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Rams’ coaching staff features new faces, new roles21h ago ( February 23, 2021 at 6:18 PM ) Opponents have raided Rams coach Sean McVay’s staff this year, hiring away a half-dozen star assistants.
It’s a headache McVay seems to have accepted as a price of success – and a chance to radically reshape his sideline roster.
The 2021 coaching staff the Rams announced Tuesday features seven new faces, five holdovers with expanded duties, and an array of freshly created job titles.
Among the promotions, running backs coach Thomas Brown got the additional title of assistant head coach, a role h...Tags: Stanford, Sports, NFL, Sport, Rome, Soccer, Chargers, Oprah Winfrey, Barry, Seahawks, Brown, Packers, Dixon, Los-angeles-rams, Hampton University, Rams 10 people like this. Like Picking the Men’s NCAA Tournament Field: February 23rd Edition22h ago ( February 23, 2021 at 5:58 PM ) Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Updating from last week, various people on the NCAA Tournament Committee have further clarified/walked back the idea of using the Pairwise this year to specify that they meant they’ll use it within each conference to determine the rankings of that conference. Which is terrific, but not entirely helpful since, with an exception or two, that’s already pretty easy to do. The real difficulty in this process is going to be de...Tags: Sport, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Ncaa, Omaha, Michigan, Hockey, Ohio State, UConn, Providence, Bobcats, Boston University, UMD, Bulldogs, Falcons, Quinnipiac 120 people like this. Like Falcons trade back and take Kyle Pitts in latest CBS mock draftFebruary 22, 2021 at 5:49 PM Falcons trade back and take Kyle Pitts in latest CBS mock draft Falcons In Ryan Wilson's latest mock draft for CBS Sports, the Falcons...Tags: Cbs, Ryan Wilson, Falcons, Kyle Pitts 34 people like this. Like Falcons take QB Mac Jones in latest CBS Sports mock draftFebruary 17, 2021 at 6:50 PM Mock drafts projecting the Falcons to take a quarterback with the No. 4 overall pick are nothing new.Tags: Falcons, Mac Jones 33 people like this. Like Picking the Men’s NCAA Tournament Field: February 16th EditionFebruary 17, 2021 at 5:57 PM Matt Christians/SBN College Hockey
It moved!
Insight into NCAA for selecting the men’s hockey tournament. Basically, the PairWise will be used but there will be a lot of flexibility and subjectivity used. There will be ability to move teams up and down based on strength of schedule. Story on @USCHO shortly.— Jimmy Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) February 16, 2021
Uh.....okay.
Teams currently inside the tournament field according to Pairwise: Canisius(as a #1 seed!), Ameri...Tags: Minnesota, Sport, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Miami, Ncaa, Michigan, Hockey, NHL, Clarkson, Denver, UConn, Huskies, Providence, Bobcats 99 people like this. Like Premiership: Northampton v Newcastle off due to Falcons coronavirus casesFebruary 12, 2021 at 6:51 AM Saturday's match between Northampton and Newcastle is cancelled because of coronavirus cases in the Falcons camp.Tags: News, Northampton, Newcastle, Falcons 45 people like this. Like Rams’ Raheem Morris has higher goal for No. 1 defenseFebruary 11, 2021 at 7:46 PM The hardest part of Raheem Morris’ new job as Rams defensive coordinator is the most basic. Don’t make Mom mad.
A New Jersey native who coached 18 NFL seasons in Tampa, Washington and Atlanta, Morris finds himself waking up in L.A. at 2:30 a.m. while his body clock adjusts, and getting yelled at by his mother for messing up their phone schedule.
“By the time you’re ready to call them, they’re asleep,” he said.
The rest of Morris’ new life is no easier.
Hired Jan. 21 to replace Brandon Staley, Mo...Tags: Washington, Sports, NFL, Atlanta, Sport, Soccer, New Jersey, Chargers, John, Nfc, Barry, NFC West, Jacksonville, Lions, Alexander, Don 46 people like this. Like Picking the Men’s Tournament Field: February 8th EditionFebruary 9, 2021 at 12:57 AM How do you like me now? | Photo by Lawrence Iles/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Here’s where we were the last time with last week’s tournament watch. We’re now another week closer to the tournament. Let’s check in to see how things are going this week:
The B1G and NCHC are doing single-site playoffs. The NCAA tournaments in women's hockey, men's and women's basketball and volleyball all will be at single sites.As of now, the NCAA men's hockey tournament is still planning...Tags: Minnesota, Sport, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Miami, Ncaa, Omaha, Michigan, Hockey, Ohio State, Denver, Notre Dame, UConn, Boston University, Gophers, Boston College 108 people like this. Like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Trailer Wins the Super BowlFebruary 7, 2021 at 6:55 PM I don’t know from sports, but I know my supes, and as far as I’m concerned, the Super Bowl was between the New York City Falcons and the Brooklyn Bucky-neers. They both won and so did we.Read more...Tags: Science, New York City, Super Bowl, Captain America, Falcon, Falcons, Sam Wilson, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Human Interest, Bucky Barnes, Sharon Carter, Marvel Comics Characters, Emily VanCamp, Fictional Characters, The Super Bowl 54 people like this. Like For Rams’ Aaron Donald, the real Big Game is a year from nowFebruary 7, 2021 at 5:28 PM Aaron Donald reminded everyone listening Sunday that he has an all-consuming passion for the Super Bowl.
Just, maybe, not for Sunday’s Super Bowl.
“I’ll probably watch a little of it, not too much,” the Rams defensive tackle said a few hours before the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. “I think it’s going to be a fun game to watch. But if it ain’t me playing in, my team, I don’t care too much about it.”
Next year’s Super Bowl, to be played ...Tags: Sports, NFL, Sport, Soccer, Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit, Tampa, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Donald, Alexander, Inglewood, Morris, Green Bay, Aaron, Jared Goff 46 people like this. Like Bowling Green’s Will Cullen Suspended Three Games for Hit From BehindFebruary 7, 2021 at 5:59 PM The WCHA announced a three-game suspension for Bowling Green defenseman Will Cullen stemming from a hit on Saturday night in the Falcons’ 5-1 loss at Minnesota State.
With 26 seconds remaining in the game, Cullen viciously drove Minnesota State forward Jared Spooner into the boards from behind, setting off a fight that resulted in a pair of game disqualification fighting majors.
Here is video of the incident:
Close-up of the hit that started things. pic.twitter.com/maVEElRIow— Chris...Tags: Sport, Michigan, Hockey, Falcons, Cullen, Bowling Green, Minnesota State, Lake Superior State, WCHA, Chris Dilks, Will Cullen, Jared Spooner, Minnesota State With 75 people like this. Like The highest-paid NFL players of all timeFebruary 6, 2021 at 1:21 PM Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
There are now 43 NFL players who have made at least $100 million in their careers.
The list is loaded with quarterbacks with Drew Brees recently taking over the top spot.
The list is updated through the 2020 season.
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In the NFL, lots of players sign big contracts. But unlike other sports, NFL deals are rarely guaranteed, and few players see all of the money in those large deals.But a select...Tags: Usa, Cowboys, Sports, Peyton Manning, NFL, Drew Brees, Los Angeles, Trends, Dolphins, Features, Chicago, Williams, Bradford, Palmer, Aaron Rodgers, Carson Palmer 69 people like this. Like Tom Brady's 8 most iconic moments in the Super BowlFebruary 5, 2021 at 3:38 PM Tom Brady.
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Tom Brady is playing in his 10th Super Bowl.
Dating back to 2001, Brady has had some incredible moments on the game's biggest stage en route to becoming the G.O.A.T.
Of course, Brady hasn't won every Super Bowl, so some of his most iconic moments are not successes.
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Tom Brady is getting set to play in his 10th Super Bowl.Brady is 6-3 in the Super Bowl during his career, creating a mix of stunning achievement...Tags: Sports, NFL, Trends, Features, Tom Brady, Edelman, Giants, Seahawks, Patriots, Boston Globe, Brady, Falcons, Julian Edelman, Adam Vinatieri, Randy Moss, Malcolm Butler 86 people like this. Like Matt Ryan reveals 2021 Super Bowl pick: QB who diced up Chiefs and Buccaneers this year offers predictionFebruary 4, 2021 at 5:08 PM Falcons QB is well-qualified to share thoughts on Super Bowl LVTags: Falcons, Buccaneers, Matt Ryan 39 people like this. Like The player who won Super Bowl MVP the year you were bornFebruary 4, 2021 at 3:27 PM Patrick Mahomes.
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Tracking the Super Bowl MVP from year to year tells the story of the NFL pretty clearly.
Insider reviewed every MVP dating back to Super Bowl I in 1967 to break down each performance.
Check out the Super Bowl moment from the year you were born below.
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1967: Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay Packers
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Final score: Packers 35, Chiefs 10MVP stat line: 16/23, 250 yar...Tags: Montana, Cowboys, Sports, NFL, Raiders, San Francisco, Trends, Dolphins, Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl, Tom Brady, Saints, Giants, Seahawks, Redskins 74 people like this. Like Patrick Mahomes is so good he may have even broken the 'Madden Curse'February 4, 2021 at 2:59 PM ES Sports
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes challenged the "Madden Curse" by appearing on the cover of the popular video game before the start of the 2019 season.Many of the previous cover athletes have seen their seasons derailed by injuries or off-field issues.Mahomes and the Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV to successfully avoid the jinx. Below we documented the history of the curse going back to when players first appeared on the cover.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more s...Tags: New York, Video Games, Sports, NFL, Raiders, Trends, Features, Steelers, Aaron Rodgers, Philadelphia Eagles, Rob Gronkowski, Seattle Seahawks, Tom Brady, Espn, Adrian Peterson, Kansas City Chiefs 64 people like this. Like Drew Brees and Tom Brady top the list of the highest-paid NFL players of all timeFebruary 3, 2021 at 3:44 PM Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
There are now 43 NFL players who have made at least $100 million in their careers.
The list is loaded with quarterbacks with Drew Brees recently taking over the top spot.
The list is updated through the 2020 season.
Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories.
In the NFL, lots of players sign big contracts. But unlike other sports, NFL deals are rarely guaranteed, and few players see all of the money in those large deals.But a selec...Tags: Usa, Cowboys, Sports, Peyton Manning, NFL, Drew Brees, Los Angeles, Trends, Dolphins, Features, Chicago, Williams, Bradford, Palmer, Aaron Rodgers, Carson Palmer 126 people like this. Like WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Brady's teammates on his first Super Bowl teamFebruary 3, 2021 at 11:47 AM Elise Amendola/AP
Tom Brady is still dominating the NFL, 18 years after his first Super Bowl win.
The only holdovers from the 2001 team are Brady, Bill Belichick, and a couple of assistant coaches.
Most of his teammates have moved on to new careers, although several are still in the sport.
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It has been 20 years since Tom Brady replaced the injured Drew Bledsoe, beat the Oakland Raiders in the "tuck rule" game, and helped the New Engla...Tags: Boston, Sports, Oakland Raiders, NFL, Raiders, Trends, Features, Steelers, New York Times, Connecticut, Dallas Cowboys, Bill Belichick, New England Patriots, Tom Brady, Buffalo Bills, Espn 133 people like this. Like USC promotes Seth Doege to tight ends coachJanuary 29, 2021 at 9:53 PM USC did not need to look far to find its new tight ends coach.
Quality control assistant Seth Doege has been promoted to fill the position coach job, the Trojans announced on Friday. Doege, 32, has spent the last two seasons at USC helping on the offensive side of the ball.
“Seth has extensive knowledge of our offensive system and has made a significant impact on our program during his time at USC,” head coach Clay Helton said in a statement. “His ability to foster relationships with players mak...Tags: Oregon, Sports, Sport, Soccer, College sports, Usc, Texas Tech, Falcons, Seth, Trojans, Helton, Clay Helton, Red Raiders, USC UCLA, USC Football, Evan Mobley 17 people like this. Like Rams assistant line coach Andy Dickerson going to SeahawksJanuary 29, 2021 at 12:11 PM Rams assistant offensive line coach Andy Dickerson is leaving to become the Seattle Seahawks’ run-game coordinator.
The move, first reported by the NFL Network’s Michael Silver, comes after Rams passing-game coordinator Shane Waldron left to be the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator.
Dickerson, 39, was the last holdover from the Rams coaching staff before Sean McVay was hired as head coach in 2017.
Dickerson is the fifth Rams coach to leave for a bigger job since the end of the season, following de...Tags: Sports, NFL, Sport, Soccer, Chargers, Seattle Seahawks, NFL Network, Seahawks, Alexander, University of Kentucky, Jared Goff, Los-angeles-rams, Rams, Staley, Falcons, Jaguars 15 people like this. Like Tabeek's 2021 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: Jets trade for Deshaun Watson, Falcons secure future at QBJanuary 22, 2021 at 10:06 AM The Falcons dont plan on picking in the top five of the NFL Draft again anytime soon, so they take full advantage of itTags: NFL, Falcons, Tabeek, Deshaun Watson Falcons 2 people like this. Like Rams look at Raheem Morris for defensive coordinator roleJanuary 19, 2021 at 9:51 PM Veteran NFL coach Raheem Morris has emerged as a candidate for the Rams’ defensive coordinator job left vacant when Brandon Staley was hired as the Chargers’ head coach this week.
Morris, who went 4-7 as the Atlanta Falcons’ interim coach after taking over a winless team this season, was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ coach in 2009-11.
He was those teams’ defensive coordinator as well as head coach.
The Rams asked the Falcons for permission to interview Morris, a Rams source said Tuesday. But a hirin...Tags: Washington, Sports, NFL, Atlanta, Sport, Soccer, Chargers, Usc, Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Morris, Tampa Bay, Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams, Rams, Staley 33 people like this. Like Rams report card: Year of improvements leaves room for moreJanuary 19, 2021 at 7:04 PM Without a doubt, 2020 was the Rams’ weirdest year under coach Sean McVay. A pandemic was only part of it.
The team defied middling preseason expectations, and the headaches of working around COVID-19 and the NFL’s new health protocols, to go 10-6 and win a playoff game thanks mostly to a league-leading defense.
But it enters the offseason frustrated by memories of the games it gave away, with questions on the side of the ball where McVay is supposed to have the answers, and facing the challenge ...Tags: Sports, NFL, Sport, Fox, Soccer, Chargers, Tom Brady, Todd Gurley, Johnson, Seattle, Seahawks, Robert Woods, Usc, New England, Morgan Fox, Gurley 12 people like this. Like Falcons name Terry Fontenot general managerJanuary 19, 2021 at 7:49 AM Fontenot is the New Orleans Saints vice president/assistant general manager for pro personnelTags: New Orleans Saints, Falcons, FONTENOT, Terry Fontenot 37 people like this. Like It sounds like Dave Ragone could become Falcons' new offensive coordinatorJanuary 16, 2021 at 7:55 AM Bears passing game coordinator Dave Ragone could join Arthur Smith’s staff in Atlanta as offensive coordinator.Tags: Atlanta, Falcons, Arthur Smith, Dave Ragone 4 people like this. Like Falcons hire Arthur Smith as head coachJanuary 15, 2021 at 8:41 PM Arthur Smith is the new head coach of the Atlanta Falcons.Tags: Falcons, Arthur Smith 36 people like this. Like Chargers keeping options open, but Brian Daboll appears to be the front-runnerJanuary 15, 2021 at 5:40 PM The Chargers’ second round of interviews for their head coach opening was starting to take shape Thursday when Robert Saleh was reported as the first candidate to land a follow-up meeting.
But that second interview won’t occur because Saleh was announced as the New York Jets’ head coach Thursday night.
As of Friday afternoon, there’s no second round of interviews to speak of regarding the Chargers. There’s silence coming from Costa Mesa as other teams schedule second interviews or have locked in...Tags: Cowboys, Sports, NFL, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Chargers, Dallas, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Jets, Houston, Meyer 15 people like this. Like A History LessonJanuary 15, 2021 at 5:10 PM from Stan Fischler at The Hockey News,
James Norris was not fooling around that April morning in 1935.
The 56-year-old Montreal commerce czar had just bought Detroit’s NHL club – then called the Falcons – and phoned Jack ‘Jolly Jawn’ Adams, the coach-manager he had acquired in the franchise purchase. “I’ll give you a year on the job,” Norris warned him. “You’re now on probation.”
Those who knew Norris best translated the “probation” part to mean win a Stanley Cup, pronto, or else....Tags: Sport, NHL, Montreal, Jack, Detroit, Henry Ford, Adams, Falcons, Norris, James Norris, Stan Fischler, Jack Jolly Jawn Adams, Stanley Cup pronto 41 people like this. Like Falcons hire Titans OC Arthur Smith as next head coachJanuary 15, 2021 at 4:57 PM Smith has spent the past 10 years in the Tennessee organizationTags: Tennessee, Smith, Falcons, Arthur Smith 3 people like this. Like Falcons offer head coaching job to Titans offensive coordinator Arthur SmithJanuary 15, 2021 at 8:42 AM The Atlanta Falcons have offered their head coaching position to Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith.
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