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Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 schedule on Wednesday night. The includes 17 games on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. It does not feature a doubleheader on the first Monday night of the season. ESPN also will air a Week 18 Saturday doubleheader. Those games, which will kickoff at 4:15...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and Cowboys will begin the 2021 the season on Thursday, Sept. 9. But Thursday Night Football will technically begin the next week with a divisional contest between the Giants and Washington on NFL Network. After Carolina visits Houston in Week Three, the Week Four...

Getty Images The Bills will be looking at a possible addition to their defensive line. Sal Capaccio of WGR 550 reports the team will have defensive tackle Eli Ankou in for a visit. Ankou spent time with three teams during the 2020 season. He opened the season with the Colts, was claimed off...

USA TODAY Sports The full 2021 schedule won’t be out until later today, but the beginning of the season is taking shape. CBS announced its slate of Week One games and there are several intriguing matchups in the early and late window. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers will begin...

Getty Images The full NFL schedule will officially get released on Wednesday night, but the first week’s games were announced on Wednesday morning and reports of other notable games are leaking out. One of those leaks involves the Thanksgiving slate of games. Master Tesfatsion of Bleacher...

Getty Images The release of the schedule for the first weekend of the 2021 NFL season has led to sportsbooks releasing point spreads for the first 16 games of the year. A pair of NFC West teams have been installed as the biggest early favorites. William Hill has the 49ers favored by seven...

Getty Images Three first-round quarterbacks from the class of 2018 approach their fourth NFL seasons, with long-term deals expected for each. So when it comes to the second contracts for Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, Bills quarterback Josh Allen, and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who’s...

Getty Images The full NFL schedule will be released on Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET. For the first time since 1993 (the one year of two byes), the season will have 18 weeks. The schedule for the first week will be released early. Via multiple reports and accounts, the various network...

Getty Images Last month, the NFL revolutionized the rules regarding jersey numbers. Since then, 16 players have taken advantage of the shift. Peter King lists them in his latest edition of Football Morning in America. King arranged them by number. We’ll list them by player in alphabetical...

Getty Images Twenty years after joining the team as a first-round pick, he’s back as a key front-office employee. The Panthers have announced that Dan Morgan has become the team’s assistant General Manager. It’s the first major hire for new G.M. Scott Fitterer. Morgan comes from Buffalo...

Getty Images Cole Beasley wasn’t the only Bills receiver who played through a significant injury in the postseason. Stefon Diggs recently revealed that he had a torn oblique muscle. Diggs first appeared on the injury report in the wild-card round with the oblique problem. He was limited in...

Getty Images The salary cap has declined in 2021 because NFL revenues were down in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill General Manager Brandon Beane says uncertainty about whether stadiums will be full in 2021 affects his team’s planning for 2022 and beyond. Beane said on SiriusXM...

Getty Images The fact that the NFL and NFL Players Association have not agreed to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory means that (Captain Obvious alert) they’re not mandatory. This also means that players who choose not to be vaccinated should face no adverse employment action because of it...

Getty Images Comments from a recent radio appearance by Bills General Manager Brandon Beane caught the attention of the league office. After Beane shared his belief that the league will allow for relaxed COVID-19 protocols for meetings and other parts of the in-person offseason program as long...

Getty Images The Patriots aren’t the only AFC East team taking a pause before deciding about signing undrafted free agents this offseason. Bills General Manager Brandon Beane said on WGR 550 on Wednesday that the team is also holding off for the moment. In both cases, the teams are waiting for...

Getty Images When the Packers cut Jake Kumerow before the start of the 2020 season, we noted that it came just a day after Aaron Rodgers referred to Kumerow as a lock to make the roster. But we didn’t expect that seemingly minor roster transaction to continue to reverberate the way it has. In...

Getty Images There is no mandate for NFL players to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but Bills General Manager Brandon Beane discussed some of the positives that he thinks will come from having players get their shots. During an appearance on WGR, Beane said that indications from the league are...

Getty Images The Bills bolstered their defense in the first two rounds of the draft, but both picks addressed the same area. First-round pick Gregory Rousseau and second-rounder Carlos Basham are edge rushers that the Bills hope will boost their pass rush. During an appearance on WGR 550 on...

Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...

Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...