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The Raiders impending move to Las Vegas appears to be off to a strong start. According to Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Raiders team president Marc Badain said on Wednesday that the team has sold out its allotment of personal seat licenses for its brand new Allegiant Stadium. The...

Getty Images The Ravens have their 13th Pro Bowler. The team announced Wednesday that right tackle Orlando Brown Jr. will replace Raiders right tackle Trent Brown, who went on injured reserve late in the season with a chest injury. Orlando Brown becomes Baltimore’s third Pro Bowl offensive...

Getty Images Raiders 2019 fourth-round cornerback Isaiah Johnson posted on his instagram account on Tuesday that he had undergone surgery to address a minor back injury. “Thank god for a safe (minor) back surgery today,” Johnson wrote. “Now it’s time for a Road to a great recovery. Time to...

Getty Images It’s entirely possible that Antonio Brown has a health condition that has caused him to consistently act in bizarre and erratic ways over the course of the last year. If so, someone who can influence him to get the help he needs should do everything in his or her power to make that...

Getty Images Maybe the Raiders aren’t done playing in Oakland, after all. The Raiders are scheduled to begin playing at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas later this year. The venue is due to open on July 31, with the first event scheduled for August 16. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal...

Getty Images The Raiders are swapping out playing experience for coaching experience on their defensive line. According to Jim Trotter of NFL Network, the Raiders are firing defensive line coach Brentson Buckner. To replace him, they’re expected to hire former Cowboys defensive coordinator...

Getty Images Yesterday was a crushing loss for the Texans, but at least they can comfort themselves with their future, and how they can use the 26th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to make a good team better. Oh wait, they already traded that one to the Dolphins. Sorry guys, that was probably too...

Getty Images The Raiders are no longer the Oakland Raiders. They’re not the Las Vegas Raiders either. For now, they’re just the Raiders. The franchise made a change to all of its social media accounts, dropping Oakland. It will not add Las Vegas to its handle until the new league year starts...

Getty Images Raiders offensive lineman Denzelle Good had been slated to hit free agency in March, but he’ll be staying with the team for 2020. Good tweeted, “See you in Vegas,” and it was later confirmed that Good and the Raiders have agreed to a one-year contract extension. The 28-year-old...

Getty Images The NFL continues to ban marijuana use, despite dramatic changes in societal attitudes regarding the consumption of cannabis. But the pressure on the league to change its ways continues to mount. Nevada, the new home in 2020 of the Raiders, has become the first state to prohibit...

Getty Images In response to the news that the Panthers will pay coach Matt Rhule $60 million over seven years (with incentives that can kick the total to $70 million), some have begun to rattle off the earnings of other coaches, by way of comparison. But there’s a problem with the numbers that...

Getty Images The Patriots not being involved in the divisional round of the playoffs is unusual enough. Having them involved so early in next year’s annual selection meeting will be peculiar as well. With the results of the wild card weekend in the books, four more slots in the 2020 NFL Draft...

Getty Images More people are watching the NFL on TV. Fewer people are watching the NFL in person. According to David Broughton and Andrew Levin of Sports Business Daily, the NFL averaged 66,648 attendees at home games in 2019. That’s the lowest average since 2004. The Cowboys averaged 90,929...

Getty Images It was barely noticed because so much else was going on in the NFL on Sunday, but Raiders cornerback Nevin Lawson was ejected just before the Broncos’ final kneeldown in Sunday’s game in Denver. Now Lawson has been suspended as well. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Lawson...

Getty Images The Associated Press has announced the results of this year’s All-Pro voting and two players were selected as first-team choices by all 50 voters. Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas got the unanimous nod after setting a new record for receptions during the 2019 season. Patriots...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the modern-era finalists for the Class of 2020 on Thursday night. Seven of the 15 finalists made the list for the first time. The inclusion of first-year eligible players Troy Polamalu and Reggie Wayne was expected. They were joined by five...

Getty Images Heading into 2019, the questions surrounding Kyler Murray included whether he would play football or baseball on the professional level. Murray said he was committed to football, which shifted the main question marks about him to his height and whether he was big enough to stand...

Getty Images The 49ers were the sexy darkhorse pick before the 2018 season. That lasted until Week Three when Jimmy Garoppolo tore an anterior cruciate ligament. The 49ers finished 4-12. Fast forward to the 2019 preseason: No one expected anything out of Garoppolo and the 49ers. Yet, here...

Getty Images The Raiders are headed to Las Vegas and they’re taking Richie Incognito with them. Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reported on Monday that Incognito has agreed to an extension with the Raiders. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media followed up with details about the pact a short time later. It’s a...

Getty Images The Raiders will be wearing silver and black the next time they don their uniforms, but there will be a significant difference to the name of the team. It will be the Las Vegas Raiders rather than the Oakland Raiders and quarterback Derek Carr turned his attention to the...