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The NFL continued to dominate American television in 2019. Of the 50 most-watched television broadcasts of the year, 41 of them were NFL games. Ad Age has the full list, which is of course topped by the Super Bowl but also has run-of-the-mill regular season games that top any entertainment programming the networks air. The [more]

The Seahawks left linebacker Mychal Kendricks on their 53-man roster for Wild Card weekend despite the fact that his torn ACL meant he wasn’t going to play against the Eagles, but they won’t be keeping him on hand for this weekend’s game against the Packers. Seattle placed Kendricks on injured reserve on Wednesday. Kendricks is [more]

The Packers handed in their first injury report of the postseason on Wednesday and it showed that four players did not take part in practice. Cornerback Tramon Williams and tight end Jimmy Graham are both listed as having rest days, which suggests they should be fine for Sunday’s game against the Seahawks. Defensive tackle Kenny [more]

Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph caught the game-winning touchdown pass in Sunday’s playoff win for the Saints, so the gloves he wore in the game are a valuable piece of sports memorabilia. Rudolph could have kept the gloves for the sentimental value, or he could have sold them to make some extra money for himself. [more]

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that the team has “no injuries right now” on Tuesday and that he anticipated having everyone at practice this week. As it turns out, Reid was incorrect. Cornerback Morris Claiborne did not practice on Wednesday. Claiborne has missed time with a shoulder injury, although he also had a non-injury [more]

The question of whether the Rooney Rule is working may be best resolved by the proof that is, or isn’t, in the pudding. The NFL currently has only four minority coaches. Three — Mike Tomlin, Brian Flores, and Anthony Lynn — are African-American. “We’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of the [NFL], yet we have only [more]

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers thinks his old coach, Mike McCarthy, was hired as coach of the Cowboys in part because Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has seen first-hand how McCarthy coaches. Rodgers noted that the Packers won some big games over the Cowboys during McCarthy’s tenure and that the Super Bowl that Rodgers and McCarthy won [more]

When new Panthers coach Matt Rhule was asked about Cam Newton during his second day on the job, he dodged the question. But that’s kind of natural and can be excused, since they just met. Panthers owner David Tepper has been around Newton for two years now, and he took the same approach when asked [more]

Word came on Tuesday that the Giants would be hiring Joe Judge as their next head coach, but the team held off on making an official announcement through the end of the day. That announcement came on Wednesday afternoon. The Giants will formally introduce Judge at a press conference on Thursday. Judge coached under Nick [more]

New Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy was involved in one of the worst moments in Cowboys history five years ago, when he was coaching the Packers and a Dez Bryant catch in the fourth quarter of a playoff game was overturned on replay when McCarthy challenged it. Today, McCarthy was asked if Dez caught it. [more]

The Titans got one of the four players who missed Tuesday’s practice back on the field on Wednesday. Right guard Nate Davis was a limited participant in the session. He sat out on Tuesday because of an illness. Davis has started the last 13 games for the Titans. In other positive news, Titans head coach [more]

The Cowboys officially introduced Mike McCarthy as their new head coach at a press conference at their facility in Frisco and team owner Jerry Jones opened the event by sharing some of what made McCarthy an appealing candidate for the team. Jones said McCarthy’s experience with a “storied and historic franchise” in Green Bay was [more]