INDIANAPOLIS — In the 2025 NFL season, defenses played big nickel — five defensive backs with three safeties as opposed to three cornerbacks and two safeties — on 6,886 plays. That was up from 5,727 ...

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers' gamble on bringing Marcus Smart into the fold is paying off. Signed a two-year deal with an option for the second year, the arrangement is genius: play well, test free agency ...

Clay Matthews will be long remembered for making one of the biggest defensive plays in the storied history of the Green Bay ...

Jets head coach Aaron Glenn confirmed that he will call the plays for the defense for the 2026 NFL season. “I will be the play caller when it comes to the defense,” Glenn said on Tuesday at the NFL ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aaron Glenn will take over the play calling on defense for the New York Jets this season, after a dismal debut with the club as head coach. Glenn announced his decision Tuesday at ...

Every NFL team wants its own ‘everywhere unicorn’ in coverage, and there’s more than one such prospect in the 2026 draft class. Which of those prospects have the best chances to fill all those roles?