Новости за 07.01.2020

The Dolphins have reached into the high school ranks for their latest hire, but coach Brian Flores isn’t straying far from his Patriots roots in doing so. According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, the Dolphins are hiring Curt Kuntz as a defensive backs coach. Kuntz has no NFL experience, and has spent the [more]

The changes to the Washington organization in 2020 include the addition of a new medical consultant to the team’s training staff. Washington announced that Dr. Kevin Wilk will join the organization in that role. Wilk is the associate clinical director for Champion Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Ala. and the director of rehabilitative research at the [more]

Rams owner Stan Kroenke will move into his new palace next season, a building he’ll share with the Chargers amid questions about the demand for that much football in Los Angeles. In the city he abandoned, there’s still a market for the sport, even if it’s the minor league kind. According to Daniel Kaplan of [more]

Some wondered if the Cowboys were squatting on Jason Garrett for a week to keep him away from their division rivals, in case the Giants were in a hurry to hire a head coach. But according to one report, Garrett could only be on the radar for the Giants if today’s business doesn’t work out. [more]

The Packers are playing the Seahawks this week, but another team was also on some minds in Green Bay on Monday. Mike McCarthy landed the Cowboys head coaching job and some of the former Packers coach’s players weighed in on the move after practice in Green Bay. Defensive lineman Dean Lowry called McCarthy “a really [more]

Sometimes, the people who are closest to Deshaun Watson have a hard time describing how he does things. So maybe, it actually is just magic. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle took an in-depth look at Watson’s ridiculous sack-escape against the Bills, in which he bounced off a pair of sack attempts from Bills safety [more]

The Chiefs are back at it this week and the time off since the regular season has been good for the team on the health front. Three players missed the final weekend of the regular season with injuries, but left guard Andrew Wylie, cornerback Morris Claiborne and defensive tackle Xavier Williams are all ready to [more]

The slow divorce between Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett was followed by a Vegas wedding for Jones and Mike McCarthy. “It was like love at first sight,” a source with knowledge of the dynamics between Jones and McCarthy said when explaining the quick move by the Cowboys to make McCarthy the new head coach. McCarthy [more]

With Patriots quarterback Tom Brady about to embark on free agency, and openly discussing the idea of playing for someone other than the Patriots, it’s worth remembering he’s far from the first future Hall of Famer to make a late-career cameo elsewhere. Whether it’s Peyton Manning with the Broncos or Joe Montana with the Chiefs, [more]

Eagles fans are not happy with Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney after he injured quarterback Carson Wentz with a helmet-to-helmet hit in the first quarter of Sunday’s game. Clowney does not like Eagles fans, either. Clowney said after the game that the fans in Philadelphia are the worst in the world. “Worst fans in the [more]

With the 2019 season for the Minnesota Vikings is not yet complete, the team is already planning for their 2020 campaign with a signing at a position of need. Via Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Vikings signed former CFL cornerback Marcus Sayles to a futures contract on Friday. Sayles tried to [more]

The NFL announced the four head referees that will lead the officiating crews for this weekend’s Divisional Round playoff matchups. Walt Anderson will have the Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers matchup in the Saturday afternoon window with Bill Vinovich leading the Tennessee Titans at Baltimore Ravens Saturday night contest. Shawn Hochuli has the Houston [more]

Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney continues to deal with a core muscle that is expected to require surgery once the season is over. But while it’s not getting any better, at least for the time being it doesn’t appear to be getting any worse either. Head coach Pete Carroll said on Monday that Clowney emerged [more]

After the Chiefs lost the AFC Championship in overtime, the Chiefs proposed a rule that would allow the team that kicks off to start the extra session a chance to match a first-possession touchdown. It wasn’t passed. It still needs to be, as evidenced by Sunday’s first-possession, walk-off touchdown from the Vikings in New Orleans. [more]

The Panthers have a date set with Josh McDaniels. They will interview the Patriots offensive coordinator on Tuesday, Albert Breer of SI.com reports. McDaniels, 43, also has interviews scheduled with the Giants on Wednesday and the Browns on Friday. PFT reported this weekend that the Patriots expect McDaniels to leave if he’s offered a job. [more]

The Browns have requested permission to interview Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, Tom Pelissero of the NFL reports. Schwartz, 53, has spent the past four seasons as the Eagles’ defensive coordinator. He served in the same role with the Bills in 2014. He has head coaching experience, having coached the Lions from 2009-2013. Schwartz went [more]

The Eagles expected more from Nelson Agholor when they used a first-round choice on him in 2015. He wanted more, too. It didn’t happen, and the relationship likely is over. Agholor completed the final year of his rookie deal and is scheduled to become a free agent in the offseason. “It’s something that we’re going [more]

Nick Mullens played 519 offensive snaps in 2018. He played 512 fewer this season. Yet, the 49ers backup quarterback insists he’s a better player now. “I just feel — not like a veteran — but I feel like I’ve been in it for a while,” Mullens told Matt Maiocco of NBCSportsBayArea.com. “I feel very comfortable, [more]

The Vikings’ reward for beating the 13-3 Saints in New Orleans on Sunday is a Saturday game in Santa Clara, against the 13-3 49ers. Hooray? Vikings coach Mike Zimmer realizes that it’s a difficult challenge. He’s not whining about it, however. “It is,” Zimmer told reporters when asked how tough the turnaround is, logistically. “I’m [more]

Unlike their two division rivals who already have filled coaching vacancies, the Giants have cast a wide net and are taking their time. The team announced Monday afternoon it completed an interview with Patriots assistant coach Joe Judge. Judge, 38, became the fifth candidate the Giants have interviewed. He met with Giants president John Mara, [more]

Jets General Manager Joe Douglas said last week he would listen if teams call about Le'Veon Bell. But it sounded Monday like Douglas expects Bell back with the Jets in 2020. In an appearance on The Michael Kay Show on ESPN, Douglas called the running back a “very good player.” “We value Le’Veon,” Douglas said. [more]

As the Rams move on from defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, the public praised being heaped upon him by coach Sean McVay raises an obvious question. Why isn’t Phillips being retained? Technically, his contract has expired. Phillips said that the Rams have told him the contract won’t be renewed, which makes the move not his choice, [more]

The Packers haven’t finished their 2019 season yet, but that’s not stopping them from adding players to their offseason roster. The team announced on Monday that they have signed wide receiver Reggie Begelton and fullback Elijah Wellman to future contracts. Both players will be on the 90-man roster once the 2019 season is over. Begelton [more]

Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III will be joining quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and several other teammates in leaving school with eligibility remaining in order to be in the 2020 NFL Draft. Ruggs made his announcement on Monday several hours after Tagovailoa did the same at a press conference in Tuscaloosa. In between the Tagovailoa and [more]

Wade Phillips isn’t the only assistant coach the Rams are letting go. The team announced that running back Skip Peete will not be on Sean McVay’s staff in 2020. Peete joined the Rams in 2016, which was the year before McVay was hired as the head coach, and was the rare holdover from Jeff Fisher’s [more]