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Meet the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2015

August 8, 2015

There's no such thing as an easy journey to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Every player, coach and executive who achieves football "immortality" overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles and spends ...

The Best Hall of Fame Argument for Every NFL Team

August 7, 2015

The "best" Hall of Fame argument is not always the argument about the best player. Arguments about all-time greats aren't really arguments, just biographies. Great Hall of Fame debates start ...

NFL Urban Legends: Donovan McNabb’s Super Puke

August 5, 2015

Editor's note: This is the fourth installment in Bleacher Report's series on NFL urban legends. Part 1 looked at Bo Jackson's hard-to-believe 40-yard-dash time, Part 2 at Ray Guy's purported helium-aided punts, Part 3 at the NFL's ...

Chip Kelly and His Relentless Assault on the Status Quo

August 4, 2015

Understanding Chip Kelly’s plan for the Philadelphia Eagles requires abandoning everything you thought you knew about football. It’s not a simple plan. It’s certainly not a conventional one. But it’s not ...

First in War, Third in the AAFC: The Story of Pro Football’s Yankees and Dodgers

July 3, 2015

World War II ended, and American soldiers came marching home ready for some football. Some returned ready to play football. Most came back to watch. A cabal of millionaire entrepreneurs waited ...

How the Middle of Nowhere Made Danny Woodhead an NFL Somebody

June 13, 2015

North Platte, Nebraska, is smack-dab in the middle of nowhere. Denver is about four hours to the west. Omaha is roughly the same distance to the east. In between: ranches, prairie ...

Cam Newton’s New Deal Sets Course for Huge Paydays for Wilson and Luck

June 2, 2015

The new quarterback contracts tumble into place one by one like dominoes. They form a path that leads us toward the future of football finance. Ryan Tannehill's deal two weeks ago ...

Sam Bradford Trade Shows That Chip Kelly Is Drowning in the GM Deep End

March 11, 2015

Coaching a successful major college program does not qualify you to be an NFL personnel executive. In fact, there are few high-profile football jobs that leave a person less qualified to ...

Character Questions Are Overblown for Top CBs Marcus Peters, P.J. Williams

February 21, 2015

The 2014 season did not turn out as planned for Marcus Peters. A star cornerback for the Washington Huskies, and a physical, aggressive defender who was already projected as a first-round ...

2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame “Snubs” Just Have to Wait Their Turn

February 1, 2015

Voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame is like tending bar at the hottest, busiest nightclub in town. Every few minutes, a fresh batch of bold and beautiful patrons bursts ...

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