Archives for January 2023

The Titans are looking to open their new Nashville stadium in 2026. But before that happens, they’re making a significant change to their current home field. Tennessee announced on Tuesday that the club is changing the playing surface at Nissan Stadium to turf for 2023. In the Titans’ announcement, the team cited the fact that [more] … [Read more...] about Titans switching Nissan Stadium to turf field for 2023

The NFL’s top P.R. executive claims to have no knowledge regarding a topic that would be a potential P.R. minefield for the NFL. Via Mark Maske of the Washington Post, Jeff Miller said during a Tuesday media conference call (I took a quick nap beforehand, and it ended up being not so quick) that “he’s [more] … [Read more...] about NFL’s top P.R. executive “unaware” of conversations about neutral-site conference championships

The Pro Bowl roster originally had 88 players on it. It now is well over 100 with Pro Bowlers on the Super Bowl teams unable to participate along with the withdrawals of injured players. Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan is the latest addition. His agent, Doug Hendrickson, tweeted that Jordan will serve as a replacement [more] … [Read more...] about Cam Jordan added to Pro Bowl roster

The Panthers formally introduced Frank Reich as their new head coach at a press conference on Tuesday and his plans for running the offense were among the conversation topics. Reich called the offensive plays while he was the head coach of the Colts for the last five-plus seasons and he was asked if he will [more] … [Read more...] about Frank Reich will wait to decide on calling offensive plays

The Raiders benched quarterback Derek Carr with two games to play in order to prevent him from getting an injury that would prevent them from cutting him before $40.4 million in injury-guaranteed compensation becomes fully guaranteed on February 15 and/or that would allow them to trade him. His belated qualification for the Pro Bowl (games) [more] … [Read more...] about A Derek Carr Pro Bowl (games) injury would put the Raiders in a tough spot