Новости за 05.01.2018

Well there’s a friggin’ surprise. Six days after he was first linked to a job that was not yet vacant, Jon Gruden is the new coach of the Raiders. Per multiple reports, the Raiders will (re)introduce Gruden at a Tuesday press conference as the team’s next head coach. As noted last night, the timeline and [more]

Joe Prince-Wright reflects on a hectic festive period and looks at what we learned.

Jaguars defensive lineman Calais Campbell made quite an impact during his first year in Jacksonville. He made enough of an impact to get All-Pro recognition at two positions. Campbell is a first-team All-Pro as an edge rusher, where he was the leading vote-getter with 34. He’s also a second-team All-Pro as an interior defensive lineman, [more]

Making first-team All-Pro is a greater honor than making the Pro Bowl. Only 28 players make first-team All-Pro, while 86 players are chosen to the Pro Bowl even before late replacements are added. And All-Pro voters, while they don’t get it right every time, have fewer biases and personal connections to players than do the [more]

Making first-team All-Pro is a greater honor than making the Pro Bowl. Only 28 players make first-team All-Pro, while 86 players are chosen to the Pro Bowl even before late replacements are added. And All-Pro voters, while they don’t get it right every time, have fewer biases and personal connections to players than do the [more]

The Associated Press has announced this year’s selections for their All-Pro team and Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown was the easiest selection for the voters. Brown was this year’s only unanimous selection to the first team. It is the fourth straight year that Brown, who had 101 catches for 1,533 yards and nine touchdowns, has [more]

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had 5.5 million reasons to have a big year. He did, and he earned every penny of his incentive package. Gronkowski is the Associated Press first-team All-Pro tight end. This triggers the full $5.5 million incentive package from his 2017 contract adjustment. Gronk previously had unlocked $3 million based upon [more]

With Premier League clubs entering the FA Cup, here are score picks for all 32 games over the next few days.

On Thursday, Ravens coach John Harbaugh announced Marty Mornhinweg will remain the team’s offensive coordinator in 2018 but didn’t offer any word about whether Greg Roman would remain on the offensive staff as well. It appears that Roman will be staying put. Alex Marvez of Sporting News reports Roman, who joined the Ravens in 2017 [more]

Joey Gase will drive the No. 35 for the team owned by Archie St. Hilaire.

The Packers have reportedly been rebuffed in their attempt to interview Vikings assistant General Manager George Paton for their opening at General Manager, but he isn’t the only candidate outside the organization they’d like to interview. PFT has learned, via a league source, that the Packers want to interview Ravens assistant G.M. Eric DeCosta as [more]

The Rams will host a playoff game tomorrow night for the first time in Los Angeles since 1979, but the local fans aren’t exactly clamoring for tickets. Go to the Rams’ website and you can find section after section, row after row of tickets available. Want eight tickets together? No problem. They’re available. In many [more]

No. 27 pick stepping out of Lonzo Ball's shadow

Observations, burning questions, nuggets, and more.

According to Soccerex, here are the 100 most valuable teams on the planet. There are plenty of surprises.

Vikings Assistant General Manager George Paton has made the interview rounds for teams with General Manager openings in recent years, but he reportedly won’t be interviewing to fill one of this year’s vacancies. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Vikings have denied a request from the Packers to interview Paton. The Packers announced this [more]

If only half of the article from ESPN’s Seth Wickersham hits the vicinity of the bull’s-eye, questions should be asked about the future in New England of not only Tom Brady but also Bill Belichick. Eighteen years ago Thursday, Belichick ended his blink-and-you-missed-it tenure in New York by writing on a napkin that he resigns [more]

Word out of Buffalo on Friday morning was that running back LeSean McCoy will try to take part in the final Bills practice before Sunday’s game against the Jaguars in Jacksonville. McCoy has not practiced all week because of an ankle injury and the Jaguars had a key offensive player of their own out on [more]

A look at some key questions for the 2018 season, including the most intriguing new driver/crew chief combination.

Not literally. I don't think, at least.

An article by Seth Wickersham of ESPN centered around reported rifts inside the Patriots organization has generated a lot of reaction around the football world on Friday. That reaction now includes one from the three men at the center of those purported rifts. Patriots owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady released [more]

Wenger punished for his actions in the referees changing room after Arsenal's draw at West Brom.

“To have the best-on-best in the Olympics in Beijing, this is my mission to do it."

The Texans apparently want to add two more names to their search for a General Manager. According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans are interested in Eagles vice president of player personnel Joe Douglas and Cowboys vice president of player personnel Will McClay. The Texans can ask permission to interview those two, [more]

One of the many juicy nuggets in the Seth Wickersham article regarding the alleged internal dysfunction at the Patriots appears in paragraph 26. There, Wickersham reports that coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft had a meeting two weeks before the November 1 trade deadline, a meeting that lasted half of a day and left [more]