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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 In many respects, Jack Easterby’s plan to take control of an NFL franchise without possessing the objectively necessary skills and qualifications (in my opinion) is working. In many other respects, it isn’t. Easterby surely hoped to parlay a smattering of fringe experiences and...

Getty Images The Houston Texans have dismissed three members of their football operations staff, including director of football administration Kevin Krajcovic, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. Krajcovic had spent 15 years with the Texans in total with the last year in his...

Getty Images Jadeveon Clowney has played for three teams the past three seasons. Scheduled to become a free agent in March, he could have a fourth team in four seasons. Then again, maybe the pass rusher returns to the Titans. Clowney is “definitely open” to signing with Tennessee for 2021...

Getty Images Head coach David Culley’s first coaching staff continues to come together in Houston. The Texans are adding defensive coordinator Lovie Smith’s son, Miles, as linebackers coach, per a report from Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. Miles Smith served as his father’s linebacker’s coach for...

Getty Images Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre has every right to express his opinion on any and all topics on which he chooses to express an opinion. And anyone who chooses to react to Favre’s opinion with an opinion of their own has that right to do so. Case in point: Favre has chimed in...

Getty Images Texans head coach David Culley is bringing one of his Baltimore colleagues with him to Houston. Andy Bischoff will join the Texans staff as tight ends coach, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. Bischoff has been with the Ravens since 2015, spending the last four...

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 quarterback carousel is spinning, and one of the riders has a perpetual scowl on his face. Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that “several NFL insiders” expect the Raiders to field calls regarding a potential trade of quarterback Derek Carr. Bonsignore...

Getty Images The Texans are hiring two more coaches to help fill out David Culley’s first staff. Houston’s added Frank Ross as special teams coordinator and Dino Vasso as special teams coach, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. Ross was the Colts assistant special teams...

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 Long-time NFL safety Mike Adams is returning to the league in a coaching role. According to Adam Hoge of NBC Sports Chicago, the Chicago Bears are set to hire Adams as an assistant defensive backs coach. A two-time Pro Bowl selection, Adams last played in the NFL in 2019 with the...

Getty Images So much attention has been paid to the possibility that the Texans will trade quarterback Deshaun Watson that there hasn’t been much attention paid to the possibility that the Texans will trade defensive lineman J.J. Watt. But that possibility is real. Watt, one of the greatest...

USA TODAY Sports Texans executive V.P. of football operations Jack Easterby continues to bend reality in his favor. Easterby, objectively unfit and unqualified for the position he holds in an industry with more highly fit and qualified people than jobs, has tried to assume a low profile in the...

Getty Images The trade that sent quarterback Matthew Stafford from the Lions to the Rams potentially becomes relevant to any eventual trade talks involving Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. It shouldn’t. Sure, the Texans may try to argue that, if Stafford is worth two first-round picks and a...

Getty Images The Texans quickly are filling their staff, only a few days after naming David Culley as their head coach. The latest hire is veteran receivers coach Robert Prince, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Prince has spent the past seven seasons with the Lions. He has 13 years of NFL...

Getty Images The Cold War between the Texans and quarterback Deshaun Watson keeps heating up. A day after Texans G.M. Nick Caserio said of Watson, “[W]e have zero interest in trading the player,” Watson has made some changes to his social media accounts: He has removed all references to the...

Getty Images Former NFL quarterback T.J. Yates will continue his coaching career with the Falcons. Atlanta has announced the Yates, who worked as assistant quarterbacks coach with the Texans in 2020, will join Arthur Smith’s staff as a passing game specialist. Yates led the Texans to the...

Getty Images Friday entailed a couple of virtual press conferences during which new head coaches were introduced. Each one included a key figure who opted to read from prepared remarks. For the Texans, G.M. Nick Caserio read a statement introducing coach David Culley. In Philadelphia, new...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson wants out. The Texans addressed that situation during the press conference introducing David Culley as the team’s next head coach. G.M. Nick Caserio, before taking questions, reiterated the team’s commitment to Watson. “Zero interest in trading...