Новости за 27.02.2018

Tuesday's collection of links.

Surely this won't happen?

As the NFL, through its in-house media conglomerate, pushes the notion that Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater‘s contract won’t be tolled from 2017 to 2018, allowing him to become a free agent, the NFL officially is taking a more equivocal position. “No decision has been made,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarty told PFT via email on Tuesday [more]

You can't high-five someone standing out of bounds.

The Colts may be a losing a former 49ers running back in free agency, but they’re adding one to the coaching staff. According to Alex Marvez of the Sporting News, the Colts are hiring former 49ers fullback and longtime assistant Tom Rathman to coach running backs. Rathman, 55, was out of the league last year [more]

Jamaican sprinter will be making plenty of defenders nervous...

The Bills aren’t waiting on the start of free agency to start working on their team. After signing cornerback Vontae Davis, they’re having another run at the discard pile, as running back Chris Ivory visited them yesterday, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Ivory was cut last week by the Jaguars, and is [more]

The choices by Williams F1 Team underscore a trend that thankfully hasn't overtaken NASCAR yet.

The choices by Williams F1 Team underscore a trend that thankfully hasn't overtaken NASCAR yet.

We know that two of the Vikings’ quarterbacks from last season are set for free agency on March 14 and it looks like the third will be joining them. When last we checked in with the league about whether Teddy Bridgewater‘s contract would toll because he spent six games on the physically unable to perform [more]

Also, Rockets keep rolling and Kawhi Leonard is coming back.

Reports state that the PL will introduce a winter break soon.

The Falcons saw their average points per game take a steep drop between 2016 and 2017, which led to a variety of opinions about what went wrong for the team last season. Much of that discussion focused on the switch at offensive coordinator from Kyle Shanahan to Steve Sarkisian, but play calling had little to [more]

With Vontae Davis in the fold, the Bills may be losing CB E.J. Gaines. LSU RB Derrius Guice could be on the Dolphins radar. Patriots WR Danny Amendola has a speaking engagement on Tuesday. Will the Jets have a chance to draft N.C. State DE Bradley Chubb? There should be no shortage of suspense surrounding [more]

Rams coach Sean McVay has added two more coaches to his staff, after some shuffling in the wake of their successful season. Via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times, the Rams have added Liam Coen as assistant receivers coach and Matt Daniels as assistant special teams coach. The Rams lost offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur to [more]

The effort to recover legal fees, reportedly in excess of $2 million, from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones does not arise under the rule that allows Commissioner Roger Goodell to impose punishment for conduct detrimental to the game. Instead, the authority comes from Resolution FC-6, adopted in 1997. Resolution FC-6 specifically relates to any effort by [more]

Titans General Manager Jon Robinson can’t sit still. Not when he was picking first, and certainly not now that his team is picking a lowly 25th. Robinson said he was always looking to make a deal during the draft, and the fact they’re picking lower than they have since 2009 makes him more eager to [more]

Longtime General Manager Bobby Beathard was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this month, and the worst draft pick Beathard ever made is glad to hear it. Ryan Leaf, the all-time draft bust whom Beathard traded up to select with the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft, wrote on Twitter that [more]

New Los Angeles Rams cornerback Marcus Peters said he felt Alex Smith never got the respect he deserved as quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs. He also said he expects Smith’s replacement, Patrick Mahomes, to have some issues with turnovers. At least when they play the Rams next season in Mexico City that is. Speaking [more]

After three years with the New York Giants, linebacker Jonathan Casillas isn’t overly optimistic of his chances to return to the team in 2018. The Giants have a new coaching staff in place under head coach Pat Shurmur and Casillas is set to become a free agent next month. He’s also coming off wrist and [more]

Seth Jones had a big night for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Nikita Kucherov left with an injury for the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Los Angeles Kings rallied late.

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Sean Davis is being sued by a family for libel, cyberbullying, intentional infliction of emotional distress and slander after allegedly mocking a teenage boy who worked at a Chick-fil-A on his Snapchat account. According to Paula Reed Ward of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the complaint claims that the boy was the subject of [more]

In his last 10 games, Davis has averaged 35.9 points per game on 50.9 percent shooting.

Sean Couturier and Petr Mrazek push them to the top spot for now.

The Browns will carryover a league-high $58.9 million from 2017 to 2018, according to the NFLPA’s salary cap report. They will get that added to the salary cap amount, which is projected to be at least $178 million. The 49ers were second at $56 million followed by the Titans ($30.3 million) and Jaguars ($27.8 million). [more]