Posts Tagged ‘Fox Sports’

AROUND THE NFL The NFL’s controlled schedule leaks are continuing. FOX will have the late game from Dallas on Thanksgiving – and the opponent will be the rival Eagles. The Eagles are not a familiar Thanksgiving foe for the Cowboys – since 1966, the Cowboys and Eagles have faced off on Thanksgiving just twice. Philadelphia has prevailed…

AROUND THE NFL It’s Schedule Week! Some of the bigger games will leak out between now and Thursday night. The first shoe to drop is kind of boring.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL will reveal the full schedule for the 2026 season on Thursday night, but they have announced one marquee Week 1 game on Monday. The first Sunday…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL now expects the 2026 schedule out next on May 13 or 14.  Alexander Sherman of CNBC.com: While the exact day is still in flux, I’m told the NFL plans to announce its full 2026 schedule next week on Wednesday or Thursday. The schedule will include a slight increase in its broadcast footprint…

AROUND THE NFL The game from Down Under will go down on Netflix.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: The first game of the 2026 season will be televised by NBC, on Wednesday, September 9. The second game of the 2026 season will stream. According to The Athletic, the 49ers-Rams game from Australia will be televised by Netflix. It becomes the…

AROUND THE NFL LENTY OF NFC ASSESSMENTS BELOW FROM MIKE SANDO OF THE ATHLETIC  NFC NORTH  GREEN BAYAdam Stenavich is the Packers OC – and he has his eyes on last year’s number one WR MATTHEW GOLDEN.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The Packers broke with tradition by selecting wide receiver Matthew Golden in the first round of the…

AROUND THE NFL A schedule update from Mike North of the NFL, by way of Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com.  One thing is, there are five games that still do not have an assigned network: If recent history means anything, the NFL’s full, 272-game regular-season schedule will be released during the week of May 11, most likely on…

AROUND THE NFL An update on the host site of the 2028 NFL Draft from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Next year’s draft will happen in D.C. The location of the draft after that has yet to be determined. Signs are pointing to the Twin Cities. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports that Minnesota is the “clear favorite” to…

AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio on the known and unknown of the schedule and its release date: Now that the NFL draft has come and gone, there’s one key date left on the league’s offseason schedule. Even if we don’t know what that date will be. The schedule release is coming. In May. When in May, we…

AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST  PHILADELPHIAThe Eagles exercise a pair of fifth year options.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: The Eagles are exercising the fifth-year options on the contracts of defensive tackle Jalen Carter and edge rusher Nolan Smith, the team announced. Carter’s will pay him around $27 million for 2027 and Smith’s is worth around $13.7 million for…

AROUND THE NFL When you take players the collective does not approve of, you get bad draft grades and in 2026 those teams were San Francisco and Jacksonville.  The consensus also says the New York teams took advantage of having lots of early picks.   We have Mel Kiper, Jr.’s grades for all 32 teams below and…