The deal announced Thursday night adds four years to Carson Wentz’s rookie contract. Wentz is 23-17 in three seasons as the starting quarterback but has missed 13 games.
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In March, NFL owners approved several procedures. One rule change arguably is the most significant.
Tahir Whitehead will face his former team for back-to-back joint practices starting Tuesday.
Review-Journal sports betting reporter Todd Dewey this week hosts the annual 32 NFL video previews in 32 days.
Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the Los Angeles Chargers’ season in the first of a series of 32 NFL team videos.
The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker still arrives at the team facility around 7 a.m. He still watches copious amounts of film. He still works out regularly, often with his teammates alongside. And he still believes one day he will run out of the Heinz Field tunnel in full uniform despite the many obstacles he understands are in his path.
He was the greatest quarterback Las Vegas has produced, so David Humm’s life was celebrated Friday afternoon in a sports arena with pep talks and a tailgate party. Which is how he would have wanted it.
The Raiders are known to be more defense-minded entering the March 14 start of free agency than they were at this stage in 2017.
The Oakland Raiders have scored a multimillion dollar deal on 55 acres in Henderson for the team’s future practice facility and headquarters.
Vegas Nation host Bryan Salmond and columnist Ed Graney discuss the Raiders hiring of Jon Gruden as their new coach.
The Falcons defeated the Rams 26-13 during Saturday’s wild-card matchup in front of an announced crowd of 74,300.
Matt Ryan passed for 218 yards and hit Julio Jones for an 8-yard touchdown with 5:48 to play, and the defending NFC champion Falcons advanced from the wild-card round with a methodical 26-13 victory over the Rams on Saturday night.
The final broadcast of Jon Gruden’s nine-year ESPN tenure opened Saturday with acknowledgement of the opportunity ahead, as play-by-play man Sean McDonough wished Gruden luck with the Raiders.
Marcus Mariota led Tennessee to three second-half touchdowns, incredibly throwing one of his TD passes to himself , and the Titans rallied from a 21-3 deficit to beat the Kansas City Chiefs 22-21 on Saturday for their first playoff win in 14 years.
Thousands of disgruntled Cleveland fans, some of them calling for owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam to sell the franchise or jump in Lake Erie, paraded once around the team’s stadium in frigid conditions Saturday following a historic 0-16 season.