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Getty Images On Monday, Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert noted that if two players were close on the draft board, Pittsburgh would take the one who did not opt out of the 2020 season. Tuesday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones noted that those college players who opted out were missing around...

Getty Images After beating the Seahawks in a 2020 Wild Card matchup, the Rams were knocked out of contention by the Packers in the Divisional Round. Two years removed from a Super Bowl appearance, head coach Sean McVay still holds a strong roster with a few gaps that can be addressed with the...

Getty Images The media received a tour of the Rams’ draft house Tuesday, but their media interviews were conducted virutally. General Manager Les Snead and coach Sean McVay were close contacts of a team employee who tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, McVay said, via Andrew Siciliano of...

Getty Images There are two potential explanations for the sudden rash of reports regarding a potential Julio Jones trade. One, Peter King had it initially and exclusively in Football Morning in America and others used it as a springboard for their own reporting (without crediting King). Two...

Getty Images The Super League cluster fudge continues to resonate for American NFL owners whose English soccer clubs tried to engineer a sporting coup. Via ESPN.com, a fan protest preceded Friday’s match between Arsenal and Everton. The protestors want owner Stan Kroenke, who also owns the...

Getty Images Plenty of players from days gone by could be introduced to a modern audience, for reasons other than nostalgia. With the NFL revolutionizing the numbering system for players, there’s an unintended consequence that could play out for several teams. With a wide swath of players now...

Getty Images Fans of the Arsenal soccer club never really wanted Rams owner Stan Kroenke to own the team. They definitely don’t want him now, after the team was involved in the disastrous attempt to create a European Super League. Via Sports Business Journal, Kroenke’s son, Josh, told...

Getty Images One of the lasting images from the 2020 virtual NFL draft was of Kliff Kingsbury casually lounging in the living room of his Arizona mansion. He had multiple phones on the table, two monitors and an outdoor fire, later admitting the fire pit on a 100-degree day “was a bit much.”...

Getty Images Rams cornerback Darious Williams has signed his one-year tender offer. The deal guarantees Williams a salary of $4.766 million with the Rams this year. In 2022 he can either get the franchise tag, sign a long-term deal with the Rams or hit unrestricted free agency. Williams was...

Getty Images Two proposed rules changes regarding penalty enforcement were approved by NFL owners on Wednesday. Chicago proposed the first of them and it dealt with enforcing penalties on conversions after touchdowns. The Bears faced the Broncos in a 2019 game that saw the Broncos flagged for...

Getty Images A pair of NFL owners are facing pressure to sell their soccer teams in the English Premier League, in the aftermath of the failed effort to start a soccer Super League. Via Sports Business Daily, fans in the UK want the Glazers (who own the Buccaneers) and Stan Kroenke (who owns...

Getty Images The Rams have added a third punter to their roster. An announcement on Tuesday brought word that Corey Bojorquez has signed a contract with the team. No terms of that deal were disclosed. Bojorquez took over as the Bills punter in 2018 and remained with the team through the end...

USA TODAY Sports The Los Angeles Rams waived cornerback Tyrique McGhee on Monday just two weeks after he was handed a five-game suspension for a violation of the NFL’s performance-enhancing drugs policy. McGhee was suspended for two games last year as a member of the Rams practice squad for a...

Getty Images Rams COO Kevin Demoff says there are no regrets about the contract they gave Jared Goff, but there’s no question they think they upgraded at quarterback when they replaced Goff with Matthew Stafford this offseason. Demoff said Stafford has a veteran presence that will help the...

Getty Images Less than two years ago, the Rams signed quarterback Jared Goff to a four-year, $134 million contract extension. This year the Rams were eager to get that contract off that books and ultimately traded Goff, a third-round pick and two first-round picks to the Lions for Matthew...

Getty Images The No Fun League is about to get a little feisty. At a time when pessimism prevails as to the many of the potential rule changes for 2021, Peter King of Football Morning in America reports that the Chiefs’ proposed expansion of single-digit numbers “should pass easily.” As one...

Getty Images Last week a man named DeVincent Spriggs accused Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald of assault, but after video of the incident emerged, Spriggs apologized and said he was mistaken. Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff says the case shows why no one should rush to judgment. “I...

Getty Images The man who accused Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald of assault is now apologizing to Donald, saying he was mistaken about who injured him in a fight early Sunday morning. The accuser, DeVincent Spriggs, suffered injuries in the fight and originally claimed Donald attacked him...

Getty Images The Rams swung a big trade for quarterback Matthew Stafford last month with the hope that the move will push them into championship contention, but they’ll need to navigate the NFC West before they can think about the postseason. During an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show this...

Getty Images The Rams are the latest float in the anti-OTA parade. “Players on our team, like others across the NFL, use the offseason to rest, recover and then rebuild for another run the following year,” the Rams players said in a statement issued by the NFL Players Association. “We have had...