Analysis: Overtime change in NFL would bring cheers, jeers
The NFL's competition committee has found winning the coin flip to be an increasingly unfair advantage or a death sentence since the sudden death format was implemented in 1974. And it has proposed that the league adjust its overtime format in the postseason, a motion owners will entertain at their annual meeting starting Sunday.

NFL owners will vote on changing overtime rules for playoffs
One rule for the regular season. Another law for postseason. That's what the NFL's competition committee proposes to do with overtime, aiming to revise the rule during the postseason only to prevent a team from winning the coin toss and advancing on a field goal without the other team getting a possession.

SN's mock NFL draft: Oklahoma's Trent Williams moves up the board
This week's updated version of Sporting News ' mock draft shows one change from last week: the Detroit Lions could go with Trent Williams, whom Sporting News draft expert Russ Lande and his team of former NFL scouts believe is a more athletic player than Russell Okung. Offensive tackle Trent Williams impressed SN's scouts on film. Here's the projected the first round: 1. Rams: Sam Bradford, QB ...

Five NFL playoff teams face a hard road back
Vinnie Iyer This should give you a better appreciation of the Colts' current league-best run of eight consecutive playoff appearances: Since 2001, in the topsy-turvy, parity-centered world known as the NFL, it has been the norm for fewer than half the teams in a given season's playoff field to duplicate the feat the following season. While powers such as Indianapolis and San Diego have ...

Five NFL playoff teams face a hard road back
Vinnie Iyer This should give you a better appreciation of the Colts' current league-best run of eight consecutive playoff appearances: Since 2001, in the topsy-turvy, parity-centered world known as the NFL, it

Lack of a salary cap leaves wide range of spending in NFL clubs
It's the yin and yang of an NFL system without a salary cap. While there's no ceiling on how much teams can spend on players, there's also no floor dictating the minimum that must be spent.

Report: U-M's Chad Henne says Tim Tebow 'not an NFL quarterback'
Former Michigan quarterback Chad Henne of the Miami Dolphins doesn't think Tim Tebow has much of a future in the NFL.

McGinley to miss remainder of NFL
Tyrone's Enda McGinley will miss the remainder of the NFL but assistant boss Tony Donnelly dismisses reports that the player has quit the squad.

NFL off-season news and gossip
BBC Sport brings you all the latest news and gossip from the NFL off-season.

FanHouse: Redrafting the top 15 NFL picks of '98
Before the 2010 NFL Draft, FanHouse will take a look back at the drafts of 1998 through 2007, in an effort to "redraft" based on what we now know about the players selected.

Virginia's NFL hopefuls work out for scouts
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Former Virginia football players hoping to play in the NFL had a chance to impress scouts at the school's timing day.

Chad Henne: 'Tebow is not an NFL QB'
Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne is the latest prognosticator who doesn't think Tim Tebow has what it takes to be an NFL quarterback.

Auburn tailback runs 4.4 in 40 at NFL combine
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) ? Auburn tailback Ben Tate ran the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds at the NFL Combine and felt he could do better by running it again at Pro Day.

WR Calvin Johnson says he has faith in the Lions just as he did after NFL's 1st 0-16 season
ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Calvin Johnson says he has faith the Detroit Lions will finally start winning. The standout wide receiver, though, acknowledged Thursday he felt that way after they endured the NFL's first 0-16 season.

NFL: Grossman aims 'to be thrown into mix' to start for Redskins
ASHBURN, Va. ? Rex Grossman says he wants to get back to being a starting NFL quarterback and hopes "to be thrown into the mix" with the Washington Redskins.

NFL owners will vote on new OT rules next week
NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the OT coin toss kicks a field goal on the first series.

NFL to look at two-possession OT in playoffs
NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the OT coin toss kicks a field goal on the first series. Previously, the game would end whenever either side scores, as happened in the NFC championship game in January, with New Orleans beating Minnesota on Garrett Hartley's kick.

Virginia's NFL hopefuls work out for scouts
Associated Press - March 18, 2010 3:55 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Former Virginia football players hoping to play in the NFL had a chance to impress scouts at the school's timing...

UW doctor chosen to co-chair new NFL committee
SEATTLE (AP) ? The University of Washington doctor picked to co-chair the NFL's committee on concussions is the chief of neurological surgery at Harborview Medical Center. Dr. Richard Ellenbogen also is a university professor and attending neurosurgeon at Seattle Children's. The NFL announced earlier this week that Ellenbogen will co-chair the NFL's head, neck and spine medical committee with Dr ...

Football. NFL Pro Day 2010
Armed with stopwatches and clipboards, approximately 30 representatives from NFL and CFL teams took over the Florida State practice field for Thursday's Pro Day. Pro Day Photo Gallery