GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry understands just what’s at stake for him during these last few games as he deals with speculation about his job security. LaFleur said Monday he was keeping Barry in place, but that hasn’t quieted the criticism that has dominated Wisconsin sports talk radio this week as the Packers prepare …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two-time NFL rushing champ Derrick Henry absolutely believes his position coach Tony Dews would make a great head coach in the NFL. Dews is the assistant coach the Tennessee Titans sent with pro scouting director Brian Gardner to Atlanta in May to the NFL’s first session of a program designed to boost minority candidates for head coaching …
— A south Louisiana college is welcoming students back to campus and some, for the first time, are bringing their pets. “She truly helps keep me happy.” Alex Coad, Nicholls’ director of residential living, said seven students signed up to bring their pets to campus this semester — mostly dogs but also a few cats. “We wanted to provide an …
Summer vacation is over. Denzel Mims, receiver Last year’s second-round pick found himself working with the second-team offense throughout organized team activities and minicamp. Jabari Zuniga, defensive end The Jets invested a third-round pick last year in Zuniga with expectations he’d develop into a valuable piece on their defensive line. The absence of an offseason and an injury in training …
The two young coaches were friends, close like brothers. So in 2017, when Rams first-year coach Sean McVay and then-offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur talked plays, strategy and game plans, the conversations sometimes got spirited, even heated. “He showed he wasn’t afraid to speak his opinion,” Olson, now the Oakland Raiders offensive coordinator, said of LaFleur. “In that first year, when …
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings had moved into position for the go-ahead touchdown at Green Bay in the fourth quarter of their Week 2 meeting, with first-and-goal inside the 10-yard line. Then one regrettable off-balance throw by Kirk Cousins thwarted their rally and seemingly threatened to cement his status as a so-so quarterback who couldn’t be counted on in the …