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5-7 minutes 1/21/2024SANTA CLARA — Dre Greenlaw was running zig-zags with the joy of a third-grader dodging tackles at recess.A 6-foot, 230-pound linebacker who is built to hit people, he intercepted Jordan Love with less than a minute left in the 49ers’ 24-21 win against the Green Bay Packers and then danced around his opponents.He carried the football with one hand, moved it from left to right, juked, ...

Mike Tomlin is going outside of his comfort zone — and the organization — to find his next offensive coordinator.Not since Todd Haley was hired in 2012 have the Steelers looked beyond the walls of 3400 South Water Street for the person in charge of leading the offense.The new coordinator’s task will be to improve an offense that ranked No. 25 in yards and No. 27 in points in 2023. No team in the postseason ...

WATCH: A rematch is coming between Mahomes and Allen. Columnist Chad Finn and reporter Christopher Price run through the games and predict the winners.Bill Belichick completed a second interview with the Atlanta Falcons this weekend about their head coaching job, and he would be joining a promising situation. The Falcons finished 7-10, but have a decent defense, a veteran offensive line, and several ...

The Falcons plan to have a second interview with a head coaching candidate other than Bill Belichick: Jim Harbaugh.ESPN confirmed an initial report from the NFL Network that the University of Michigan coach will meet again with Atlanta officials.The Falcons interviewed Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris and Bills quarterbacks coach and interim offensive coordinator Joe Brady on Saturday for their ...

In the first month of the season, the Dolphins had garnered comparisons to some of the best offenses in NFL history.A 70-point outing in Week 3 put the unit on a record-setting pace in the second year of the Mike McDaniel era. But by the Dolphins’ season-ending loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the wild-card round, the offense was unrecognizable.Miami’s timing-based passing game wasn’t hitting the ...

The Chargers interviewed Detroit Lions offensive and defensive coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn on Saturday for their coaching vacancy, the 13th and 14th candidates to replace Brandon Staley.Johnson, Glenn and the Lions face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in an NFC Divisional playoff game.Johnson has been with Detroit since 2019, serving as the Lions’ offensive coordinator for the past ...

Antonio Pierce will hit the ground running after taking over as the coach of the Raiders.Among the immediate tasks he faces are building his coaching staff and deciding whether to add a quarterback through a trade, the draft or free agency to upgrade over Aidan O’Connell.The decisions Pierce and the Raiders’ eventual general manager make over the next few months could be the difference in a legitimate ...

JANUARY 20, 2024 5:30 AMTo the doubts of many 25 years ago last week, the Philadelphia Eagles hired a man who’d never been so much as an NFL coordinator or a head coach at any level to revive an organization that had gone 9-16-1 the previous two seasons.Nevertheless, Andy Reid, who last had been the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach of the Green Bay Packers, had distinguished himself in numerous ...

January 20, 2024 12:44 pm ETThe USFL and XFL merged this offseason to form the United Football League (UFL) for the 2024 season.As the cycle of spring football continues to give players a chance to earn another path to the NFL, and there have been a handful of players who have succeeded in carving out a career after playing spring football.The UFL held its disperal draft and super dispersal draft recently ...

BALTIMORE — Zay Flowers called his quarterback “a magician.” Texans pass rusher Jonathan Greenard said Lamar Jackson “was just himself.”They basically were saying the same thing.The Ravens quarterback, a runaway favorite to win his second NFL MVP award, was just his usual magical self in picking apart the Texans defense to the tune of 100 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground to go along with ...