Former teammates and comedians round on quarterback Brady appears to object to Jeff Ross joke about Robert Kraft Tom Brady took his share of barbs from comedians, former teammates and his longtime coach on Sunday night during a comedy roast on Netflix. “It’s like a football game. You run with a game plan, and then you get to see kind of how the strategy goes, and then you adjust on the fly,” Brady said before the three-hour event. “This is what a locker room has been like for me for all these years. So it’s not like I’m used to people not making fun of me.” An impressive lineup of comedians ..read more

All-Pro tight end re-ups with Chiefs for reported $34.25m Kelce, 34, is Kansas City’s all-time leader in receiving yards The Chiefs signed Travis Kelce to a two-year contract extension on Monday that general manager Brett Veach said would make him the league’s highest-paid tight end while keeping him with the Super Bowl champions through the 2027 season. Kelce signed a four-year, $57.25m extension with Kansas City in 2020, which followed a $46m, five-year deal that he signed in 2016. The new extension would keep the 34-year-old Kelce with the club until he is 38 years old ..read more

CBS Sports will add recent retiree Ryan to The NFL Today Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason depart CBS after long runs Matt Ryan, who retired last week after 15 years in the NFL, will join CBS Sports as a studio analyst on The NFL Today and Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason will leave after long runs on the show, the network announced Monday. Ryan will join James Brown, Nate Burleson, Bill Cowher and JJ Watt. The 2016 NFL MVP and four-time Pro Bowl quarterback joined CBS Sports last season as an NFL game analyst and appeared in studio during the playoffs and Super Bowl ..read more

Time will tell who got the best haul of players in Detroit, there were promising signs from the Bears, Vikings and Steelers Chicago Bears. Anyone with an internet connection could have drafted Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams with the first pick. But Williams’ arrival is a victory unto itself for the Bears, who have been in the QB wilderness for decades. Chicago fans will expect Williams to be the team’s best quarterback ever, and it won’t even be so unreasonable of them given his sublime talent and the team’s barren history at the position. General manager Ryan Poles has also do ..read more

The 6ft7in athlete, who played in the eighth tier of English rugby for hometown club Basingstoke, has been picked by Buffalo Bills from the NFL’s international player pathway programme as an offensive lineman. Clayton was selected with the 221st overall pick in the seventh round despite having never played a game in the sport but recorded his 40-yard dash in 4.79sec during the draft combine, which the Bills said was faster than all offensive lineman have recorded over the past 10 years. 'It’s time to represent and show the rest of the world exactly why UK athletes should play in the NFL,” said ..read more

British 6ft7in athlete has never played a game in the sport Bills claim offensive lineman had fastest 40-yard dash in 10 years Former rugby union player Travis Clayton has been selected by the Buffalo Bills in the 2024 NFL draft. The Englishman’s selection sees him join former Wales star Louis Rees-Zammit in American football. Clayton, 23, was selected with the 221st overall pick in the seventh round despite having never played a game in the sport ..read more

NFL draft in Detroit breaks attendance mark with 700,000 fans Nashville drew 600,000 spectators over three days in 2019 The NFL draft has a new attendance record after more than 700,000 fans flooded downtown Detroit for the three-day event. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer broke the news at Campus Martius Park during the third and final day of the draft ..read more

Eagles trade up to pick Iowa CB Cooper DeJean at No 40 Day one: Bears tap Williams at No 1 as six QBs go in top 12 Defense became the focus of the NFL draft on Friday night after a record-setting 23 offensive players were selected in the first round. The Atlanta Falcons, who shocked everyone by taking quarterback Michael Penix Jr at No 8, kicked off the shift by moving up to take Clemson defensive lineman Ruke Orhorhoro with the third pick of the second round ..read more

Williams, Daniels, Maye, Penix, McCarthy and Nix go in top 12 ‘No heads up’: Cousins surprised by Falcons’ Penix Jr selection NFL draft 2024: the first round – as it happened Caleb Williams swiftly walked on stage, looked out and screamed “Woooo! Yeah!” Long-suffering Bears fans felt his joy ..read more

Atlanta selected the Washington QB with No 8 pick in the draft Cousins signed $180m contract with Falcons this offseason Bears tap Caleb Williams with No 1 pick as six QBs go in top 12 The Atlanta Falcons provided the shock of the first round of the NFL draft by selecting quarterback Michael Penix Jr with the No 8 overall pick on Thursday night. The Falcons extended their recent trend of selecting offensive skill players in the first round by drafting Penix one month after signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180m contract with $100m guaranteed. Using a draft slot normally targeted for play ..read more