duong hieu

The Chicago Bears didn’t leave the playoffs with a trophy. They didn’t make a conference title game. They didn’t finish the story. And yet, down in Mobile at the Senior Bowl, they might as well have been one of the main events. That’s the part that feels unfamiliar. For years, the Bears were discussed cautiously—if at all. A team defined by potential that never quite materialized. A franchise more associated with ... Read more

The Chicago Bears didn’t leave the postseason with confetti. They didn’t leave with a championship banner or a Lombardi Trophy. They left after a Divisional Round loss—and somehow, that exit made the rest of the NFL take notice. That’s the part no one saw coming. Down in Mobile at the Senior Bowl, where league decision-makers gather to quietly shape the next NFL season, the Bears aren’t being discussed as a rebuilding ... Read more

When the Las Vegas Raiders hired Pete Carroll last offseason, the move felt symbolic. Experience over experimentation. Familiarity over risk. In a franchise searching desperately for stability, Carroll represented a return to something proven. Instead, the hire has now earned a distinction that feels less reassuring—and more revealing. Carroll’s one-year stint in Las Vegas will be remembered not for revival, but for ... Read more

The Las Vegas Raiders believed they were buying certainty. When they hired Pete Carroll last offseason, the move carried instant credibility. A Super Bowl–winning coach. Decades of leadership. A stabilizing presence for a franchise drowning in turnover. Experience, finally, would quiet the chaos. Instead, the hiring earned a distinction no one in the building wanted. Carroll became the oldest head coach in NFL ... Read more

John Schneider didn’t step up to the podium with bravado. There were no declarations, no chest-thumping, no premature celebration. Instead, standing in a hallway at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, the Seahawks’ longtime decision-maker spoke the way organizations do when they believe they’ve already solved something. Quietly. Confidently. Precisely. Fresh off being named the NFL’s Executive of the Year, Schneider ... Read more