All Entries in the "AFC" Category
Titans to Interview Ray Sherman to Satisfy Rooney Rule
The Tennessee Titans will interview former Dallas Cowboys receivers coach Ray Sherman for their head coaching vacancy, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports. The Titans fired Jeff Fisher late last week, with longtime offensive line coach Mike Munchak the presumptive favorite to replace him. Titans linebackers coach Dave McGinnis and offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger are also expected [...]
Dwaine Board to Coach Browns Defensive Line
Tony Grossi of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports the Cleveland Browns have replaced their defensive line coach. Dwaine Board, who coached the Seattle Seahawks defensive line under Mike Holmgren, who is now the president of the Browns, replaces Bryan Cox, who had been hired by former Browns head coach Eric Mangini. Board spent the last two [...]
Steelers DE Aaron Smith to Have MRI; Pouncey Not Ruled Out
Between now and Wednesday, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Aaron Smith will undergo an MRI on his injured triceps, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Smith has been out since tearing a triceps tendon in a Week 7 win over the Miami Dolphins. The team has kept the veteran on the roster with the hope that he’d be [...]
Bengals Fire OC Bob Bratkowski
The Cincinnati Bengals have fired offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports. Bratkowski had been the Bengals offensive coordinator since 2001, but had come under fire in Cincinnati, with head coach Marvin Lewis considering staff changes as recently January 20 “They’re clamoring for heads and I understand that…I’m not ready to give them heads [...]
Titans WRs Coach Fred Graves Heads to the Panthers
Tennessee Titans wide receivers coach Fred Graves has left the team to accept the same position with the Carolina Panthers, John Glennon of The Tennessean reports. Glennon notes that Graves is the fifth assistant coach to leave the franchise this off-season. Graves replaces Tyke Tolbert, who followed John Fox to the Denver Broncos, and inherits [...]
Browns Hire Mark Whipple, Bill Davis
The Cleveland Browns have added Mark Whipple and Bill Davis to the Pat Shurmur’s coaching staff, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports. Whipple will coach the team’s quarterbacks, while Davis, who was fired earlier this month after two seasons as the defensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals, will coach the linebackers. A Youngstown, [...]
Raiders Set to Hire Wylie, Bresnahan
Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson is set to add Bob Wylie and Chuck Bresnahan to his coaching staff, Jerry McDonald reports. Wylie has 15 years of NFL coaching experience, mostly as a tight ends coach with the New York Jets (1990-91), Cincinnati Bengals (1997-98), Chicago Bears (1999-2003), and Arizona Cardinals (2004). Wylie coached offensive [...]
Super Bowl XLV News and Notes
Super Bowl News and Notes Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin climbed out of the shadow of the Rooney Rule long ago, writes Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Tomlin took the team to a Dave & Buster’s on Saturday. For years now, Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward has been eager to mentor the team’s [...]
Bengals Seek $43.6M For Stadium Improvements
The Cincinnati Bengals are seeking $43.6 million from Hamilton County over the next decade for improvements to Paul Brown Stadium, Sharon Coolidge of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. “The stadium might require $43 million in improvements in the next 10 years, but if the sales tax doesn’t generate the dollars, we can’t do it,” Greg Hartmann, [...]
ESPN: Pouncey Not Expected to Play in Super Bowl XLV
Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowl rookie center Maurkice Pouncey will not play in Super Bowl XLV, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Pouncey suffered a high ankle sprain and broken bone in his left ankle in the first quarter of the Steelers’ 24-19 win over the New York Jets in the 2010 AFC Championship Game. Steelers guard Chris [...]
Super Bowl and Senior Bowl News and Notes
Super Bowl News and Notes The Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl window is just opening, writes Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. For the moment, contract extensions for Packers general manager Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy are on the back-burner. McCarthy’s upbringing drives his success, writes Kareem Copeland of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. [...]
Titans to Interview Mike Munchak on Monday
The Tennessee Titans will interview longtime offensive line coach Mike Munchak for their head coaching vacancy on Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Schefter adds that linebackers coach Dave McGinnis and offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger are candidates for the position, but Munchak is the presumptive favorite for the job. A first-round pick (8th overall) out of [...]
Titans S Michael Griffin Looks to Climb Pro Bowl Ladder
Tennessee Titans safety Michael Griffin will play in his second Pro Bowl since entering the NFL as a first-round pick out of the University of Texas in 2007. Once again added as an injury replacement, Griffin tells Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean that he’s working to get the Pro Bowl nod on the original ballot. [...]
Jets May Cut Ties With Gholston
Defensive end Vernon Gholston’s tenure with the New York Jets may be coming to an end, general manager Mike Tannenbaum suggested, via Jenny Vrentas of The Star-Ledger, on Friday. “Certainly, he’s been given his fair share of opportunities,” Tannenbaum said of the sixth pick of the 2008 NFL Draft. “It could be time to move [...]
Super Bowl and Senior Bowl News and Notes
Super Bowl News and Notes The Packers’ secondary poses a big challenge to the Steelers’ passing attack, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes. Packers secondary coach Darren Perry is on the Philadelphia Eagles’ list of defensive coordinator candidates. Steelers Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey has a 50-50 shot of playing next Sunday night. Packers [...]
