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Getty Images The Chiefs have gone to two straight Super Bowls and may be on a three-year streak if not for a Dee Ford offside penalty in an AFC Championship Game loss to the Patriots after the 2018 season. The Raiders have gone 19-29 without a winning record or playoff berth over the last...

Getty Images Cornerback Richard Sherman has been the subject of wooing well ahead of March’s start to free agency and he let teams know some of his thinking regarding future plans on Monday. Sherman is coming off a season wrecked by injury and he only appeared in five games in his third season...

Getty Images The Panthers have made no secret of their desire to upgrade at the quarterback position. It was known that they’d tried to trade for Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. The full terms have now been revealed. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the Panthers offered the eighth overall...

Getty Images Charles Woodson won the Heisman Trophy in 1997. That was his biggest individual achievement until Saturday night. Woodson now also can call himself a Pro Football Hall of Famer. The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Woodson’s election into the Class of 2021 during the NFL...

Getty Images Tom Flores’ wait has ended. The former Raiders and Seahawks head coach has earned election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021. The new class is being announced during the NFL Honors show Saturday night. Flores, elected as the only coach finalist on...

Getty Images The Raiders have several young defensive players who need to improve for the team to become competitive. Head coach Jon Gruden believes his new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley is just the man for the job. In an interview with the team’s website, Gruden touted Bradley’s...

Getty Images Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes will face off in Sunday’s Super Bowl to decide the NFL champion for the 2020 season. The champion in merchandising sales already has been declared. The NFLPA released the latest numbers of merchandising sales for NFL players from the period covering...

Getty Images Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock generated a headline last week when he said he was “disappointed in the productivity of our rookies.” One of those rookies tends to agree with him. In an interview with NFL Network on Thursday, wide receiver Henry Ruggs said Mayock didn’t say...

Getty Images Earlier this week, a rumor popped up that the Raiders could be planning to trade Derek Carr to pursue Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. If Raiders head coach Jon Gruden commented on Watson, that would be tampering — and he’s already recently engaged in that. But his brother, Jay...

Getty Images Earlier this week, Raiders coach Jon Gruden engaged in a blatant act of tampering with 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman. Gruden’s comments were made on camera, in a podcast interview. Sherman predictably has tried to downplay the reality that Gruden committed a clear violation of...

Getty Images Nathan Peterman won’t be leaving the Raiders this offseason. The Raiders announced on Thursday that they have signed Peterman to a one-year contract. He would have become an unrestricted free agent in March if he had not agreed to a new deal with the team. Peterman initially...

Getty Images Cris Collinsworth tried. He tried to keep Raiders coach Jon Gruden from potentially committing a tampering violation. Gruden didn’t seem to care. Collinsworth, who hosts a podcast featuring 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, had Gruden on as a guest. Collinsworth mentioned the fact...

Getty Images An appearance on podcast may have gotten the ball rolling on free agency for the Raiders. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden was a guest on The Cris Collinsworth Podcast, which is co-hosted by impending free agent cornerback Richard Sherman. During the conversation, Gruden suggested...

Getty Images The talented but troubled pass rusher David Irving may get another chance in the NFL, with the Colts. Irving had a tryout in Indianapolis, the NFL’s transaction wire showed today. The 27-year-old Irving spent part of the 2020 season on the Raiders’ practice squad and played in...

Getty Images The quarterback carousel is spinning, and one of the riders has a perpetual scowl on his face. Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that “several NFL insiders” expect the Raiders to field calls regarding a potential trade of quarterback Derek Carr. Bonsignore...

Getty Images When Jason Witten retired from the NFL the first time, he took a broadcasting job. He’s trying something different after making another retirement announcement. The Liberty Christian School in the Dallas/Fort Worth area announced on Monday that Witten is the team’s new head coach...

Getty Images Las Vegas’ defensive coaching staff is getting an overhaul under new coordinator Gus Bradley. Many of its new members are making Bradley’s same move from Southern California to Southern Nevada. The Raiders announced on Friday they’ve hired Ron Milus as defensive backs coach...

Getty Images The Raiders’ first season in Las Vegas busted on a Saturday night against the Dolphins, when Miami pulled off a ridiculously unlikely come-from-behind win fueled by a horrible defensive call, a bad coverage, and a grab and twist of Ryan Fitzpatrick‘s facemask that made him look...

Getty Images Former NFL fullback Tom Rathman is now former NFL running backs coach Tom Rathman. Rathman has announced his retirement after 31 years in the NFL. “Tom Rathman’s three seasons with the Colts caps an unbelievable NFL career that spans 31 years as a player and coach,” Colts coach...

Getty Images The Raiders selected seven players for their 2020 draft class, the team’s first since relocating to Las Vegas. Apparently General Manager Mike Mayock wasn’t thrilled with the results of his own picks. “I was disappointed in the productivity of our rookies,” Mayock said in an...