vic beasley

Titans quickly cut losses with $9.5 million bust

Vic Beasley Jr. didn’t make it through his first season with Tennessee. The Titans are releasing the former Pro Bowl linebacker Wednesday from the remainder of his one-year, $9.5 million...

Titans' key signing curiously absent from camp

One of the Titans' key offseason additions has yet to show up to training camp. Outside linebacker Vic Beasley, who signed a one-year, $9.5 million deal, is a no-show in...

Was Leonard Williams a Jets draft mistake?

The Jets’ season has not started yet, but you can already see one storyline that is going to be hanging over this team: Where is the pass rush? The Jets...

Jets will have hands full with Falcons' 'relentless' sack master

The Jets had their chance to land Falcons standout linebacker Vic Beasley Jr. In the 2015 draft, Gang Green passed up on Beasley to select Leonard Williams at No. 6,...

These aren't the Falcons who rolled to the Super Bowl

Let’s take a closer look at this week’s Jets opponent: Atlanta Falcons Record: 3-3 Head coach: Dan Quinn (third season); Offensive coordinator: Steve Sarkisian; Defensive coordinator: Marquand Manuel Overview: The...

Behind the 2nd-year leap that made Vic Beasley a monster

Back in 2011, Richard Smith was in his first year as the linebackers coach in Denver when the Broncos selected Von Miller in the first round of the NFL Draft....

Super Bowl X-factors: 10 non-QBs who can take over

Though much of the Super Bowl focus will be on the two star quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Matt Ryan, Super Bowl LI will be decided by much more than the...

Seven years later, a changed Dwight Freeney is back

Dwight Freeney turns 37 on Feb. 19. Two weeks before his birthday, he hopes to be celebrating a Falcons victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl LI in Houston. Yes,...

Packers-Falcons: Calling this a shootout is an understatement

ATLANTA — The talk and the rage is all about points — a massive amount of points. So many talking points focus on the points. The NFC Championship game has...

Why Falcons' home turf should be least of Seahawks' worries

ATLANTA — For a team with what is considered by many to be the fiercest home-field advantage in the NFL, the Seahawks sure seem excited to be the visitor this...

The remarkable comeback of Aaron Rodgers' longtime running mate

With all the backstories, developments and injuries in a given week in the NFL, it is tough to know what to look for Sunday: Here are five things to watch:...

Steelers' embarrassment of Bills may mean the end of Rex Ryan

Rex Ryan’s first words as he stepped to the microphone at his introductory press conference as coach of the Bills were: “Is this thing on? Because it’s about to be...

Why Jets, Maccagnan enter this draft in the driver's seat

Mike Maccagnan, you’re on the clock. Three months after taking over as general manager, Maccagnan gets to show why the Jets hired him. Owner Woody Johnson wanted someone with a...