This week in the NFL March 09, 2024

Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a traumatic brain injury, and five others, including Reid, were injured in the crash. Two hours after the incident, Reid’s blood alcohol content was still .113. - Julie DiCaro Read More

Fans who attended the Chiefs-Dolphins playoff game on Jan. 13, the fourth-coldest NFL game on record, are being advised to have their affected body parts amputated. - Mackenzie Meaney Read More

The New York Giants are reportedly looking to move on from QB Daniel Jones — whom they signed to a four-year, $160 million deal — and decided against using the franchise tag on Saquon Barkley, arguably the second-best player in franchise history. - Stephen Knox Read More

Emmitt Smith is probably not the first athlete people associate with Black people’s American struggle. He wasn’t at the press conference with the then-Lew Alcindor (now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Bill Russell, and Jim Brown in support of Muhammad Ali electing to not serve in the United States military after being drafted into the Vietnam War. The main reason for that is he was a year old when Ali’s boxing license was reinstated in 1970. - Stephen Knox Read More

For those of us who hoped Nick Saban retiring would be the end of Nick Saban, this idle/jilted version of him might be even more insufferable. In an ESPN story about how Alabama pivoted from Saban to Kalen Deboer in 49 hours, the seven-time title winner revealed that “player attitudes” and the NIL era contributed to his departure. - Sean Beckwith Read More

Now that the Denver Broncos have made their decision about moving on from the Russel Wilson era, it’s time for head coach Sean Payton to get serious. There’s a lot at stake here and Payton can’t whiff on this quarterback selection. Whether it be via free agency or the draft, Payton is only going to have a year or two before folks begin questioning his legacy. - Criss Partee Read More

The Buffalo Bills gave it their best shot. When they signed Von Miller to that six-year, $120 million contract it was a sign that a “Super Bowl or Bust,” had been hung on the team bus, plane, practice facility, and on the front of Ralph Wilson stadium. - Stephen Knox Read More

The Florida man in Amit Patel — the Jaguars’ employee who embezzled $22 million from the team — was very strong. You’d expect that much ill-gotten cash would be spent on things that the cast of The Italian Job would buy, but this is the land of Parrot Heads, so the preferred route is to go hog wild at the sportsbook, and then blow the rest on weird online purchases. - Sean Beckwith Read More

The 7-time Pro Bowler announced he's retiring from the NFL after 13 seasons

Nathaniel Hackett is who we thought he was, and the last time head coach Sean Payton won a ring the sports world was still a month away from being introduced to Brad Stevens and the Butler Bulldogs. Putting the Denver Broncos’ mistakes all on Russell Wilson’s shoulders is a cowardly move. - Carron J. Phillips Read More