data-mm-id=”_t7zrxvmto”>Last night, the NFL general manager subcommittee unanimously agreed to recommend the NFL Draft be postponed and for commissioner Roger Goodell to push back the event. So far, there has been nothing to suggest that the NFL will do that. There could be some alterations to the process — Adam Schefter suggested turning it into a seven-day event on Get Up this morning — but for now, it'll be business as usual come April 23. Saints GM Mickey Loomis went on The Peter King Podcast Wednesday morning to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting his team's operations. When asked by King if it would be difficult to draft players a month from now without much exposure between now and then, Loomis had this to say (around the 10:00 minute mark): “”My own op…
data-mm-id=”_nx1qx3lea”>The NFL failed to adopt a new rule that would allow teams to opt to take a 4th-and-15 at their own 25-yard-line in lieu of an onside kick. While it didn't pass, the thinking behind the 4th-and-15 rule was a step in the right direction and could wind up passing with a small tweak. The vote on Philly's proposal for the 4th-and-15 alternative to the onside kick was 16-16, I'm told. So not particularly close to passing. It takes 24 votes to pass.But that IS progress from where the idea was last year.— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) May 28, 2020Many believed if this rule had passed, it would have rewarded trailing teams too much. Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty said as much on Wednesday. After all, in the modern NFL, gaining 15 yards with a pass isn&…
data-mm-id=”_quor1x9tf”>Cam Newton went more or less radio silent in the months spent as a free agent following his release from the Carolina Panthers. Now that he's a member of the New England Patriots, Newton has slowly grown louder via his social media presence. After his latest video, it is safe to say that he has officially embarked on the revenge tour campaign trail. Shortly after Newton's signing was announced, he posted a brief thank you to Carolina/on to New England video on his YouTube channel. Over the holiday weekend, the former MVP threw up a hype video with some quality production value of him throwing to new teammate Mohammed Sanu. Late on Sunday night, when most of America was sound asleep after the recent days of festivities, Newton put up an Instagram post d…
data-mm-id=”_d46c2wume”>When the San Diego Padres acquired Mike Clevinger in a massive nine-player deal at the trade deadline, it appeared they had landed the final piece of their puzzle. Clevinger was a legit No. 1 starter with postseason experience who could front the team's rotation. After three solid starts things went sideways and now he may not be available in October.Clevinger left Wednesday's start after one inning and immediately got an MRI on his pitching arm. The diagnosis? A sprained elbow, which could end his season. While there is some optimism that it's not a serious injury and that the 29-year-old could pitch in the postseason, the Padres can't plan on it. There is significant optimism that San Diego Padres pitcher Mike Clevinger avoided a serious in…
data-mm-id=”_igipbg4sg”>Stakes couldn't be higher for this election, which begins tomorrow and has a tail that will carry through until, well, probably for some time. But this isn't a political blog. It's a pizza blog with attention and tastebuds tuned to the flavor of cheese and pepperoni. Since the invention of agate and nutgrafs, newsrooms have secured election-night slices for employees burning the primetime and sometimes midnight oil tabulating and contextualizing the results. Reporters, editors, and page designers alike have developed an almost Pavlovian response to people engaging with the democratic process. That's right. Once every 365 or 730 days, the news side of the newsroom works with fingers greasy from free pizza on cheap plates. This is greeted with …
data-mm-id=”_ua3s6qzw9″>The full 2021 NFL schedule was released tonight. There are many upcoming matchups to get excited about and analyze for the next four months as we impatiently await the return of football. One particular game that many have circled on the calendar is on October 3, when the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers will travel to New England to take on the Patriots in Week 4. Tom Brady vs. Bill Belichick. Sunday Night Football on NBC. It will definitely be the most-hyped game of the early part of the season and one of the NFL's highest-rated games of the year. The storylines write themselves. But in case you aren't excited about it, just listen to Michael Irvin passionately rant and rave on NFL Network's schedule launch show about just how awesome it&…
data-mm-id=”_rpqb9007v”>The New England Patriots' thin receiving core got thinner on Tuesday as top wideout Jakobi Meyers agreed to a $33 million deal with the Las Vegas Raiders. Former Patriots WR Jakobi Meyers and the Raiders reached agreement on a 3-year, 33 million deal that includes $21 million guaranteed, as @RapSheet reported.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 14, 2023This is a rather significant problem for the Patriots. Meyers led the team in catches in two of the last three years. He had 67 receptions last season. It's not that he's a great talent who is irreplaceable, it's that New England has nobody on the roster right now ready to step up and take his target share. Free agency and the draft are not super strong at wide receiver. It's a bad tim…
data-mm-id=”_hf4azdwmu”>Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert was kicked out of a performance of Beetlejuice The Musical this weekend in Denver after several fellow patrons complained about her disruptive behavior. Boebert was accused of vaping, using flash photography, filming the performance, being loud and acting inappropriately. Boebert denied those allegations, and her spokesperson denied she was vaping. Well, now we have full video of her antics that night and, well, she lied. Kyle Clark of 9News in Denver has acquired the full video from Boebert's night out. It's fairly obvious people were right to complain about her behavior. Here's the new footage:NEW: GOP Rep Lauren Boebert denied vaping during a Denver Center for the Performing Arts musical before being kicked…
data-mm-id=”_a5zq1j9p1″>Shannon Sharpe is probably more famous than your average sports media pundit. He is certainly more famous than the various journalists who go on TV and his NFL Hall of Fame career means his name recognition is very high among those who watched while he was in the league. The younger generation knows him as the shouting head across from Skip Bayless, which was a thankless job but came with a ton of visibility among the sports crowd. All that is to say, sports media famous and even NFL famous still pales in comparison to good ol' fashioned Hollywood famous. A video emerged on Thursday of a Sharpe interview getting cut short when Selena Gomez showed up. It's pretty funny and Sharpe appears to be a good sport about it afterwards. Paparazzi did Shannon Shar…
data-mm-id=”_0oh0squtl”>Shams Charania was on Thursday's edition of Up & Adams where he was asked whether he thought Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's relationship was legitimate. That's the setup that isn't shown in this clip of Kay Adams snatching the phone that is so famously attached to his hand 24 hours a day. While Shams explained that he "loves love" and a "fan of love," Adams grabbed his phone, which clearly left the NBA insider feeling very vulnerable. “…help” pic.twitter.com/JCCCwtmnRp— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) October 26, 2023You know that part of The Devil Wears Prada where Miranda calls Andy while she's at dinner with her friends and they play keepaway with her phone and she gets really upset about it? That…