While players were in the battle of the NFL season, Braden Smith was fighting a different one: the one going on inside his own mind.

Ahead of training camps opening in late July, Yardbarker NFL writers identify a player on each AFC team who must get hot this season.

Former Pro Bowl tight end Julius Thomas left the NFL when he was just 30. This month he graduated with a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

Prayers are pouring in after a former NFL wide receiver died in an "awful" car accident at 33 years old. Chandler Jones, a former NFL player who starred collegiately at San Jose State, died in a ...

Ahead of training camps opening in late July, Yardbarker NFL writers identify a player on each NFC team who must get hot this season.

If you can learn one thing every day about it, it is a win. "There's a lot of different alleys and avenues that the NFL goes in regarding player development at a young age. It's been a lot to process ...

CBS Sports recently posted its rankings of the top 100 NFL players for the 2025 season, and only one former Cal player – Lions quarterback Jared Goff – made the list.

Young NFL players in line for bigger role in 2025: Falcons' Michael Penix Jr., 49ers' Ricky Pearsall stand out One player from each division who will be put in position to step up this season ...

Minicamps and OTAs gave The Athletic's NFL writers plenty to ponder ahead of training camp. What stood out most?

This offseason I am taking a position-by-position look at the best NFL draft values of the millennium: In short, which teams received the most bang for their draft-pick buck?

OneTeam Partners is co-owned by the players unions for five major sports leagues. Now federal investigators are asking questions.

Anderson has most consistently been compared to Max Fried. That makes sense since he's a lefty that's listed at 6-foot-2, 179 pounds. Fried is a couple inches taller at 6-foot-4, and weighs 190 pounds ...