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Getty Images The Packers had a couple of players pull out of the Pro Bowl in the wake of their NFC title game loss to the 49ers, but they’ll wind up with a net gain because three players have been added to the roster. Wide receiver Davante Adams, defensive tackle Kenny Clark and linebacker...

Getty Images Joe Barry turned down an offer to become USC’s defensive coordinator to remain with the Rams, Lindsey Thiry of ESPN reports. Barry reportedly interviewed for the Rams’ defensive coordinator position last week after the team parted ways with Wade Phillips. The Rams hired Broncos...

Getty Images Wade Phillips said last week he intended to continue his career. He might get that chance in Cleveland. Phillips’ name has been discussed internally for the job to run the defense in Cleveland under new head coach Kevin Stefanski, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports. The Rams...

Getty Images The Rams have shaken up their coaching staff since the end of a 9-7 regular season that left them out of the playoffs for the first time since 2016. They have new offensive and defensive coordinators with new hires coming for special teams coordinator and running backs coach. The...

Getty Images Saturday night’s playoff game was compelling, but a matchup of Baltimore and Nashville simply won’t generate the same eyeballs as an L.A. team versus America’s Team. Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily, the average audience for Titans-Ravens on Saturday night dropped by...

Getty Images Yesterday was a crushing loss for the Texans, but at least they can comfort themselves with their future, and how they can use the 26th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to make a good team better. Oh wait, they already traded that one to the Dolphins. Sorry guys, that was probably too...

Getty Images The Cowboys and Rams both covet the service of Stan Drayton as their running backs coach. Hall of Famer Gil Brandt of NFL Media reports that the teams “appear to be a in a war” for Drayton. Drayton is the associate head coach and run game coordinator at the University of Texas...

Getty Images The Rams are close to having Wade Phillips’ replacement as defensive coordinator, and it’s not Joe Barry. Instead, Sean McVay is close to hiring Broncos outside linebackers coach Brandon Staley to lead his defense, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Staley, 37, just completed his...

Getty Images The Rams will have an offensive coordinator this season, and that offensive coordinator is expected to be Kevin O’Connell. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Rams are finalizing a deal for O’Connell. O’Connell succeeded Rams coach Sean McVay as offensive coordinator in...

Getty Images With the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers set to play their next football games in the brand new stadium set to be completed in Inglewood this summer, a lawsuit has been submitted on behalf of two companies owned by Rams owner Stan Kroenke over an arsenic cleanup project at the site...

Getty Images Pro Bowl replacements have started to filter out on Thursday and one of them will come in the NFC’s secondary. Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller has been added to the roster. He takes the spot of Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Fuller also went to the Pro Bowl last year. Fuller started...

Getty Images Joe Barry has been on the Rams coaching staff for the last three years and he’s reportedly set to talk to head coach Sean McVay about a promotion. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Barry is meeting with McVay about the defensive coordinator position that opened up when the...

Getty Images Wade Phillips isn’t the only coordinator leaving the Rams. Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News reports that Rams special-teams coordinator John Fassel will be joining Mike McCarthy’s coaching staff with the Cowboys. The 45-year-old son of former Giants coach Jim Fassel...

Getty Images In response to the news that the Panthers will pay coach Matt Rhule $60 million over seven years (with incentives that can kick the total to $70 million), some have begun to rattle off the earnings of other coaches, by way of comparison. But there’s a problem with the numbers that...

Getty Images Los Angeles Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth posted a handful of images to his instagram stories feed on Tuesday reflecting a post-season surgery on his right leg. Whitworth posted a short video, captured by Rich Hammond of TheAthletic.com, from the hospital with a caption of...

Getty Images Safety Eric Weddle isn’t sure whether he’ll be playing again in 2020 or not and one of the issues he has to weigh before making that call is how he’s doing physically. Weddle said he has “some things that I need to get fixed if I even remotely think about playing” and one of those...

Getty Images 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...

Getty Images Wade Phillips was out of work in 2014 after the Texans moved on following the 2013 season. Some thought his career might be over then. It wasn’t. The Broncos hired Phillips, and in two seasons in Denver, he produced top-five defenses and won a Super Bowl. The Rams hired Phillips...

Getty Images 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...

Getty Images 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...