our preview material for the season that begins a week from today. It’s something to behold. There are picks from all of us coming daily on our MVP predictions, rookie of the year, Super Bowl teams, etc. Lots of stuff to debate… and yes, I’m the dude who picked Michael Vick as my MVP for this year. I’m sticking by that. Here is our ever-growing list of predictions, containing all the picks from the last few days. Discuss away. And this is my XLVII things I’m looking forward to this season, a massive list that, of course starts with Tebowmania. Sorry, I just can’t help it. Cool. Now, can we start the season?

I spent the early part of Thursday in the NFL offices at 345 Park Avenue in New York, reporting on the league’s Total Wellness initiative. You saw a bunch of this on Twitter. The goal was to discuss the league’s plan to promote comprehensive health and assist anyone under its auspices who wants helps. There is now a new 24/7 confidential phone number, for instance, for players, former players, their families, staffers and whoever else to call and discuss their problems. This is its website with some testimonials. I get the sense the league isn’t done providing such resources. But today’s deal was for physical and mental health, family safety, and post-career living. This was my news story on the day’s […]

Jets coach Rex Ryan and Lions coach Jim Schwartz are the only surviving members of an 11-person group of head coaches hired in 2009. I was wondering what we can learn from this.

With minicamps coming to a close, let’s do our weekly thing and break down nine really random things going on around the NFL… So, what’s been up? 1. One thing we all learn to be cautious about is timelines for surgeries. Players are always either ahead of schedule, behind schedule, though rarely on schedule. Who knows? Probably the best way to do it is to understand why a guy is where he is. For instance, some teams view six or so months to return from an ACL tear to be a reach. When Patriots WR Wes Welker tore his knee up on Jan. 3 a few years back, he was essentially ready for training camp. That was seven months. But […]

As we do every week, let’s take a swing around the NFL, looking at a bunch of random things …

A quick and random spin through what the heck happened in the NFL this week …

In the newspaper world, the football coverage for Sunday’s paper is in the form of a notes package. In the internet world, we can do notes, too. I’ve been trying to come up with some kinda feature for Sunday on the blog, and I may tweak this going forward.

Heading into this offseason, the Cardinals must address their offensive shortcomings. Whether they shoot for the stars with Peyton Manning, or make less flashy moves with their $10 million in cap space…