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Getty Images Quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s path to becoming the first overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft will include some repair work on his left shoulder. Lawrence’s agents announced, via multiple reporters, that their client has a labrum injury in that non-throwing shoulder. It will need to...

Getty Images Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes will face off in Sunday’s Super Bowl to decide the NFL champion for the 2020 season. The champion in merchandising sales already has been declared. The NFLPA released the latest numbers of merchandising sales for NFL players from the period covering...

Getty Images Runinng back James Robinson‘s trip from undrafted free agent to 1,070 rushing yards was the best thing to happen in Jacksonville this season, but the hope is that the Jaguars have a lot of better things to come in 2021. Central to those hopes is the hiring of Urban Meyer as their...

Getty Images The NFL canceled five international games in 2020 due to the pandemic. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday the league intends to return to the United Kingdom and Mexico in 2021. COVID-19, of course, will have the final say in whether that happens. “We are planning for...

Getty Images As the dust settles on the NFL’s hiring cycle, there are still efforts to kick up dust on the failure of Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy to get one of the seven available head-coaching jobs. Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who has seen both Doug Pederson and Matt Nagy vault...

Getty Images The Lions announced the hirings of four assistant coaches, including Todd Wash as defensive line coach. Seth Ryan will serve as assistant receivers coach and Kelvin Sheppard and Brian Duke as defensive assistants. Wash has 25 years of experience, including 14 in the NFL. He spent...

Getty Images The 2020 NFL season started with Leonard Fournette not even making a team. It’s ending with him in the Super Bowl. Fournette reflected on how it felt to go from cut by the Jaguars — and then clearing waivers, meaning none of the 31 other teams wanted to pick up the last year of...

Getty Images Word last week was that former Ravens linebacker Zach Orr would interview with the Jaguars for a spot on Urban Meyer’s staff and that conversation appears to have gone well. Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Media, Orr’s agents have announced that their client has agreed to become...

Getty Images It’s not fair for Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy to have to explain why Bieniemy was offered none of the seven head-coaching vacancies filled last month by NFL teams. Bieniemy doesn’t know why he didn’t get one of the jobs. Ultimately, the people who didn’t hire him...

Getty Images Monday night brought word that Brian Schottenheimer will be joining the Jaguars coaching staff for the 2021 season and Tuesday morning brings more information about the role he will on Urban Meyer’s staff. The initial report indicated that Schottenheimer will be the team’s passing...

Getty Images Brian Schottenheimer has agreed to terms with the Jaguars to become their passing game coordinator, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. The Seahawks fired Schottenheimer as offensive coordinator Jan. 12. Schottenheimer joins Darrell Bevell with the Jaguars. Schottenheimer...

Getty Images The Jacksonville Jaguars have reached an agreement with Chris Ash to serve as their secondary coach under head coach Urban Meyer, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com. Ash spent two seasons as co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State under Meyer in 2014-15 before getting hired as...

Getty Images The changes to the Vikings coaching staff will include the arrival of a new wide receivers coach. Gene Frenette of the Florida Times-Union was the first to report that Keenan McCardell will take over that role on Mike Zimmer’s staff. McCardell played wideout for the Jaguars and...

Getty Images Zach Orr could be part of Urban Meyer’s first staff with the Jaguars. According to multiple reports, Orr is interviewing to be the linebackers coach in Jacksonville. Orr has spent the last four seasons working with the Ravens and was a defensive coaching analyst for the team...

Getty Images The Jaguars are set to hire Sanjay Lal as as part of Urban Meyer’s new coaching staff in Jacksonville, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Lal spent the 2020 season as a senior offensive assistant with the Seattle Seahawks under head coach Pete Carroll and offensive...

Getty Images When it comes to potential interest in Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, the glass is currently two-thirds empty. That’s the obvious import of the news that a third of the league has reached out to the Lions. A third of the league. Ten teams. For a 32-year-old franchise...

Getty Images Doug Marrone is officially a member of Nick Saban’s staff at the University of Alabama. Word last week was that Marrone, who was fired as the Jaguars head coach early this month, was the leading candidate to be the school’s new offensive line coach. Alabama announced the hiring on...

Getty Images Running back Leonard Fournette came close to making the Super Bowl during his rookie season, but the Jaguars blew a lead to Tom Brady‘s Patriots and things went downhill fast in Jacksonville. Fournette only played eight games in 2018 and one of the games he missed was the result...

USA TODAY Sports It’s business suit season in the NFL. It shouldn’t be. When coaches are hired to run NFL teams, they show up for their introductory press conferences in suits. That’s the way it is, because that’s the way it’s always been. But why does it have to keep being that way? Coaches...

USA TODAY Sports Head coach Urban Meyer continues to fill out his first NFL staff in Jacksonville. According to a report from Tom Pelissero of NFL media, Brian Schneider is expected to become the Jaguars special teams coordinator. Schneider had been with the Seahawks since Pete Carroll took...