With the intense amount of time that NFL coaches and players spend together through training camp and the regular season, they can form bonds as fast as quick-drying concrete.
Among his numerous NFL stops, new Falcons defensive coordinator Mike Nolan had spent his previous two seasons in Miami, where Atlanta will play its third preseason game on Friday.
Nolan enjoyed coaching those players and had some good defenses with the Dolphins — the same thing he is trying to do with the Falcons in an effort to elevate perhaps the one aspect that has eluded them as they have failed to win a playoff game in three tries over the last four seasons.
Nolan, the former San Francisco head coach who is now with his eighth NFL team said it just occurred to him in the last few days that he'll be returning to his old stomping grounds.
In visit to Miami, Falcons' Nolan reflects
Fox Sports South 8/23/2012
It's one thing to amass an NFL record 1,964 receiving yards against every imaginable multiple coverage, against defenses that paid little or no regard to any other aspect of the Lions' offense as Calvin Johnson did last season.
It's quite another to do it with mangled fingers, also as Johnson did
‘Too early to tell’ if Robert Griffin III will be ready at outset of training camp, Bruce Allen says
General Manager Bruce Allen said Monday it’s “too early to tell right now” if quarterback Robert Griffin III will be ready to practice when the Washington Redskins open training camp in late July.
“It’s great to hear the building is on schedule, ahead of schedule, and I’ve heard all tho
Tedy Bruschi, a fan-favorite linebacker who helped the Patriots win three Super Bowls, was elected to the team's Hall of Fame.
Bruschi was voted in by fans in his first year of eligibility. He was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame earlier this month.
“We knew when we drafted him i
The 49ers and Seattle Seahawks carried over their rivalry from last season into the offseason.
The Seahawks made a splash in free agency with the additions of receiver Percy Harvin and defensive linemen Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett. The 49ers acquired wide receiver Anquan Boldin in a trade and
The Patriots started their voluntary organized training activities on Monday, but we will get our first glimpse of them in action during a media availability session at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday. Brandon Spikes‘ absence was the headline after Day 1, and there is still plenty of thoughts, informa
Rob Gronkowski appears to have dodged one bullet. The nasty infection that’s dogged him for months looks to be a thing of the past, as doctors yesterday were able to install a new plate in his surgically repaired left forearm.
But there’s another sizable worry on the table. The Pro Bowl tight
Tony Romo underwent a minor surgical procedure on his back last month to remove a cyst that could keep him out of action until training camp, according to sources.
Romo will be held out of the organized team activities that begin Tuesday and run for the next three weeks, the sources said Tuesday.
Everyone from the new regime was accounted for Monday, but much of the buzz among Raiders fans is about the potential return of an old favorite.
Charles Woodson reportedly will visit the Raiders on Tuesday. Woodson said at a charity golf tournament over the weekend that ending his career where he s
Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner quelled a little of the Brian Hoyer-mania on Monday night and sounded as if he's counting on Brandon Weeden to be his guy in 2013.
"Brandon is a one-year player in the NFL who did a lot more good things than people give him credit for," Turner said before
Police say the Maryland home of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was burglarized over the weekend, and $2,000 and two guns were stolen.
Baltimore County police spokeswoman Cpl. Cathleen Batton said Monday that the burglary happened between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 12:50 a.m. Saturday at the hom
The league continues to huff and puff about the Pro Bowl, even as the TV audience blows the doors off the numbers generated by the World Series.
More huffing and puffing is expected this week in Boston, at the quarterly league meetings.
Yes, it’s become fashionable to wring hands and gnash t
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are paying Darrelle Revis a lot of money to be a shutdown corner. Can he make an immediate return to his prior form?
In the latest installment of her series documenting Revis' recovery process from reconstructive knee surgery, NFL Network's Andrea Kremer asked Revis if he
There was this interesting story regarding Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick recently.
Vick has taken exception from the notion that he doesn't read defenses well and that he holds the ball too long, which leads to sacks and poor decisions. Vick was sacked 28 times last year, 22 times
Bruce Irvin’s four-game suspension, presumably for testing positive for the banned substance Adderall, finds Seattle Seahawks fans taking extreme sides on the issue of performance-enhancing drugs.
One camp fears whatever accomplishments await the Seahawks in 2013 will be mocked by national pund
Last week, a judge in Florida issued an arrest warrant for former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson for violating his probation on a domestic violence charge from last summer.
Johnson was reportedly out of the state at the time that the warrant was issued, but he’s back in Florida on Monday and TM
The story of Robert Griffin III’s rehabilitation from January knee surgery has trickled out in occasional tweets and texts, in vague proclamations from the Washington Redskins and Griffin’s doctor of the quarterback’s ahead-of-schedule progress, and in sporadic interviews.
With the midpoint
The celebration of the biggest sporting event in the world takes place next year in a 10-block stretch on Broadway closing down traffic on one of the busiest streets in one of the busiest cities anywhere in the week leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII, before the focus switches to the main event across
Apparently, bold proclamations are reserved for coach Rex Ryan.
Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith says he was reprimanded for guaranteeing a playoff berth in his first interview after being drafted by Gang Green in the second round last month. That, he promised, will be his last Joe Namath momen
The NFL’s spring meeting kicks off Monday in Boston, and the big item on the agenda will be the announcement of the host cities for Super Bowls L and LI (after the 2015 and 2016 seasons).
San Francisco and South Florida are vying for Super Bowl L—the 50th game—and the loser of that bid will
In the four seasons since returning from his 2008 knee injury, Tom Brady has averaged 34 touchdowns, 9 interceptions, 4,590 yards, and a 102.88 quarterback rating.
The 35-year-old, however, said he feels better about his passing ability now than he ever has.
"Going into my 14th year, I have ne
The Denver Broncos reportedly gained some salary cap flexibility over the next two years from the alterations made to quarterback Peyton Manning's contract last week.
The Broncos requested the change to insure themselves against having to pay Manning's $20 million salary in 2014 in the event he c
When Ruston Webster called old friend John Idzik after Idzik was hired as the New York Jets' general manager Jan. 18, he had two things to say.
"Congratulations," the Tennessee Titans general manager said.
There was a pause.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Being an NFL general manage
While it’s unclear whether it’s happening at the behest of the team or the player, Chargers rookie linebacker Manti Te’o has escaped, to date, the reach of the media assembled at the team’s offseason workouts.
Yes, the guy who sat with Jeremy Schaap and Katie Couric in the immediate after
The Denver Broncos are moving on from Rahim Moore's ghastly misplay that led to Jacoby Jones' game-tying touchdown in the 38-35 playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
"I think he's over it; I think we're all over it, you know," defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio told The Associated Press. "I think
Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is getting married this summer and like most engaged couples, he and his fiancée Rebecca Liddicoat have a wedding registry.
It was reported earlier this month that fans had gotten a hold of Griffin’s registry and were purchasing gifts listed online with
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