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Getty Images Construction on the Raiders’ new stadium in Las Vegas is moving forward on schedule. The stadium is now more than 50 percent done, according to Don Webb, chief operating officer of the stadium development project. According to Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review Journal, $944.7...

Getty Images The Raiders signed free agent receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El, the team announced Thursday. They waived receiver Saeed Blacknall in a corresponding move. Pierson-El played for Salt Lake Stallions in the Alliance of American Football League. He made 36 receptions for 414 yards and...

Getty Images The Broncos have had consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 1971-72. They also had a losing season in 1970, which means that they’re currently one losing season away from matching that three straight years of sub-.500 football. But the days of zero-and-zero are a time...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Getty Images It took a little time for Saints tight end Jared Cook to officially join the team. Since then, the team apparently has been spending plenty of time coming up with ways to use him. “New tight end comes in for us this year,” coach Sean Payton recently told Chris Simms. “Jared Cook...

Getty Images The administration of Donald J. Trump continues to antagonize many Americans and American institutions. It no longer is antagonizing the NFL. Instead, it’s trying to help. Sheilla Dingus of AdvocacyForFairnessInSports.org has tracked down the newest filing in the antitrust lawsuit...

Getty Images We’ve spent plenty of time the past couple of days talking about players being upset with their ratings in the new Madden game, and the motivation they have drawn from it. One player who shouldn’t be upset (and in turn has no basis for extra motiviation) is Rams running back Todd...

Getty Images A report in May said Martavis Bryant planned to apply for reinstatement in the coming weeks. Now, the receiver has. Dan Graziano of ESPN reports that Bryant has taken the official step toward returning. Bryant has worked with the NFL and NFLPA on steps needed to address his...

Getty Images A lawsuit for $2.8 million sounds like a big deal. It sounds like less of a big deal when it’s part of a $1.8 billion stadium project. Via Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, ADP International has named multiple entities in a lawsuit for alleged non-payment, including the...

Getty Images The full Madden ratings have been released, and a certain player with a reputation for being a tad sensitive may not be happy with the number he received. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who last year was one of seven players to get a game-high 99, has fallen all the way to 90...

Getty Images The Raiders recently learned that guard Richie Incognito will be suspended for the first two games of the 2019 season. Incognito is slated to compete for the left guard job in Oakland and Monday saw the team add a veteran who could find himself in the mix for that spot before...

Getty Images Antonio Brown may soon be demanding a trade from Madden. The Raiders receiver, who earned a 99 rating in the 2019 version of the game, didn’t get a 99 this year. Of four 99s in all, only one plays offense: Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins. The other 99 ratings belong to Rams...

Getty Images Rolando McClain, the former Top 10 draft pick who hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2015, is hoping for another chance. The 29-year-old McClain told AL.com that he’s healthier than ever after hip surgery and believes he can make it in the NFL. “Not only do I feel good, I’m...

Raiders guard Richie Incognito‘s career has featured many off-field issues, but he’d been able to avoid being suspended by the NFL for any of them until Friday. Incognito has been suspended for the first two games of the regular season for violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy...

Getty Images Rolando McClain has retired three times and currently is serving his third NFL suspension. The former linebacker hasn’t played since 2015. But McClain says he wants to come back . . . again. First, the NFL would have to reinstate McClain, who received an indefinite suspension on...

Getty Images Former NFL defensive lineman Richard Seymour turned in a solid showing at the World Series of Poker. Seymour was eliminated last night, but not before earning $59,295 for finishing 131st in the event. Seymour has now made $638,293 in his professional poker career. That is a far...

Whenever someone says that the NFL doesn’t have fully-guaranteed contracts, remember that indeed the NFL does, at the top of each draft. In recent years, the range of fully-guaranteed contracts for first-round draft picks has grown. NFL Media reports that the contract given by the Raiders to...

Getty Images Richard Seymour was once among the NFL’s elite defensive linemen. Now he’s among the world’s elite poker players. Seymour is competing in the World Series of Poker and is currently in 35th place in the event, which drew 8,569 competitors. This isn’t Seymour’s first go-round in...

Getty Images Hue Jackson doesn’t have a job, the first time in 32 years he has a fall with nothing to do. He hopes it’s a one-year hiatus. Despite going 8-8 in one season as the head coach of the Raiders and 3-36-1 in 2 1/2 seasons in Cleveland, Jackson wants another chance. “Oh, yeah, I mean...

Getty Images If Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will indeed be the NFL’s next big thing, we’ll all get our first big glimpse of him on the NFL’s in-house TV channel. The league announced on Tuesday that 13 preseason games will be broadcast live on NFL Network. The process begins on...