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Getty Images The Rams are trying to figure out how to proceed with Todd Gurley, and they’re adding another former Georgia Bulldog to their backfield mix. According to Bruce Feldman of TheAthletic.com, the Rams are hiring former South Carolina running backs coach Thomas Brown. Brown played at...

Getty Images Of all the potential head-coaching candidates who didn’t get serious consideration in the most recent hiring cycle, here’s one who maybe should have gotten a little more attention: Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. The two-time Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator...

Getty Images In a rash of hires announced by the Eagles on Friday, one name stood out: Director of sports performance Ted Rath. Last year, Rath (then with the Rams) faced a trial on charges of sexual battery. He ultimately was acquitted. According to Les Bowen of Philly.com, the Eagles said...

Getty Images NFL attendance hit a 15-year low last season, and one of the reasons is that the home viewing experience is getting so good that the in-stadium experience struggles to keep up. SoFi Stadium, the new home of the Rams and Chargers, seeks to change that. Stadium officials say they’ll...

Getty Images The coaching carousel has almost come to a halt for the year, and Wade Phillips still doesn’t have a horse to ride. And that has left the veteran defensive coordinator a bit down. Phillips told Albert Breer of SI.com that he’s not sure what he’s going to do, now that most of the...

Getty Images It’s been clear for months that the Rams have a huge decision to make regarding running back Todd Gurley‘s contract. In the coming days and weeks, it all will be coming to a head. With another $10.5 million in compensation under Gurley’s blockbuster deal due to become fully...

Getty Images In 2013, 20th Century Fox bought the rights to a movie on the life of Kurt Warner. In late 2020, the movie finally will land in theaters. LionsGate will be developing American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story, which is scheduled for a December 18 release. Kurt Warner and his wife...

Getty Images Football fans like the idea of more football. But do they really want more football? The next experiment begins in only two days. The XFL is back, after a 19-year absence. Fueled by the reality that people who will be placing legal sports wagers will need more sports on which to...

Getty Images Eric Weddle said at the end of the 2019 season that he didn’t expect to be back with the Rams and wasn’t sure whether he’d be playing for anyone in 2020. Weddle has since come to a decision on that front. Weddle announced his retirement on Twitter Thursday. Weddle spent 13 years...

Getty Images Andrew Whitworth may have once considered retirement, but is opting for for free agency instead. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the veteran tackle will continue to play next season. The 38-year-old Whitworth recently had ankle surgery, and feels well enough to return...

Getty Images With the Super Bowl in the books, the NFL is back in offseason mode today, and open for business. And for the teams at the top, that means the big focus will be the 2020 NFL Draft. After last night’s game, the rest of the order of the first round was filled in. There are still...

Getty Images The Greatest Show on Turf now has another member in the Hall of Fame. Longtime Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce was named to the 2020 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, according to Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Bruce is fifth on the all-time receiving yards list...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame will have a black-and-gold flavor to it. Donnie Shell and Bill Cowher, elected last month as part of the Centennial Class, will have Troy Polamalu join them in Canton. Polamalu didn’t have to wait long to hear his name, earning a bust in his first...

Getty Images Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey joined Roger Craig and Marshall Faulk this year as the only three players to ever compile 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in the same season. McCaffrey gained 1,387 yards on the ground with 15 touchdowns while also catching 116...

Getty Images Aaron Donald has become the best defensive player in football while playing defensive tackle. But the two-time reigning defensive player of the year wasn’t always a defensive tackle. In fact, Donald didn’t envision himself playing defense at all. It was his love for food that...

Getty Images The NFL plans to do something special with the schedule to open two new stadiums in 2020, as well as to celebrate the date of September 17, 2020, which the NFL recognizes as its 100th birthday. Asked today if the NFL might give either the Rams or the Chargers the annual Thursday...

Getty Images Martin Mayhew is headed to Miami for Super Bowl LIV with the rest of the 49ers organization and it marks the vice president of player personnel’s first trip to the game since he went to Super Bowl XXVI as a Washington defensive back. Many in Detroit hoped that Mayhew would have...

Getty Images Jedd Fisch has joined the Patriots’ coaching staff in a yet to be determined offensive capacity, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports. Fisch was the Rams’ senior offensive assistant the past two seasons, adding assistant offensive coordinator to his job title for 2019. He...

Getty Images Joe Namath is so associated with the New York Jets that most fans under the age of 45 probably don’t know that he ended his career in 1977 with the Los Angeles Rams. Namath looks back on his forgettable final season with regret, and he urges Tom Brady not to follow in his...

Stacey James, Patriots In an earlier item regarding the 26th anniversary of the purchase of the Patriots by Robert Kraft, it was mentioned that the Patriots may have left Boston but for their acquisition by Kraft. Some have expressed surprise and/or disbelief regarding that assertion, but it’s...