National Football League controversies

Jim IrsayPhoto: Getty ImagesThere had to be a reason that there doesn’t appear to be a significant movement by NFL team owners to try and do something to get Dan Snyder out of the league. It was one thing when he simply was spending money…

Tua Tagovailoa is carted off the field after a horrendous head injury on Thursday.Photo: Getty ImagesDuring every NFL broadcast, you can be certain that you’ll hear about a player’s IQ or the genius of a coach or coordinator. This league…

Boo these men!Photo: Getty ImagesYou always have to hope that the Sunday night game, or really any primetime NFL game, is a good one. Because when it’s bad, there’s just far too much dead time for Cris Collinsworth’s brain to drip out of…

This man has never received an MVP votePhoto: Getty ImagesThe odds have always been stacked higher than Russell Wilson’s 5-foot-11 frame. A decade into his NFL career, he’s vanquished the skeptics who thought he was too short to excel under…

Saints’ Michael Thomas is back on the injured list.Illustration: Getty ImagesIt’s supposedly only the smallest of detours — like having to briefly merge because of a single city truck in the right lane — but still no New Orleans Saints fan…

Things were nearly very different for Gronk and Brady.Photo: Getty ImagesIn what feels like a never-ending nightmare, Las Vegas Raiders fans got some insight into what their team almost looked like during the 2020 season. During Saturday…

Deshaun Watson, NFLPA memberPhoto: Getty ImagesSilence can be ear-splitting.And throughout this entire Deshaun Watson saga, the things that players didn’t say are what resonated the loudest. And since inaction is an action, the message…

Ugh.Illustration: Getty ImagesThe Cleveland Browns went all in and won.This wasn’t card counting in Las Vegas or some George Clooney-like scheme in one of those “Ocean’s 11” movies. It was a calculated strategy from the jump. Cleveland…

Spot is already ready.Illustration: Getty ImagesWashington Commanders owner Dan Snyder has reportedly offered to testify via video this month in front of the House Oversight Committee, who hasbeen investigating the Washington Commanders’…

Image: Getty ImagesNo one is shielded from CTE exposure once they first put on the pads and a football helmet.Demaryius Thomas, whose CTE was confirmed postmortem, only strengthens that tragic reality. The degenerative brain disease…