hot news
– AJ Green announces his retirement
[podcast] Super Bowl LVII: How the Chiefs will win the title
Hiring of coaches
– Brian Flores is the new defensive coordinator of the Vikings. The Minnesota franchise announced it on Monday. A defensive assistant and linebacker coach for the Steelers last season, Flores served as the Dolphins’ head coach from 2019 to 2021. He takes charge of a Vikings defense that was 31st in yards allowed in 2022.
– The new defensive coordinator of the Saints is called Joe Wood. This is announced by ESPN. Wood was fired by the Browns at the end of the season. He already knows Dennis Allen, having been the defensive backs coach for the Raiders when Allen was the team’s head coach in 2014.
Coachs, coachs, coachs
– THE Ravens were interviewed twice by Bobby Engram (OC, Wis.) for their position as offensive coordinator. However, they were denied the right to speak to Press Taylor (OC) by the Jaguars. (theathletic.com)
– Scottie Montgomery (RB coach) leaves the Colts to become runners coach and assistant head coach of the Lions replacing Duce Staley. (NFL Network)
– According to NFL Media, it is Zach Strief (OL coach, Saints) who will supervise the offensive line of Broncos under Sean Payton. As far as defense management is concerned, the club plans to meet Sean Desai (associate HC, Seahawks). (KUSA)
– Lori Locust (DL coach) joins the technical team of Titans as a defensive assistant. First female position coach in 2019 with Tampa Bay, she becomes the third full-time female assistant coach in the NFL.
injuries
– Brock Purdy (QB, 49ers) continues to evaluate his options to repair his right elbow ligament. According to NBCSportsBayArea.com, his goal is to be ready for the 2023 season but everything will depend on the therapeutic solution put in place. An internal orthopedic device could allow him to resume throwing within three months, with another three months of rehabilitation. On the other hand, if he has to resort to surgery, he will not be available for a year.
– Mecole Hardman (WR, Chiefs) is forfeited for the Super Bowl. Hit in the pelvis, the receiver was placed on the injured list. In the other direction, Clyde Edwards-Helaire (RB) is operational again. He is off the injured list. He hasn’t played since Week 11 due to an ankle ligament sprain.
– L’Jarius Sneed (CB, Chiefs) came out of post-concussion protocol. He had suffered a concussion in the AFC Conference Finals. It should therefore be operational for the Super Bowl.
And bref
– Ray Lewis assured on the sidelines of the Pro Bowl that he plans to watch match videos with Roquan Smith (LB, Ravens) during the offseason, to help the latter take a new step in his game.
Broncos: Russell Wilson will have to do without his performance team
Now that Nathaniel Hackett (ex-HC) is gone, things will change in Denver. And first of all, the performance team that revolves around Russell Wilson (QB) and who had his right of entry into the facilities under the previous regime. For Sean Payton (HC), this tolerance no longer exists. So that’s the end of the coaches, therapists and other private specialists with the quarterback.
“It’s completely foreign to me,” Payton told the Denver Post. “It won’t happen here. I’m not familiar with that sort of thing. Our management will be there, our players will be there, and that will be it. »
Joe Montana croit en Jimmy Garoppolo
Trey Lance? Brock Purdy? If the 49ers have decided to base their 2023 offense on their young recruits, a glorious old man has a different opinion. For Joe Montana (ex-QB)the Niners should look to retain Jimmy Garoppolo, the guy who knows how to win.
“I would put Jimmy as a starter. He won a lot of matches. The same cannot be said for Trey. We can’t know,” the California legend said during the “Open Mike” podcast. “For me it’s not complicated, we have to establish Jimmy. He went on to win plenty of games before getting injured. He’s the one who put them in a position to play far in the season… You have to choose the guy who wins, who masters the attack, and build from there. »
According to Trent Dilfer, Gregg Williams stole his gaming notebook
One more line on the controversial CV of Gregg Williams (ex-DC). In a documentary celebrating the victorious Ravens team in 2000, Trent Dilfer (ex-QB) said the former Titans defensive coordinator confessed to him stealing his game book from the Tennessee locker room in Week 11. A very useful playbook that allowed the Titans to counter the Baltimore attack during the playoffs that year.
“He admitted to stealing the thing from the locker room,” Dilfer announced on air. “To this day it still drives me crazy. »
Eagles members defend Nick Sirianni
Julian Love (S, Giants) doesn’t have his tongue in his pocket when it comes to criticizing his division opponents. And faced with repeated attacks against Nick Sirianni (HC, Eagles), the Philadelphia players are standing up. After Brandon Graham (LB), it’s the turn of Chauncey Gardner-Johnson (S) to intervene. No, his coach is not “in the right place at the right time”, supported by an excellent group of players.
“The Philly fans must not have liked it,” Love said. “But I’m not mistaken. It’s a league of players, and Philly has beasts in its roster at every position. It is no mystery that they are where they are. »
“Tell him to get his grid out of the mud,” the safety told PhillyVoice.com. “He wears a captain’s badge, but he’s captain of what? I see no leadership. If so, it would be where we are. »
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