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Getty Images At some point, the broader concerns that have turned the world on its head will subside, yielding to the usual specific concerns that drive everyone’s daily lives. When that happens, three NFL coaches may be muttering even more expletives than usual. The latest hiring cycle...

Getty Images The Giants have signed linebacker David Mayo to a three-year contract, Dan Duggan of TheAthletic.com reports. Mayo, 26, signed a one-year, $805,000 contract with the Giants as a free agent last year. He started 13 games for the Giants, making 82 tackles, two sacks and two pass...

Getty Images Del Shofner, a five-time All-Pro wide receiver for the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, has died at the age of 85. According to the Associated Press, Shofner died on Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes. Shofner was a first-round pick of the Rams in 1957 and spent his...

Getty Images The list of teams pulling their coaches and scouts off the road amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19 continues to grow on Thursday. According to multiple reports, the Jets and Giants have put a halt to travel by team employees for an indefinite period of time. Washington and...

Getty Images NFL teams continue to make changes to their business practices in light of recommendations to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. The Chiefs and Giants both announced that they will have all non-essential personnel work from home for the next two weeks. Both teams...

Getty Images Giants fullback Eli Penny agreed to a two-year deal, Jordan Raanan of ESPN reports. Penny, 26, was set to become a restricted free agent. He played 127 offensive snaps (12 percent) and 227 special teams snaps (50 percent) last season in playing all 16 games. In three seasons...

Getty Images Veteran tight end Rhett Ellison grew up around football, and now he’s walking away. The Giants announced that the 31-year-old Ellison was retiring after eight seasons. He spent the last three years with the Giants, after playing five seasons for the Vikings. He missed the last...

Getty Images The NFL Players Association is electing a new president on Tuesday and soon-to-be Panthers left tackle Russell Okung was the only known candidate for the position coming into the week. Okung now has some company. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Buccaneers linebacker Sam...

Getty Images Washington head coach Ron Rivera said last week that the team hopes to re-sign guard Ereck Flowers, and it appears Flowers wants to get something done as well. The team and Flowers are engaged in contract talks and both sides are showing optimism about getting a deal done before...

Getty Images Browns center JC Tretter will be taking on another job off the field this season. Tretter has been elected president of the NFL Players Association in a vote of the union’s board of player representatives on Tuesday. He takes over for former NFL offensive tackle Eric Winston, who...

Getty Images The NFL announced the 32 compensatory picks, which were awarded to 15 teams. The Patriots have a league-high and league-maximum of four — two third-round choices and two sixth-round selections. New England lost Malcom Brown, Trent Brown, Trey Flowers, Chris Hogan, Cordarrelle...

Getty Images New Giants coach Joe Judge said he anticipated some of his staff to get interest for college jobs, but the most recent defection was not expected. According to Paul Schwartz of the New York Post, Giants strength coach Aaron Wellman is leaving the NFL to take the same job at the...

Getty Images Former NFL tight end Daniel Fells announced his retirement in 2016 after needing eight surgeries in 2015 because of a MRSA infection. Now Fells is speaking out about the danger of MRSA, and detailing just how bad it got. Fells told Bob Glauber of Newsday that doctors told him in...

Getty Images Ryan Leaf’s connection to the Manning family goes far beyond his status as the No. 2 overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft after Peyton Manning was chosen first overall: Leaf says that when Eli Manning was drafted by the Chargers but refused to play for them, forcing a trade to the...

Getty Images In Week One of the 2019 season, more than a third of the league had a different starting quarterback than it had a year earlier. But if one-third turnover among starting quarterbacks sounds high, it’s likely to be eclipsed in 2020. This year, it’s possible that more than half of...

Getty Images It wasn’t that long ago that the Giants no longer wanted Ereck Flowers. Seventeen months later, Washington wants to keep Flowers. Washington coach Ron Rivera said the team hopes to re-sign offensive guards Brandon Scherff and Flowers, both of whom are scheduled to become free...

Getty Images Former Giants punter Steve Weatherford hasn’t found his stolen Super Bowl ring, but he will be getting a new one. According to Brian Fonseca of NJ.com, the Giants gave jeweler Tiffany and Co. permission to make a replacement ring for Weatherford. Weatherford posted on social...

Getty Images Raise a glass to the No Fun League. Two players who were fined last year for beer-chugging celebrations have received beer sponsorships. Via Thomas Barrabi of FOX Business, Chiefs tackle Eric Fisher and Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters are among the first NFL players to get...

Getty Images Giants linebacker Markus Golden expects to test the free agent market for a second consecutive offseason, Josina Anderson of ESPN reports. Anderson adds Golden has “interest” in returning to the Giants. The reality, though, is once a player starts talking to other teams, chances...

Getty Images The Giants want an elite pass rusher. They need an elite pass rusher. But how much will they be willing to pay for an elite pass rusher? The Giants will have around $75 million to spend, but Jadeveon Clowney won’t come cheap. He is expected to be one of the only elite pass...